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5 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR GRATITUDE

March 24, 2019 by PowerOfOneGirl

1. Pray

Get down on your knees and pray. Pray until you feel grateful and your heart is softened to a place Heavenly Father can heal it. He wants to remind you of all the incredible blessings He has blessed you with.

Power Tip: When you’re alone in your car, turn off the radio and make it a challenge to pray aloud. There is great power in prayers that have a voice. Use that prayer to ONLY thank Heavenly Father without asking for anything in return. Start naming a few things you are grateful for. You might be surprised at how many blessings come pouring to your mind. This is an incredible experience to feel His love for you in abundance.

2. Keep a gratitude journal

Every night before you go to sleep, write down something you are grateful for. You can simply list one item in your journal a night or you can expand on the blessing. You will soon see everything you have been blessed with is far greater than you expected. When you are having a hard day, you can turn to this list. You may be shocked to see how much you have to be grateful for.

A great way for faith to grow is by coming to know for yourself how much Heavenly Father loves His children. You’ll see this by watching for God’s hand in your life. Remember, His hand is always there. You can make it a point to pray in the morning to have the ability to be aware of how it is in your life. Heavenly Father knows exactly how to speak to you. Watch for Him to send a smile, a friend, or whatever He sees you need in His perfect time. Pray to see these tender mercies. Show Heavenly Father how much you love receiving them by writing them down. Making note of them shows Him just how important and special they are to you.

3. Make a list of all the blessings that have come from your trials & heartbreaks

Trials come into our lives for a purpose. They are hard and challenging but they always bring blessings. This is what we call a beautiful heartbreak. Sometimes we think we know what we want but really Heavenly Father is the only one that knows what’s best for us. Every trial you go through, there is a lesson to be learned, character to be gained, humility to be experienced, and faith to be built.

Make a list of everything you have gone through that has been really difficult for you. Then start naming everything beautiful that came from it. This may be really hard to see, so you may need to pray for some insight but I testify that trials are blessings!

4. Serve

When you stop focusing on yourself and what you don’t have in your life, you are able to see life in a whole new perspective. The more you get to know the stories of others, the more you can serve them. As you serve them with your full heart, you will forget your own life and you will get caught up in helping solve the problems of others instead. You have so much to offer and blessings will become known unto you the instant you forget yourself and serve Heavenly Father instead.

5. Get outside of your box

It can often be easy to get caught in our own comfort zone and we become confined by all we know. Do something different for a day… walk around a children’s hospital, go downtown and take a look at all the homeless people, even something simple like reading a few heartbreaking stories will help you to realize how much you personally have. Take time to remember that there is so much more to life. You have been blessed so much, sometimes it just takes going to a new place or observing the life of another to see just how much you have!

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2️⃣ Serve others!!! So often we want to be popular & fit in. One of the best ways to make friends is by serving others even if they don’t give back. People don’t remember your jeans 👖, they remember how they felt when they were around you.

3️⃣ Get involved! To any extent you can be involved in groups, clubs, sports, etc. Those help you make friends, discover more of yourself, and allow you to have better future opportunities as well.

4️⃣ Put TIME into your homework! To be educated & be smart is a principle of the gospel. To be smart doesn’t mean you’re a great test taker or always know the answers, it means you’re simply willing to challenge the thinking of others & putting in the effort.

5️⃣ Create a daily gratitude list. 📝 Seriously, this time in your life passes so quickly and often teens just want to pass over it and be an adult already. Enjoy the moment you’re in, it’s a glorious time worth cherishing!!!

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Oftentimes the words others say to us or just our Oftentimes the words others say to us or just our about the judgements of others can affect the way we feel about ourselves. 

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There is great power in everyday journaling. It al There is great power in everyday journaling. It allows you to sort out your emotions and become more aware of how you think, what you believe, and in tune with the authentic version of you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I strongly encourage the girls that I work with to journal as it a huge way for them to let go of the spinning thoughts that so often weigh them down. I encourage them to not write lots of the heavy negative in their keepsake journals because I don't want them reading that over and over. When you read the negative, you start to take it on again and that negative energy is then recreated.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I have more journal tips coming for you soon, so stay tuned! HAPPY WRITING!!
It’s been on my mind so heavily about how we all It’s been on my mind so heavily about how we all have some sort of addiction that holds us back from truly letting Christ into our hearts.

I see it often in the girls I work with. I see it in this generation immensely as this is the most powerful generation yet, and Christ wants to stop them. I see it in a diverse range of genders, generations, and I’ve even seen it in myself time and time again. 

When we are craving anything more than we are craving God, it’s too much!
These could be things like...
- food (stuffing emotions) 🌮🍦🍩
- entertainment / TV 📺 
- attention / validation ⭐️
- popularity 📣
- money 💵 
- beauty 💄
- social media 👩🏽‍💻
- and a plethora of other things

Don’t get me wrong, these things ARE NOT BAD. YOU ARE NOT BAD FOR USING these things. 

It’s simply that when our spirits came to earth, they had some spaces that seek to be filled daily. When we aren’t feeling our hearts with Christ, we seek to feel that void with something else. Nothing will be able to feel it like God Can! So we keep going after that thing over and over hoping to finally feel like we’re complete. Nothing can complete you like God can.

If you’re missing that relationship or love from God, it could be that your heart just needs some healing. I believe the church’s addiction program is for EVERYONE! I’ve seen miracles come from this program for depression, anxiety, OCD, self objectification, and especially higher self-esteem. 

I’ve been thinking of leading one via Zoom for teens & YA’s. So I’m going to do a poll on my stories to see just how many might be interested.
We all have doubts, don’t we? But you don’t ha We all have doubts, don’t we? But you don’t have to stay stuck in your doubts. Doubts are the opposite of faith which is how we know they are coming from the adversary. 
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Here’s a little process activity to help you walk through your doubts and conquer them like you were meant to. 
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As you move your doubts aside and let go of them by giving them to YOUR Savior, incredible things are going to flood into your life! I can’t wait for YOU to move forward and break free from these barriers.
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If it’s too expensive to host it for everyone, just have every girl bring her own $10 - it even comes with a cute box she’ll love keeping some of her most favorite things in.
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When you buy 5 or more kits or get that many girls to pitch in, I’ll come speak at your party for 1 hour FREE and guide you through a devotional!! 
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PJ’S are the most important thing a girl can learn to armor up with in this day & age!!! These activities will be a foundation to build upon for years to come!! Now is the time to prepare!
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I also make raw treats and sell them for parties, so ask me about those! Not sure what a raw treat is? They are packed with healthy ingredients, they are vegan, they are never baked or processed, and the nutrients you get from them you’ll not even be aware of as they are so delicious!
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Message me with any questions or to plan your party 🎉 today!!!
Sometimes we have this belief that if we need to a Sometimes we have this belief that if we need to ask for help or don’t have the answers immediately, we’re not very smart. That is NEVER the case!!! Take power over your intellectual health by being willing to be humble enough to ask for help! 
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Here’s some resources to turn to to get the help you need. It’s the smart girls that are ASKING for help, believe me!!!
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Also, a quick tip that’s helped me immensely is to study 📖 the Book of Mormon everyday for extra help from The Lord and the Holy Ghost. Because remember, they have the truth of ALL things!!!
Christ loves you deeply. ♥️♥️ I sometimes Christ loves you deeply. ♥️♥️ I sometimes will meet girls that don’t feel worthy of Christ’s unconditional love or his presence in their life.

BUT... that’s now how he works! He loves you knowing beforehand absolutely everything you would do. He loves you for YOU!!! 

His love doesn’t go to just a select few, his heart is big enough for each and every child of God. That means every spirit that had lived, is living, or will live both in Heaven and on earth. You don’t need to comprehend it to lean into it.

Invite Christ into your heart to have Him nurture you and your life simply by 
- reading about him
- watching a video of his life
- pondering on his sacrifice 
- reflecting on his love
- learning about his attributes 
- praying in his name
- seeking to follow him
- repenting through his atonement 
- loving his sheep 🐑 
- doing His Father’s will
One of the best things you can do for your mental One of the best things you can do for your mental health is to soak up more rays of sun ☀️. Sunshine is the greatest source of Vitamin D!! Vitamin D helps your mind & spirit to be more calm, more alert, and more in tune with God’s voice of truth.
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Whenever I’m trying to help someone out of a depression funk, the first thing I suggest is to soak up more sunlight as it is one of the greatest forces of healing God has blessed us with. 
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A quick note that 15 minutes a day in the sun without sunscreen 🧴 is how you’re going to get the vitamins. You’ll never burn if you slowly and wisely build up your tolerance to the sun. I suggest opting for a natural sunscreen if you do need one. Message me for my favorite recommendations.
The power that comes from reading 📖 The Book of The power that comes from reading 📖 The Book of Mormon every single day can’t be duplicated by any other source.
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I talk to so many teens and they often tell me that they don’t understand everything or sometimes anything of what they’re reading. And you know what, that’s totally okay!! 
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Reading consistently whether you comprehend all the words or not is what is going to create that stream of power and those building blocks for better understanding & growth in the principles.
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- the family edition of The Book of Mormon for greater comprehension 
- the living scriptures videos
- @courtneycasper.letters BOM journals
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