Thankfulness: A Daily Habit to Turn Your Situations Around - Bill Johnson Sermon | Bethel Church

Bill Johnson teaches on thankfulness as a daily habit that can turn our difficult situations around. Gratitude is a simple yet powerful tool that takes what the enemy meant for evil, and puts into God’s hand, who is using and working all things together for our good. Scripture instructs us to give thanks in everything. Choosing to give thanks in everything allows you to bypass the limitations of your own emotions and reconnect with God’s heart and hope for your life. While we don’t give thanks for evil, we can give thanks IN everything when we see and trust that God is working all things together for our good.
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Scripture References:
1 Timothy 4
Romans 3: 23
Nehemiah 11 & 12
Philippians 4: 6
Originally shared at Bethel Church, Redding California, on November 19, 2017.
Bill Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. He is senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and is passionate about seeing Revival and God’s Kingdom established and revealed in the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations. Bill’s teaching on the Kingdom of Heaven, hosting the Presence, and the renewed mind has helped thousands around the world to step into their true identity in Christ, God given purpose, and walk in a supernatural lifestyle displaying both purity and power.
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[@DonMoenBestChristian]

Whoever reading this, God never sends you into a situation alone, God goes before you, He stands beside you, He walks behind you. Whatever situation you have right now be confident. God is with you. Amen 🙏🏾

[@anitakogel8199]

Thank you needed that word!!! ❤

[@TracieMowdy]

Thank you ! You have no idea that your writing that comment has encouraged me today! ❤

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Good Word!

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Amen ! So true!

[@brutesstores]

Amen !

[@Worship_Together]

This song is SO TIMELY for my family and I! My 13 year old sister has cancer, and Sunday I had gotten a call from my parents asking to gather all of my siblings to come and say our goodbyes… We prayed, we asked for a miracle, and here we are 5 days later and my sister has made a MIRACULOUS recovery and doctors are in AWE!

[@yb4194]

PTL 🙌

[@awaziabashi5549]

Thank you for sharing, very encouraging

[@sharonbarnes9080]

Wow. Prayers that will continue. Lord Jesus bring total healing.

[@lisakania8699]

Praise God 🙌

[@culfy118]

Praise God!

[@suzie-5555]

21:32 thankfulness is what keeps us engaged with precision. 23:47 there’s meat and milk of the word - milk comforts, meat provokes change. Meat is called in Hebrews: “the word of righteousness .“ So it is the word that equips, enables and provokes it. It cuts to bring about change. 🔥🔥🔥

[@LG-wm1nw]

Please pray for me. I am feeling alone in the world as a 51-year-old single woman with no real friends and family members. God just released me from the overwhelming burden of caring for my very narcissistic 79-year-old mother and now she's in a care facility. I am recovering from years of emotional, mental, and verbal abuse from her. I have come a very long way with the Lord's help and I am still on that healing journey. Please pray for me as I patiently wait on God's perfect timing to see His promises for a good and godly man and healthy friendships manifest in my life. It's been tough spending the holidays alone for years and years. However, God is so good and faithful to me and I've seen Him care for me all these years of being alone. Thank you and may God bless all of you with breakthroughs and your hearts' desires.

[@iowild1048]

Much love and Blessings to you, for being faithful and caring to your mother. I pray for healing and wholeness, to return what was lost, and for the miracle that you pray for to swiftly arrive in God’s timing.🕊♥️🕊

[@ashleymanning625]

God bless you both. 🙏

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[@KarenOn-The-Hill-ls1uu]

​@EnGL-gosh 8😅4 bio65Thank you for whoever this is God is and always be the love of my life God bless and keep you child of God.

[@KarenOn-The-Hill-ls1uu]

That was not this Karen on the Hill that ask for prayer but I receive all prayers from my brothers and sisters in Christ Don't know who wrote the prayer request in my name? Love Brad Lee's music.my kind of worship goes all the way to my bones like a fire burning in my bones . Love you all family. It's when we become one heart One mind and one voice shall be heard that we will experience a move of God like we have been searching for!!!!

[@daynajohnson7264]

Amen and Amen thank you Lord Jesus Christ great is your faithfulness 🙏❤️

[@suzie-5555]

26:48 grace doesn’t give you a pass to skip the rules, grace gives you the power to do the rules🔥👏🏼

[@lomalindaamaza3984]

Very powerful words of God thank you Abba Father God ❤️🙏👏 Lord God i will continue to glorify you Lord in the midst of my trials and tribulations while waiting for my restoration of all that the enemy stole i know you are a God of restoration and recompense just like what you did for Job, david, ruth, Esther I'm sure you will do it for me after you are done with the great work you have started in me in Jesus mighty name amen thank you Lord God ❤️🙏👏

[@iamchuremi]

Maturity comes from choices. I’m thankful I get to choose God’s will always - praying without ceasing, rejoicing always and being thankful 🙏🏾

[@dorothypollak9094]

Speak the thankfulness and rejoicing even when it’s the opposite of our emotions. That’s the choice. Emotions are in the soulish realm. Obedience impacts the spirit. It isn’t phony. It’s choosing to agree with the Holy Spirit despite what our feelings say.

[@joleencox5900]

The joke about the trees in the road had me in tears!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@iDelta77]

Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks for this is the will of God

[@DebraLCofer]

Thank you for this excellent reminder of being thankful because we are trusting that The Lord is always at work in our lives for our good and His will to be done.

[@donnaeid2862]

I have to remember God commands it and then helps us apply it somehow! He helps us through the process!

[@businesswealthstory]

I too wish this was imparted through prayer as well. Another zinger by the man in Bethel.

[@drblossomjose]

I am ESPECIALLY thankful for Pastor Bill Johnson 🥲 He's my fav human who has taught me about the right things, the things that actually matter🥲🥲🥲

[@NicoleGVictory]

Thank you Jesus for all you do for us so undeserving yet you call me |us worthy. Thank you for all you an this ministry do by standing in obedience. Your messages have always been a great blessing. God bless❤🙏🏼

[@dannybull6907]

I need to listen to this over and over again!

[@susan6757]

Once again, Pastor Bill's message is so obviously coming from God through him for us! He is such a useful and important vessel for God's Presence. Since God led me to Pastor Bill online, God has turned my belief into something so different than it used to be that it is like I was dead and am now alive, and I crave more of God's Presence than I ever have before. God has been a large part of my life for over 40 years but the difference now is so fresh and clean and new that I feel like I have come from the darkness into a light that is causing me to want to live for God's purposes more than I can say! I am so thankful to God for Bill Johnson!

[@vickitabor8789]

🎯🔥❤️Thankfulness is such a vital part of our worship, prayer, & communion with the Lord! All your points are sooo good! 💖 Thankfulness must really touch the heart of God. The healed leper who returned to give thanks received even more from God! More than totally healed! Wow! I choose to always give thanks and move His heart!❤

[@leightongeldenhuys1477]

Well if one won’t remember the message , one forsure will remember the jokes ! Pastor known for his jokes ! Thanks Have a blessed Christmas 🎄

[@donnaeid2862]

A heightened awareness to live in thankfulness and trust Him to enable us! I believe He is giving us the grace in this hour as the time of great Harvest is here! He knows we need to live this scripture for our well being!

[@LukasiMusic]

Amen Jesus.

[@gingerthomas7469]

This guy has the best sense of humor. I just love it

[@mandysmith5775]

Bill Johnson is just such a good steward of Gods Word, thank you from Louisiana … so Calm ❤

[@ashleydMUVAto4]

Hey Mandy! I’m here in New Orleans , and couldn’t agree more … the cadence of his voice and presentation of Gods word !!!

[@celiafish]

“Blond men jokes” 😂😂😂😂❤

[@ithamorojele6593]

The jokes are on another level 😂

[@chaseabrams6731]

I will be stealing the air freshener joke! God bless all of you at Bethel!😊

[@darcyhouseman2290]

Thank you! I have been saved for over 30 and just now growing in the Lord. It’s so humiliating and frustrating, but I’m SO thankful the Lord sends me these messages. I’m so thankful, I love it and how it happens right when I’m fighting with this. I can’t believe all the unforgiveness that has been in me, it’s so ugly. PRAISE THE LORD!! You are coming to my church in Tulsa this month and I so look forward to seeing you here again.

[@DaxDaaaXxy]

Thank you Father God Lord Jesus Thank you Holy Spirit❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Thank you

[@isabelleleopold3655]

Ha ha, my phone also went off in the middle of the night playing 'Awake, awake, awake my soul'!

[@urkoolUncle]

Pure Meat for the serious minded.

[@danielbarrera9450]

Amen thank you

[@ruthash9407]

Omg!!!!!! I wasn’t even touching my phone for a long time and this started playing and the first thing he starts talking about it phones starting things without them doing it!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@williambliven-zy8bv]

Majestic Heavenly Father God so Eternally Beautiful Magnificent Hallowed Be Thy Name Forevermore in the Name of King of Glory Jesus Your Only Son Eternally Radiant Matchless Splendor by the Power of the Holy Spirit... for it's not by Might Nor by Power but by Your Spirit says The Lord We agree for Apostle Bill Johnson and the Apostolic Teams at Bethel Church Global Movement Stream for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in the nations that Bethel Church Global Movement Stream is growing in..

[@upschutt4842]

Thank you for continuing to stand with me for my breakthrough to become visible to me. God is working behind the scenes and I desire to see it in the flesh.

[@teresasmola3902]

I receive!

[@nereida116]

Wisdom. Thank you #billjohnson. Have a great holiday feast with family and friends! ♥️ Lord bless you each copiously. Amen.🤲🏼

[@user-gu1qm7yx5h]

JESUS fill that alone feeling with you.

[@donnaeid2862]

This is the verse God has been speaking to me about so tuning in here at this moment is so exciting!

[@wendykrueger6305]

Those jokes are awesome 😂

[@alvarovelarde1612]

The stand up set end at 6:41

[@maryclark6023]

Thank you for such a timely message in my season of seeking an opportunity to follow God closer and overcome some adverse circumstances in my life. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 took on a new meaning today. Thank you for delivering God’s Word.

[@donnaeid2862]

Ann Voskamp has many books on thankfulness which have been so real in her pain and how God helped her through!

[@cheryldaymont9770]

God is good and I amso thankful to God for who He is and all he does

[@ritaglotzl6588]

This was sooo good/thank you💙✈️✈️✈️🙋/ R. Germany

[@claudinethompson4861]

I just want to thank you Pastor. You don’t just share the Truths of God’s Word but you share God’s heart and character … something I really still sadly lack. God continue to give you favor and honor and life.

[@lisaruland3155]

Phillipians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything through prayer & supplications with thanksgiving let your requests be made known … & he will keep your hearts & minds So, we offer our requests, prayers…w thanksgiving….God is saying to give him thanks soooo goood

[@Elizabeth-qo4om]

So good! Thankful Jesus for all that You've done and all that You're doing.. and all that You will do! 🙌🏼🙏🏼🔥💖✨️amen.

[@donnafine3264]

Amen

[@norannedowns5983]

Wow! Best thankfulness word of GOD ever!!!! Thank YOU!!!!!!!’ Can’t wait to practice this way I will have more Joy for the always !!!!

[@chadc2896]

Yes, Thank you lord I am thankful for the opportunity to grow as a pastor says. Thank you for guiding me thank you for leading me 🤲

[@kathyfann]

Laughter makes a good medicine and I tell you sometimes we need that and here it is November 2023 and I just really enjoyed this. I thank you so much for reposting it it’s hilarious and we need to laugh. We all need to laugh so much. thank you reminds me of the kingdom of heaven when all our memories of earth they’re gone and Jesus, it’s around and tells us some of these jokes city listen and learn from Bill. Ha ha ha ha ha

[@MrPeter1022]

Thankfulness is changing my family line! Thank you so much for that confirmation Bill!

[@dalilamaldonado3243]

So Grateful for this message! 🙌🙏

[@MaryMcabee-ph4fd]

I love you Bill bless you

[@beautykaldo]

Happy Thinksgiving to us all 🇺🇸❤️

[@donnastanley5250]

Grateful for this msg! Be blessed always! 🍂🧡

[@sherrills.2332]

WoW!!! FANTASTIC MESSAGE. Sooo deep w sooo many nuggets! Feel i could listen to this a dozen xs and still glean such practical copious MEAT. TY Pastor Bill!!!

[@quincy76able]

I've lost everything. I live in a building with no lights. I'm tired of living at this point

[@timothyw815]

Please keep going Quincy, however much of an enormous challenge that must be. We must keep trusting that God will deliver us. God bless you.

[@lindabiondo7524]

I know the feeling.. life gets hard at times.. but it passes.. sometimes longer sometimes shorter.. it’s so amazing .. it’s life..

[@llenvr]

Hang in there with Lord Jesus. His presence make all the difference. I know.

[@marlenezapata1955]

I love you in Jesus Cristo ❤

[@donnaeid2862]

Pastor Bill, you explain this so well!

[@DeniseFaithMcK]

So good Pastor Bill! ❤ Thank you!

[@donnaeid2862]

Thank you Pastor Bill this was so very helpful!

[@LumberjackLogic]

“Here boy, here boy” 😂 “No, I’m her husband.” 😂 Funny stuff.

[@melissatrentini6423]

Incredible. I thought ...foolish of me to think this. Anyway my prayers are thankful alot but i thought i was not getting anywhere. So if i apply humbleness before Our King perhaps ill get the resolution I need. Always remember its Gods timing not ours

[@deancherer3731]

Good stuff

[@jackiehdutoit8419]

Precious, precious!! Thank you Pastor, I appreciate you❤

[@thobanikhumalo7836]

Powerful sermon, glory to Jesus 🙌🏾

[@stevenbooth1175]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. God bless you all, Amen 🙏❤

[@danielbarrera9450]

Pastor don't let me get up there 🙏 😂

[@lindabiondo7524]

❤

[@lydiaakinyi6093]

Thank you pastor Bill ❤.

[@teresasmola3902]

I love your sense of humor!

[@katrinabennett2759]

Love the humor! 😅 and the message!!

[@timmysixxstrings]

I love these messages and look forward to each new one. I hope that one day, there might not be adds in the middle of them. They really interrupt the flow. I still appreciate the sermon, but please consider not having these interruptions. Thank you.

[@inyoungchoi8773]

Give thanks to God!!

[@JudyLynn1949]

Thank you

[@mammasaurus632]

A word sent just in time.Praise God

[@donnaeid2862]

Pay attention to what has your attention! The secret Brother Lawrence had was to keep His attention of Loving God and Him loving you!

[@marlenezapata1955]

I love that jokes!!😂😂

[@balung]

I didn't get the last one.

[@nathanconley6375]

Hosting Him

[@karlasnyder9856]

Needed this reminder exactly right now! Praise God

[@lindasmith6668]

Totally awesome Word. I appreciate this message so much. Thank you.

[@irenethegreek3348]

Lifetime teaching

[@kathyarmstrong8644]

Help my adult sons & me!!!

[@pinksugaar]

You need to learn how to help yourselves

[@wendykrueger6305]

Wow what a message ❤

[@torstenbergmann7384]

Amen Jesus has finished My Salvation.

[@billiemurphy9395]

This is so good!!!

[@kathyarmstrong8644]

Amen me Lord!!

[@Casey-gx5ww]

Great message! 🙏🔥🙏

[@myronmire4463]

Love your love

[@donn07]

AMEN ❤

[@Margaret-sv3lo]

So true ❤

[@ceciliajohnson2652]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@rev.stevecrino37]

Always great stuff! BUT Eph. 5:20 says literally, “giving thanks always and FOR everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” “for everything” is in virtually EVERY English translation and version.

[@nellyslovegodgivethgodtake6907]

🙏🏻💜

[@susanvanhuyssteen515]

Please pray v😅or my blind eai. Oog please.

[@lanadahl9072]

many ads - very difficult

[@Knebelcm1986]

If anyone can enlighten me when he says Grace does not give us a pass to skip the rules it gives us the power to do the rules. Arent we back we're we started trying to be a good person? Like before Jesus died for us and we struggled then? Honestly my attempts at being righteous are like putting a drop in the ocean compared to God's work and accomplishment in Jesus. That righteousness God offers me is a perfect robe of righteousness and I can't add anything to it. But I'm conflicted because the bible does give us rules/guidelines in the NT

[@tommygrace234]

🙏✝️💥💯👏👍📢📢📢

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Too often advertised