No matter how your year has gone, the fact that you are here is a testament that God still has a lot in store for you.
Maybe this year gave you answered prayers you’re still smiling about. Maybe it gave you losses you’re still carrying. Most likely, it gave you a bit of both. Either way, you made it to November, and that alone is a reason to give thanks.
So how do you position yourself for all that God still has for you, in the rest of this year and in 2027?
Gratitude.
Why gratitude, and why now?
Gratitude isn’t just a requirement we must meet. It’s a posture, a lifestyle even.
When we remember what He has done, our faith gets fuel for what we’re still trusting Him for. David knew this. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2). Forgetting is easy. Remembering takes intention.
The end of the year is when we’re most tempted to count what didn’t happen. This challenge invites you to count what did, and to let that thanksgiving open your hands to receive what’s coming.
How the 21 days work
For the next 21 days, we’ll journal our way through gratitude in three movements.
- Week 1: Recall and write it out. We’ll look back over the year and put God’s faithfulness on paper.
- Week 2: Say it out. We’ll speak our thanks aloud, to God and to the people around us.
- Week 3: Sing it out. We’ll worship our way into thanksgiving and close the year hopeful.
Each morning, you’ll get one short prompt by email. It takes 5 to 15 minutes. You’ll need a notebook or journal, a pen, and an honest heart. That’s it.
The 21 prompts
Why I’m writing it out with you
Writing has always been one of the best ways I talk to God. So much that years of letters in my journal eventually became my book, Love Letters to Abba. Next, a prayer journal so others could write their own.
I’ve seen what happens when you put God’s faithfulness in ink. On days when hope feels thin, you have something to read back. Your own handwriting becomes a witness of God’s faithfulness.
That’s what I want for you by 30 November: a journal full of evidence that God has been good to you this year. That kind of evidence that makes you bold about next year.
Join the 21 Days of Gratitude
It’s free. Sign up below, and Day 1 will land in your inbox straight away. You can start whenever you join, because the prompts arrive one a day from your sign-up date.
On the 30th of November, we’ll close together with a live thanksgiving and testimony session on YouTube. Come with your journal and your songs.
Here’s to recalling, writing, saying and singing, and to staying hopeful for all that’s yet to come.
Love always,
Esther
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