Short excerpt from a June 2017 YouTube talk (speaker: Nick Stumbo) presenting gratitude as God’s will: the speaker cites Scripture (Paul and Jesus) and references scientific studies claiming gratitude releases large amounts of dopamine and serotonin, producing calm and inner change.
How many would like to know God's will for your life? It's right there. This is God's will. Give thanks to God in everything. Give thanks to God the Father in everything. For the first time, they did studies of what gratitude does to your brain. They discovered it releases massive amounts of dopamine and serotonin. Would you translate that for me? Yeah. It makes you feel real good and real calm. You want to be changed from the inside. Gratitude is the way to get there. That's what Paul says and that's what Jesus says so powerfully.
