The Yad Secret Of Thanksgiving and How It Can Change Your Life | Jonathan Cahn Sermon

The Yad Secret: How Gratitude Unlocks Multiplication in Your Life

If two people claim they’ve received an incredible gift, but only one of them is truly telling the truth, how can you tell which one it is? It’s simple: the grateful one. Gratitude is the evidence of a real blessing. In the same way, two believers may claim salvation, but the one who lives with a thankful heart is the one who truly walks in the fullness of Messiah.

At the Last Supper, Scripture says Jesus took the bread and gave thanks. The church later took this phrase and created the word Eucharist, but in the Bible, that word never referred to the bread itself. Eucharistia means thanksgiving, blessing, giving praise. The miracle wasn’t in the bread—it was in the blessing over the bread.

And that reality reveals something life-changing:
It is never the things themselves that make a person rich—it is the blessing over the things.
It’s not how much you own. It’s how deeply you give thanks for what you do have. Your real wealth is measured in gratitude, not in numbers.

Jesus proved this truth again when thousands were hungry on the hillside and all that was available were five loaves and two fish. Not nearly enough. A perfect moment for frustration or fear. Yet Jesus didn’t complain. He lifted what little they had—and He gave thanks. And in His thanksgiving, the miracle of multiplication broke forth.

Gratitude multiplies.
Complaining divides.

If you take what seems small, even inadequate, and instead of criticizing it you lift it to God with thanksgiving—your blessings increase. Maybe not always outwardly at first, but always inwardly. The first miracle always happens in the heart. Gratitude enriches you. Complaining impoverishes you.

Many people lose blessings not because God takes them away, but because they stop being grateful for them. When you take your spouse, your home, your job, your health, or even your salvation for granted, it stops blessing you. But start giving thanks again—and suddenly the blessing awakens.

Try this:
Sit down this week and write out every blessing you can think of, big or small. Thank God for each one. Watch how joy rises and frustration fades. Gratitude turns ordinary moments into miracles. It turns “not enough” into “more than enough.”

Most of the world does not have what you have today—clothes, shelter, electricity, clean water. We forget how blessed we truly are. Gratitude opens our eyes again.

It is impossible to be truly thankful from the heart and miserable at the same time.
You cannot be depressed and thankful from the heart.
You cannot be fearful and grateful from the heart.
Why?
Because thanksgiving shifts the entire atmosphere of the soul.

In the middle of frustration, stop—and give thanks.
In the middle of fear, stop—and give thanks.
In the middle of need, stop—and give thanks.
Thanksgiving breaks the power of anxiety, fear, and heaviness.

Philippians 4 gives us a map to emotional wellbeing:
“Bring everything to God… with thanksgiving.”
That is the key. Don’t only present your needs—present your gratitude. Thank Him for the answers you haven’t yet seen, the ways He will work all things for good. Thanksgiving shifts prayer from desperation to trust.

You don’t have to feel like a thankful person to start. Scripture doesn’t say “be naturally grateful.” It says “give thanks.” Gratitude is a practiced mindset, a spiritual discipline. The more you do it, the stronger it becomes—like a muscle.

Wake up and thank God for breath, for strength, for warmth, for a new day. Thank Him that you are saved and not lost. When you take nothing for granted, everything becomes a blessing again.

Even the word “Jew”—Yehuda—comes from the Hebrew word meaning praise and thanksgiving. To live as God’s people is to live as people of thanksgiving. That is why the Puritans, seeing America as a new Israel, created Thanksgiving based on the biblical Feast of Tabernacles—a feast of joy and gratitude.

What is God’s will for you? Scripture makes it simple:
Rejoice always.
Pray continually.
Give thanks in everything.

A grateful heart is a strong heart. Gratitude roots you, stabilizes you, strengthens your faith, and keeps your spirit clear. A thankless heart grows dark, but a thankful heart remains full of light.

So confess the truth with your thanksgiving:
You are blessed—far more than you realize.
And when you choose gratitude, your life will begin to multiply with peace, joy, and abundance.