Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Luke 17:15-16 Have you thanked God for your salvation, love, grace, and all of his spiritual benefits? We must never forget to thank him. What God has done for us should make us want to thank God continually. We should want to approach Him with a grateful heart. They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout…
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Thanking God for Our Meals
And taking the five loaves and two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing, broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. Mark 6:41 Do you thank God for every meal? What about snacking? Do you thank God for that? And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples and the disciples to the multitude. Mark 14:19 Then they took away the stone from the place where the…
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God Is Good
OH, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in form the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Psalm 107: 1-3 Giving thanks to God!!! How wonderful is it that we can thank God for all he has done and for all that he will do? Do you really take the time to thank God? Do you know what to thank God for? Sometimes it comes easy for me to thank God, and other times I don’t even…
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Giving God Gratitude
Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore! He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,…
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Return To Me
But if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there. Nehemiah 1:9 Are you thankful that God lets us return to him when we repent? I am so thankful that when I mess up and don’t keep God’s commandments, he still allows me to return to him. Yes, I do have to change and learn from my mistakes. I am thankful that God is a forgiving God. One that forgives over and over. I need to…
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Attentive To The Prayer
Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Nehemiah 1:11 Don’t you just love God’s word. I am so thankful for His Word. I am thankful that through His Word he speaks to us! Or at least its one way of hearing him. I really enjoyed studying the old testament. In fact, when I got the last book of the Old Testament, I grieved. I know you are probably saying, ‘what???’ Not that since I started the new testament have I not opened the old testament. I have read books still…
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Giving Thanks At Mealtimes
And taking the five loaves and two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. Mark 6:41 Do you thank God for every meal? What about snacking? Do you thank God for that? My husband is really good at taking the time to thank God for the food he gives us. He taught our children also. they each get a day to thank God for the food he puts on our table. Can I tell you how thankful I am for a godly husband and…