“Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.” A.W.
Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.” – Andrew Murray “Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. “A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.” C.S. “Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties.” –Charles Stanley “We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.” C.S. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.” – Francis Frangipane
“The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. “Even when life may be difficult, we should thank God for all He does for us-which we do not deserve.” Billy Graham “Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them.” Thomas Fuller Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” – Harry Ironside “A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.” Charles Finney “God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.” Kay Arthur “An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it be not as yet performed, knowing that God’s bonds are as good as ready money.” Matthew Henry But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God.” Don Fortner We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. “Let Him therefore send and do what He will. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.” Billy Graham “A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. No matter how choppy the seas become, a believer’s heart is buoyed by constant praise and gratefulness to the Lord.” John MacArthur And it helps fortify the believer’s trust in the Lord and reliance of His provision, even in the toughest times. It stands in stark contrast to pride, selfishness, and worry.
“A thankful heart is one of the primary identifying characteristics of a believer. “We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.” –J.I. “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that, I still possess.” Corrie ten Boom Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. “God doesn’t want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.” R.C. “Gratitude is our ability to see the grace of GOD, morning by morning, no matter what else greets us in the course of the day.” “That man is truly happy who can say of all his substances, be it little or be it much, “The Lord gave it to me”.
It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him that all that we are and have comes from God.” Jerry Bridges “Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually. “Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties.” “Many people give thanks to God when He gives. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” Charles Spurgeon
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