Ephesians 5:20 – Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 2:6-7 – So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 3:15 – Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Hebrews 12:28 – Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
From the time when my son’s first were babies and just learning to communicate I would tell them to give God the glory for everything and to be thankful. I told them they were beautiful and it is okay, even good, to know that, but not to be proud. What did they do to be beautiful? Nothing, it was a gift from God. So just be thankful to Him. They were intelligent and I told them the same thing about that. It is good to know that God blessed them with intelligence and to thank God for it. It is bad to become proud because again, they did nothing to be intelligent, instead they were born with it. Some may say that is so but they worked hard at adding to their knowledge, at being fit and taking care of themselves, and they are proud of that. It is good that one is driven to take care of how God has gifted them, whatever the gift, but who made them to have the drive? Again it is God! If God did not gift us to have the drive to succeed we would not. So in all things we thank God!
Family, it is better to thank God for every little thing than to not thank Him. What do any of us have that is not a gift from God. The answer is that we have nothing, no talent, no beauty, no intelligence, nothing but that God gave it to us (James 1:17). Let us remember, every day of our lives, to be thankful to God for every little thing. We can thank Him for our blessings without becoming proud. If we remember that God is the source of the blessings we have no reason to be proud but only to be thankful. Remember to thank Him for the cool drink, or the hot drink, or the snack, or the meal, all of which are blessings from God. So praise God for waking up, praise God for the bed, for the clothes, for the food, for the morning drink, for the home, and for all things. Especially thank Him for what all the blessings mean. They mean that God loves us and that He is good, kind, and mindful of us. That His eyes are on us. Thank God! Praise God! Love God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”