God is crystal clear on this issue: we are all called to be thanks-givers. Who?<\/i> You! When?<\/i> In all circumstances! Why?<\/i> Because it\u2019s God\u2019s will for you! Whatever else you may be confused about concerning God\u2019s will, this part is clear. It\u2019s not a suggestion\u2014it\u2019s a commandment. And since there are more commands in Scripture about thanksgiving than anything else, God evidently enjoys receiving thanks. <\/p>\n
The psalmist said, \u2018I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 69:30\u201331 KJV) Why does God need to remind us to give thanks? For the same reason you remind your child to do it\u2014it\u2019s considerate and, until it becomes habitual, we forget! <\/p>\n
David, a man after God\u2019s own heart, prodded his often-forgetful soul into thanksgiving: \u2018Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 103:2 KJV) When you feel ungrateful, stop and read David\u2019s \u2018benefit list\u2019 in your Bible\u2014it will fire up your attitude of gratitude. Even when circumstances don\u2019t look good, God can turn them around for your benefit. In all things He deserves your thanks. Even at his lowest point in the belly of a whale, Jonah recognised the need to thank God, and cried out from \u2018the belly of hell\u2019<\/i> (Jonah 2:2 KJV), raising his voice in \u2018shouts of grateful praise\u2026 \u201cSalvation comes from the Lord!\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Jonah 2:2 NIV)<\/p>\n
So make a habit of \u2018always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians 5:20 NIV) In other words, develop an attitude of gratitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God is crystal clear on this issue: we are all called to be thanks-givers. Who? You! When? In all circumstances! Why? Because it\u2019s God\u2019s will for you! Whatever else you may be confused about concerning God\u2019s will, this part is clear. It\u2019s not a suggestion\u2014it\u2019s a commandment. And since there are more commands in Scripture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}