In every thing give thanks.
“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.”
Need we say more? No matter what circumstance we find ourselves in we can always thank God for His incredible gift - the gift of His own Son, the Lord Jesus. Nothing compares to this. Our salvation cost God His only Son. In order for us to get to heaven God gave His Son and punished Him on Calvary’s cross for our sins. That should be enough to make us thank Him in every situation.
LOVED
The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people . . . but because the Lord loved you.
This was spoken about Israel, but we can take it for ourselves. When we see the vast majority of people leading godless lives, we can find joy and comfort in the fact that God loved us so much that He chose us to belong to Him - not because we were better, or had more numbers, or more brains, or more money. No. Just simply because He loved us.