Four times in our Lord’s own life He gave thanks. With five thousand starving men before Him, He gave thanks because He knew what He would do. When His testimony was rejected (Matt. 11), He gave thanks. At the grave of Lazarus He gave thanks, before He raised him. And in the presence of His own death He gave thanks (Luke 22:17,19). “In everything give thanks,” but that is not so difficult as “giving thanks always for all things.” This is God’s will for us.
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