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Thankfulness
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
It is sometimes difficult to witness for Christ in the daily routine of life and show ourselves to be different from the world. A very simple, but evident action, is to give thanks for everything. Do you start every meal with thanks to God, even in a crowded restaurant or school cafeteria with your friends present? Do you thank God for daily strength, for clothing, home, money and transport? Let us make sure that we give God our Father the thanks He deserves for giving us the daily mercies that we so often take for granted.
One of the characteristics of the times we live in, is unthankfulness. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be … unthankful” (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2). Let’s be careful that the spirit of the age does not affect us as believers. Our testimony to the world is often the fact that we have a thankful spirit no matter what the circumstances. “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20).
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