Scripture to Read: 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Giving thanks to God ought to be a regular part of our day. Every person that God has brought into our life, whether we realize it or not, has helped shape us as a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some of those people God has used to encourage us, and others He has used to lovingly admonish us. Then there are those people God has used to help us in times of weakness, and then there are the precious ones who have shown us great patience in our time of need. As God’s Word says today in 2 Thessalonians 2:13, “we should always give thanks to God” for each of them. My prayer time starts every morning as soon as my alarm goes off. I begin each day thanking God for everyone and everything He has richly given me. God deserves our daily thanks, not just when we pray over a meal, but literally for all our rich blessings. I love to thank our Lord every morning for my wife, my sons, my daughter-in-law, my extended family, for the job He’s given me to serve Him and provide for my family, for clean water, for a water heater that warms the water I get to wash in, for all of the appliances that work so well, for the vehicle that gets me from one location to the next, for the clothes that fill my closet and drawers, for the house I get to live in, and on and on. So again, let me say, God deserves our daily thanks.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about your attitude of thankfulness? How will you improve your thankful attitude?
2. Take a few minutes and make a list of everything you need to thank God for each day, then spend some time thanking Him.
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!