The giving of thanks is simply the right thing to do in relationship between the All-Giving Creator and the always dependent creature.
The giving of thanks is simply the right thing to do in relationship between the All-Giving Creator and the always dependent creature.
Let’s face it. The Christian life as defined by the Lord in His Word is a call to exhausting labor, tiresome service, sacrificial giving, fierce self-denial, and will flat out drain the obedient Christian to the demands of obedience Christ places upon us.
How encouraging is it when someone looks us in the face, sends a text or email, or drops us a good old fashion snail mail card saying, “I am praying for you”?
LUKE 7:1-10-After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when…
JOHN 17:1-4-Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son so that the Son may glorify You, for You gave Him authority over all flesh; so He may give eternal life to all You have given Him. This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One…
1 PETER 1:14–16 – As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” The Christian life must be understood in the light of who God is, what He is…