Thankfulness
Thankfulness is an expression of the soul unmoved by the pressures of this world; when expressed, faith echoes off the walls of your spirit allowing the joy of the Lord to come in and strengthen your resolve. There is no greater expression of your faith then to lift your voice and thank God in the midst of a storm. Faith thanks God for your life, His love, His healing,
His strength, His provision, His peace, and ultimately His presence when your circumstances have you sick, tired, sad, in pain, in lack, or any combination. When the man or woman in crisis chooses to believe what God tells them in His word rather than what his or her circumstance tells them, and then expresses that complete trust in God by thanking Him, not for the problem, but for His promise of victory, even while the symptoms rage on, it won’t be long until their situation turns around. God cannot stand idly by, He will move heaven and earth if need be, to show Himself faithful on behalf of His child, who with audacious faith smiles in trouble because they trust in Him.
God has given us life, He has adopted us into his family, and after this life ends we will spend an eternity by His side in paradise. No matter how bad life gets or has been, we have something to be thankful for. How much more should we praise God when things are going good! Thankfulness should be in our heart, on our mind, and coming out of our mouth all day long; by doing this our perspectives change to see the bright side of every situation, we begin to be the best version of ourselves! We begin to draw closer to God, and He closer to us. There is a healing of the heart that occurs when we choose thankfulness over regret, slowly our past loses its sting. Cultivate a lifestyle of thanksgiving, put a voice to your faith and watch as you live freely and lightly.
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
—1 Thessalonians 16-18 NIV
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
—Colossians 3:17 NIV
Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer life, being both alert and intent in your praying with thanksgiving.
—Colossians 4:2 AMP
Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
—Philippians 4:6 KJV
I feel like the Lord led me to end all my posts with this simple reminder: God bless you all, I hope you know I pray over my readers. If you don’t have anyone in your life praying for you, then know that if nothing else you have me in your corner. I’m praying for all my readers, and that means I’m praying for you. We are all in this thing called life together, and no one needs to go at it alone. So feel free to reach out to me if you have a personal prayer request, also if you know someone who would like to be a part of our community, then let them know about the blog so we can all connect with our God and walk through life together as brothers and sisters! Love you all. -Jake
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