The Bible tells us that we are a blessed people, in that God has shown His mercy towards us by sending us His one and only begotten Son to die for our sins. Yet despite the fact that God has and still is pouring His goodness and mercy on us day by day, some of us find it hard to be thankful because of the tough times that come our way.
Our thankfulness and gratefulness to the Lord is often challenged by the problems that we face daily. The sudden rise in the price of commodities, being demoted in the job or not seeing the results we wanted, getting sick and not having enough time to rest and recover – these and many other reasons push us to our limits and often steal away our desire to be thankful to the Lord for His goodness.
Still, the Bible tells us that we should be grateful to God for His goodness and mercies that are new every morning. Indeed they are.
Are you praying to God for help in being thankful no matter what you are going through? Check out the slide show below for some Bible verses to accompany your prayers and help you find the strength to be grateful always.
1 John 3:1 – "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him."Romans 5:6-11 – 'When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God."1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."Lamentations 3:22-23 – "Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness."Job 1:20-21 – "Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.""
