Gratitude

Gratitude for Grace

The way to conquer a spirit of criticism is to actively pursue the awareness of and gratitude for marks of grace in others.

Being Content with What You Have

This article explains how Scripture often treats contentment along with its opposite, covetousness. Whether we covet or are content, we are revealing our answer to the question, whom do we serve?

We live in times where people desire recognition. This is indeed a celebrity culture. What does it mean for us as Christians? Should we desire to be recognized? This articles challenges us to think about our good deeds, be it in giving money, donations, or otherwise.

A Serpent's Tooth “How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth it is to have a Thankless Child!”

This article is about gratitude.

Thanksgiving Is First

This article is about the special place thanksgiving has in the life of a Christian. We have to praise God for everything he provides.

How Does Gratitude Motivate?

We must be careful not to make our gratitude towards God the ground for our life of obedience. We don't obey because we feel obliged to express thankfulness. However, gratitude does motivate obedience.

Should We Celebrate Thanksgiving?

Is it appropriate for Christians to participate in Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday? This article contends that we should only do so for very weighty theological reasons. The author explains with three points why thankfulness should be at the centre of our relationship with God: gratitude restrains sin, thankfulness to God sets believers apart from the unbelieving world, and Scripture repeatedly calls for giving thanks to God.

In Praise of Praise

Is praising others dangerous? Will it fuel pride? This article shows from Scripture both when to praise others and how to respond to praise. Regarding the latter, the author explains that praise should fuel our gratitude to God.

A Welcome Word Eight ways to encourage your pastor

This article shares eight possible ways you can use to encourage your pastor.

How to Use Thankfulness to Fight Sin

This article shows how thankfulness to God is an antidote to sinning.

Three Reasons to Give Thanks

Thanksgiving should characterize the Christian's prayers. How do we learn to give thanks to God? Psalm 107 shares three reasons for giving thanks to God.

Godly Contentment

Contentment is the cure to covetousness. From 1 Timothy 6:6-10 this article discusses Christian contentment in relation to earthly possessions and personal circumstances.

Why I'm Ungrateful

Why is it so easy to be ungrateful? This article explains that lack of thankfulness is found in what seems normal to us.

Thanksgiving Everyday

This article discusses the heart of the meaning of gratitude.

Discontentment

The author compares carnal discontentment with spiritual discontentment, finding that one is beneficial while the other is merely a burden.

Embrace Your Purpose

Why were you saved? This article discusses several purposes of salvation, and urges the believer to embrace these reasons for the glory of God.

How We Live in Godly Contentment

Looking at Philippians 4:11, this article shows that living in contentment is found in embracing the God of providence, learning to look to Christ, and the application of God's Word through the Spirit in your life.

The Christian's Duty of Praise and Thanksgiving

The sin of ingratitude is fuelled by pride. In this article some help is offered as to what to do when you feel ungrateful to God. As a Christian you are called to praise and be thankful to God always.

Most Valuable Thanker?

From Colossians 2:6-7 this article shows that Christians should excel in gratitude, for it is in gratitude that we show what we are and who God is.

Characteristics of the Christian (3): Living Thankfully

Christians are characterized by thankfulness toward God and the people He places in our lives.

The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

Looking at the structure of the Heidelberg Catechism through the eyes of Psalm 116, this article shows that the Christian life is a life lived out of gratitude before God, which brings the blessing of assurance of faith.

Thankfulness

Christians must develop a heart of thankfulness, learn to work and speak in a thankful manner, cultivate a thankful mind, and express thankfulness in worship.

Finding Gratitude in Unlikely Places: A Thanksgiving Reflection

Our perspective on life is important to the development of an attitude of thanksgiving. Thinking about life in the light of death is one way of developing thankfulness.

Thanksgiving

This article looks at the question: How important is thanksgiving?

A Heart of Gratitude to God

Gratitude is a mark of being a Christian, because knowing God must produce thankfulness in the heart of the believer. The work of God's redemption is the ground for our thankfulness. It is through thankfulness that we fight against legalism.

... For He is Good

Is there contentment in our hearts? Is there any reason for thanksgiving? This article discusses happiness, possessions and mercy.

Levitucus 7:11-34 – The Original Thank Offering

This article is about thankfulness and the thank offering. It also discusses Leviticus 7:11-34 and looks at the tithes.

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