Two Mistakes We Make When We Don't Feel Thankful
Thankfulness should characterize the Christian life. This article identifies two mistakes we tend to make when we do not feel thankful to the Lord.
How to Use Thankfulness to Fight Sin
This article shows how thankfulness to God is an antidote to sinning.
Response to Your Baptism: Chapter 10 – We Want to Serve the LORD
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.
They Did Not Honor Him or Give Thanks — Why Thanksgiving is Inescapably Theological
Unthankfulness is a primal sin. This article explains from Romans 1:20-22 that thankfulness is at the heart of acknowledging God.
Romans 12:1 - The Motivation for Our Thankfulness to God
Characteristics of the Christian (3): Living Thankfully
Christians are characterized by thankfulness toward God and the people He places in our lives.
John 12:3 - Extravagant Devotion
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.
Good Manners
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.
Prayer: The Chief Part of Gratitude
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.
Praying Thankfully: A Thanksgiving Meditation
Looking at the Lord's Prayer, this article shows how it can used to pray in thankfulness to God. Focus is given to thanking God for who He is in your prayer.
Gratitude
Our Cultural Mandate
Levitucus 7:11-34 – The Original Thank Offering
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - Be Joyful Always, Give Thanks in All Circumstances
Psalm 136:26 - Thankfulness
Preparing for the Lord’s Supper - Self-examination and Thankfulness
Thankful Stewardship of Creation's Resources
Should We Celebrate Thanksgiving?
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.