It's Important to Give God Proper Thanks (TMF:1259)

Thursday, November 14, 2019
Peace to Live By: It's Important to Give God Proper Thanks (TMF:1259) - Daniel Litton
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       Really, when Jesus says, “Give us this day our daily bread,” I think we find ample room under this section whereby we can give God thanks for the good things he has given us. Certainly Jesus wants us to give thanks to God. Remember, in Luke 17 when Jesus cleansed the ten lepers, there was only one of them who came back to Jesus to say thanks to him. Jesus was disappointed by the fact that the other nine did not return to give thanks, but that only one person came back to thank him. The Apostle Paul told the Philippians, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6, ESV). So he noted, as did Jesus also in his sermon here, that we are not to worry about anything but to give everything to God in prayer and supplication. And we are to do this with an attitude of thanksgiving. God definitely wants us to be thankful. So while “Give us this day our daily bread” shows that the food we need to live our lives is important, it’s also true that we have a lot of other requests, needs, that we want God to give us.