Some of the Things We Can be Thankful For, Part 1 (TMF:478)

Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Peace to Live By: Some of the Things We Can be Thankful For, Part 1 (TMF:478) - Daniel Litton
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       Some people won't even go to funerals because they don’t want to be reminded of reality. But why do all people die? Why do they have to die? Have you ever thought about that? Why don’t people just live forever? Well, the Bible tells us that it is because we have all sinned in our lives that we are going to die. Death is the physical payment for sin. God told Adam that in the day he ate of the forbidden fruit that he would indeed die. And this is true for everyone, as we have all violated God’s standards. But when bad things are happening in our lives, what are some of the things we can list to remind ourselves to be thankful? In the most basic sense, if we are alive, we can be thankful for that. God has given us life. Being Christians, though, we can always be thankful for Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for us, reconciling us to God. We have a personal relationship with God because of what Jesus did for us. He loved us so much he gave his own life for us, and for this we are thankful. We can be thankful for having a place to live, whether we own the place or whether we are renting. It really doesn’t matter. If God has given us a place to lay our heads at night, for this we are thankful. If God has given us food and clothes, we can be thankful.