Gratitude of a Thankful Nation

Gratitude: An essential yet often neglected aspect of salvation.

I’ve noticed that I spend a lot of my prayer time asking God to accomplish certain things, or to do this or change that. Sometimes it takes me a while to even realize when he has answered prayers or otherwise blessed me and mine in various areas of our lives. In failing to recognize his answers, I neglect to thank him. In fact, gratitude seems the last and smallest part of our prayer lives. This must change.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 states: ‘Rejoice always! Pray constantly. Give thanks in everything, for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus.’

Psalm 100:4 admonishes us to: ‘Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good, and his love is eternal: his faithfulness endures through all generations.’

Gratitude is an absolutely essential part of salvation. Without it we are no better than monkeys who’ve been given everything and yet display no gratitude for anything. Gratitude is the proper response to God’s saving grace, and it should be expressed every day in every prayer. Mature believers in Christ are thankful believers.

Thank you Father for the roof over our heads

Thank you Father for the food in our cupboards

Thank you Father for our health, and for our recovery from illness

Thank you Father for the ability to think and to know you

Thank you Father for our senses and for your amazing love each day

Thank you Father for everything we take for granted

Amen