GIVING THANKS WITH A GREAT PROFESSION!
Ephesians 5:20
giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (Ephesians 5:20 NKJV)
1Thessa5:18
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (I Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV)
###To be thankful :
-is to be grateful,
-Is to be appreciative,
-is expressing fully from our heart the worth of God's virtues & nature with our all.
- to regard the works of the Lord & acknowledge the operation of God's hand
Ps 28:5
Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. (Psalms 28:5 KJV)
- to enhance His blessings in our lives & affairs by giving glory unto His name.
Mal 2:1-3
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. (Malachi 2:1-3 KJV)