Enter Into His Gates With Thanksgiving And Be Thankful

 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name - Psalms 100:4.

             Our God is good and His love endures forever. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations - Psalm 100:5. He provided us with everything and filled us with joy. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy - Acts 14:17. Let us be thankful for all God had done for us.            

            Let us come before the presence of God with thanksgiving. Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods - Psalm 95:1-3. There is fullness of joy in the presence of God.

        We honor God by offering thanks to Him. Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me - Psalm 50:23. With gladness, let us worship the Lord and come before Him with joyful songs. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture - Psalm 100:1-3.                                         

    

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You and praise Your name. Let us enter your gates with thanksgiving and your courts with praise. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

People Who Thanked God In The Bible

 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful - Colossians 4:2

1. Miriam

             Miriam thanked God by playing her tambourine and danced with all the women when God saved them from the Egyptians after they crossed over the Red Sea. Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! – Exodus 15:21.

2. Hannah

            Hannah thanked God for granting her petition for a son. My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation - 1 Samuel 2:1.

4. Solomon

         King Solomon thanked God for all He had done in the presence of all the assembly of His people while dedicating the temple. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and with His hand has fulfilled it - 1 Kings 8:15.

5. Daniel

            Daniel prayed three times a day and gave thanks to God. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously” (Daniel 6:10).

8. Jesus

           Jesus gave thanks to God before distributing the bread and fish to five thousand people. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted – John 6:11.

9. The Leper thanked Jesus

            Ten lepers came to Jesus for healing and Jesus sent them to the priests, and they were all healed. Only one of them returned back and thanked Jesus. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan – Luke 17:15.

10. Paul

            Paul always expressed thankfulness to God for the people to whom he is writing. When he writes to the Thessalonians, he opens with: “We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers” (1 Thessalonians 1:2).

                                                     

      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us devote ourselves in prayer being watchful and thankful. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Magnify The Lord With Thanksgiving

 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving - Psalms 69:30.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever - 1 Chronicles 16:34.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name - Psalms 100:4.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things - Psalms 107:8-9.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful - Colossians 3:15.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful - Colossians 4:2.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6-7.

I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself - Psalms 89:1-2.

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods - Psalms 95:1-3.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me - Psalms 50:14-15.                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and magnify Your name with thanksgiving. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Give Thanks To God In all Circumstances

 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus – 1 Thessalonians  5:18.

             God’s will for us is to give thanks to Him in all circumstances. Let us give thanks to God in all circumstances because He had promised us that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:1.

               We need to count it all joy when we fall into various trials. Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing - James 1:2-4. Instead being anxious, let us submit all our requests to God with thanksgiving. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6,7.

               Let us give thanks to God always for all things. Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:19,20.                                           

      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us give thanks to You in all circumstances. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Jonah's Thanksgiving Prayer

 Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me - Psalm 50:14,15.

                  Jonah remembered the Lord when he was in the belly of fish. When we call upon God in the day of trouble, He will deliver us. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears - Psalm 18:6. The will of God for us is to give thanks in all circumstances. in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you - 1 Thessalonians 5:18.       

             Instead of complaining about his situation, Jonah turned his attention towards God through prayer and thanksgiving. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple. Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy. But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land - Jonah 2:7-10.

             Jonah was delivered by God as he entered His presence and offered up thanks in the midst of his troubles. He believed that his salvation is of the Lord. God will hear us and deliver us when we call upon Him and offer thanksgiving. I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. Wondrously show Your lovingkindness - Psalm 17:6,7.                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to offer You the sacrifice of thanksgiving in all our situations. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Give Thanks To The Lord For His Unfailing Love

 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind - Psalm 107:21.

                    The love of God towards us never fails. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22-23. 1 John 4:8  says that “God is love”. The love of people change but God’s love never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever - Hebrews 13:8.

                     The greatest demonstration of God’s love for the world is found in the work on the cross. God showed His love by sacrificing His life for us while we were still sinners. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us - Romans 5:8. Let us thank God for His unfailing love. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind - 1 Chronicles 16:34.

                 Let us trust the steadfast love of God and thank Him. But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation - Psalm 13:5. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life - Psalm 143:8. May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant - Psalm 119:76.

                                              

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your unfailing love towards us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Thanks Be To God Who Gives Us The Victory

 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ - 1 Corinthians 15:57.

                  God always causes us to triumph in Christ. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place - 2 Corinthians 2:14. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world - 1 John 4:4. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8.37

            Our Lord is a mighty warrior who fights for us with our enemies. The Lord is mighty warrior in battle and He is with you - Psalm 24:8. David defeated Goliath easily as God was with him. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands - 1 Samuel 17:47. For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory - Deuteronomy 20:4.    

             No one will be able to stand against us as God fights for us and gives us victory. The Lord gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites. Do not be afraid of them, the Lord said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you” - Joshua 10:8. Let us thank God who gives us victory.                                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for giving us victory in everything we do. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.