Spiritual Thoughts

T hank you, God for this good life and forgive us if we do   not love it enough.  ~ Garrison Keillor   B oth riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. Now therefore, our God,   we thank You,  and praise Your glorious Name. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:12-13

  T here can be no joy  without gratitude.  ~ Richard Paul Evans   T hrough him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His Name. ~ Hebrews 13:15

  Friday Tale - "I Thank You from my Heart" O ne  day in 1868 a boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school. He found he had only one dime left and was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.   Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"   "You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness." He said....."Then I thank you from my heart."   As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit his selling and his school.   Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent...

H owever much or little you have, "Thank you" is always a more powerful prayer than, "I need more." ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   Y ou rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. Now therefore our God, we thank You, and praise your glorious Name. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:13

T hank you God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough. ~ Garrison Keillor   P ray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

  T hank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. ~ Garrison Keillor   Y ours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious Name. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:11, 13

  H owever much or little you have, "Thank you" is always a more powerful prayer than, "I need more." ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with all my heart, and will glorify Your name forever. ~ Psalm 86:12

I f the only prayer you said  in your whole life was, "thank you,"  that would suffice. ~ Meister Eckhart   W hoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way. ~ Psalm 50:23

  I n the New Year, never forget to thank your past years, because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the present, or reach the future. ~ Mehmet Murat ildan   I am writing to you to stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken before hand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. ~ 2 Peter 3:1-2

  Friday Tale - Just a Letter   W e were a group of friends in the midst of an after-dinner conversation. Because Thanksgiving was just around the corner and prosperity wasn't, we talked about what we had to be thankful for.           One of us said, "Well I, for one, am grateful to Mrs. Wendt, an old school teacher who, 30 years ago in a little West Virginia town, went out of her way to introduce me to the works of the poet, Tennyson."           Then he launched into a colorful description of Mrs. Wendt, a lovely little old lady who had been his high school teacher and who evidently had made a deep impression on his life. She had gone out of her way to awaken his literary interest and develop his gifts of expression.           "And does this Mrs. Wendt know that she made that contribution to your life?" someone put in.  ...

  If the only prayer you say in your   entire life is ‘ Thank You ,’ that would suffice. ~ Meister Eckhart    Now therefore, our God, we thank You , and praise Your glorious name.  ~ 1 Chronicle 29:13

  N ever let frustration or disappointment tarnish your appreciation for all that is good life. Every day say "Thank you" to the Source of all that is good. ~ Unknown   I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it. ~ Psalm 52:9 

  G od gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "Thank you"? ~ William Arthur Ward   T herefore, I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations; and I will sing praises to Your name. ~ 2 Samuel 22:50

K eep a "thank you" jar. Thoughout the year  jot down reasons why you are thankful for    your spouse, a member of your family.     Then read them aloud at Thanksgiving.  -Unknown I thank you that You have answered me    and have become my salvation. -Psalm 118:21

W e must find time to stop and thank the people              who have made a difference in our lives.  -Dan Zadra T hen Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleaned? Where are the nine?     Was no one found to return and give praise to God        except this foreigner?"  And Jesus said to him,                "Rise and go your way;                      your faith has made you well." - Luke 17:17-19  

G od gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"? -William A. Ward   U nto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks; For that Your Name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.  -Psalm 75:1 

If all you had today was what you  gave thanks for yesterday,        What would you have left? Inez Schneider via Dennis Bevans always giving thanks for all things to God the Father     in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…. Ephesians 5:20