What Does the Bible Say about Thankfulness?

The Bible says that man’s heart is always geared towards destruction, wickedness and ungratefulness. The Scriptures teaches that someone who has trusted Christ as his only Savior has been born again, allowing his heart to start anew.

One of the first things a new believer should learn is to be thankful. Having a sense of gratitude goes a long way, because the person who practices it focuses on the things he has, not on the things he does not. This perspective is important for a Christian to be contented and happy in this world.

The word of God is clear when it says to be thankful in everything, because it is the will of God. It does not say that we should be grateful only for the good things, but also for the bad. Why? Thanking God for the bad things means we trust Him in whatever situation we are in.

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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#complaining #will of God #being thankful #God's will 

Ephesians 5:20 NIV

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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#being thankful #thankfulness #thanksgiving #gratitude 

Colossians 2:7 NIV

rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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#who am i in Christ #thankfulness #trees #being thankful 

Colossians 1:12-14 NIV

12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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#redemption #church - essential to salvation  #thankfulness  #Jesus 

Philippians 4:6-8 NIV

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

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

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#anxiety and depression #ask and you shall receive #grief and sorrow #faith healing 

2 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

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#spiritual growth #loving each other #faith in God #prefer one another 

2 Thessalonians 1:4 NIV

Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

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#perseverance #patience #trials and tribulations #boasting 

Matthew 15:36 NIV

Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.

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#breaking bread #praying in public

Luke 17:12-18 NIV

12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”

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#thankfulness

2 Corinthians 1:3-11 NIV

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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#thankfulness  #troubles - help given by God and church (see also persecution)
 #answered prayer 

Romans 1:20-23 NIV

20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

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What Does the Bible Say about Thankfulness?

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