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2 Corinthians 4:15
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace
that is reaching more and more people may cause
thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
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November
23 Overflowing Thanksgiving
Thanks should not be a boring thing that we
feel obligated to do as Christians. It
should be an immediate response and come without
reservation or even thought.
If we have an attitude of thanksgiving, we
won't be able to contain our thankfulness, it
will be overflowing. As thanksgiving
overflows, it gives glory to God.
We should be especially thankful when God's
grace is reaching more and more people through
the gospel. There is perhaps nothing that
should excite us more or cause us to give
greater thanks than when another person becomes
a Christian.
Of course thanksgiving can overflow from
anything that we are thankful for. Any
expression of thanksgiving gives glory to God
because we recognize that He is the source of
all that we have to be thankful for.
Most importantly however, Jesus is the reason
for our salvation. Our thanks should
overflow because of our own salvation but also
in celebration for what God does in the lives of
others as they become Christians. |
