The Bible tells us that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father” (James 1:17). God is certainly benevolent and generous to us. He gives a variety of good things, from the gift of life in a newborn baby, to the satisfying experience of a good meal after a long day’s work. No matter how profound or how seemingly mundane
Most of us at, one point or another, have said in frustration “I hate money!” While that may sound better than the alternative which is prohibited in Scripture (1Tim.6:10), it is obviously not how God would have us live. God knows we will have to…
Becoming fully acceptable to God by the fragrant sacrifice of Christ ought to lead us to extravagant gratitude.
We ought to be gratefully reassured by the impeccable promises of God which have guaranteed us a future salvation through the work of the Jewish Messiah.
Because we live in a world that isn’t great at saying “thank you,” we tend to think that gratitude is an extra-credit Christian virtue. Like our temptation to send a “thank you” note in response to someone’s “thank you” note, we might secretly believe that God should…
Because we are all natural ingrates we, as God’s beloved children, must regularly resolve and diligently work to engage our hearts and minds in giving credit to the abundantly-worthy Source of all good things.
In light of our utter dependence and inherent weakness as human beings we should enthusiastically and thoughtfully give credit to our gracious God for his kind and sovereign provision in our lives.
The perfect and infinitely valuable life of Son of God fully paid the just demands of the Father’s holiness by incurring all the painful punishments our sins deserve.
Mindful of the huge difference our thanksgiving makes to God, others, and ourselves, we should be careful to regularly credit God for his gracious work of salvation on our behalf.
Christians should regularly examine and contemplate the amazing grace of God that provides our salvation so that we might rightly worship and sincerely thank him for it.
We should seek a godly contentment by continually giving thanks for what we possess as forgiven children of the King, regularly calling to mind the good future secured for us by Christ.
We should gratefully celebrate the incarnation, knowing something of the cost to Christ in taking on the humanity of Adam to save sinful humans.
To be truly grateful for grace we must “fear God” — knowing something of what it means to stand in fear, awe and reverence of the holiness, justice and power of God.
We should be incredibly happy and thankful that God is blessing CBC in amazing ways; and we should gear up for the great harvest he has in store for this church.
Jesus Christ is the greatest, his work to redeem us from our sins it incredibly great, he certainly deserves a great response from us each day
Our prayers should be laden with sincere & specific “thank-yous” because we are such debtors to God’s gracious generosity.
We must guard our friendships by expressing our life in tangible ways – acts of welfare, unity and gratitude.
