Ten Ways to Give Thanks To God 1. Remember Him Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, The Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commands I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. The first way to show true thanksgiving to God is to always remember Him. Remembering Him means that He is a part of our thoughts, words, and deeds. It is impossible to give thanks to God if we never think or speak of Him. When we remember Him we are choosing to think, speak, and act as He would have us do. We can also memorize scriptures on gratitude to help us remember to give Thanks to God. Memorizing the word of God is keeping God a part of our lives everyday. Look for God to show up in your life every single day. 2. Recognize His Hand To give thanks to God we must recognize His hand in our lives. What blessings he given to us? A great idea is to get out a piece of paper (or open a new document) and number your blessings one by one. As you count your blessings be specific. Name individual family members and friends. Think of your life, health, home, city, and country. Ask yourself what, exactly, about your home or country is a blessing? How about your skills, talents, education, and job? Think about those times that seemed like a coincidence, did you overlook Gods hand in your life? Did you think of Gods greatest gift, His Son, Jesus Christ? You will be amazed at how many blessings you truly have. Now you can show thanksgiving to God for them. 3. Give Thanksgiving in Prayer One way of showing our thanksgiving to God is through prayer. Prayer is an essential part of conveying appreciation to our Heavenly Father. He awaits our expressions of gratefulness each morning and night in sincere, simple prayer from our hearts for our many blessings, gifts, and talents. Through expression of prayer we establish a relationship with God and by giving thanks, we show we have come out of the darkness into His marvelous light. 4. Keep a Journal Of What God Has Done For You. An excellent way to show thanksgiving to God is by keeping a journal, it is more than just a list of your blessings, it’s a way to record what God has done for you on a daily basis. It can comfort and strengthen you, and keep you from losing your way in hard times. A journal of what God has done can be a road map to the future for you or for a family member. 5. Repent of Sins Repentance alone is an amazing blessing for which we should give thanks to God, it is one of the most powerful ways in which we can show God our gratitude We are mortal—we are not perfect—we will make mistakes. When we make mistakes and do not repent, we suffer. Not only does repentance cleanse us of our sins it puts us in right standing with God to receive additional blessings, which the Lord is eager to give to us. 6. Obey His Commandments Our Heavenly Father gave us everything we have. He gave us our lives, to live here on earth, and the only thing he asks of us is to obey his commandments. When we trust and obey we are paying God the highest compliment. We are telling God through our obedience to Him that not only are we trusting in the provision of His hand, but we desire to know the intent of His heart. Without obedience there is no love. So we need to know God’s commandments if we are to obey them. 7. Serve Others I believe that one of the most profound ways in which we can truly give thanks to God is through serving him by serving others. He told us that, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matt 25:40). So we know that to give thanks to God and serve Him, we need to serve others. Its so simple. All it takes is a little planning possibly some personal sacrifice and then many opportunities to serve our fellowmen will arise and when the Lord knows we are willing to serve each other, greater doors of opportunities will arise. In Matthew 25:23 he says; “Well done good and faithful servant. You have been faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share in your master’s happiness.” 8. Express Gratitude to Others When others help us or serve us they, in turn, are serving God. In a way, when we express our gratitude to those who serve us we are truly showing thanksgiving to God. We can easily acknowledge the service of others by saying thank you, sending a card or quick email, or take someone out for lunch or dinner. Spending time with someone is one of the greatest compliments you can give and one of the greatest rewards you can receive. 9. Be Humble Humility begets gratitude while pride begets ingratitude. In the parable of the pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:9-14) Jesus Christ taught what happens to those who are lifted up in pride and those who are humble. He said, For every one that exalts himself shall be brought low; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted (Luke 18:14). In the face of adversity we must make a choice. We can react to our afflictions by becoming humble and thankful, or we can become angry and bitter. As we choose to be humble we are showing thanksgiving to God. We are showing to Him that we have faith in Him, that we trust Him. We may not always know Gods plan for us, in a certain situation, but as we humble ourselves, especially in adversity, we are submitting ourselves to His will, and His will is to always prosper us and not harm us. 10. Make a New Goal An excellent way to show thanksgiving to God is by making and keeping a new goal. It can either be a goal to stop a bad habit or a goal to create a new good one. The Lord doesnt expect us to change instantly, but he does expect us to work toward change. The only way to truly change ourselves for the better is to make and keep goals. In Habakkuk 2:2 The Lord said to write the vision and make it plain so those who read it can run with it.
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