Showing your thankfulness is one of the top way to show your joy and faith in Jesus Christ. In all sorts of situations in life, you can still be gracious. Focus on the positive things in your life, and dwell on all of God’s blessings, promises, and covenants, and you will be thankful. From seeing a rainbow that indicates how God won’t flood the earth again, to thinking about your friends and family and all of their blessings, you yourself will feel joyful and thankful. Paul states in Philippians chapter 1, verses 3 to 4 that “I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you, always praying with joy for all of you in every prayer.” Paul wasn’t going through the easiest part of his life, but he managed to write a whole book about joy and thankfulness. Instead of thinking about himself, he thought about others and prayed joyfully for them. We often aren’t joyful whenever we pray to God. Sometimes we pray to him when we are in hard times, and other times we pray to him during good times. We, as Christians, could learn thankfulness and joy through the Bible and apply it to our prayer. Even if we aren’t in the best mood, or aren’t particularly enjoying the day and what it brings about, we can still thank God and be joyful for what he has done for us and for others.
Thankfulness verses:
Colossians 1:11-12 KJV: “Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”
Psalm 35:18 KJV: “I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.”
Psalm 95:2 KJV: “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.”
Psalm 100:4 KJV: “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
Psalm 136:1 KJV: “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
1 Corinthians 11:24 KJV: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV: “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 9:15 KJV: “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”
Philippians 1:3 KJV: “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy.”
Philippians 4:6 KJV: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Colossians 2:7 KJV: “Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”
Colossians 3:15 KJV: “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV: “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
