Choosing To Be Thankful

Thank you Lord, for providing a new printer after I broke the old one today. 

Thank you Lord, we still have one empty trash can to use after I forgot to put out the trash today.

Thank you Lord, there wasn't any damage to my passengers, my car, or the gas station after I drove away today while still attached.

Thank you Lord, for friends who will drive 45 minutes to rescue me after I locked my keys in my car today.

Yep!  That was my day Tuesday.  Thankfully, they don't happen like that very often.  As I reflected back on the days "adventures" & "memory makers", I saw blessing in each one of these incidents.  So, I am choosing to be thankful for the blessings instead of dwelling on the trials.

Thank you Lord, there are always blessings in the midst of trials :) 

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  

Col 3:17

31 Reasons Why Believers Should Give Thanks (5-9)

5.  Because His name is good.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.Psalm 54:6

6.  Because thanksgiving magnifies God.

I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.Psalm 69:30

7.  Because God is near to us.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near.  We recount your wondrous deeds.Psalm 75:1

8.  Because God will ultimately deliver His people from their enemies.

But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to your forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. Psalm 79:13

9.  Because it is a good thing to do.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High.Psalm 92:1

31 Reasons Why Believers Should Give Thanks

3.  Because the Lord helps us.


The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped, my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 28:7


4.  Because thanksgiving glorifies God.


"The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; the one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"  
Psalm 50:23

31 Reasons Why Believers Should Give Thanks

1.  Because God is good.  

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
1 Chronicles 16:34

2.  Because it is a correct response to God's righteousness.

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Psalm 7:17