Personal Thoughts

Biblical thankfulness is being thankful for what God has done; therefore, we need to know the word of God enough to know what God in Christ has done for us.

Colossians 1:9-14 Here Paul doesn’t pray for what they don’t have, he prays they will grow in their awareness and understanding of what they do have. I need to come to, daily and moment by moment, a greater understanding that by God’s grace and Christ’s courage, I have been qualified, delivered, transferred, redeemed, and forgiven.

When I realize what I have in Christ, if I really experientially realize, then I can be thankful in all situations, not thankful for all circumstances, but thankful in all circumstances. I can understand and find hope in the fact that no matter how bad this earthly situation, the real eternal situation is filled with hope and assured of joy.  I need to understand, pray, and believe that I have all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called me to his own glory and excellence.