Oct 27 2026 … Grateful Always

Oct 27 2026 …  Grateful Always

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to Brandon Lake singing … Gratitude … calling all Christians to live lives that express their (our) gratitude to God for His saving grace.

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Highlight Passage: … 2Timothy 1:10 [NLT]

…   10  So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.  

… Paul, writing from prison, shows that he is willing to endure all things … gratefully …  to express thanks to God for His enabling grace.   

Reference Passage: …  2Timothy  1:1-2, 6-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul, about to die in prison,  exhorts Timothy (and all Christians) to live lives which express their (our) gratitude to God for His saving and sanctifying grace.

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Reference Passage: …  1Chronicles 16:34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru the Author of First Chronicles calls on all believers to ALWAYS give thanks to God for His faithful and eternal love.

 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 118:24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s Psalmist, likely King David, sings of being grateful that God is the source of all his strength and victory.

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 136:1-3  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s Psalmist, also likely King David, sings of ALWAYS being thankful to God.

Reference Passage:  Ephesians 5:20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to ALWAYS be thankful to God for EVERYTHING. 

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul also shows fellow Christians that they (we) are to be thankful to God in EVERYTHING we think, say, or do.

Reference Passage: 1Thessalonians 5:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul, with input from a Sivanus (i.e., Silus)  and Timothy, calls on all Christians to be thankful in ALL circumstances. 

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Monica La Rose …  USE THIS LINK   wrote about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, shortly after being imprisoned for opposing the Nazis in WW2, wrote to his parents and expressed his thankfulness to them, requesting that they send him books and paper, writing … “It’s a strange feeling to be so completely dependent on other people; but at least it teaches one to be grateful, and I hope I shall never forget that. … ” 

And isn’t that true!   We so often realize how grateful we are to others, … and especially to God, … when were so dependent for the help and grace of God through the help of others.  Right now I’m feeling that support and strength and enabling grace from our Lord through the prayers and support of friends and especially from my wife.  How about you?  Where is the needle of GRATITUDE pointing in your life?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You for simply  … EVERYTHING!     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your enabling and saving grace … today and all days.  …  Amen

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