Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
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Gratitude need not deny grief or hardship. The passages include praise and an account of someone returning to give thanks, while other biblical books make room for lament.
First Thessalonians 5:18 speaks to a community in a broader series of short instructions; read the surrounding chapter.
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Try writing down what a passage thanks God for, then compare it with a psalm of lament. The Bible includes both forms of speech. Gratitude can be specific and sincere without asking someone to overlook hardship.
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Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Read Psalm 107 →One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
Read Luke 17 →In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Read Philippians 4 →And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Read Colossians 3 →Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Read Ephesians 5 →In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Read 1 Thessalonians 5 →Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
Read James 1 →Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
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