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Marriner’s Moment: Emerge Into Giving Thanks – Part 3
Sometimes giving thanks requires us to be vulnerable or inconvenienced. We should not go to God giving thanks with our masks on. He already knows our heart, so giving thanks may require us to be vulnerable. We may need to confess our lack of faith or selfishness, our inability to wholeheartedly place our faith and trust in God, or our reluctance to give up control. In these instances, it may be appropriate to thank God for not giving up on us, the way we sometimes give up on Him, and for loving us in spite of ourselves.
Most of us don’t have to dig deep to find reasons to give thanks. We realize that the very breath that we breathe is a gift from God. We have our health, our families, roofs over our heads and food on our tables. For most of us, that’s enough to give God thanks!
Peace and power.
© Dr. Melvin O. Marriner,
Grove Church
November 2017