A Prayer for Humility and Thankfulness
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Your Daily Prayer
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🗓️ 22 August 2020
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| 0:00.0 | A prayer for humility and thankfulness, written by Jack Graham. |
| 0:12.0 | Read by A Lisa Forsberg. Graham. Jesus 1st Thessalonians 518. |
| 0:25.6 | Heavenly Father, it is easy to sing your praises when life is well, but how quickly we |
| 0:30.6 | forget when the road turns hard. Help us to give thanks in all circumstances. |
| 0:37.9 | Perhaps you've heard the story about Alexander the Great |
| 0:40.7 | when he confronted a thief in the ranks of his army. The man was brought the great |
| 0:45.0 | conqueror to be punished and Alexander stood to his feet and asked |
| 0:50.0 | what is your name soldier? |
| 0:52.0 | My name, the young soldier quivered, is Alexander. |
| 0:58.0 | Furious Alexander the Great got right in that young man's face and said I could have killed you for your |
| 1:04.2 | crimes but I'm not so either change your name or change your ways. As believers |
| 1:10.9 | we bear the name of Jesus Christ each and every day of our lives. |
| 1:15.0 | Yet so many easy-believing church-going cultural Christians love to claim Jesus on Sunday, |
| 1:22.0 | but show no thankfulness during the week for the name they bear. |
| 1:26.1 | They'll say, oh yes, I'm a Christian, only when it's convenient. |
| 1:31.3 | But the Bible is clear in passages like today's that will know real believers by their fruits. |
| 1:37.0 | I'm not talking about someone with a squeaky clean sin record, but people whose passion for the Lord is evident in their everyday lives. |
| 1:45.9 | Live each day for his glory, thanking God in remembering you bear the name of the King who |
| 1:51.0 | bought you with his life. |
| 1:59.0 | Dear Lord, may we never be ashamed to praise your name. It is easy to rejoice when life is going well, but we quickly turn away and grumble when challenges arise. |
| 2:05.9 | Help us to give thanks in all circumstances. |
| 2:09.3 | Help us live humble, grateful lives. |
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