Glorify God by Giving Thanks

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Desiring God, John Piper, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Joy, 163859, Daily Devotional, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Solid Joys, Jesus, Devotional

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🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

A life that gives glory to God for his grace and a life of deepest gladness are the same life. And what makes them one is thankfulness.

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0:00.0	November 25, glorify God by giving thanks.
0:05.6	It is all for your sake,
0:07.8	so that as grace extends to more and more people,
0:11.3	it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.
0:15.1	2 Corinthians 4, 15.
0:18.5	Gratitude to God is a joyful emotion.
0:23.6	We have a sense of joyful indebtedness for his grace.
0:30.0	So in a sense, in the very emotion of gratitude,
0:35.2	we are still the beneficiaries.
0:38.8	But by its very nature, gratitude glorifies the giver.
0:43.4	When we feel thankful, we acknowledge our need
0:47.7	and God's beneficence, God's fullness,
0:52.2	the riches of his glory.
0:54.3	Just like I humble myself and exalt the server
0:58.9	in the restaurant when I say thank you,
1:02.0	so I humble myself and exalt God
1:05.5	when I feel gratitude to him.
1:08.3	The difference, of course, is that I really am infinitely
1:11.6	in debt to God for his grace
1:14.2	and everything he does for me is free and undeserved.
1:19.9	But the point is that gratitude glorifies the giver.
1:25.9	He glorifies God.
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