We're to thank God for God to thank Him for who He is.

Listen to Psalm 30 verse 4.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His,

and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

Thank God for who He is.

Thank God for His attributes.

Thank God for His character.

Thank God for His holiness.

A loving family, a steady job, or simply good health and good friends, those are all things

you can be thankful for.

But what should make a Christian most thankful?

John MacArthur shows you today on Grace to You as we launch a week of broadcasts to prepare

you for next week's Thanksgiving celebration here in the United States.

John, before we get started, I have a question related to this issue of thankfulness, which

is difficult for a lot of people.

And I should start by saying, I think of you as maybe the best model of gratitude and thankfulness

that I know.

I've seen you in hard times, I've seen you in good times, and you are always grateful

for the leading of God's providence.

But have there ever been times when you have struggled with being as thankful as you should?

Well, yeah, I think when I was a young Christian and didn't have the life experience of seeing

the hand of God in adversity, I might have been disappointed in the direction of something,

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