Oct 24 2008

How thankful are we?

Posted by Chris Norman

Here is a passage of Scripture I have been meditating on lately: 

 

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:11-19)

 

There are many things all of us pray about every day that God answers.  How often do we go back in prayer and say, “thank you?” 

 

This is true for both major areas of prayer and even small areas.  For example, my wife and I pray every night that our kids will sleep well.  How often do we thank God in the morning when they do sleep well?

 

What percentage of your answered prayers do you go back to God and say, “thanks?”

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3 Responses to “How thankful are we?”

  1. Kyle Says:
    October 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    Thanks!

  2. John Says:
    October 28th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    How many of us live a lifestyle of thankfulness? Each day is a gift (please don’t say, “That’s why they call it the present.”) and I should wake with a word of thanks on my lips each morning, yet I don’t.

    Branching off of your sermon from Sunday, if each of us could just be content with what we have couldn’t we be more thankful? Isn’t thankfulness a symptom of contentment? If I can be content with what God has blessed me with today, can I then be a more thankful person?

    Thanks so much for the message you delivered this week. It served to reinforce a conviction God put on me earlier in the week about the futility of all my to-do/to-buy lists that I tend to focus on each day.

  3. Chris Norman Says:
    October 28th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    Thanks, John. I agree. I think thankfulness is a an extension of contentment.

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