Thanksgiving 4.12 | ESVFor the appointing of the Redeemer and God’s gracious condescension to deal with men upon new terms, receding from the demands of the broken covenant of innocency.I bless you that when sacrifices and offerings you did not desire, and in them took no pleasure, that then the ete
Thanksgiving 4.11 | ESVFor the eternal purposes and counsels of God concerning man’s redemption.We ought always to give thanks to you, O God, because you have chosen some to salvation through sanctification by the Spirit: 2 Thessalonians 2:13(ESV) That there is a remnant, chosen by grace, Romans 11:
Thanksgiving 4.10 | ESVThe goodness of his grace relating to our souls and the life that is to come.But especially blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Ephesians 1:3(ESV)1st, We must give God thanks
Thanksgiving 4.9 | ESVFor our own share in the public plenty, peace, and tranquility.When I have eaten and am full, I have reason to bless you for the good land that you have given me, Deuteronomy 8:10(ESV) a land which the eyes of the LORD my God are always upon, from the beginning of the year to t
Thanksgiving 4.8 | ESVFor success in our callings and affairs, comfort in relations, and comfortable places of abode.It is God who equips me with strength and makes my way blameless, Psalm 18:32(ESV) who has blessed the work of my hands; Job 1:10(ESV) and it may be that though my beginning was small
Thanksgiving 4.7 | ESVFor the supports and comforts of this life, which have thus far made the land of our pilgrimage easy and pleasant to us.Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears me up; God is my salvation. Psalm 68:19(ESV)You make me lie down in green pastures; you feed me beside the still waters.
Thanksgiving 4.6 | ESVFor signal recoveries from danger by sickness or otherwise.When perhaps there has been but a step between me and death, 1 Samuel 20:3(ESV) and when I have felt that I have received the sentence of death, 2 Corinthians 1:9(ESV) and have been ready to say, “In the middle of my da
Thanksgiving 4.5 | ESVWe must give thanks for our preservation; that our lives are prolonged and the use of our reason and understanding, our limbs and senses, are continued to us.It was owing to your good providence that I did not die at birth, and did not come out from the womb and expire; that th
Thanksgiving 4.4 | ESVSecondly, With reference to ourselves in particular.We must give thanks that he has made us reasonable creatures, capable of knowing, loving, serving, and enjoying him, and that he has not made us like the beasts that perish.We praise you, for we are fearfully and wonderfully m
Thanksgiving 4.3 | ESVThe heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth you have given to the children of man; Psalm 115:16(ESV) and you have put all things under their feet, and given them dominion over the works of your hands; Psalm 8:6(ESV) so that the fear of man and the dread of man is upon eve
