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
Thanksgiving 4.2 | ESVWith reference to all the creatures and the world of mankind in general. [continued]You did not leave yourself without witness among the nations, in that you did good by giving them rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying their hearts with food and gladness. Acts 14:
Thanksgiving 4.1 | ESVWe must be particular in our thanksgivings to God:For the discoveries that he has made to us in his word of the goodness of his nature.We give thanks to the God of gods, to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:2-3(ESV)Your goodness is your glory,
Thanksgiving 4.0 | ESVOf the Fourth Part of Prayer, which is Thanksgivings for the Mercies we have Received from God and the Many Favors of His we are Interested in and Have and Hope for Benefit by:Our errand at the throne of grace is not only to seek the favor of God, but to ascribe to him the glor
Petition 3.41 | ESVWe must plead the promises of God for the enforcing of all our petitions, put these promises in suit, and refer ourselves to them.Lord, you have given me many precious and very great promises, 2 Peter 1:4(ESV) which are all Yes and Amen in Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:20(ESV) Now be it
