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1. “God has promised to supply all our needs. 

     What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.” 

2. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” 

3. “God says to give thanks in everything. That doesn’t mean you need to give 

     thanks FOR everything. You don’t need to give thanks FOR that bad day. 

     Or FOR that bad relationship. Or being passed over at work. Financial hardship. 

     Whatever it is you are not to give thanks FOR the difficulties, but rather IN the 

     difficulties. That is a very important distinction, and one I think we often miss. 

     Giving thanks IN everything shows a heart of faith that God is bigger than the 

     difficulties and that He can use them, if you approach Him with the right heart 

     and spirit, for your good and His glory.” 

4. “We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, 

     as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of 

     celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of 

     thankfulness, joy, and zeal.” 

5. “No matter what our circumstances, we can find a reason to be thankful.” 

6. “There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: 

     a thankful reflection, on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own

     unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. 

     The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.” 

7. “If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.” 

8. “It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!”  

9. “God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks not because 

     of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.” 

10. “A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the 

       Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.” 

11. “In happy moments, PRAISE GOD. In difficult moments, SEEK GOD. 

       In quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. In painful moments, TRUST GOD. 

       Every moment, THANK GOD.” 

12. "To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us 

       and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, 

       every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him."