How often do you give thanks?   

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Thanksgiving is the combination of two words- thanks and giving. Turning the words around, we have giving thanks. This is just what God requires from us as his children. Even human being wants a fellow human to show appreciation whenever they do something tangible to them. Thanks is an expression of appreciation for something we got from someone or God. And as humans, when we do something for someone and the person fails to appreciate or express gratitude in return, we tend to do 2 things

1. Challenge the person and make him know he is ungrateful.

2. Decide within us not to ever help such a person again. We feel he wasted our efforts by not showing gratitude.

Appreciation Definition according to the dictionary is  “A good feeling that you have towards someone who has helped you,” — Merriam Webster.

 THANKSGIVING IS AN EXPRESSION DEMONSTRATED THROUGH SEVERAL MEANS BUT NOT LIMITED TO-

1. An heartfelt appreciation

2. An action that portrays the expression through giving

a. Quality Worship.

b. Praise.

c. Substance/sacrifice.

d. deliberate attitude of goodness.

We may be wondering, Who do we give thanks to?

1. God- He deserves to be given thanks to now and then. If we value what he does for us every day of our life can we pay for it? He is nothing too much from us than for us to appreciate Him for his doing.

2. Man or Anyone that helps us- Our thanks can be divided in this manner ·       

Our parents- they are the channels we pass through into this world. They got options of aborting when we were conceived in our mother’s womb, and at birth, they could have abandoned us in the cold weather for us to die. For taking care of us thus far they deserve to be appreciated. ·       

Helpers- anyone who contributes one good thing or the other for the sake of our development deserves to be appreciated. At times animals like dogs could help rescue us from dangers.

Who are those that are expected to give thanks?

All that is living. Plants also give thanks

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Why do people fail to give thanks?

1. lack of knowledge of God's doing.

2. lack of knowledge of the scriptures which is God's word.

3. Lack of the power of God, how mighty he is, what he is capable of doing.

4. Believing that a thanksgiving is an act that is demonstrated after receiving or benevolent alone?

NO, it is also done in faith and anticipation of God's faithfulness that never fails. For example, a child makes a request to his father and before he receives it, he is already appreciating him. This pushes the father to get the request done by all means.

Is giving thanks restricted to a particular place?, the Church, Worship Centre etc? NO, you can give thanks wherever you find yourself.

When do you give thanks morning or afternoon? ·       

All the time without specification.

·        In difficult times When you are afraid and don’t know what to do next.

·        When you need help and you are expectant of God's favour and favour from men.

·        When you remember God's goodness, as long as you are alive.

Benefits of Thanksgiving.

1.It is means of pleasing God.

2. It evokes wholesomeness

3. Furthermore, it causes an abundance of rain

4. Likewise, it’s one of the best ways to provoke answers to prayer and a way to release God's blessing.

5. Overcome asking amiss difficulty

6. It provokes Multiplication, glorification, abundance.

Some dangers of not being thankful

1. It displeases God.

2. It depreciates peoples and hinder them from getting more blessings.

3. It causes worries: anyone who doesn’t know how to give thanks will always worry over everything in life.

4. it deprives people of wholesomeness.

Conclusion

Make it a habit to always give thanks to God, and appreciate people for their support. My appreciation goes out to every content writer. I will do a list of some of those am indebted to in my next short post.

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We should be thankful to God every moment of our life, from waking up to resting at night. We should be thankful for His protection, provision and perpetual love all the time. See the wonders of God for being grateful everyday. A thankful heart is a blissful heart.

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Always give thanks to God in the first instance, give thanks to people not only because they did you a favor, you have to give thanks for everything around us, to life, to nature, to stumble on a rock, maybe that stops you for a moment and you realize that under that rock there is something wonderful for you. Thank you for this wonderful article

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I always Thank God for giving me so much ❤️ and Thanks to all my friends including you ☺️

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Spot on and clear! Thankful everyday..

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I am very lucky that I was brought up grateful by my parents. I was taught to be grateful to even the simplest things.

How often do I say Thank you? Everyday. I thank Him for waking me up each day to go to work, for the food on my table, for the nice people around me, and for Everything. There's a lot to say Thank you to God but there's no need to elaborate at all. He knows what a grateful heart is.

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Thank God for you

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I always will. I just hope all the people in the world would be grateful. It doesn't even take a single effort for everybody to do that.

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Yes, it doesn't take stress

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Always! Often! Many times over every day :)

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Thank you for this article honestly I feel like a bad person because I don’t thank God enough he has saved me too many times Thanks again

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Every time I eat, drink water, or meet any of my human life needs, I am grateful. I give thanks mostly to those who have benefited me or whom I believe have the right to use me. There is no measure of benefit here. I can even thank you for any article I like.

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Thank you for always been there

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always, I love saying thankyou even in a small things xd

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Be thankful to GOD every single of our lives, waking up in the morning is a big blessing. As it says "Trust in the the LORD with all your heart and HE will give you the desire of your heart". We need to be Grateful.🙏

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Praise is a function of acceptance of what how heart feels to appreciate God for. For inhabits the praise of His people.

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and I am grateful for every tiniest lil thing that can't be bought from a store

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God is our provider and our helper. He helps us in all ways and so, we must endeavor to give him all the thanks. He has lifted us fr the hands off pure enemies.

Always give him thanks at all cost. Giving him thanks can accelerate ypur blessings the more.

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