

“Giving thanks at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father.” Paul gives us the secret to a life of thanks in three little words in Ephesians 5:20: But how did he do it? And how can we do it? What was Paul’s secret? His life shows us that giving genuine thanks to the Lord in the midst of trying conditions is possible. So when Paul said “in everything give thanks,” he wasn’t speaking theoretically he was speaking of something he actually experienced, even in the most awful of situations.
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He was shipwrecked, imprisoned, persecuted, and beaten, and yet he was full of thanks in all his circumstances. We know from verses like Acts 16:24-25 and Acts 27:35 that Paul’s life wasn’t a trouble-free life of ease. Was Paul speaking in theory or by personal experience? Paul’s secret Yet Paul says giving thanks in everything is God’s will for us. But we have a harder time thanking Him when we seem to have run out of blessings and our situation doesn’t look very positive. When we count our blessings, we’re grateful for things the Lord has done for us and supplied us with. “ In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” But perhaps his most challenging charge is in 1 Thessalonians 5:18: Throughout his epistles, Paul encouraged us to give thanks. Surely he was touching something particular regarding this matter. In the New Testament, the apostle Paul wrote about giving thanks at least 46 times.

The Bible has a lot to say about giving thanks the word “thank” appears in some form numerous times in the Bible. In this post, we’ll see the secret to giving thanks in all things and how giving thanks is a crucial part of our experience of Christ. Yet at certain times in our lives, giving thanks to the Lord can be hard for us. We teach our children to say, “Thank you,” when something is given to or done for them. To give thanks seems like such a simple matter.
