Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
It calls for giving thanks at all times for all things to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, from a heart full of love and devotion and poured out freely in praise, song, joy, peace and prayer for His goodness and blessing. This thankfulness belongs to walking carefully and wisely, redeeming the time in evil days, knowing the Lord's will, being filled with the Spirit rather than drunk with wine, speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody in the heart, and submitting to one another in reverence for God. The Spirit-filled life of thanks has no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reproves them, awakes to Christ's light, and replaces corrupt and foolish talk with speech that is acceptable to God. Being filled means being emptied of self so that Jesus fills the soul, controls every action, and keeps body holy and spirit pure and healthy for His service, which stands wholly opposed to indulgence in intoxicating drink and tobacco. In married life and in daily trials this grateful, singing spirit glorifies God, answers hurt and faultfinding with praise rather than retaliation, and joins humble prayer and trust that God will open the way.
Spirit-Filled Thankful Walk
Giving thanks continually, always and for all things, to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ is the call of the verse, arising from a heart filled with love and devotion to God and expressed freely for His blessings and goodness. This gratitude accompanies praise, peace, and gracious fellowship among Christians, with heartfelt song, Christian joy, and prayer. Speaking words of praise about God's goodness and love in this way is better than dwelling on the discouraging parts of experience.
This thankfulness belongs to walking circumspectly as wise and carefully, not as fools, redeeming the time because the days are evil, and understanding the will of the Lord. It belongs to being filled with the Spirit instead of being drunk with wine wherein is excess, speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody and inward melody in the heart to the Lord, and submitting and yielding to one another in reverence and fear of God. Continual thankfulness for everything to God as Father through Jesus Christ is thus part of a wise, Spirit-filled life that makes good use of time in evil days and knows the will of the Lord.
The wise, Spirit-filled life of thanks also includes having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reproving them, and awaking from sleep and death to receive Christ's light. It is the thankful speech that is acceptable to God in place of corrupt, foolish, and shameful talk from the lips. This walk requires preserving the body holy and the spirit pure and unstained amid surrounding corruption in the last days. It requires keeping in the best condition of health for perfect service because body and spirit belong to God by purchase, with the Spirit of God controlling all actions.
Being filled with the Spirit means receiving the holy unction from on high, shown in speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and in continually thanking God the Father for everything in the name of Jesus Christ. This Spirit-filled thankfulness stands opposite being drunk with wine wherein is excess, because wine and tobacco are not essential to Christian growth. Indulgence in intoxicating liquor places a person wholly under the control of the demon who devised this stimulant to deface and destroy the moral image of God.
Being filled in the sense of the passage means being emptied of self so Jesus fills the soul. Clinging to Jesus as the only hope and helper and losing sight of self, no longer talking of self, flattering self, pitying self, and extolling self, allows Jesus to come in and work without self being exalted. When Jesus fills the emptied soul, words speak of Jesus, His love and His power, testimony becomes fresh and living rather than stale and spiritless, prayer is made in the Spirit, and the believer is free in Christ Jesus.
Thankfulness in Family and Life
Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ gives a lesson for the guidance of every married man and every married woman, calling for searching the heart as with a lighted candle. That thankfulness belongs to speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody in the heart to the Lord, to walking circumspectly as wise, to redeeming the time because the days are evil, and to submitting to one another in reverence for God. In married life this thankful, Spirit-filled walk is the only way a husband and wife glorify God in their united life. That only way joins lifelong faithfulness to each other with self-sacrifice that leads to the truest happiness and the highest perfection of character, with the husband acting as houseband of the family and priest of his home, and with mutual love, respect, and cherishing. Continual thankfulness for everything, made carefully and wisely with good use of time in evil days, with knowing the will of the Lord, with being filled with the Spirit instead of being drunk with wine, and with inward melody to the Lord, is how that united glorifying of God is lived.
Continual thankfulness to God the Father for everything in the name of Jesus Christ is one of the traits of character that open the gates of the city of God to those who cherish them. In response to hurtful or faultfinding words, singing to the Lord from the heart rather than answering back practices this grateful, God-focused spirit. Gratitude to God is to be expressed freely for the blessings He gives, and speaking words of praise about His goodness and love is better than dwelling on the discouraging parts of experience. In the work of planning for the school and sanitarium, this thanksgiving at all times and for all things belongs with humble, wholehearted prayer, and with trust that God is working among His people and will open the way.
It calls for giving thanks at all times for all things to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, from a heart full of love and devotion and poured out freely in praise, song, joy, peace and prayer for His goodness and blessing.
This thankfulness belongs to walking carefully and wisely, redeeming the time in evil days, knowing the Lord's will, being filled with the Spirit rather than drunk with wine, speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody in the heart, and submitting to one another in reverence for God.
The Spirit-filled life of thanks has no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reproves them, awakes to Christ's light, and replaces corrupt and foolish talk with speech that is acceptable to God.
Being filled means being emptied of self so that Jesus fills the soul, controls every action, and keeps body holy and spirit pure and healthy for His service, which stands wholly opposed to indulgence in intoxicating drink and tobacco.
In married life and in daily trials this grateful, singing spirit glorifies God, answers hurt and faultfinding with praise rather than retaliation, and joins humble prayer and trust that God will open the way.
Spirit-Filled Thankful Walk
Giving thanks continually, always and for all things, to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ is the call of the verse, arising from a heart filled with love and devotion to God and expressed freely for His blessings and goodness. This gratitude accompanies praise, peace, and gracious fellowship among Christians, with heartfelt song, Christian joy, and prayer. Speaking words of praise about God's goodness and love in this way is better than dwelling on the discouraging parts of experience.
This thankfulness belongs to walking circumspectly as wise and carefully, not as fools, redeeming the time because the days are evil, and understanding the will of the Lord. It belongs to being filled with the Spirit instead of being drunk with wine wherein is excess, speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody and inward melody in the heart to the Lord, and submitting and yielding to one another in reverence and fear of God. Continual thankfulness for everything to God as Father through Jesus Christ is thus part of a wise, Spirit-filled life that makes good use of time in evil days and knows the will of the Lord.
The wise, Spirit-filled life of thanks also includes having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reproving them, and awaking from sleep and death to receive Christ's light. It is the thankful speech that is acceptable to God in place of corrupt, foolish, and shameful talk from the lips. This walk requires preserving the body holy and the spirit pure and unstained amid surrounding corruption in the last days. It requires keeping in the best condition of health for perfect service because body and spirit belong to God by purchase, with the Spirit of God controlling all actions.
Being filled with the Spirit means receiving the holy unction from on high, shown in speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and in continually thanking God the Father for everything in the name of Jesus Christ. This Spirit-filled thankfulness stands opposite being drunk with wine wherein is excess, because wine and tobacco are not essential to Christian growth. Indulgence in intoxicating liquor places a person wholly under the control of the demon who devised this stimulant to deface and destroy the moral image of God.
Being filled in the sense of the passage means being emptied of self so Jesus fills the soul. Clinging to Jesus as the only hope and helper and losing sight of self, no longer talking of self, flattering self, pitying self, and extolling self, allows Jesus to come in and work without self being exalted. When Jesus fills the emptied soul, words speak of Jesus, His love and His power, testimony becomes fresh and living rather than stale and spiritless, prayer is made in the Spirit, and the believer is free in Christ Jesus.
Thankfulness in Family and Life
Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ gives a lesson for the guidance of every married man and every married woman, calling for searching the heart as with a lighted candle. That thankfulness belongs to speaking in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with melody in the heart to the Lord, to walking circumspectly as wise, to redeeming the time because the days are evil, and to submitting to one another in reverence for God. In married life this thankful, Spirit-filled walk is the only way a husband and wife glorify God in their united life. That only way joins lifelong faithfulness to each other with self-sacrifice that leads to the truest happiness and the highest perfection of character, with the husband acting as houseband of the family and priest of his home, and with mutual love, respect, and cherishing. Continual thankfulness for everything, made carefully and wisely with good use of time in evil days, with knowing the will of the Lord, with being filled with the Spirit instead of being drunk with wine, and with inward melody to the Lord, is how that united glorifying of God is lived.
Continual thankfulness to God the Father for everything in the name of Jesus Christ is one of the traits of character that open the gates of the city of God to those who cherish them. In response to hurtful or faultfinding words, singing to the Lord from the heart rather than answering back practices this grateful, God-focused spirit. Gratitude to God is to be expressed freely for the blessings He gives, and speaking words of praise about His goodness and love is better than dwelling on the discouraging parts of experience. In the work of planning for the school and sanitarium, this thanksgiving at all times and for all things belongs with humble, wholehearted prayer, and with trust that God is working among His people and will open the way.