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Being Thankful Always

Being Thankful Always

November 23, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Paul said, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thess 5:18).

Am I thankful all the time? Are you?

I am thankful when I partake of the Lord’s Supper and remember Calvary. I am thankful when I pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” I am thankful when I focus. But sometimes I lose focus.

Do you lose the thankfulness focus sometimes as well?

Sharon likes for us to list 3 or 5 or 10 things we are thankful for. She asks this not just in late November, but all the time.

Here are eight things I’m thankful for this thanksgiving:

  1. 65 years of good health.
  2. 45 years of everlasting life, which I know is secure forever.
  3. 41 years of a wonderful marriage to Sharon.
  4. 30 years of ministry with Grace Evangelical Society.
  5. 28 years of being discipled and mentored by Zane Hodges (1980-2008).
  6. 25 years of ministry at Victor Street Bible Chapel.
  7. 23 years in our current home.
  8. 9 years speaking at Upland Bible Church and competing in the World Senior Games (Geezer Olympics).

I am so thankful I still can think and write and speak. And I’m thankful for the financial and spiritual support from so many of you for so long.

I just hit the Silver Sneaker club a few months back. I hope I’m still able to write and speak and even compete in racewalking and marathons twenty or thirty years from now if the Lord tarries. But I know all of that is in His hands (Jas 4:13-17). And I’m glad it is.

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by Bob Wilkin

Bob Wilkin (ThM, PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the Founder and Executive Director of Grace Evangelical Society and co-host of Grace in Focus Radio. He lives in Highland Village, TX with his wife, Sharon. His latest books are Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses and Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance.

If you wish to ask a question about a given blog, email us your question at ges@faithalone.org.

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