Dont forget to say, Thanks

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Dont forget to say, Thanks

• 1 Thessalonians 516-18

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Dont forget to say, Thanks

• Rejoice always
• pray without ceasing
• in everything give thanks
• for this is Gods will for you
• in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 516-18

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• A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
  but the parent
• of all the other virtues.
• Cicero

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Now Thank We All Our Godby Martin Rinkart
(1586-1649)

• Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands
  and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in
  whom His world rejoices who from our mothers
  arms hath blessed us on our way with countless
  gifts of love, and still is ours today.

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• Rejoice always pray without ceasing in
  everything give thanks for this is Gods will
  for you in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 516-18

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Dont forget to say, Thanks

• Choose joy

Rejoice in the Lord always again I will say,
rejoice! Philippians 44
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you
encounter various trials. James 12
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• Shortest verse
• Rejoice always
• Tied for the shortest verse
• Pray without ceasing
• 2nd shortest verse
• Jesus wept

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We are as sorrowful yet always rejoicing. 2
Corinthians 610
For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren,
of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that
we were burdened excessively, beyond our
strength, so that we despaired even of life. 2
Corinthians 18
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Dont forget to say, Thanks

• Choose joy
• Ask, ask, ask for help!

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• Now when Daniel knew that the document was
  signed, he entered his house (now in his roof
  chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem)
  and he continued kneeling on his knees three
  times a day, praying and giving thanks before his
  God, as he had been doing previously. Daniel 610

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• Rejoice in the Lord always again I will say,
  rejoice! Be anxious for nothing, but in
  everything by prayer and supplication with
  thanksgiving let your requests be made known to
  God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
  comprehension, will guard your hearts and your
  minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 44,6-7

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Dont forget to say, Thanks

• Choose joy
• Ask, ask, ask for help!
• Cultivate thankfulness

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Now Thank We All Our Godby Martin Rinkart
(1586-1649)

• O may this bounteous God thru all our life be
  near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed
  peace to cheer us and keep us in His grace, and
  guide us when perplexed, and free us from all
  ills in this world and the next.

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Now Thank We All Our Godby Martin Rinkart
(1586-1649)

• All praise and thanks to God the father now be
  given, the Son and Him who reigns with Them in
  highest heaven the one eternal God whom earth
  and heavn adore for thus it was, is now, and
  shall be evermore.