In EVERY Thing

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:6

This verse says so much....We are to worry about nothing, but in EVERY thing come to God in prayer with THANKSGIVING. Being able to come to God with our requests is such a privilege, but we shouldn't only ASK for things, we should THANK Him for the things he has already given us!

The Psalmist got the idea...

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. Psalm 95:2

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psalm 100:4

So many times when things are going along smoothly we forget about God, we forget to thank Him and praise Him for His countless blessings, but when the tough times come, we beg and plead for Him to help us. Don't we owe it to God to thank Him always for all things....EVEN THE BAD??

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

There is that phrase again "in every thing". It doesn't say in good things, it says in EVERY thing! That includes the bad things.

How and why should we be thankful "in every thing"??

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57

Because God gives us the victory through Jesus Christ!! We have nothing to fear, nothing to complain about, no reason to grumble and worry....we already have the victory through our Precious Savior!!

If you are a child of the King, a born-again Christian, saved by the blood of The Lamb, then you can rest assured....

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

The victory is yours and you have EVERY THING to be thankful for!!

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that I already have the victory through the shed blood of your Son. I have nothing to fear, no reason to worry, grumble or complain. Help me to be thankful in EVERY thing and to claim that victory I already have in Jesus. When struggles come, help me to remember that you see the whole picture and you know what is best for me. Through trials you teach and mold me. Thank you for the trials for without them I wouldn't grow. May I always be thankful in EVERY thing and give you all the glory. In Jesus precious name, AMEN.