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give thanks To the Lord
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Worship
God on
the Lord’s Day
The title of Psalm 92 reads,
“A Psalm or Song for the sabbath
day.” This psalm was written for
use in the Sabbath-day worship
service in the temple of God.
This is abundantly clear from
the references made in the later
part of the psalm to “the house
of the LORD” and “the courts
of our God” (v. 13). This psalm
of worship in the Lord’s house
begins with an encouragement
to give thanks: “It is a good
thing to give thanks unto the
LORD, and to sing praises unto
thy name, O most High.”
So it is a scriptural
expectation that God’s people
will gather to give thanks to
Him in worship. The Sabbath
day is for God’s people to come
together to worship the Lord
with thanksgiving. It has
always been demanded of His
people to honour God on the
day of worship. Isaiah 58:13-14
admonishes us: “If thou turn
away thy foot from the sabbath,
from doing thy pleasure on my
holy day; and call the sabbath
a delight, the holy of the LORD,
honourable; and shalt honour
him, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own
pleasure, nor speaking thine
own words: Then shalt thou
delight thyself in the LORD; and
I will cause thee to ride upon
the high places of the earth, and
feed thee with the heritage of
Jacob thy father: for the mouth
of the LORD hath spoken it.”
15 Ways to Give
Prabhudas Koshy
God has not left His people to figure out on their own
how they can adequately express their thanks to Him.
Clear instructions are given to them in His Word
concerning how they can give thanks to God.
In this article, we will examine the fifteen
ways that the Scriptures teach us to
offer our thanksgiving
to the Lord.
Let your heart pulsate with gratitude at the recollection of G o d ’ s b e nefits and say
A
Thanks
Giving
Heart
2
Offer
private
worship to God daily
The examples of godly men
mentioned in the Bible also
call us unto times of private
worship to give thanks unto the
Lord. Daniel was a fine example
of this wholesome practice.
Concerning him, we read: “he
kneeled upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed, and
gave thanks before his God, as
he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10).
In Psalm 119:62, the psalmist
testified, “At midnight I will rise
to give thanks unto thee because
of thy righteous judgments.”
In Psalm 145:2, David says,
“Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name
for ever and ever.” All these
biblical examples encourage us
to give thanks to God by daily
dedicating special occasions
to the worship of God.
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