Thanksgiving is not a natural virtue; it is a fruit of the Spirit, given by him.
— Jerry Bridges (1929 – 2016)
A Thankful Christian!
God loves a thankful Christian! Job thanked God when He took all away: “The Lord has taken away — blessed be the name of the Lord!” Job 1:21. Many will thank God when He gives; Job thanks Him when He takes away, because he knew that God would work good out of it.
— Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
The Lord’s Day – Highest Thanksgiving Day
A thanksgiving-day hath a double precedency of a fast-day. On a fast-day we eye God’s anger; on a thanksgiving-day we look to God’s favour. In the former we specially mind our corruptions; in the latter, God’s compassions; therefore a fast-day calls for sorrow, a thanksgiving-day for joy. But the Lord’s day is the highest thanksgiving day.
— George Swinnock (1627–1673)
More quotes by George Swinnock
Thanksgiving
In thanking God, we fasten upon His favours to us; in praising and adoring God, we fasten upon His perfections in Himself.
— Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
Thanks-Living
I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.
— C. H. Spurgeon
