Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your thanksgiving brings joy, for a grateful heart is what God desires. Scripture calls us to give thanks in all things, and when we do we find we have all things in abundance, not because of what we possess but because gratitude itself opens the riches of God's grace. You have rightly thanked Jesus for coming down from heaven, for while we were in darkness and at enmity with God He brought forgiveness and adoption as sons, counting us worthy of the Spirit and the kingdom though we deserved perdition. Blessed are those whose sins are covered, and that blessedness comes by grace through Him alone.
Continue to abound in thanksgiving, rooted and built up in Christ and established in the faith as you were taught. Let thanksgiving go before both your words and your works, keeping your mouth pure and your conscience cleansed, offering continually a sacrifice of thanksgiving for the great salvation made known in His mysteries. True thanksgiving also confesses sin freely before God, acknowledging that we have received far more mercy than we deserve and have not been punished as our offenses required. This is the thanksgiving that is content with God alone and does not parade itself before men.
May the Lord keep you steadfast in this gratitude, taking nothing for granted, and cause your thankfulness to grow into greater abundance as you walk in Him.
Continue to abound in thanksgiving, rooted and built up in Christ and established in the faith as you were taught. Let thanksgiving go before both your words and your works, keeping your mouth pure and your conscience cleansed, offering continually a sacrifice of thanksgiving for the great salvation made known in His mysteries. True thanksgiving also confesses sin freely before God, acknowledging that we have received far more mercy than we deserve and have not been punished as our offenses required. This is the thanksgiving that is content with God alone and does not parade itself before men.
May the Lord keep you steadfast in this gratitude, taking nothing for granted, and cause your thankfulness to grow into greater abundance as you walk in Him.
