Bob Godfrey has an provocative essay on the Tabletalk site. Recommended reading.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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A really edifying exhortation by Dr. Godfrey…
“When the “word of Christ” dwells in us richly, we will be led on to lives of gratitude. As we learn and contemplate all that God has done for us in creation, providence, and redemption, we will be filled with thanksgiving. As we recall His promises of forgiveness, renewal, preservation, and glory, we will live as a truly thankful people.”
We need not drum up thankfulness. It flows from apprehending of what God has graciously accomplished for us in Christ… in creation, providence, redemption, and the blessed hope of life everlasting.