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Lexham English Bible That cheapens your life. Just as in those grand old Hebrew psalms you may hear different voices; as you may hear, now the broken voice of the broken and contrite heart as it sobs out its confession of sin, and now the soft cooing as of the infant falling asleep in perfect peace upon its mother's bosom; just as you may hear, now the dull groan of anguish wrung from the heart almost overburdened with sorrow, and now the peal of laughter, as of one who is bounding over the mountain side, breathing God's pure air, and rejoicing in God's glad sunshine; as you may hear, now the sharp cry of pain as of a soldier who has been hit by the archers, and now the shouts of triumph rising from the throats of those who have been victors in the fight; and yet in all the psalms, running like an accompaniment, you may detect the perpetual sense of God's nearness and of God's love: so we shall not fail to find many varied experiences in the Christian life, some joyful and some painful — many voices in one psalm; and yet, if that life is what it should be, the accompaniment of every experience will be the music of a thankful heart.1. It is the sure destruction of self-respect and courage. Third pair. And it finds a new call to its exercise in the fact, that the lesser gifts have their origin in the love which gave us the greatest, and came to us through that greatest Himself. III. "For all things." But again; St. Paul in the text gives a very wide range to thanksgiving, when he speaks of "GIVING THANKS FOR ALL THINGS." What surrounds us from our infancy is a vision and prophecy of God.(N. But again; St. Paul in the text gives a very wide range to thanksgiving, when he speaks of "GIVING THANKS FOR ALL THINGS." "Giving thanks always for all things" is obviously as comprehensive a charge to give thanks as could possibly be devised; and I wish to remark that the peculiar force of the word "always" seems to be this, "under all circumstances." Nevins. "For all things." V. Robinson, B. It is a school to instruct us in the knowledge of God. Thankfulness studies a suitable return. The third is, to keep these things in remembrance; for, if they are forgotten, they can no longer sway or influence you; and therefore, says David, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits." (1) Hardness of heart and security in enjoying the blessings of God's common providence. I can give thanks often and I can give thanks for most things. The one life wrestles and leaps onward in endless unrest, the other dwells in calmness and peace. And it finds a new call to its exercise in the fact, that the lesser gifts have their origin in the love which gave us the greatest, and came to us through that greatest Himself. Working from Ephesians 5:20, he says that how much of prayer that is spent in thanksgiving is one of the clearest gauges of spiritual maturity. If we do not feel grateful, do not let us try to force the expression of gratitude. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. Adam, Where Are You? This duty requires due acknowledgment of our obligation, significations of our notice, declarations of our esteem and good acceptance of favours conferred. "No," said he, "doctor, no. Ephesians 5:25 Limitless Bounds of Grace (devotional)02:11 (black) Ephesians 5:2 Walk In Love As Christ Also Love Us (black) His queens are working women.II. Some of the best discipline of life is there. Next to its homeliness, in matter for thankfulness, is the seclusion of home. )Common merciesN. We rise in the morning, and find it filled with friendly faces; we retire for the night from amidst a group of the dearest we have. Nevins. 3. I know the difficulty of realizing this state of mind; a time may perhaps come, when we shall be able to look back from our place of rest upon the way by which God hath led us, and when we shall be able to see that in all its turns and twistings (so far as they were the result of God's leading, and not due to our own perversity), and in all its darker passages, in its roughest as well as its smoothest portions, it was indeed "the right way," and all demands our gratitude to Him, who led us by a way that we knew not.IV. In a country like ours, we could make no selection of common mercies in which THE BLESSINGS OF EMPLOYMENT were left out. How necessary a duty it is appeareth —(1) By the light of nature. A. Home is a blessing so common, and we have been all our days so familiar with it, that few realize the full riches of blessing which it is in our life. )Common merciesN. So is praise also our solace after trial. B. Power.The psalmist speaks of singing to the name of the Lord, blessing, extolling, thanksgiving, exalting. "For all things." Above my summer hut one year was a mountain stream, which I often visited. I know the difficulty of realizing this state of mind; a time may perhaps come, when we shall be able to look back from our place of rest upon the way by which God hath led us, and when we shall be able to see that in all its turns and twistings (so far as they were the result of God's leading, and not due to our own perversity), and in all its darker passages, in its roughest as well as its smoothest portions, it was indeed "the right way," and all demands our gratitude to Him, who led us by a way that we knew not.IV. Showers and streams, flowers and trees, bird and beast and creeping things, the wide sea and the lofty hills, sunshine and starlight, light and darkness, clouds and rainbows, waxing and waning moons, seasons and days. )Common merciesN. For things of discipline as well as things of nutriment, for toil and the hardness which toil works, for hunger and cold, for sickness and sorrow, for death itself, for mercy and also for judgment, for riches and also for poverty, for peaceful calm and also for purifying storm. )The music of the Christian lifeW. Extraordinary mercies are our cordials in a fainting fit (Psalm 77:10). 2. Idleness enfeebles both mind and body. We frequent it day and night; we are in it from infancy to old age. We frequent it day and night; we are in it from infancy to old age. When our Maker appointed us to labour, He made labour one of the dignities in His kingdom. Above my summer hut one year was a mountain stream, which I often visited. And this is an attribute in all work, in work of the hand as well as work of the mind. But there is a blessing in our homes greater than either its seclusion, or comfort. Fifth pair. 4. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. In the first place, I would have you notice that St. Paul speaks of giving thanks "UNTO GOD AND THE FATHER." 3. Above my summer hut one year was a mountain stream, which I often visited. Personal blessings. We are to give thanks, not only for great and notable benefits, but for the least and most ordinary favours of God: though indeed none of God's favours are in themselves small and inconsiderable. The joy of life perishes at the roots, and despair commences its evil reign. (1)A proud heart. 17), the breadth of their incidence is still very significant. "All things." This duty requires endeavours of real compensation, and a satisfactory requital of benefits, according to the ability and opportunity of the receiver. "For all things" — for little mercies as well as great mercies — for the gospel first, but also for the humblest truth which enlarges the mind; for things in heaven and things on earth; for whatever is related to our growth and well-being; for the air we breathe, the water we drink, the fire which warms us, and the earth which is the bountiful food grower for us all. We are a nation of workers. Thankfulness is the harmony between the deep sense of obligation, and the joy of perfect freedom. )The music of the Christian lifeW. In the first place, I would have you notice that St. Paul speaks of giving thanks "UNTO GOD AND THE FATHER." For friends and privileges and just laws and liberties; for our native land and our memories of heroic ancestors; for Christian principle and the Christian Church; for life and strength and reason; for our bodies fearfully and wonderfully made; for our place in society, our opportunities for good, our means of usefulness, our knowledge, insight, and growth; and for faith, hope, and charity in ourselves and others.I. The last of the mercies I undertook to set before you is HOME. Another element in this blessing of work is its honourableness. (1)If the heart be brought near to God by every mercy we receive from Him (Psalm 96:8). All the dispensations of God should be regarded as the acts of a Father, and therefore as demanding our thanks. There, doctor, is my cordial. Macleod, D. D.The first thanks of a redeemed creature will always be for Christ. V. Robinson, B. A.Every Christian life is like a psalm. Read verse in The Message Bible Toggle navigation (2) as receiving and appreciating them in the spirit of Christ. "No," said he, "doctor, no. V. Robinson, B. A.Every Christian life is like a psalm. Living as Christ in this World Ephes. (Bishop Harvey Goodwin. (1)If the heart be brought near to God by every mercy we receive from Him (Psalm 96:8). Movement, activity, fulfilment of tasks — this is the law for every creature made by God. But there is a blessing in our homes greater than either its seclusion, or comfort. And this is an attribute in all work, in work of the hand as well as work of the mind. And the stream that leapt and churned higher up, lay still as a sleeping child. And anyone who knows the misery of the state indicated by the words "out of employment," also knows the greatness of the blessing. St. Paul says, "giving thanks ALWAYS"; the word "always" is sufficiently strong and comprehensive in itself, and becomes additionally so by being joined to the words "all things." Nevins.A person being once cast upon a desolate island, spent a day in fasting and prayer for his deliverance, but no help came. But you must, I hope, be satisfied that you owe God thanks for what men count small and everyday mercies; do you not also owe Him thanks for what they count evils? But Christian thankfulness shows itself in joyous acknowledgment of all gifts, great and small. 4. Ephesians 5:20: The Duty and Scope of Thanksgiving: H. Melvill, B. D. Ephesians 5:20: The Duty of Giving Thanks: Ephesians 5:20 Redemption has been accomplished - Ephesians 2:1-3:13. And yet, according to St. Paul, the need is the same in both cases; even our thanks must be offered up through Christ; we do not make God our debtor by such offerings; whether we ask or whether we pay tribute, it is we who are the gainers, and for both the one purpose and the other we need the righteousness of Christ, to make our approach to God's mercy seat acceptable.III. We frequent it day and night; we are in it from infancy to old age. The person described under these two titles is of course one and the same, but the thoughts which belong to the two titles are very different; the name of God may be said chiefly to testify of power, that of Father chiefly of love; it is because God has allowed Himself to be addressed as "our Father," that we can draw nigh to Him with fall assurance of faith.II. Rising far up in the marshy hollows of the mountains, it made its way by steep and frequent plunges to the sea. Jehoshaphat's army sang praises before the battle. Sixth pair. I am simply a member of the home circle, a citizen of "that country which every man loves." It is by God’s loving grace that we know him and are partakers of all the blessings of Christ Jesus our Savior. A. Just as in those grand old Hebrew psalms you may hear different voices; as you may hear, now the broken voice of the broken and contrite heart as it sobs out its confession of sin, and now the soft cooing as of the infant falling asleep in perfect peace upon its mother's bosom; just as you may hear, now the dull groan of anguish wrung from the heart almost overburdened with sorrow, and now the peal of laughter, as of one who is bounding over the mountain side, breathing God's pure air, and rejoicing in God's glad sunshine; as you may hear, now the sharp cry of pain as of a soldier who has been hit by the archers, and now the shouts of triumph rising from the throats of those who have been victors in the fight; and yet in all the psalms, running like an accompaniment, you may detect the perpetual sense of God's nearness and of God's love: so we shall not fail to find many varied experiences in the Christian life, some joyful and some painful — many voices in one psalm; and yet, if that life is what it should be, the accompaniment of every experience will be the music of a thankful heart.1. His queens are working women.II. What those quiet pools were to the life of that mountain stream, home is to the ordinary life we lead. B. Power.The psalmist speaks of singing to the name of the Lord, blessing, extolling, thanksgiving, exalting. Some of the best discipline of life is there. As that sacrifice, being offered constantly at a set time, was thence denominated continual, so perhaps may we, by constantly observing some fit returns of praise and thanksgiving, be said "always to give thanks.". You see, as soon as he began to sing of mercy exercised, the exercise of mercy was renewed to him. There should, therefore, be no cringing abjectness in our worship. )Varieties of praiseP. The manner or means — "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." If thanksgiving is to be perpetual it must constantly find new food for gratitude. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. Lastly, we are obliged to thank God, not only for corporeal and temporal benefits, but also (and that principally) for spiritual and eternal blessings. In my home I am at ease, and free to be myself. Home has functions which point to eternity. But here and there, in its descent, it came to solitary spots, quiet basins of stone, where all the hasting and furious turbulence was at an end. In his last moments he exclaimed two or three times, "Precious salvation!" You are not to adore and praise God in His house only, but also in your own. It is a school to instruct us in the knowledge of God. But Christian thankfulness shows itself in joyous acknowledgment of all gifts, great and small. You tell me I have but a few moments to live. (1) To keep us always in a remembrance of God, and that invisible hand that teacheth out all our supplies to us. It is our shelter from the weather, our banqueting house, our hospital and place of rest. John Piper Oct 12, 2006 41 Shares Sermon. Ephesians 5:20 Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the Father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ. B. Oh let me spend them in adoring our great Redeemer..." He then expatiated in the most striking manner upon these words of St. Paul, "All things are yours." (3)If it be a cheerful, thankful obedience (Romans 12:1; John 14:15).(T. )The music of the Christian lifeW. Second pair. — You are to give thanks for public and private mercies. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Since work implies service, it is a beneficent endowment that it is honourable. )LinksEphesians 5:20 NIVEphesians 5:20 NLTEphesians 5:20 ESVEphesians 5:20 NASBEphesians 5:20 KJVEphesians 5:20 Bible AppsEphesians 5:20 ParallelEphesians 5:20 Biblia ParalelaEphesians 5:20 Chinese BibleEphesians 5:20 French BibleEphesians 5:20 German BibleEphesians 5:20 CommentariesBible Hub, (1)If the heart be brought near to God by every mercy we receive from Him (Psalm 96:8). For things of discipline as well as things of nutriment, for toil and the hardness which toil works, for hunger and cold, for sickness and sorrow, for death itself, for mercy and also for judgment, for riches and also for poverty, for peaceful calm and also for purifying storm. A mother's love is a Jacob's ladder by which we ascend to the love of God. But again; St. Paul in the text gives a very wide range to thanksgiving, when he speaks of "GIVING THANKS FOR ALL THINGS." "For all things." "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." Ordinary mercies are our constant diet (Psalm 68:19). Since work implies service, it is a beneficent endowment that it is honourable. There are some remarkable instances of the Divine interposition in their favour, in a way of providence or of grace. The parables of the fireside are as Divine as those of Christ. Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Thanksgiving is our dialect. 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