“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” – 2 Corinthians 9:12
When World War II erupted, Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker living with her family. She and other family members helped many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust by hiding them in her home. They were caught and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Corrie survived the war and wrote the book “The Hiding Place”, a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she found and shared hope in God while she was imprisoned at the concentration camp.
She would often tour as a Christian speaker and she once said: “People thank me so much, and it used to worry me because I didn't want to get a big head. So I began to collect those compliments like flowers. 'Thank you,' I'd say. 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' Then at the end of the day, I'd kneel down and I'd say, 'Here You are Jesus, they're all Yours.'"
Give thanks to God continually and your affection for God will increase. Today in prayer, give thanks to Jesus throughout your day.
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – Gilbert C. Chesterton
God’s Word: “I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers” – Philemon 1:4
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