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Thank God for the Scriptures

Thanksgiving 4.28 | NIV

For the writing of the Scriptures and the preserving of them pure and entire to our day.

I thank you that I have the Scriptures to study, and that in them I have eternal life, for it is they that testify about Christ; John 5:39(NIV) and that all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16(NIV)

That everything that was written in the past was written to teach me, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures I might have hope; Romans 15:4(NIV) and that I have this most certain word of the prophets, as a light shining in a dark place. 2 Peter 1:19(NIV)

That the vision has not become to me words sealed in a scroll, Isaiah 29:11(NIV) but that I hear the wonders of God in my own tongue. Acts 2:11(NIV)

I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that the things which were hidden from the wise and learned, and which many prophets and kings desired to see, but did not, 1 Peter 1:10(NIV) are revealed to little children like myself. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. Luke 10:21(NIV)

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Thank God for the Covenant of Grace

Thanksgiving 4.27 | NIV

For the covenant of grace made with me in Jesus Christ and all the exceedingly great and precious privileges of that covenant, and for the seals of it.

I thank you that in Jesus Christ you have made an everlasting covenant with me, your faithful love promised to David; Isaiah 55:3(NIV) and that though the mountains may be shaken and the hills be removed, yet this covenant of your peace will never be removed. Isaiah 54:10(NIV)

That you have given me very great and precious promises, so that through them I may participate in the divine nature; 2 Peter 1:4(NIV) and that this covenant of which Jesus Christ is Mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises. Hebrews 8:6(NIV)

That though you punish my sin with the rod and my iniquity with flogging, yet you will not take your love from me nor betray your faithfulness; you will not violate your covenant or alter what your lips have uttered. Psalm 89:32-34(NIV)

That because you wanted to make the unchanging nature of your purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, you have confirmed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, I who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to me may be greatly encouraged. Hebrews 6:17-18(NIV)

That baptism is appointed to be a seal of the righteousness which is by faith, as circumcision was; Romans 4:11(NIV) that it assures me of the forgiveness of my sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit; and that this promise is for God’s people and their children. Acts 2:38-39(NIV) And that the cup in the Lord’s Supper is the blood of the New Covenant, which was poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28(NIV)

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Thank God for the Sending of the Holy Spirit

Thanksgiving 4.26 | NIV

For the sending of the Holy Spirit to supply the want of Christ’s bodily presence, to carry on his undertaking, and to prepare things for his second coming.

I bless you that when the Lord Jesus went away, he sent his people another Counselor to be with them forever – the Spirit of truth, John 14:16-17(NIV) who will bring glory to the Son by taking what is his and making it known to them. John 16:14(NIV)

That being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:33(NIV) he has poured it out as streams of living water. John 7:38(NIV)

Blessed be God for the signs, wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, with which he testified to the great salvation. Hebrews 2:3-4(NIV)

And blessed be God for the promise that as earthly parents, though they are evil, know how to give good gifts to their children, so my Father in heaven will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him, Luke 11:13(NIV) that promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing my inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession. Ephesians 1:13-14(NIV)

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Thank God for the Assurance you have of Christ’s Second Coming

For the assurance I have of his second coming to judge the world.

I bless you that you have set a day when you will judge the world with justice by the man you have appointed; you have given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead. Acts 17:31(NIV)

That in that day the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels, punishing those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus: 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8(NIV) And he will come to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed; 2 Thessalonians 1:10(NIV) for he will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:14(NIV)

That he will then send out his angels to weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil, Matthew 13:41(NIV) and to gather together his elect from the four winds; Matthew 24:31(NIV) and then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Matthew 13:43(NIV)

And I then, in keeping with your promise, look forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness: Lord, grant that since I am looking forward to this, I may make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with him; 2 Peter 3:13-14(NIV) and then Come, Lord Jesus! Come soon! Revelation 22:20(NIV)

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Thank God for the Dominion and Sovereignty to which the Redeemer has been Exalted

Thanksgiving 4.24 | NIV

For the dominion and sovereignty to which the Redeemer has been exalted.

I thank you that because the Lord Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross – therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow and every tongue confess (as I do at this time) that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:8-11(NIV)

That all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him; Matthew 28:18(NIV) that you have set him over the works of your hands and have put everything under him, and so have crowned him with glory and honor. Hebrews 2:7-9(KJV)

That he is King of kings and Lord of lords; Revelation 19:16(NIV) that the Ancient of Days has given him authority, glory, and sovereign power, an everlasting dominion and a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Daniel 7:13-14(NIV)

That the government is on his shoulders, and that he is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace; and of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. Isaiah 9:6-7(NIV)

That you have installed him as a King on Zion, your holy hill; Psalm 2:6(NIV) and that he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, Luke 1:33(NIV) will reign until he has destroyed all opposing dominion, authority, and power, 1 Corinthians 15:24-25(NIV) until all his enemies are made his footstool; Hebrews 10:13(NIV) and then he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, 1 Corinthians 15:24(NIV) so that God may be all in all. 1 Corinthians 15:28(NIV)

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Thank God for Christ’s Intercession

Thanksgiving 4.23 | NIV

For the intercession which he ever lives to make in the virtue of his satisfaction.

I thank you that having bore the sin of many, Christ makes intercession for the transgressors, Isaiah 53:12(NIV) and prays, not only for those given to him while he was upon earth, but also for all who will believe in him through their message; that all of them may be one. John 17:20-21(NIV)

That I have one who speaks to the Father in my defense – Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, 1 John 2:1(NIV) who is therefore able to save completely all those who come to God as a Father, through him as a Mediator, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25(NIV)

That I have a High Priest selected from among men and appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifice for sin, who is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray; Hebrews 5:1-2(NIV) and that he has become the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. Hebrews 5:9(NIV)

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Thank God for Christ’s Ascension into Heaven

Thanksgiving 4.22 | NIV

For his ascension into heaven, and his sitting at God’s right hand there.

I bless you that my Lord Jesus has returned to his Father and my Father, to his God and my God; John 20:17(NIV) has ascended on high, having led captives in his train and received gifts from men, even from the rebellious – that you, O LORD God, may dwell there. Psalm 68:18(NIV)

That he who went before me has entered heaven itself, now to appear for me in God’s presence: Hebrews 9:24(NIV) a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne. Revelation 5:6(NIV)

That he has sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, Hebrews 8:1(NIV) with angels, authorities, and powers in submission to him. 1 Peter 3:22(NIV)

That he has gone before, to prepare a place for me in his Father’s house, where there are many rooms; John 14:2-3(NIV) and though where he has gone I cannot follow now, yet I hope to follow later, John 13:36(NIV) when he shall come back to take me to be with himself, that I also may be where he is. John 14:3(NIV)

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Thank God for Christ’s Resurrection

Thanksgiving 4.21 | NIV

For his resurrection from the dead on the third day.

I thank you that as he was delivered over to death for my sins, so he was raised to life for my justification, Romans 4:25(NIV) and was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead. Romans 1:4(NIV)

That though he was dead, yet he is alive and lives for ever and ever, and holds the keys of death and Hades; Revelation 1:18(NIV) and since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. Romans 6:9(NIV)

That Christ has indeed been raised from the dead and is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep; 1 Corinthians 15:20(NIV) that as in Adam all died, so in Christ all might be made alive, and each in his own turn. 1 Corinthians 15:22-23(NIV)

That God would not let his Holy One see decay, Acts 2:27(NIV) but freed him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him, Acts 2:24(NIV) and so declared to all the house of Israel that God has made this Jesus, whom they crucified, both Lord and Christ. Acts 2:36(NIV)

And that for this very reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living, Romans 14:9(NIV) and that whether I am awake or asleep, I might live together with him. 1 Thessalonians 5:10(NIV)

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Thank God for the Cross of Christ and All Its Benefits (continued)

Thanksgiving 4.20 | NIV

That appearing to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself, Hebrews 9:26(NIV) Christ did by the eternal Spirit offer himself unblemished to God, Hebrews 9:14(NIV) and entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:12(NIV)

That he has disarmed the powers and authorities, and made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross, and has cancelled the written code, with its regulations, that was against me and that stood opposed to me, taking it away, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:14-15(NIV)

That he himself is my peace, who, having destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, has created in himself one new man out of the two, and in this one body has reconciled both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. Ephesians 2:14-16(NIV)

That he has loved me and has freed me from my sins by his blood, and has made his people to be a kingdom and priests to serve God. Revelation 1:5-6(NIV)

O how high and deep and long and wide is that love of Christ that surpasses knowledge! Ephesians 3:18-19(NIV) O that great love of God for me! Ephesians 2:4(NIV)

Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise; Revelation 5:12(NIV) because he was slain, and with his blood he purchased men for God. Revelation 5:9(NIV)

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Thank God for the Cross of Christ and All Its Benefits

Thanksgiving 4.19 | NIV

For the full satisfaction which Christ made to the justice of God for the sin of man by the blood of his cross, for the purchases, victories, and triumphs of the cross, and for all the precious benefits which flow to me from the dying of the Lord Jesus.

Herein indeed God demonstrates his own love for me: while I was still a sinner, Christ died for me, Romans 5:8(NIV) that I might be reconciled to God through the death of his Son. Romans 5:10(NIV) This is love: not that I loved God, but that he loved me and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for my sins, 1 John 4:10(NIV) and not only for mine but also for the sins of the whole world; 1 John 2:2(NIV) that he tasted death for everyone, Hebrews 2:9(NIV) so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil. Hebrews 2:14(NIV)

I bless you that by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy; Hebrews 10:14(NIV) that he has finished transgression, put an end to sin, atoned for wickedness, and brought in everlasting righteousness. Daniel 9:24(NIV)

That he has redeemed me from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for me. Galatians 3:13(NIV)

That what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God has done by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man, who by a sacrifice for sin, condemned sin in sinful man. Romans 8:3(NIV)

That he was pierced for my transgressions and crushed for my iniquities; that the punishment that brought me peace was upon him, and by his wounds I am healed; and that the LORD having laid on him the iniquity of all his people, Isaiah 53:5-6(NIV) it was his will to crush him and cause him to suffer. Isaiah 53:10(NIV)