I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words (Psalm 119:147).
“Hope in God’s word encouraged him to continue constant in prayer, though the answer did not come immediately.”*
*Matthew Henry, The Matthew Henry Commentary, p. 713.
In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me (Psalm 120:1).
David “appealed to him who has all men’s hearts in his hand . . . He obtained a gracious answer to this prayer.”*
*Matthew Henry, The Matthew Henry Commentary, p. 715.
“Sometimes the doctor calls with the awful news, your car breaks down on the side of the road for the fifth time in a month, or life just doesn’t go as planned. When that happens, gratitude is never your (my) first response.
There’s no formula for expressing gratitude when you’re too numb to respond, so I don’t have an answer here. The best idea I can give: tell your unedited feelings to the One who sees—and years down the road, if time has healed enough to show you any positive outcome from the situation, say thank you then.”* (bold mine)
*http://www.annelieserider.com/blog/2018/11/24/late-thank-youspt-4
Thanks be to God for His Gift, [precious] beyond telling — His indescribable, inexpressible, free Gift (2 Corinthians 9:15 AMP).
The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23).
The Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his (Psalm 100:3).
We pray with gratitude to our Sovereign Lord who calls us his very own.
We pray with thanks because . . .
The Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations (Psalm 100:5).
Psalm 100 is a Psalm for giving thanks.
It says: Make a joyful noise to the Lord. Serve him with gladness. Come into his presence with singing (from Psalm 100:1-2 bold mine).
Thankful prayers are joyful.
