After sharing thanks for various things, a friend said to me, \u201cAnd thank God for God.\u201d Not being familiar with that phrase, I soon went to my Bible to see if it was there. I found lots of phrases that began with \u201cThanks to God . . .\u201d and \u201cThanks God for . . .\u201d and \u201cThanks for God\u2019s . . .\u201d but no \u201cThank God for God.\u201d Did anyone in the Bible thank God for God? Best I can tell, they did not, at least not in those exact words. Oh, many thanked God for various things and a few expressed thanksgiving for God\u2019s attributes, but was God ever thanked for simply being God? The closest I could get was Psalm 116:17: \u201cI will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.\u201d If you have a scripture reference that specifically thanks God for being God, I\u2019d sure be glad for you to share it with me. Further, I found a few Google references to the phrase, but nothing of specific benefit. So I pondered. When I am thankful for something or someone, I thank God, but when I am thankful for God, whom do I thank? Obviously, I have no one better to thank for God, than God. So, let me encourage you to join me in beginning this week thanking God for God.<\/p>\n
Join me in remembering the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for those who serve in European countries. Statistics show that nearly 99% of Europeans are living in spiritual darkness.
\n\u2022 Pray for Patricia as she completes the work for two Cameroonian scripture translations projects, and considers her future role with Wycliffe Bible Translators.
\n\u2022 Pray for Mark and Olga as they transfer from Russia to Toronto to reach Russian speakers and Slavic speaking immigrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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