I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart

-King David, Psalm 138:1

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I’m sitting her in my study wishing that Thanksgiving were already here.  I can almost taste the food.  I can almost hear the laughter inducing fun.  I can almost feel the warmth of my house with my family all gathered in.  It is a wonderful time of year to take stock of God’s blessings and thank him.

Even a cursory study of the Bible on a Christian’s response to God for his goodness would overwhelm you with the word, “thanksgiving”.  A Christian — out of all people — is someone who should be profoundly thankful.  A Christian knows that his sins have been forgiven by God’s grace alone.  A Christian has been freed from trying to earn God’s pleasure having been given it freely instead.  A Christian even has his sorrows tailor made for him by God for spiritual growth.  A Christian truly knows where all his blessings in this life come from — God Almighty.

But even knowing these things doesn’t always lead the Christian to prayer.  There are times that we need the help of others to formulate our thoughts on Thanksgiving.  To help us in our prayers of thanksgiving I’m going to ask Matthew Henry to guest blog portions of his Method for Prayer over these next three days.  He’ll take three posts to provide you with an outline of how to be thankful in prayer. May it lead you thankfully to the Throne of Grace!

Have a happy Thanksgiving!