When you enter God's presence with Praise and Thanksgiving, He enters your circumstances with Power. When God enters the scene, miracles happens. The greatest test of Faith is when you don't get what you want, but still you are able to say, Thank you Lord. Give thanks to the Lord at all times for He is good and His love endures forever. Amen. Life is full of give and take. Give thanks and take nothing for granted.
As you read the Bible verses about thanksgiving below and meditate upon them, you will—in time—be transformed into a more thankful person.
Pick several of the verses in the Bible about thanksgiving below to memorize and meditate upon today.
1 Chronicles 16:34-35:
"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Say also: 'Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.'"
1 Chronicles 29:13:
"And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name."
Jonah 2:9:
"But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!”
Psalm 7:17:
"I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High."
Psalm 9:1:
"I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds."
Psalm 26:6:
"I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD, proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds."
Psalm 28:7:
"The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him."
Psalm 30:4:
"Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name."
Psalm 30:12:
"That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!"
Psalm 50:14:
"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High."
Psalm 69:30:
"I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving."
Psalm 95:2-3:
"Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods."
Psalm 100:1-4:
"Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations."
Psalm 105:1-2:
"Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!"
Psalm 107:1, 8-9:
"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things."
Psalm 136:1:
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever."
Psalm 136:26:
"Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever."
Isaiah 12:1, 4-5:
"You will say in that day: 'I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me...And you will say in that day'....'Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. 'Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.'”
Amos 4:5:
"Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel! declares the Lord GOD."
Daniel 2:23:
"To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
Jeremiah 30:19:
"Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small."
Jeremiah 33:11:
"The voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD."
John 6:11:
"Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted."
1 Corinthians 15:57:
"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Corinthians 2:14:
"But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere."
2 Corinthians 4:15:
"For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 9:11:
"You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God."
Colossians 3:15-17:
"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
Revelation 11:17:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign."
Gratitude is an often overlooked virtue we should cultivate. If thanksgiving is how we respond to God’s goodness in our life, gratitude is what we feel in the depths of our heart. It is the well by which we can draw authentic expressions of thanksgiving. To truly become a thankful person, allow these verses about gratitude to dig deep into your heart.
Colossians 3:15:
"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful."
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