gratefulness
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18Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.
28Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.
3Know that the Lord himself is God. He made us, and we ourselves did not. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name.
11And you shall feast on all the good things which the Lord your God will give to you and to your house: you, and the Levite, and the new arrival who is with you.
3The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.
28‘For in him we live, and move, and exist.’ Just as some of your own poets have said. ‘For we are also of his family.’
1To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.
7I will remember the compassion of the Lord, the praise of the Lord over all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and over the multitude of his good things for the house of Israel, which he has granted to them according to his leniency, and according to the multitude of his mercies.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. 7And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
4Convert our captivity, O Lord, like a torrent in the south.
17Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy, 18and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share, 19to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.
11And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance. 13And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.” 14And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed. 15And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice. 16And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan.
2We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.
1And, brothers, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
20I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.