Strive To Do What Is Good For Each Other

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-22

It is hard to be grateful in difficulties, but it is not impossible. Daniel prayed earnestly knowing that his life was in danger. Jonah called out in a voice of thanksgiving while inside the whale. These examples, coupled with God’s promise and His glory, can inspire us to be thankful in all things.

In all circumstances,

we can give thanks that God has not left us on our own.

Our Daily Bread – March 11, 2013