Giving Thanks

Philippians 2:19-30

New International Version (NIV)

Timothy and Epaphroditus

¹⁹ I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. ²⁰ I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. ²¹ For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. ²² But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. ²³ I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. ²⁴ And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
²⁵ But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. ²⁶ For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. ²⁷ Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. ²⁹ So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, ³⁰ because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.


Thank You Lord for today. This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. I will remember to give thanks to God for this day and everyday. I am blessed to be here. I could constantly focus on the adversity of my life, but I will not. I will focus on the blessings of my life. God will handle the problems or walk with me through them. If I only see the darkness, then I will never have joy for the light. I rejoice in today. I see the goodness of today. I want to remember to thank God for today. I am a servant of God and I pray that my heart continues to reflect that. I invite you into my heart, my plans, my goals for the coming week Lord. Let them reflect harmony with those of Jesus Christ. I am going through this day with the knowledge that I am a servant of God and will continue to thank God for everything in my life. I am blessed to be here. I am blessed to have the people and things in my life that I have. God has been Good To Me! I love you, have a blessed day.