Articles by Trisha Smith

Ezra 3:11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord : “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because […]

Ephesians 1:16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. Verses like this are so easy to read over and not think about. I know I have read them and […]

1 Timothy 4:4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. In the beginning, way back in Genesis, God created everything and He said it […]

Psalm 18:49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. Again we have a verse that doesn’t SAY thankful, grateful, or gratitude in it, but we […]

Colossians 3:16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in […]

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Wow. Two days in a row I selected a verse that doesn’t include elements […]

2 Samuel 22:50 Therefore I will praise you, Lord , among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name. I always love when I read a verse and discover something I never noticed […]

Ephesians 5:20 Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s verse is a great reminder that we are to ALWAYS be giving thanks to God. […]

Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. The psalms are such wonderful guides to helping us enter into a worship-filled, praise-focused experience. […]

Psalm 9:1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Today we journey to the psalms to see what insights we can glean. We […]

Romans 16:4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Can you imagine what Christianity would be if Paul had not lived? We […]

Jonah 2:9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord .’  Jonah is another book of […]

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible and one we […]

2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. Such interesting wording in […]

Revelation 7:12 …saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” It is not often we dig into the book […]