John Chrysostom Quotes

Beloved Friends, we may well continue to praise God, for our God continues to give us causes for praise!

Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The first thing I do every day when I wake up is thank God for letting me make it through the night and giving me another day of life - just because sometimes I wake up, and I cannot believe I'm doing what I'm doing. I just thank Him. I don't know how I deserve it, but it's completely because of Him.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

I have my faith in God. I was told to be humble before him. Don't boast about what you have done. Don't put credit in your own hands. You have to realize He got you there.

I thank God every day.

Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

Give thanks to the most high.

Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me.

At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one.

We learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention.

The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

I'm so thankful. God has been so good and generous.

In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?