John Flavel Quotes

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.

We should confess His hand in all things. Ingratitude is one of our great sins.

If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.

Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. Yet when again in this same world You give us the joy we had, the brightness of Your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be Yours alone.

Aren't you glad that God doesn't give you only that which you remember to thank him for?

Acknowledging the Lord's hand in our lives cultivates gratitude. . . .

In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.

The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge these as God's special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.

He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God.

I am deeply grateful for the concern of all those who constantly prayed for my happiness.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

If I do look back, I'll say that I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and I appreciate God for not only letting me live through everything, but to prosper.

I really am pretty happy with what God gave me.

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.

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.

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?

Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

Thank God for the journey.

I thank God for making me a man.

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy, but I don't - life is a blessing.

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.