Thus. July 23
"I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU." (PHILIPPIANS 1:3)
Fina a way to say "thank you"
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Author Barbara Glanz tells about a successful business man who remembered his 8th grade literature teacher. He wrote to her and received this reply: "You'll never know how much your letter meant. I'm 83 and living alone. My friends and family are all gone. I taught school for fifty years and yours is the first thank-you I've ever gotten from a student. Sometimes I wonder what I did with my life. I will read, and reread your letter until the day I die." Ironically, she was the teacher students talked most about at class reunions, but nobody ever told her.
...........Paul was uncompromising on the truth, but his sensitive side also shows up in his writings. Knowing our need for appreciation he opens his Epistles with words like: "I make mention of you always in my prayers" (Ro 1:9 NKJV). "Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you" (Eph 1:15-16 NKJV). "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you...for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete in until the day of Jesus Christ" (Php 1:3-6 NKJV). "We...boast of you among the churches of God for your patience...in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure" (2Th 1:3-4 NKJV).
..........In our busy, self-centered world, we need to remember those who have made a difference in our lives, and when they come to mind, pray for them, and find a way to say "thank you."
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