An A to Z of thanks and praise

 

An A to Z of Thanks and Praise

 

Inspired by Psalm 111, an acrostic poem of praise, we have been making an A to Z list of things we can thank or praise God for.

 

We wont make you guess who said what.

 

Since God made all things and all creation is good, we were happy to resort to naming something beginning with that letter if need be!

 

We’re sorry for any synonyms.

 

Adoption into God’s family / Acceptance / Animals / Aunties

 

Being itself / Baptism / Baptism in the Holy Spirit / Blessings

 

Calling / Chosen in Christ / Church / Cleaning / Confession 

 

Deacons / Dedication / Defeat of death / Dairy Milk

 

Energy / Election / Eternity / Everlasting life

 

Freedom / Fellowship / Fun / Food (including fudge) / Friends

 

God himself / Grace / Games

 

Heaven / Hope / Helpful husbands

 

Imagination / Inspiration (of Scripture) / Identity in Christ / Ice cream (especially chocolate with sauce and sprinkles etc.)

 

Jesus / Jokes / Jelly

 

Kingdom of God / Knowledge

 

Laughter / Love

 

Me! Majesty of God / Magnitude of creation / Meringues / Mothers

 

Night / No condemnation  

 

Other people / Omni-s of God (omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience)

 

Prayer / places we love / privacy / peace / people / pancakes (Scotch and normal)

 

Quiet / quests / questions / quilts

 

Righteousness in Christ / Reasons for thanks and praise!

 

Singing and shouting / sunshine / salvation / security

 

Trust / Time / Tacos

 

Unexpected / Ubiquity of God / Understanding

 

Verses of the bible, hymns, poems we love

 

Way (Jesus the) / Walking with God

 

Xylophones and x-rays, of course

 

Yesterday / years of God’s faithfulness / yearnings (for the true, the good or the beautiful)

 

Zoology / Zoos / Zoom!

 

No doubt you could add / do better?! What are / could you be thanking / praising God for?

 

It would be great to try to come up with a list which is very personal to you, but one particular challenge might be to try to write a list which is totally independent of your circumstances (except for your circumstance in Christ, which is of course the main thing!). If, like Job, you had many things taken away from you, what could you still be thanking and praising God for? Is there an A to Z list for any Christian in any circumstances?

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A friend also suggested an A-Z of attributes / characteristics of God (for which he could of course be praised!):

Awesome, bountiful, creator, death defeating, faithful, gracious, holy, infinite, just, kind, loving, majestic, never failing, omniscient, praiseworthy, (able to ) quicken, righteous, steadfast, trustworthy, upright, victorious, wise, (e)xtraordinary, Yahweh, zealous.