prosperity on Gratitude

Praise to God, immortal praise. For the love that crowns our days; Bounteous Source of every joy. Let your praise our tongues employ. All to you, our God, we owe, Source whence all our blessings fl...

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy and truth endure forever. Thank the God of heaven, because his goodness endures forever. Let Israel now say that his mercy endures forever. ...

Almighty and most merciful Father, giver of every good and perfect gift, we give you thanks for blessing us so richly with your good Word and the holy Sacraments, and supplying so abundantly all our d...

Pastor: Oh God, you have been so gracious to us. You have given us so many wonderful gifts—they outnumber the stars in the sky! You have kept your promises to us, and you have been faithful! All: But ...

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.

Modern Language Version Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly ask that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bles...

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

We are rich only through what we give: and poor only through what we refuse and keep.

That only is worth my having which I can have forever. That only is worth my grasping which death cannot tear out of my hand.

Leader: Happy are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. People: For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. Leader: She is more preci...

This prayer may be offered with or without the congregational response. Due to its length, consider using two or more liturgists to lead the prayer. VOICE ONE: God of Creation, God of Life, In your j...

Ancient lens What’s the historical context? Wisdom Song It is not too far a stretch to imagine an eager young person sitting at the feet of a well-seasoned elder and receiving the words of thi...

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel!

Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that is "finding his place in it," while really it is finding its place in him.

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity only one.

Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. And [w]hatever you do, work at it with all your h...

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

For a hundred that can bear adversity there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.

People are usually better in adversity, than prosperity. A prosperous condition is not always so safe. True, it is more pleasing to the flesh - but it is not always best. In a prosperous state, there ...

First Chronicles 4:9-10 could be forgiven for being called the text that roared, once Bruce Wilkinson got his hands on it and wrote a little book called The Prayer of Jabez. This book, which was relea...

It is prosperity that we cannot endure.

A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

For what good would their prosperity do them if it did not provide them with the opportunity for good works?

Ultimately it is economic prosperity which makes possible for billions of dollars to be devoted to the less fortunate.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord. On his law he medita...

Leader: Sing to God, sing praises to his name; People: Lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him! Leader: Father of the fatherless and protector of...

Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother.

Blessed is the one who walks not in the counsel of the wicked nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law medi...

Riches may leave us while we live, we must leave them when we die.