So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent me.”
2. For the Gift of Christ.
2 Corinthians 9:15 CSB
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
3. For deliverance through Christ.
Romans 7:24–25 CSB
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.
Definition: The Natural Expression of thanks in response to God.
