(Col 4:2) “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;” Thanksgiving. We have emotions given to us by God. Those emotions will come forth during hardships unbidden. That does not mean you are not thankful. It is during such times we are to take stock of what we are and who we are. What are we and who are we? Answer: Children of God Almighty, bought with the very blood of His Son, put in favor in the Beloved. Therefore the things we are facing will end up for His glory and our good: (Rom 8:28) “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” So, we by faith give thanks!