Bible and Reality

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• Bible and Reality
• Thank You,
• Father
• DesignJ. L. Caravias sj

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Yes, give praise and thanks to him, for his love
is everlasting! Dan 390
For his faithful love endures for ever. Ps 1361
Because you are love! 1 Jn 48
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We are profoundly thankful for the affection and
kindness of children. 2 Mac 920
We are thankful when brothers and sisters come to
meet us and give us courage. Acts 2815
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To you, God of our ancestors, we give thanks and
praise for having given us wisdom and power. Dan
223
Thanks for wisdom that made us progress. Sir 5117
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Thanks when we attain prosperity thanks to
our work Ecl 224
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We proclaim your faithful love at daybreak, and
your constancy all through the night, on the
lyre, the ten-stringed lyre, to the murmur of
the harp. You have brought me joy, by your
deeds, at the work of your hands I cry out, 'How
great are your works, immensely deep your
thoughts!' Ps 922-5
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We give you thankful praise because you are our
strength and our shield. Ps 287
Praise and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and
honour and power and strength to our God for
ever and ever. Rev 712
Because you are our protector and our shield.
Ecl 511
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Be always joyful pray constantly and for all
things give thanks. 1 Thes 516-18
Always and everywhere give thanks to God who is
our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Eph 520
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Thanks be to God for his gift that is beyond all
telling! 2 Cor 915
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I thank my God whenever I think of you, and every
time I pray for you all, I always pray with
joy for your partnership in the gospel from the
very first day up to the present. I am quite
confident that the One who began a good work in
you will go on completing it until the Day of
Jesus Christ comes. Phip 13-6