When our children were young, we from time to time, had to remind them to say, “Thank you,” when someone gave them something. We certainly wanted them to have good manners, but it was deeper than that, we knew that it was essential to have a grateful spirit not only toward men, but that it played an important role in being ultimately thankful to the Lord. James teaches us in 1:17; “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights

In a discussion about Satan, Martin Luther once said: "Satan is easy to recognize. He is the one that comes to you when you are tired and makes a reasonable request." I can identify with that statement. I believe Jesus knew this tactic of Satan because Satan came to tempt Him: at the beginning of His ministry, after He had fasted forty days, while He was in the wilderness. Even when Satan departed from the temptation Luke tells us it was, "…for a season." He left but was w