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…be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:15-17)

What is it about thankfulness that we don’t get that made it necessary for the Holy Spirit to inspire Paul to mention it three times in the span three verses?

Giving thanks is a simple enough proposition: God gives to us and we acknowledge from grateful hearts his generosity to us.