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Praise and thanksgiving are very closely akin to each other. Outwardly it is not possible to draw a clear line of demarcation between them. Both consist in giving glory to God.
From ancient times, however, people have tried to differentiate between them by saying that when we give thanks we give God the glory for what He has done for us, and when we worship or give praise, we give God glory for what He is in Himself.
In that event, praise lies on a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration, seeing and praising only the majesty and power of God, His grace and redemption.
But inasmuch as we experience the majesty and the grace of God only as He has revealed Himself in acts of merciful kindness toward us, we can readily understand that praise and thanksgiving will overlap and complement each other. Thanksgiving will naturally express itself in praise. And praises will be called forth by acts of merciful kindness for which we are giving thanks.
Prayer (Hallesby) - Ole Hallesby
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