Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 God, I thank you for this day. I thank you to my family and friends. I thank you for what you have provided. I thank you for the adventures you take my family and me on. Thank you for being in control of all things in my life, even when I don’t understand. I know your ways are so much better than my ways. Thank you when things don’t go the way I want them to because you have a better way. I thank you IN all circumstances of my life, even…
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Gratitude
Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore! He is the Lord our God; his judgments are on all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to…
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Give Thanks To The Lord
I will give thanks to the Lord with. my whole heart. I will recount all of our wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:1-2 November- the month to give thanks. In our family growing up, My dad would have everyone around the table share what we were thankful for. As we are starting to focus on Thanksgiving Day and running around doing preparations; Let us remember to thank God each day. One way to thank God is through our praise. The Old Testament uses three words for praise: for the…
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Community of Gratitude
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day, those who were being saved. Acts 2: 46-47 Do you have a church that you attend? Are you breaking bread with your brothers and sisters in Christ? This has a twofold meaning. The first expression in Acts and the early church refers to sharing meals in one another’s home. How often do you cultivate relationships with others in your church? Do you ask them to your home for…
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Magnify With Thanksgiving
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 Do you ever complain to God? Then realize you need to praise him and give thanks. The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song, I shall thank Him. Psalm 28:7 O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:4 The psalmist is an example of Christians, concludes a psalm with holy joy and praise, which he began with complaints and remonstrances of his griefs. He restores to praise God himself. He…
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God Is Good
OH, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in form the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Psalm 107: 1-3 Giving thanks to God!!! How wonderful is it that we can thank God for all he has done and for all that he will do? Do you really take the time to thank God? Do you know what to thank God for? Sometimes it comes easy for me to thank God, and other times I don’t even…
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Not Giving God Gratitude For What He Gives
And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. Hosea 2:8 Have you ever done something for someone, yet another got the credit for it? Has God ever blessed you with a harvest of food, and you never gave him credit for it? Israel is not giving gratitude where gratitude is due. Year after year, God gives Israel plenty of harvest. Year after year, though, the Israelites offer what God gives them to Baal. A false god that doesn’t even exist. They honor Baal and not God.…
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Thanking God
He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. Mark 8:6-7 Thanking God for His provisions is so loving towards him. It acknowledging who he is as our Lord who takes care of us. Have you ever thought about why the people didn’t pack a meal? When I know I might not be home for a meal, I…
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Steadfast Love Endures Forever
Psalm 136:1, 4, 23 (please read the whole chapter in your Bible) Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever… to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever, It is He who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever. God’s steadfast love endures forever! How comforting is our God. Please read the whole chapter. So many good points of the Israelites history and how God’s steadfast love endures! These three verses are what spoke to my heart. We should be very, very thankful for God’s steadfast love. Let’s face it, we mess up, we doubt, we sin,…