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    Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!!

    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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    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 In our family growing up, My day would have everyone around the table share what we were thankful for.   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 Israelites to praise God Barak – bless halal – Hallelujah – praise the Lord yada – sometimes means give thanks I will give thanks to the…

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    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 Thanksgiving Day was yesterday.   In our family growing up, My dad would have everyone around the table share what we were thankful for.  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 Israelites to praise God barak – bless halal – Hallelujah – praise the Lord yada – sometimes means give thanks…

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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 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 not only praises God with his heart but with his song and magnifies God with thanksgiving.  This will please the Lord.  Christ is the mediator of our praises as well as of our prayers.  It is a great comfort to us that humble and…

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    Voice Of Thanksgiving

     But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I vowed I will pay.  Salvation belongs to the Lord!”  Jonah 2:9 Do you give thanks to God as a sacrifice? Jonah gave a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God, while he was in the belly of the fish.  Here God intervened in his desperate situation.  In verse 10, “And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.” In Hebrews 13:15 says, “Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.   Sacrifice is used symbolically to…

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    Singing Your Thanksgiving

      Then on that day David first appointed that Thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers.  “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known his deeds among the people.  Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderous works.  1 Chronicles.  16: 7-9 You may want to read all the vers up to verse 36 of this chapter. This song of thanksgiving and praise show what to thank God for.  David wrote this to praise and give thanks to God.  He wanted to celebrate Gdo’s mercy and wonderful acts for Israel.  This is a beautiful song that can help us…

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    Praises From Everyone

    I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, oh most high.   Psalm 9:1-2 Do you love to praise God? What is it about praising God that you love? Did you know praising God is important?! The Bible encourages us to praise God. The old testament uses three basic words for praise. Barak  which is translated blessed,  Halal  is translated praise the Lord. This word is also where we get hallelujah. The last word is yadah this word is also where we get hallelujah. The…

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    Believe In The Lord Your God

    And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness to Tekoa.  and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.  2 Chronicles 20:20 Please read 2 Chronicles 20:20-24 Jehoshaphat spoke to his soldiers to not put trust in their armor but to believe in God.  To give God credit in his word from the prophets.  Jehoshaphat assured them they would prosper and succeed. Through their faith, they praised and gave thanks to God.  They praised his holiness.  they kept a day…