HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

This will be my only blog post today.  I want to spend it showing God how grateful I am to Him for my wonderful husband and my pet babies. Unfortunately, my family is 800 miles away but just a phone call away. So today we are going to spend time together, watch a good movie on Pureflix and eat...and eat...and then eat some more, lol.  The one day we get to pig out without guilt.  I cooked enough food for 4 families so lots of left-overs.

I am especially grateful this year for you guys.  Before I got involved in Google Plus communities, I was totally alone.  Circumstances prevented me from going to church and to be honest, most are lukewarm and social gatherings but now I have found a good one. So now I have you and a community in which there are things to be done. It's an answer to a prayer.  

So thank you all for being there for me.  You've given me so much encouragement, love and friendship,help and support.  You helped keep me grounded.  I was never alone.  He is always with us.  Thank you and know that I love you because we are family in Christ Jesus.  You are my brothers and sisters.  

God bless you and I will see you tomorrow both on my blog and on our communities.  I may be on a little but I'll start fresh tomorrow.  You should spend time too with Jesus Christ and your family and friends.  In all things, be grateful to God. You are so loved.  

SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION BY CHRIST JESUS

First Corinthians 15:1-11

Ephesians 2:8-9

John 3:16-17

LET US GIVE THANKS TO GOD BY ABALONEKID

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LET US GIVE THANKS TO GOD

The original thanksgiving celebration was held by the Pilgrim settlers in Massachusetts during their second winter in America in December, 1621. The first winter had killed 44 of the original 102 colonists. At one point their daily food ration was down to five kernels of corn apiece, but then an unexpected trading vessel arrived, swapping them beaver pelts for corn, providing for their severe need. The next summer’s crop brought hope, and Governor William Bradford decreed that December 13, 1621, be set aside as a day of feasting and prayer to show the gratitude of the colonists that they were still alive.

These Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom and opportunity in America, gave thanks to God for His provision for them in helping them find 20 acres of cleared land, for the fact that there were no hostile Indians in that area, for their newfound religious freedom.

From that time forward, Thanksgiving has been celebrated as a day to give thanks to God for His gracious and sufficient provision. President Abraham Lincoln officially set aside the last Thursday of November, in 1863, “as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father.” In 1941, Congress ruled that after 1941, the fourth Thursday of November be observed as Thanksgiving Day and be a legal holiday.

In the New Testament, there are repeated admonitions to give thanks to God. Thanksgiving is to always be a part of our prayers. Some of the most remembered passages on the giving of thanks are the following:

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" (Philippians 4:6).

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men" (1 Timothy 2:1).

“His love endures forever” (Psalm 136:3), “He is good” (Psalm 118:29), and “His mercy is everlasting” (Psalm 100:5). Thanksgiving and praise always go together. We cannot adequately praise and worship God without also being thankful.

First Thessalonians 5:18 says, “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” We are to be thankful not only for the things we like, but for the circumstances we don’t like. When we purpose to thank God for everything that He allows to come into our lives, we keep bitterness at bay. We cannot be both thankful and bitter at the same time. We do not thank Him for evil, but that He is sustaining us through it (James 1:12). We don’t thank Him for harm He did not cause, but we thank Him when He gives us the strength to endure it (2 Corinthians 12:9). We thank Him for His promise that “all things will work together for the good, to those who love God and are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

We can have thankful hearts toward God even when we do not feel thankful for the circumstance. We can grieve and still be thankful. We can hurt and still be thankful. We can be angry at sin and still be thankful toward God. That is what the Bible calls a “sacrifice of praise” (Hebrews 13:15). Giving thanks to God keeps our hearts in right relationship with Him and saves us from a host of harmful emotions and attitudes that will rob us of the peace God wants us to experience (Philippians 4:6–7).


Of all of God’s gifts, the greatest one He has given is the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. On the cross of Calvary, Jesus paid our sin debt, so a holy and just Judge could forgive us our sins and give us eternal life as a free gift. This gift is available to those who will call on Christ to save them from their sin in simple but sincere faith (John 3:16; Romans 3:19-26; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:13; Ephesians 2:8-10). For this gift of His Son, the gift which meets our greatest need, the Apostle Paul says, "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).

AMAZING GRACE

A PRECIOUS PRAISE: A THANKFUL SONG

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