Random Thoughts on Thanksgiving (Giving Thanks)

1. Thanksgiving Should Be Every Day: Give Thanks for Every Day!

Psalm 118:19

2. Thanksgiving Should Be Given In and For Everything!

1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice Always! 17 Pray without ceasing; 18 In Everything give thanks for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:20 Always Giving Thanks for All Things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father!

3. Giving Thanks Reminds Me of Who I Am of Who God Is!

• A Grateful, Child of God
• A Vital Part of Spiritual Warfare!
• A Witness of Great and Mighty Things!

4. Giving Thanks in Everything Points to Jesus!
5. Great Things Happen When You Thank God for Everything!

1) Luke 17:11-19: Ten Lepers Are Healed By Jesus, One returns Thanks and Receives Salvation!
2) John 6: Jesus Gives Thanks for 5 Loaves and 2 Fish and feeds 5,000 men and their families!
3) Jonah 2:9: After three days in the belly of a Fish, Jonah gives Thanks and the Fish Spits Him to the Shore!
4) John 11: At the Tomb of Lazarus, who’s been dead for Four days, Jesus gives Thanks and Lazarus Comes Forth!
5) Luke 22: Jesus Gives Thanks for a Broken Body and Spilt Blood and Salvation Is Offered to the Whole World!

Acts 16: Paul and Silas!

6) Giving Thanks for Everything Changes Your Perspective!

¬ You Have a Grasp For What God’s Will is For Your Life!
¬ You Push Through the Hard Times Knowing That God’s Purposes Being Accomplished in Your Life! Rom 8:28-30: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-8
¬ You Have a Growing Faith in the Providence of God!
¬ You Are Willing to Look Foolish!
¬ It Means You are Willing to Place Every Circumstance in the hands of God, which in reality they already are!
¬ It Means You See and Confess Jesus As Lord!
¬ You Choose to See the Good God is Accomplishing!
¬ You Choose to Be Happy, and if Not Deliriously Happy, you at the least find contentment!
¬ You put off grumbling, complaint and discontentment, thanking God for all that He has given and all that He is doing!
¬ You Believe Circumstances furthers the will of God & the Growth of the Gospel!
¬ You Choose to be Led by the Spirit According to His Word!
¬ You Are Willing to be a Greater Vessel for His Glory!
¬ You Find Out the Great and Lasting Joy Comes not because of Good circumstances but from the Hand of God!