This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Today, we will continue our current series of messages dealing with Christian characteristics. Today, we will talk about thankfulness, and that works out well since the Thanksgiving holiday is this week in the US.
The Bible tells us that God's people are to be a thankful people. I Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to give thanks in all things. Psalm 107:1 says, "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good." Thankfulness should be in our hearts since we serve a God who is good, kind and wonderful.
As I've mentioned here on the blog many times, we always need to look to Jesus, because He is our example in all things. Jesus gave thanks. One place we see this is during the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000. Before Jesus distributed the bread and the fish, He gave thanks for the food that they were all about to eat.
It is easy for a Christian to be thankful, because we have so much to be thankful for. II Corinthians 9:15 says, "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." That gift is the Lord Jesus. Jesus died for us so that we could have forgiveness of sins and atonement with the Father. We can have a relationship with the ruler of the universe, and that is an awesome thing to be thankful for.
James 1:17 let's us know that every good and perfect gift comes from above. Everything we have in this life that is good comes from God. He has given us our food, clothes and treasured relationships. I know that I have much to be thankful for. The Lord wants us to tell Him that we are thankful for all that He has done for us. Amen.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
Please pray that the storms predicted for my area will not produce too much rain. Also, please pray that I can quickly find a new part-time job.
Central America has experienced some bad storms recently. Pray that the people will receive the aid that they need.
Continue to pray for peace in Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Libya and Afghanistan.
For our prayer focus countries this week, let us pray for Bosnia and Maldives.
Next week, we will continue our sermon series. I will post the verses on Monday and a review on Wednesday. May God bless you all.
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