Giving Thanks

As I was thinking about and preparing for celebrating Thanksgiving Day, I was reminded of the following praise and thanksgiving chorus: 

Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart

Give Thanks To The Holy One

Give Thanks Because He Has Given Us Jesus Christ His Son

And Now Let The Weak Say I Am Strong

And Now Let The Strong Say I Am Weak

Because Of What The Lord Has Done

Give Thanks! Give Thanks! Give Thanks!

This chorus is a wonderful reminder that we should have thankful hearts and minds everyday, not just one day a year, for all The Lord is doing and providing in our lives continually.

This past Sunday evening, our church hosted a Thanksgiving Banquet and it was a very special blessing for all who attended. My wife Carole, my best friend and marriage partner for the last 52 years, hosted our table. Attached to the bottom of each clear plate she placed a special scripture about giving thanks to our Lord God. Each person at our table was individually blessed.

Following are these versus which stress always giving thanks to our Lord God:

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! 1Chronicles 16:8-9

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

Enter into His gates with Thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be Thankful to Him, and bless His name. For The Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. Psalm 100:4-5

As you have therefore received Christ Jesus The Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with Thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7

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

I will give Thanks to The Lord because of His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of The Lord Most High. Psalm 7:17

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of The Lord Jesus, giving Thanks to God The Father through Him. Colossians 3:17

Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give Thanks to The Lord. This is the gate of The Lord through which the righteousness may enter. I will give you Thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. Psalm 118:19-21

Have A Blessed Thanksgiving!

Frank