Give Thanks On Thanksgiving
Family. Food. Football. Thanksgiving 2020 in America. How will we observe it? Why not spend a while giving thanks to our heavenly Father for the things we have come through during this year of the pandemic. Some have lost much. Yet, look around and for this moment let’s offer thanks for the good, even miracles, we have seen or experienced also. Let’s celebrate life today!
Quotes From Others:
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” – H.U. Westermayer
President George Washington, Proclamation, October 3, 1789: “Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. Now therefore I assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country …”
President Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1863: “ I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” –G. K. Chesterton
“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.” –Robert Lewis Stevenson
Prayer: Father, we are forever grateful and thankful for Your love, mercy, and goodness to us. May we be ever mindful of bygone generations who helped us focus our dependence on You—and gave You thanks for those benefits and blessings. Amen.
Scriptures:
Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 100:4-5 NASB)
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this — those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. (Psalm 107:1-3 NIV)
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. (Psalm 105:1-2 NIV)
Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits. (Psalm 103:2 AMP)
Comments (0)