Give Thanks!

For Thursday, November 23, 2022, Thanksgiving Day (US):

1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT: “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”

Happy Thanksgiving! In the US, we have designated today as a special day on which to show gratitude. But we shouldn’t save up our gratitude for this one day. We should be thanking the Lord every day. We have a saying – “God is good – all the time!” So we should give thanks – all the time!

Paul counsels the Philippians like this: “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

Of course the thing for which we should be eternally grateful is that Jesus took the sins of the world to the place of the dead, making it possible for believers to know heaven. Thank you Father God for your benevolent plan for us. Thank you Jesus for putting it in motion. Thank you Holy Spirit for keeping us on track!

Psalm 50:23, God speaking: “Giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship