Hello all. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. As you take time to make sure the turkey is brined, that the mac and cheese is perfect, and that the dressing is ready, I hope you will remember to give thanks to God. There are many things we can all be thankful for. As you sit around the table this Thursday, I’d like to challenge you to share some of your favorite verses with each other. Below are a few of my favorites as I think about being thankful. As you gather for dinner, maybe you can each read a verse, and discuss why it is your favorite. These are a few of my favorites as I think about being thankful.
- Because God created you. Psalm 139:13-14 – “13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
- God’s love is unfailing. Psalms 13:5 – “But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
- God is good and his mercy never ends. Psalm 100:5 – “ For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”
- God answers prayers. Psalm 118:21 “I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.”
- God guides me. Psalm 16:7 – “I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.”
I know there are many, many more verses you can find for reasons to be thankful. I will close with this thought. Psalm 69:30-31 – “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. 31 This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves.” As you give thanks to God this week. Know that God is wanting a people who will shout out to him in song and praise. God has done enough for all of us in one day to last us a lifetime. Let us be a people that never stop giving Him praise for all that he has done. For all that he is doing. And for all that he will do.
