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Thanksgiving!



Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.  May God be so very real to you and your family.  


We are blessed.  We have been gifted with so many of the blessings from God.  That makes me even more thankful.


As I said in Monday’s devotion… when we know where our salvation is from, it is so much easier to be thankful.


Share with others that you are thankful.  Share what you are thankful for.  Ask others what they are thankful for.  Let people know that God is an important part of your life.  That sharing may change their lives.


Here are verses we shared at church on Sunday about being thankful!


1 Chronicles 16:8  NLT

Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.


Psalm 30:11-12  NLT  

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, 12  that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.  O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!


Psalm 100:4  NLT

Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.


Psalm 118:1  NLT

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.


Colossians 3:3-5  NLT  

We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, 5 which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.


Colossians 3:16-17  NLT

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.


2 Corinthians 4:15  NLT

All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.


Revelation 11:17  NLT

And they said, “We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who always was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign.


My next trip to Cuba is December 7-15, and I will be in Villa Clara, the central region of Cuba, leading a retreat for leaders in the sports ministry.  Will you support this trip with prayer and finances?  If so, please reach out to me at pastormh@gmail.com 

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