THANK THE LORD FOR FAMILY

           This week, I want to thank the Lord for different things He has provided. I’m starting with family because your family will share joy, be there for one another in times of disappointment, and share values of this life that are right and true, making us faithful to the Lord Jesus. Family will stick with you when you have totally messed your life up. Family will forgive quicker than others. Family will help you when there isn’t anyone else to help. God ordained the family to be that way and I am thankful for both of mine; my human family and my church family.

            In Daniel 2:23, the Word of God says, “I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.“ What makes family great is the God of the family! It’s not Grandma or Grandpa. It’s not Mom or Dad. It’s not the Children or Grandchildren. It’s God and God alone!

            Today, be thankful for the family God has provided for you! But even more than them, be thankful to the Lord for giving them to you. I sure am thankful for mine because they have helped me become the man that I am!

THANKS LIVING

            Gratitude to God should be as habitual as the reception of mercies is constant, as ardent as the number of them is great, as devout as the riches of divine grace and goodness is incomprehensible. -Simmons

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1Thessalonians 5:18

            I’m not sure who started it but November has become the month of giving thanks in which folks post for 30 days things they are thankful for. Jobs, homes, family, dogs, and even their cats become the center of their one day of thanks. There is nothing wrong with this but my question is, why does it only have to be for 30 days? Why can’t it be every day of the year? Why can’t it even be when you lose your job, your home goes up in flames, or your dog dies?

            You know scripture has a lot to say about being thankful. Here in the Book of Thessalonians, Paul tells the church at Thessalonica to be thankful for everything. Now in and of ourselves, that is impossible but when we understand, “this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you,” it is not only possible but it is commanded.

            Child of God, do you have a life of thanks living?

GET UP, GET READY, and GO THANK YOUR SAVIOUR AT CHURCH!

Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. –Coleridge

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6

I am thankful I can thank my Saviour anywhere and at anytime! But what a blessed privilege you and I have to gather with fellow believers to sing, praise, and worship our Saviour! Don’t take it for granted! Don’t forsake it! Don’t make excuses! Don’t give place to the devil by not going! Just get up, get ready, and go!