Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Here we are again at that time of the year when just about everyone is giving thanks for all their blessings. Don't we have so much to be thankful for, especially when we don't deserve many of these blessings? We could take the time to thank ourselves, our parents, our friends, our family members, our business associates or maybe even strangers for all these blessings, but when it's all over and done with, we need to give thanks to Almighty God.
The good book reminds us, Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. (Psa. 100:4) Are we truly practicing this is our lives this very day? Sure it's hard to give thanks when we just lost our job, or one of our loved ones have died, or our own health is failing us but Jesus Himself proclaimed, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Heb. 13:5b) Is this not one of the most comforting passages you could ever read in your life? We can take this one to the bank, so to speak, because of the person who made the promise.
Looking back over this past year we can see where we have grow, both physically and spiritually. We can also look back and see all the opportunities we let slip out of our lives because we hesitated or just plainly refused to accept them. At the same time we were given opportunities that we grasped with thankfulness and ended up making a wonderful difference in someone's life. This is truly what our pilgrimage on this earth is all about. We need to be busy making other people's lives more enjoyable, more meaningful and more spiritual.
We cannot do anything about the past, but we can begin making wonderful plans for this upcoming new year. What are your plans? Have you set any goals? Do you even see the need for improvement in your life? If we have made plans or set goals, are they obtainable? Let's seek to encourage one another to stick with our plans and to set the kingdom of God on fire by our ongoing participation and willingness to serve one another and all mankind. Go in Peace & Prosper and in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thes. 5:18)
The good book reminds us, Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. (Psa. 100:4) Are we truly practicing this is our lives this very day? Sure it's hard to give thanks when we just lost our job, or one of our loved ones have died, or our own health is failing us but Jesus Himself proclaimed, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Heb. 13:5b) Is this not one of the most comforting passages you could ever read in your life? We can take this one to the bank, so to speak, because of the person who made the promise.
Looking back over this past year we can see where we have grow, both physically and spiritually. We can also look back and see all the opportunities we let slip out of our lives because we hesitated or just plainly refused to accept them. At the same time we were given opportunities that we grasped with thankfulness and ended up making a wonderful difference in someone's life. This is truly what our pilgrimage on this earth is all about. We need to be busy making other people's lives more enjoyable, more meaningful and more spiritual.
We cannot do anything about the past, but we can begin making wonderful plans for this upcoming new year. What are your plans? Have you set any goals? Do you even see the need for improvement in your life? If we have made plans or set goals, are they obtainable? Let's seek to encourage one another to stick with our plans and to set the kingdom of God on fire by our ongoing participation and willingness to serve one another and all mankind. Go in Peace & Prosper and in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thes. 5:18)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!
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posted by Eddie Garcia @ 3:30 PM
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