This coming week, take time to remember what the Lord has done for you, and express your thanks. Be creative and try different ways to show gratefulness–sing, praise, and joyfully worship Him.
From Psalm 92:1-2: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night.”
No greater compliment can be given than this one: “When I am with that person, it’s like I’m in the presence of Jesus Himself.”
From 2 Corinthians 8:21: “For we intend to do what is right not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of others.”
From 1 Chronicles 16:34: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever.”
Another Thanksgiving
Patiently waits on deck
Staying safely at home
Asking for a rain check
Missing our family
Sending our blessed love
Watching over our home
Holy God, high above
Remember gatherings
From numerous years past
Memories still linger
Let us not be downcast
Past months filled with darkness
Yet, family stands strong
Boosting one another
Faith in God, sings along
Chairs around our table
May look empty this year
But, God’s blessings offer
Love, filled with grace sincere
While my wife and I will be celebrating the blessings of Thanksgiving at a table for two, we will still be thinking of our family in both Ohio and Montana. We have much to be grateful for.
Be glad and rejoice
God’s nourishment sustains us—
Come to His table
Run life’s marathon
Strength fused with steadfast patience—
Our Lord’s mighty hand
Behold Christ’s Kingdom
Gratitude for Salvation—
Rescued from our sins
From Romans 5:1-2: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”
Our sinful nature
Takes Christ to the Cross
God responds with love
Grace reaches across
Jesus defeats death
Living cornerstone
Sacred salvation
Grace comes to atone
Father’s gift of life
Receive daily bread
Through our faith alone
Grace walking ahead
Christ teaches of love
Shares His peace of mind
Hearts and minds now cleansed
Grace saving mankind
Never fear again
Look forward to peace
Fate sealed with God’s love
Grace, life’s Holy lease
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “When facing painful trials, we may be tempted to doubt God’s love for us. Remember that God orchestrated the greatest demonstration of love possible–His Son’s death on the cross.”
Genuine worship of God must be done “in spirit and truth.”
From John 4:23: “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship Him.”
Talk about your blessings more than you talk about your burdens.
I’m blessed, because of my faith, that I don’t have to worry about the future because I know who holds my future.
From Proverbs 13:7: “Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.”
Living a life, pleasing only to self
Ignoring God, leaving Him on a shelf
Competitive world, craving ambition
Pleasing to God, never this life’s mission
High expectations, demanding more time
Living the dream, seeking ladders to climb
Mankind commands, chasing full-time career
Pleasing to God, never happens this year
Targets set higher, with each passing week
Hustling to scale, another highest peak
Life fills with emptiness, something amiss
Pleasing to God, change focus . . . lasting bliss
God lights the way, spiritual journey
Coming to Him, forgo the attorney
Heart and mind, accept Father’s deepest love
Pleasing to God, eyes now find Him above
Daily meditation, filled with God’s Word
Rejoicing in His truth, no longer blurred
Priorities flip, following the Lord’s light
Pleasing to God, faithful voyage takes flight
From Ephesians 5:8-10: “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light–for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.”
The great need for the Christian worker is to be ready to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn.
From Luke 12:40: “You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
Sun sets on another day
Evening calls, wanting its way
Family gathers around
Home now, love and peace abound
Night sky envelopes the land
Stillness breathes on high command
Supper cooking, hunger calls
Mom’s spaghetti and meatballs
All hands on deck, helping mom
Frenzy soon returns to calm
Television calling out
Favorite show brings a shout
Mom crochets, sitting nearby
Dad reads book, about Shanghai
Final chores, homework to do
Soon slumber stirs up its brew
Before the last light goes out
Prayers praise God, so devout
