SERMONS ON THANKSGIVING
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From HopeLESS to GrateFULL
by Bob Ingle
G.K. Chesterton called gratitude ''the mother of all virtues''. One of the most significant changes that Jesus Christ wants to make in our hearts and lives is to transform us into people who are continually grateful. Psalm 30:11-12 says: ''You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.'' Would you say those verses reflect your life and attitude right now? It's rare you meet someone that displays this often, isn't it? Instead of constantly grumbling about our circumstances, God wants us to radiate with thanksgiving...
My Thanksgiving List
by Rex Yancey
A man and his wife on a strict diet, sat down at the table for a meatless meal, all steamed and all green. He looked at what was before him and said, ''You say the blessing. If I thank the Lord for this He'll know I'm lying!'' We are in Thanksgiving week. A week sanctioned and scheduled by the government. But there is a divinely scheduled Thanksgiving Day. Does anyone know when it is? It's today-and tomorrow, and the next day. Daniel 6:20 says, ''Daniel was on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God.'' Everyday was Thanksgiving for Daniel, and should be for us as well. Colossians 3:15 says, ''And be thankful…''...
A Thankful Heart
by Jerry Vines
Thanksgiving is a national holiday here in America. There's an interesting history to how the national day of Thanksgiving came about. You will recall the story of the Pilgrims who came. In 1621 they came here and established a colony. You may remember the story of Governor William Bradford and all of the hardships they endured. You may not know that Governor Bradford lost his wife. She was drowned on the journey here to America. In 1623 Governor Bradford issued a proclamation establishing that there would be a day of Thanksgiving. I'm going to read to you what he said in his proclamation. He declared, ''Inasmuch as the great...
Thanksgiving, Man's Daily Holiday
by Donald Cantrell
I have been reading the book ''The Greatest Generation'' by Tom Brokaw and found something that really got my attention. In the book, the writer tells of some famous times in the history of WWII, but he also has some stories on some infamous times of shame in our history. I came across the story of Nao Takasugi, who was a natural born citizen he was an American with a Japanese ancestry. Nao's family arrived in America in 1903 and his grandfather could not apply for citizenship due to his Asian ancestry. The war broke out between America and Japan, it was then that our president decided to invoke his executive powers, so he...
Thanksgiving Traits
by Donald Cantrell
Rudyard Kipling was a great British poet whose writings have blessed many of us, including a generation gone by. Rudyard Kipling was a very famous writer even before he died, and made a great deal of money at his trade. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, ''Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amounts to over $100 a word.'' Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, ''Really, I certainly wasn't aware of that.'' The reporter cynically reached into his pocket and pulled out a $100 bill and gave it to Kipling and said, ''Here's a $100 bill Mr. Kipling. Now you give me one...
The Attitude of Gratitude
by James Merritt
Rudyard Kipling was a great British poet whose writings have blessed many of us, including a generation gone by. Rudyard Kipling was a very famous writer even before he died, and made a great deal of money at his trade. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, ''Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amounts to over $100 a word.'' Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, ''Really, I certainly wasn't aware of that.'' The reporter cynically reached into his pocket and pulled out a $100 bill and gave it to Kipling and said, ''Here's a $100 bill Mr. Kipling. Now you give me one...
Five Reasons for Being Thankful
by J. Gerald Harris
I love to interact with the kids in our Christian school. I was walking down the hall last week, and I noticed that one of the classes had made some things to commemorate the Thanksgiving season. And so I asked the kids this question: What do you get if you cross a turkey with an ostrich? Do you know the answer to that question? All right, here's the answer. A Thanksgiving bird that buries its head in the mashed potatoes. Now, if you don't like that, you'd better cheer up now because they get worse. What do you get if you cross a centipede with a turkey? Answer: fewer fights over who gets a drumstick at Thanksgiving. Well, are...
Thanksgiving According to Paul
by Daniel Rodgers
1. As you are aware, this coming Thursday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time-horned tradition of setting aside a day for which to be thankful. Of course, Thanksgiving means different things to different people. a. For some it will be a time of feasting - all the great food: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. We ''gobble 'til we wobble.'' b. For some, Thanksgiving represents a 4-day vacation from work and the routine of daily grind. c. Some people can't wait for Thanksgiving because it represents one of the biggest shopping opportunities of the year...sales everywhere. d. Then, of...
Are You Really Thankful for Your Family?- Thanksgiving Message
by Brian Fletcher
''We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.'' ''For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God.'' For most people, Thanksgiving Day brings warm memories of getting family together to eat, celebrate, catch up, watch football, play football, eat turkey, run in a 5k Turkey run, and whatever other tradition your family has put together for that day. Everyone has their own favorite dish to make and to eat...
Don't Forget to Be Thankful
by Donald Cantrell
In his wonderful biography of the prophet Elijah, Chuck Swindoll shares the following story of a man he once visited in a dismal veteran's hospital. Swindoll writes the following words: ''The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This soldier had a young son, and during his confinement in the hospital, he had made a little wooden truck for his boy. Since the boy was not allowed to go up into the ward and visit his father, an orderly had brought the gift down to the child, who was waiting in front of the hospital with his mother.'' ''The father looked out of a fifth-floor window, watching his son unwrap the gift. The little boy opened the...
A Thanksgiving Song
by Robert Dawson
A grandmother took her young grandson to see the ocean for the very first time. She was watching him play along the shore line when a massive wave suddenly and unexpectedly washed over the boy sweeping him out to sea. The horrified and panic stricken grandmother dropped to her knees, raised her eyes to heaven and cried out to God, begging Him to return her beloved grandson. While she was still praying another massive wave appeared and deposited the young boy at his grandmother's feet. He was soaking wet and little bit panicky but perfectly fine. The grandmother hugged the boy and looked him over head...
3 Things to Be Thankful For
by Palitha Jayasooriya
Recently, my brother Nimal, who was formerly a ship's captain and is now a lay Pastor in our church, shared the Word of God in one of our services. In that sermon he expressed his appreciation and thanks to me for being the first in our family circle to accept the Lord Jesus and for holding on to that commitment in the midst of much opposition. The end result, he mentioned, was that he and eventually our entire family, came to salvation. I was so glad that after all these years he still remembered and was thankful. We live in a world where gratitude is often not expressed and help given is easily forgotten. Undercutting and...
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving
by Stan Coffey
On Thanksgiving Day we carry out a tradition as old as America. In 1621 after a terrible year in which half their number died of starvation or disease, the Pilgrims set aside three days in December to praise the Lord for a bountiful harvest of corn. Many years later in 1789, President George Washington proclaimed November 26 as a national day of Thanksgiving unto the Lord. This was in response to God's granting America independence from Britain. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln revived this tradition of giving thanks to the Lord, and finally in 1941, the United States Congress decreed that the fourth Thursday in November...
The Soul Music Of Thanksgiving
by Ernest Easley
On this Sunday night before Thanksgiving Day... take your Bible and turn to the book of Thanksgiving and Praise. And of course... that would be the book of Psalms! Once there... head straight to the 103rd Psalm. Now as you're finding Psalm 103... let me tell you that the Hebrew word translated ''Psalms'' comes from the Hebrew word ''Hallelujah'' which means ''praise the Lord.'' So... when somebody says, ''Hallelujah''.. what are they saying? They are saying, ''Praise the Lord!'' And by the way... this word ''hallelujah'' cuts across the language barrier. It translates the same in every language! Well... that's what the book of Psalms is...
Thanksgiving - More Than A Holiday
by David Cawston
Thanksgiving needs to be the attitude of the believer at all times. This is God's will! Illustration: December 31st 1993 Nancy and Heather going to Tulsa and Nancy's wallet stolen at the Philadelphia Airport. We don't have to be thankful for all things but we must learn to have a heart and attitude of thankfulness in all things. That was the picture that the Pilgrims left. They were thankful that in their difficulties. With cold and hardship and tragedies that God was with them in them all. Thanksgiving was a way of life for the early Christians. We should follow their example and learn from them. I. Thanksgiving in Worship Luke 24:52-53....
How to Turn Thanksgiving into Thanksliving
by Adrian Rogers
''Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men and let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving.'' If you don't mind writing in your bible would you underscore those phrases right there, ''the sacrifices of thanksgiving'' and ''declare his works with rejoicing.'' It has been said that talk is cheap. We thank the Lord and we say Lord, we're so thankful, we're so grateful for all that you've done for us. Well, do you know what we need to do? We need to turn Thanksgiving into Thanks-living. That is, to offer to God the sacrifices of thanksgiving. If we're thankful it really ought to show...
Make Thanksgiving Meaningful
by Miles Seaborn
On a cold, rainy day in late November 1935, a tramp - a hobo - came to the back door of may aunt's home begging for food. The nation and the world were locked tightly in the grip of a tragic depression. My aunt's house in Bossier City, Louisiana (just outside of Shreveport), was about one block from the Illinois Central Railroad's local switching yards. It was also close to the main line from New Orleans to Chicago. During those poverty-ridden days restless and hungry men "rode the rails" from border to border and coast to coast. In their misery they sought food, shelter, and work at every hamlet or town. Whenever a freight...
When God Opens Heavens Windows
by Donald Cantrell
The following is a true story. In 1984, Mike and his family belonged to an East Coast church. One Sunday evening, the sermon was on sacrificial offerings, and then they collected a special offering at the end of the sermon. The only money in Mike's wallet was a $50 bill, which was supposed to buy a week's worth of groceries for his wife, their five children, and himself. However, in a move of faith, Mike put the $50 bill in the offering. Then, after the conclusion of the service, the family went out to the parking lot to go home. Within minutes, they joyfully returned to the sanctuary and asked the pastor to come outside and see...
