Thanksliving::Thanksgiving Day:forever and ever - Amen...

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Revelation 7:9-12

30 Days of Thanksliving - Thanksgiving Day

Thanksliving::Day 26:the shortest path to intimacy with God...

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.

Brennan Manning

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 26

Thanksliving::Day 25:for every good and perfect gift...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 25

Thanksliving::Day 24:rejoice and be glad...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 24

I {LOVE} November Sundays::to rejoice, pray and give thanks...

Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 23

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Thanksliving::Day 22:Still Saturday:weeds to wonder...

Lord, all that I've deemed weeds in my life are only weeds by function of whether I want them in this place or not. Cause me today to transplant all my weeds into wild wonder simply by thanking You for the grace of them in this place. How else can my life bloom?

Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts Devotional, p. 106

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 22

Thanksliving::Day 21:for he is good...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 21

Thanksliving::Day 20:with eyes wide open...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 20

Thanksliving::Day 19:with songs of joy...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 19

Thanksliving::Day 18:when grace rebounds...

When the grace of Jesus penetrates the human heart, it rebounds back to God as gratitude. Christian gratitude is grace reflected back to God in the happiness we feel toward Jesus.

John Piper, Grace, Gratitude, and the Glory of God

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 18

Thanksliving::Day 17:to know what gratitude is...

The Nature of Gratitude

Almost all English translations miss a beautiful opportunity to preserve in English a play on words that occurs in Paul's Greek*. Paul says, "It is all for your sake, so that as charis extends to more and more people it may increase eucharistian to the glory of God." The Greek word for thanks is built on the word for grace: charis becomes eucharistian. This could have been preserved in English by the use of 'grace' and 'gratitude' which show the same original root. So I would translate: "It is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase gratitude to the glory of God." The reason this is important is because when we try to define thanks or gratitude, what we find is that it has a very close relationship to grace. Unless we see this relationship, we really don't know what gratitude is.

John Piper, Grace, Gratitude, and the Glory of God

*2 Corinthians 4.15

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 17

I {LOVE} November Sundays::to praise God's glorious name...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 16

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Thanksliving::Day 15:Still Saturday:to let peace rule...

There is only one gift ....
the one ocean of Christ that falls as rain over us in a thousand ways. 

Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts Devotional, p. 186

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 15

Thanksliving::Day 14:to remember...

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying,“This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Luke 22.19-20

Thanksliving::Day 13:with my whole heart...

Thanksliving::Day 12:enriched to be generous...

You will be enriched in every way
to be generous in every way,
which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians 9:11
30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 12

Thanksliving::Day 11: to not be anxious...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 11

Thanksliving::Day 10:remembering...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 10

I {LOVE} November Sundays::to give thanks in the congregation...

Praise the LORD!
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Psalm 111:1

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 9

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Thanksliving::Day 8:Still Saturday:my daily prescription...

And if a joy-filled heart is good medicine, 

then giving thanks is my daily prescription.

Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts Devotional, p. 201

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 8

Thanksliving::Day 7:as grace is extended...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 7

Thanksliving::Day 6:because of the grace of God...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 6

Thanksliving::Day 5:for a love that endures forever...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 5

Thanksliving::Day 4:with a song...

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 4

Thanksliving::Day 3: the Mighty One speaks...

The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.

"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and perform your vows to the Most High,
and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
Psalm 50:1, 14-15 ESV

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 3

I {LOVE} November Sundays::to make a joyful noise...

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Psalm 95:1-2 ESV

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 2

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Still Saturday::happiness doubled by wonder...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

30 Days of Thanksliving - Day 1