Love you all, praying for you…
Praying that this Thanksgiving won’t be just another Thanksgiving, but that it will be another level of Thanksgiving for you. That this Thanksgiving will be you at a new level – another level altogether. In everything give thanks for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. It’s funny how the devil always tries to steal, kill and destroy. Like the ridiculous deception that they try to teach kids in school - that the first Thanksgiving was to thank the Indians. That’s laughable - they were thankful to The Almighty God who gave them safe travel to a distant land, where they were free to worship God without persecution. He brought them, kept them through a harsh winter, saved their lives, gave them crops, gave them strength… He gave them hope for the future of this fledgling colony – that would one day become a nation, unlike any the world has ever seen. One nation under God – created to reflect His laws and precepts, which result in His blessing, individual liberty, freedom from every kind of tyranny, and the prosperity that comes from following God’s principles for society and government. So that out of the abundance bestowed on every nation whose God is the LORD – that this nation could share the Good News of His Son Jesus to every nation around the world. This nation will surely fulfill the purpose for which it was created. At Thanksgiving, many people gather for dinner – and are thankful for their family, for the things they have, or for what others have done for them, but forget the Author of All Thanksgiving - The Source of it all. Praying that your Thanksgiving will be at a new level this year. It’s one thing to be thankful during the Thanksgiving Dinner prayer… Most leave it at that – that’s the only time Thanksgiving is really discussed… When it comes to actually giving thanks… some people are thankful in their heart, or in their mind, others are thankful with their mouth, their lips and their tongue. Some people are thankful by themselves (silent or out loud) - but others are thankful out loud in the presence of others. That kind of thanksgiving makes a transition, it morphs from thanksgiving into praise, from praise into testimony, and from testimony into edification – where others can be built up in their faith. Praying that you will be thankful out loud, in front of others today, with others today. What if you were thankful together beyond just someone saying grace before dinner. There are different levels of thanksgiving. Thanksgiving about you, and thanksgiving about others. Praying that God might lead you to review the Relationship Topic – Thankful 100 – One hundred things to be thankful for that aren’t money or stuff… Praying also that your new level of thanksgiving today would include Surely. Not just what God has done… but what He will surely do - because He said it. I will surely bless you, I will surely do good for you, and make you like the sand of the sea, which no one can count… Surely the LORD is in this place, Surely I will bring you up again, God will surely visit you. I have surely seen the affliction of my people, and have heard their cry. I will surely hear their cry, when they cry at all unto me. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout all generations. See I have taught you these decrees and laws just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy. Obey them completely, for this will display your wisdom and understanding to the nations that surround you, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. Surely I will be with you! And now, behold, I know well that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. And he answered him, Pursue them, for you will surely overtake them, and without fail, recover everything that was taken from you. What did God say through Elisha? He told me that you will surely recover. I will remember the works of the LORD: Surely I will remember the wonders of old. Surely His salvation is near those who fear him; that glory may dwell in the land. Regarding the wicked… Surely you place them on slippery ground, and cast them down to destruction. You will make them stumble, never to get up again. Surely He has born our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Jeremiah 39:18 - For I will surely save you, and give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe because you have put your trust in me. Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing… Surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life, and you will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Praying that your Thanksgiving rises to a new level. Heart, mind and mouth, with others, not only for who God is, and what He gives, and what He has done, but that you will be thankful for what He said He will surely do. And finally - praying that this coming year – before Thanksgiving comes around again next year – that you will position yourself – for those things He will surely do – if you do… That your obedience will put you in places so that by next year you will be thankful for things you’ve never experienced before – because you have obeyed like you have never obeyed before, so by next Thanksgiving – you will be thankful and rejoice in things you have never seen before. Love you all, dad
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