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THANKSGIVING
Spiritual Gifts
God expects us to use our gifts (Romans 12:3–8)
God gives us our spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:4–11)
Spiritual gifts build up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11–13)
Spiritual gifts ought not be denied nor overemphasized (1 Thessalonians 5:19–22)
God distributes spiritual gifts according to his will (Hebrews 2:4)
Jesus took our place that we might have his peace; he took our sin that we might have his salvation.
Where one goes hereafter depends on what he does after here.
The new birth is not optional—it’s imperative.
Jesus came to save the lost, the last, and the least.
Of all the thousands of deceptive substitutes, a substitute for salvation is the worst.
One must be a wide-awake Christian before he can fall asleep in Jesus.
If you keep rejecting the “come” of salvation, you will have to accept the “depart” of damnation.
There are none so good that they can save themselves—none so bad that God cannot save them.
The sinner has only two options—be pardoned or be punished.
When God pardons sin, he purges the record, erases the remembrance, and empowers the recipient.
When God saves us, our sins are forgiven and forgotten forever.
Salvation causes us to step out of sin’s slavery into security with Christ.
Justification means man’s guilt gone and Christ’s goodness given.
Every successful rich man has a wife in back of him spending his money.
Grandparents are so simple that all grandchildren can control them.
Heredity is something people believe in if they have a bright child.
Thank God for fathers who not only gave us life but also taught us how to live.
Some people have the first part of their lives ruined by their parents and the second half by their children.
If your ancestors hung in trees, they probably hung by their necks rather than their tails.
When the devil brings up your past, bring up his future.
Your choice: family altar, or Satan will alter your family.
Never judge a man by his relatives. He did not choose them.
A grandmother is a baby-sitter who watches kids instead of TV.
Spend time, not money, on your children.
By the time a family pays for a home in the suburbs, it isn’t.
The family that smokes together chokes together.
Thanksgiving is a duty before it’s a feeling.
He who forgets the language of gratitude is not likely to be on speaking terms with God.
Hem your blessings with gratitude lest they unravel.
Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and worn with thanks.
Gratitude shouldn’t be an occasional incident but a continuous attitude.
A thankful heart enjoys blessings twice—when they’re received and when they’re remembered.
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of others.
Think sometimes of all that you have instead of wishing for what you don’t.
If you are not thankful for what you got, it is doubtful if you’ll be thankful for what you will get.
God is found in two places—one of his dwellings is heaven, and the other is in the meek and thankful heart.
It is better to appreciate things you don’t have than to have things you don’t appreciate.
An ungrateful person is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they came from.