Thanksgiving

There is a longstanding disagreement about the beginnings of Thanksgiving in the North America.

In 1541, Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in Palo Duro Canyon .

In 1598 Juan de Onate in San Elizario, TX he ordered a feast of thanksgiving

In St. Augustine, FL with spanish 1565

August 9, 1607 Colonists in Main at Fort St. George.

November 1621: The Plymouth Feast

Nov. 23, 1775 Boston Patriots Call for Thanksgiving

December 18, 1777 13 Colonies Celebrate a Thanksgiving for the victory in the Battle of Saratoga

November 26, 1789 George Washington called for a Day of Thanksgiving and prayer in gratitude for the end of the Revolutionary War.

November 1846 Sarah Josepha Hale Lobbies for National Holiday

September 28, 1863 “Mother of Thanksgiving” (Hale) appeals to Lincoln

October 3, 1863 Lincoln Proclaims Thanksgiving Holiday

He said, “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States… to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens,” read the proclamation, written by Seward, “and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.”

November 23, 1939: FDR Moved the Date

In 1939, Thanksgiving was set to fall on November 30, leaving only 24 shopping days until Christmas. Fearing that the shortened Christmas season would impact the economy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order moving it a week earlier to November 23. Critics called it “Franksgiving” and Congress officially moved the holiday back to its current place in 1941

Let’s Read our focal passage:

Psalm 9:1–2 ESV

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Remember...

Psalm 9:1 (ESV)

1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

Leap for Joy...

Psalm 9:2 (ESV)

2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Lift Your Voice or Pen...

Psalm 9:2 (ESV)

2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Walking Away, But In...

Give thanks.

Let it be with your whole being.

Surrender unto Him.