Thanksgiving

Let’s play a little game in our time together today...

Every time I say the word thanksgiving you can yell out a one word answer of something you are thankful for.

How Many Times is Thankfulness mentioned in the Bible?

139

Questions with Teaching

Do you know how to find the book of psalms in the bible? Open to the very middle of the book. Now do you see the big numbers? you want to find big number 107. Leave your Bibles open for now.

Have you ever been forgiven for something and not gotten the punishment that you deserved?

That's called mercy.

This is the main verse and main point of all we are going to do today. Try to remember the verse.

Psalm 107:1 “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: For his mercy endureth for ever.”

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been sick. God has given us bodies that can sometimes heal themselves.

Psalm 147:7 “Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praise upon the harp unto our God:”

God cares for us and is not a liar.

Psalm 119:164 “Seven times a day do I praise thee Because of thy righteous judgments.”

We sing to him in church and we can do that at home also.

Psalm 95:2 “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.”

Psalm 30:4 “Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.”

When we talk to him (prayer) we should make sure to be thankful.

Psalm 100:4 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”

King David in the Bible wrote this book of the bible to tell of what amazing things that God did.

Psalm 26:7 “That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all thy wondrous works.”

Scavenger Hunt for leaves.

Don’t bend them or rip them. We are going to make a Tree out of them.

Once you find one, Bring it up to Mrs. Boersma.

((After Hunt))

Think of some things you are thankful for.

((Write them down as one word answers on the leaves and have the children hang them on the tree))

References in Bible

How many books are in the New Testament? 27 BOOKS

Paul wrote 13 of those books.

Paul talks about thankfulness 49 times.

I think that’s a lot of times to mention one thing, isn’t it?

What is mercy again? Forgiveness right?

1 Chronicles 16:34 “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever.”

What is Gods plan for you in your life right now?

1 Thessalonians 5:18 “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

What is your best character quality?

What is something that you have been complimented on most?

That is a gift from God.

James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

When should you be thankful?

Colossians 3:17 “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

Philippians 4:6 “Be careful (anxious) for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

Other Ways to Thank God

Praise/worship

Jesus is filled with joy as the Church is growing and says...

Luke 10:21 “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.”

Jesus Praised God when he saw what was going on that was good.

Why the Bible

It is a written journal of God’s love with Jesus at the center

The middle of the Bible is Psalm 118:8 “It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man.”

The middle 2 words in the whole bible are “the Lord”

That’s what the whole bible is written around.

When your parents ask you what you learned today this is what you tell them...

I learned to Give Thanks to God for he is Good! Psalm 107:1