Thanksgiving Eve 2020

Words associated with Thanksgiving: Appreciate, Gratitude, Gratefulness, praise.

I hate writing thank you notes. I am not good at writing thank you notes. I can admit it, and I am 100% sure that I do not want any of you to ask my wife how much I contributed to the writing of our thank you notes after our wedding because I’m pretty sure she had to rewrite several of them...

Psalm 9:1–2 ESV

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

2 Corinthians 4:15 ESV

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Hebrew word for Thanksgiving is Todah…not Tada (like a magician would say), but Todah.

So few things to be grateful about today.

Thanksgiving is not as much of an act as it is a disposition or attitude.

Have you ever had a moment wherein you realized something you have/use/own, like a cell phone, has a cool feature that you had no idea existed? I definitely have. Were I just constantly looking for the next phone or next feature to come out, I may never have realized what I have right here in front of me.

If we are truly living in a state of thanksgiving, it means our eyes are open to the ways that God is working in our lives daily. When we stop seeing what God is doing in our lives…

juxtaposition to entitlement.

An attitude of Thanksgiving is the means by which we see what is right in front of us. When we

Resources:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201504/7-scientifically-proven-benefits-gratitude

https://ministrypass.com/preaching-a-thanksgiving-sermon-series/