The True Story of Thanksgiving
I read this blog onĀ Thanksgiving morning and found it greatly encouraging and beautifully centered on the Gospel, the good news that we can be deeply satisfied (and thereby deeply thankful) in Christ. Enjoy & Happy Thanksgiving! http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-true-story-of-thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
Thanks to NWer Mike Garrett for this timely post! āThe first Thanksgiving Proclamation was issued by the revolutionary Continental Congress on November 1, 1777. Authored by Samuel Adams [yes the brewer and also a very devout Christian], it was one sentence of 360 words, which read in part: āForasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with gratitude their obligation to him for benefits receivedā¦together with penitent confession of their sins, whereby they had forfeited every favor; and their humble and earnest supplications that it may please God
“Faith-Filled Thanksgiving”
ReadĀ I Thessalonians 5:18 Because God is sovereign, wise and good, we can trust Him. If we are to honor Him in our times of adversity, we must trust Him. There are some corollary responses to trusting God that are important. They provide tangible evidence that we are in fact trusting God. One of those is thanksgiving. In I Thessalonians 5:18 Paul instructs us to "give thanks in all circumstances." We are to be thankful in bad times and good times, for adversities as well as blessings. All circumstances whether favorable or unfavorable to our desires are to be occasions for
4 Verses on Cultivating Thankfulness
The end of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving always puts a smile on my face. Two things stand out. In the midst of a Thanksgiving feast, Charlie Brown and friends have popcorn and jellybeans on their plates. Such simple food, but it makes total sense for kids to have these foods at Thanksgiving. They are being thankful, so why not something as simple and praiseworthy as popcorn and jellybeans. I am not as naturally thankful as Charlie Brown and his friends. Not that I am ungrateful, but too often I donāt call to mind the things in life for which I
Devoted in Summary
Read Mark 12:28-34 I am more persuaded every day, as I examine my own relationships and as I observe others in theirs, that relationships are first fixed vertically before they are ever fixed horizontally. Paul captures this dynamic in surprising words in Galatians 5. "For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'" (v. 14). Now think this through with me. If you had just written, "The entire law of God is summarized by one command," what would you have written next? Well, I would have written, "Love God above all else." That
Names of God
This compilation of the Names of GodĀ has been a near daily encouragement to me in my personal times with the Lord for decades! I use a different name each day as a prompt to worship God for who He is and to invite Him to glorify His name in my life that day. Enjoy!
Team Doyle is on the move….
"After a year of prayer and seeking the Lord's guidance the Doyle's are moving to Tampa to join a ministry that is near and dear to our hearts....." To read moreĀ click on this link.
