Raynette K. Weiss Ministries is doing this special thanksgiving activity to remind you about what thanksgiving is about in the christian life. As you will see, it started way back with Noah, after he was left out of the ark, and it continued all these years. We wish that everyone share this with thier family and friends wherever they are gathering and in celebration appreciate Our Heavenly Father more.
Opening prayer; Heavenly Father, we want to thank you on this Thanksgiving day, and we pray that whoever reads this gets an understanding and joy and peace this Holiday season, and gets to know you better, and as a beginner. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Thanksgiving is an important part of the Christian life. It is the capstone to a life of prayer. The apostle Paul instructed the church in Philippi regarding prayer: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God (Philippians 4:6,
The Power of Thanksgiving
by Dr. Craig von Buseck
The giving of thanks is a biblical concept going all the way back to Noah and his family in the book of Genesis. As soon as the earth was dry after the flood, Noah and his family were finally able to leave the ark. Noah’s first act was to build an altar and give thanks and worship to God.
The act of thanksgiving is a way of recognizing the faithfulness of God in our lives – it is a way to consciously take time to humble ourselves before God and each other. And Scripture says those who humble themselves will one day be lifted up by God.
Because many of our founding mothers and fathers were Bible-believing Christians, days of thanksgiving have been observed through the generations, beginning with the Pilgrims and continuing through the founding of the United States.
Carrying from Europe the tradition of a day of thanksgiving after a successful harvest, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God for the bounty of the harvest after a year of sickness and hunger. The native Wampanoag tribe also had a tradition of giving thanks to the Creator for a successful harvest, and so they joined with the Pilgrims in a joyful outpouring of gratitude mixed with merriment and feasting.
After the Revolution, the first official presidential proclamation issued in America was George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving message to the people of the United States. He recommended to the people:
…that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country…
Later, when the constitution was severely tested in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln also issued another thanksgiving proclamation:
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens … 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. And I recommend to … fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it … to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.
Our requests and intercession are to include thanksgiving as a sign of our faith. We thank the Lord in advance that He hears our prayers, and that He is about a good work, bringing His will to pass in our lives. The Scriptures are filled with prayers of thanksgiving:
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds (Ps. 9:1, ESV).
To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you… (Dan. 2:23, ESV).
…addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father… (Eph. 5:19, ESV).
Thanksgiving is also a clear way we can show love and devotion to Almighty God. One day Jesus witnessed this kind of a grateful heart when He healed a group of ten lepers. Luke writes:
And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks (Luke 17:14-16, ESV).
Jesus made note of his humility in thanksgiving, but also of the lack of thanks on the part of the others:
Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well” (Luke 17:17-19, ESV).
May we be like this one leper who was healed and then came back to give thanks. As we celebrate with our family and friends, let us do so with a heart of thanksgiving for all that God has done in our lives over this past year.
Today we once again face monumental challenges in America and around the world. But as our Forefathers did in the midst of their trials, let us also take time to seek wisdom and guidance from our Heavenly Father and to worship Him for His blessings.
In faith, thank God in advance for all He is going to do in the year to come – because there is tremendous power in Thanksgiving!
We hope that this thanksgiving you will praise the Lord for all he has done for you in your lives whether it is good, or what you consider bad. Because our Heavenly Father and Jesus always know what is best for us, it is whether you allowed them to lead you or not. Think about that this holiday season and remember, he is always there for you, humans are not, but he is. Also remember to be strong in faith, you never can be to strong in that, some people think you can, but you really cannot.
Below we will give a chance for christians to become stronger in faith, or people a chance to become christians on this thanksgiving day. Nothing would please the lord more than that, at least to become better, or to become a christian. There is no more than he would like better than to save you, and lead your life. Here is what we promised you below.
“Dear Heavenly Father, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.”
Closing Prayer; Heavenly Father, we hope that all who read this will understand it, and we thank you and praise you for what you do for us to help others to walk with you, and talk to you. We pray that Jesus and the Holy Spirit will help them do this. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE FROM RAYNETTE K. WEISS MINISTRIES TO YOU.
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