Thanksgiving

1 Corinthians 1:4-5

I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.  For in him you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your knowledge..

It is Friday today, the end of the working week for the majority of you! We would like to thank God for the health and strength he has granted you and for the job you have and even for the ability to look for a job. Think of it, how many are languishing in hospital beds even with little money to get them treated. Think of those who have lost their lives this week. Think of our brothers and sisters in the armed forces facing life and death at the front line, especially in South Sudan at the moment.

PRAYER

Father here we are again thanking you for another day and another week and even another month. We praise you and exalt your name. There is none like you, we give you praise and glorify your name. That is why we can say - If you Lord had not been on our side, when the enemy rose up against us, we would have been swallowed up quickly, the waters would have overwhelmed us and the stream gone over our soul. Blessed is your name Jesus, who has not allowed us to be as prey! We can say our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers, the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Thank you Lord for your help and blessing. I love you!

AMEN

QUOTES

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.― W.T. Purkiser

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”  ― Henry David Thoreau