Daily Archives: November 26, 2014

Happy 2014 Thanksgiving!

The series from The American Christian Review will resume next week. Since it is Thanksgiving week, I think it would be in order to say something about the giving of thanks. But I thought it might be best to let the word of God tell us about thanksgiving.

“When ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will” (Lev. 22:29). And “stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even” (I Chron. 23:30). “At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments” (Psalm 119:62). “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High” (Psalm 92:1). “Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High” (Psalm 50:14). “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (I Thes. 5:18).

“Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name” (I Samuel 22:50). “For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God” (Neh. 12:46). “Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name” (I Chron. 29:13). “Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people” (I Chron. 16:8).

“I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people” (Psalm 35:18). “That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works” (Psalm 26:7). “To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever” (Psalm 30:12). “For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?” (Psalm 6:5).

“O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people” (Psalm 105:1) “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened” (Romans 1:21). “Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence” (Psalm 140:13). “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise” (I Chron. 16:34-35). “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever” (Psalm 118:1).

Therefore, “let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms” (Psalm 95:2). “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Psalm 100:4).

“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ” (I Cor. 1:4). “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you” (Philip. 1:3) and “cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers” (Ephes. 1:16). “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world” (Romans 1:8). “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth” (II Thes. 2:13). “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Cor. 15:57).

“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving” (Col. 4:2). “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” (Philip. 4:6), “For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving” (I Tim. 4:4). “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place” (II Cor. 2:14). “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” (Col. 3:17) “saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever” (Rev. 7:12).

Happy Thanksgiving, Eric L. Padgett