Tag Archive | thanksgiving

Thankful for The Indwelling Holy Spirit

Nov12

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.11.NASB1995

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.13.NASB1995

🌹For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for Veterans

Nov11

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior.”
Judges 6:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jdg.6.12.NASB1995

For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God, The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless? He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalms 18:31-34 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.18.31-34.NASB1995

Thank you Veterans of our Armed Forces. May You find strength in God Almighty.

Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Isaiah 40:31 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.31.NASB1995

For your love of nation, family, friends, all peoples, and your bravery.

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.13.NASB1995

Thank you!

For Veterans who have suffered loss:

He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.147.3.NASB1995

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
Psalms 91:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.91.1-2.NASB1995

🌹in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.5.18.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thankful for God!

Nov8

You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I extol You.
Psalms 118:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.118.28.NASB1995

Extol: worship, exalt, glorify, celebrate

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
Psalms 63:1-5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.63.1-5.NASB1995

🌹The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him.
Exodus 15:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.15.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Foundation Thankfulness

Nov7

They sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
Ezra 3:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezr.3.11.NASB1995

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.10.25.NASB1995

Our foundation is Jesus Christ.

For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.3.11.NASB1995

Is your foundation Jesus Christ? Then sing, praise and give thanks to the Lord!

🌹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 118:29 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.118.29.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thanksgiving Sacrifice

Nov4

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving . . .
Psalms 50:14a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.14.NASB1995

What is the sacrifice we can offer to God?

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable (well pleasing) to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans 12:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1.NASB1995

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15.NASB1995

He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 50:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.23.NASB1995

🌹From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
Psalms 22:25a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.22.25.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s People, Pray

Mar5

and My people who are called by My name . . . pray
2 Chronicles 7:14b NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

God wants to hear from us. With a humble heart we approach Him praising, thanking and confessing; asking His favor upon our lives so as to bring Him glory.
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Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”
Exodus 33:13 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.33.13.NASB1995


Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
1 Kings 8:30 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.8.30.NASB1995

whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,
1 Kings 8:38-39 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.8.38.NASB1995

‭‭O God,
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
2 Kings 19:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ki.19.15.NASB1995

‭‭And
Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;
2 Chronicles 6:19 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.19.NASB1995

God, I pray
‭‭then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:30-31 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.29.NASB1995

if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, . . . then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
2 Chronicles 6:38a, 39 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.38.NASB1995

“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

“O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”
2 Chronicles 6:40, 42 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.42.NASB1995

Thank You, God, for the privilege to come to You in prayer, being reconciled to You and for the joy of fellowship in Your presence through this gift of prayer. In Jesus, our Lord and King we pray. Amen.
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🌹Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 23:40  NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.26.41.NASB1995

pray without ceasing;
1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.5.17.NASB1995
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Confess and turn away from sin . . .
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8:22 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.8.22.NASB1995

For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:12 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.3.12.NASB1995

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.6.18.NASB1995

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.4.2.NASB1995

Prayer is vital to the Christian life.

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
1 Peter 4:7 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

30 Days of Thanks – D30

Nov30

saying, “Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
Revelation‬ ‭7:12‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.7.12.NASB1995

What a way to close out a month of thanksgiving. Thank you for taking this journey with me and for those who shared their thankfulness, thank you for those blessings.
I hope you will continue to bring glory and praise to God through thanksgiving everyday of your life.

Continue on with a thankful heart. It will be great practice for eternity, worshipping our God.
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🌹And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
Revelation‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.5.13.NASB1995
Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

P.S. How has your thankful perspective changed you? I’d love to hear your testimonies.

30 Days of Thanks – D29

Nov29

Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing.
Psalms‬ ‭107:22‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.107.22.NASB1995

‭‭Sacrifice is something you treasure but, for the sake of God, you are willing to give it to Him freely and with thanksgiving. What sacrifice are you willing to bring to the Lord God? Can you bring that sacrifice with thanksgiving? 

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans‬ ‭12:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1.NASB1995

‭‭🌹To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the Lord.
Psalms‬ ‭116:17‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.116.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

30 Days of Thanks – D23

Nov23

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.
Psalms‬ ‭111:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.111.1.NASB1995

As families gather together today to give thanks around a feast laid before them, let us be thankful for the provision God provided for us.

‭‭I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.
Psalms‬ ‭138:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.138.1.NASB1995

‭‭Thank and praise the God above all gods. The God of our salvation. The God who loves us so much that He shed His own blood. The God of forgiveness. The God of reconciliation. The God who blessed us with family and friends to share this occasion with.

Thank you, God!

A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him?
Psalms‬ ‭89:7‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.89.7.NASB1995

‭‭🌹Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.
Psalms‬ ‭149:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.149.1.NASB1995

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

30 Days of Thanks – D20

Nov20

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, That mysoul (glory) may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Psalms‬ ‭30:11‭-‬12‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.30.11.NASB1995

Life is full of many experiences of weeping and times of laughter; times of mourning and times of rejoicing*. Who do you share these experiences with? Jesus is always available to share our sorrows and struggles with, as well as the joys of our lives. He’s waiting to bless. We just need to surrender. Then we are free to celebrate His goodness with praise, glory and thanksgiving.
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You have put gladness in my heart,
Psalms‬ ‭4:7‬a ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.4.7.NASB1995

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.
Psalms‬ ‭16:9‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.16.9.NASB1995

My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.
Psalms‬ ‭108:1‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.108.1.NASB1995

‭‭🌹In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.
Psalms‬ ‭44:8‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.44.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

*A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:4‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.3.4.NASB1995