Finding Joy In Thanksgiving

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations (Psalm 100:4-5).

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful (Colossians 3:15).

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, or Republicans and Democrats. The real difference is between the aware and the unaware.

When somebody is aware of the love that the Father has for Jesus, that person is spontaneously grateful. Cries of thankfulness become the dominant characteristic of the interior life, and the byproduct of gratitude is joy. We’re not joyful and then become grateful—we’re grateful, and that makes us joyful.
~  BRENNAN MANNING

Have a Joyful and Blessed Day of Thanksgiving!

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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