Humbly Meditate.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into
his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm
100:4
Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. How are your plans progressing? With shutdowns in various states and cities, many of us will have to find a “new normal” for this Thanksgiving holiday. Those who have celebrated with twenty or thirty guests will have to trim their guest list. Can you have ten or just your immediate household? Virtual Thanksgiving? Dream big…live close.
We can always have a great meal with the
King—the King of Kings—as our guest of honor. Set an extra place at the table.
Could that become a new Thanksgiving tradition? Give Thanks to the one God who
provides everything for us. Ask specifically for what you need or want, since
Jesus told us that we don’t have because we just don’t ask. He knows what you
need, but you need to simply ask and then thank Him.
When you pray, don't babble on and on as
people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by
repeating their words again and again. Don't be like them, for your Father
knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Matthew 6:7-8
Keep on asking, and you will receive what
you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door
will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks,
finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8
Maybe while you are “asking” you might want
to consider being like Solomon and asking for wisdom. We can never have too
much wisdom or understanding. Then thank God for that, too.
The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked
for wisdom. So God replied, "Because you have asked for wisdom in
governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth
or the death of your enemies—I will give you what you asked for! I will give
you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have!"
1 Kings 3:10-12
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| Wheat from the harvest. |
A time is coming…and is near when God will need your help…as a worker. Even though the crops in the fields have been harvested…potatoes, wheat, corn, melons…the spiritual harvest continues. Is your name written in God’s Book of Life…and will you be a worker for Him?
So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the
harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Matthew 9:38
Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord!
Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of
my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, 'Lord!
Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed
many miracles in your name.' But I will reply, 'I never knew you. Get away from
me, you who break God's laws.' Matthew 7:21-23
Be careful what you ask for…and be grateful for what you receive. Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
Prayer ~ Dear Lord, Thank You for all that You provide for me, my family and friends on a daily basis, but most of all, I am grateful, Jesus, that You took my sin to the cross, forgave me and have allowed me to live with You forever. I praise You!
Verse
of Salvation ~ The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
This is my God, and I will praise him—my father's God, and I will exalt him! Exodus
15:2
Moses sang this after God gave the
Israelites victory—salvation—over Pharaoh’s army as they crossed the Red Sea.
Happy Anniversary, Shirley & Bob! Celebrate a Heavenly Day!
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