A Time of Thanks

When is the right time to give thanks?

Often we would think that the time to give thanks is when someone has been really nice to you. Right? Or when someone has given you a gift.

If we think of it that way, we should always be able to give thanks to God. James 1:17 tells us that God is always blessing us. Take a moment to read that.

The apostle Paul talk about how we should respond, whether things are going good or not. Read Philippians 4:4 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

Paul chose to rejoice and thank God, even though sometimes things were hard! In 2 Corinthians 11:24-29 Paul lists a bunch of bad things that happened to him. Yet, he is the guy that tells us that we should still always be giving thanks.

During this week - I encourage you to write down the letters of your name. Can you come up with at least one thing that you can be thankful for using those letters. Here is an example for me:

R - ravioli
A - Assemblies of God
N - nature
D - Dad
Y - yellow

What's yours?

Don't forget 1 Chronicles 16:34 - "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His love endures forever." No matter what is happening, don't forget that the Lord is good and He loves you!

Happy Thanksgiving!