"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ." 1 Thessalonians 5:16

This week we as a nation take a day to give thanks for God's goodness. It is a time that has been a part of our earliest beginnings as a nation. However, it has become just another holiday for a great host of people in this country. Let we Christians not see it in this way! Let us be ever thankful to our gracious Lord God for His goodness unto us and to our beloved country!

With grateful hearts let us give thanks as King David did in his Psalm of Thanks in 1 Chronicles 16:7-36. (Though this was when the Ark was brought back to Jerusalem, our thanks is for the same graciousness and goodness of God in all things in our circumstances.) Please read the whole of verses 7-36, I will include here many of the verses.)

8 "Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done.
9 "Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.
10 "Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
11 "Look to the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
12 "Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced."

14 "He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
15 "He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded, for a thousand generations."

23 "Sing to the LORD, all the earth;
Proclaim His salvation day after day.
24 "Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.
25 "For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods.
26 "For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
27 "Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy in His dwelling place.
28 "Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,
29 "ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come before Him; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
30 "Tremble before Him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
31 "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, 'The LORD reigns'!
32 "Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!
33 "Then the trees of the forest will sing, they will sing for joy before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth.
34 "Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.
35 "Cry out, 'Save us, O God our Savior gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.'
36 "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Then all the people said,"

And also we say in agreement,
"'Amen' and 'Praise the LORD.'"

We love You Most Holy Loving Gracious Almighty God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. With grateful hearts we give You all praise, honor and glory! Thank you Lord! Amen