Thursday, November 23, 2006

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I hope everyone remembers all the blessings to be thankful for. I know when I am having a bad day and it feels like the world is against me and I must be cursed if I start thanking God for all the things I take for granted, health, roof over my head, cars that run, food on the table, etc., I feel much better about my situation and more humble. I remember all the people who do without and count my blessings.

Let's all try to be thankful every day for the little things and try to be kind to at least one person every day for no reason.

Mark 4:15-20 (NIV)
15Some people are like seed along the path, where the Word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the Word that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the Word and at once receive it with joy. 17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the Word; 19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the Word, making it unfruitful. 20Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the Word, accept it, and produce a crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."

God can take a small seed sown in good soil(us) and reward us 30, 60 or even 100 times.

Colossians 3:15,16
15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

And thus ends the Bible lesson for today

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