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Choosing to Give Thanks

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By Dave Delaney, Wednesday, November 24, 2021
It’s inevitable! This Thanksgiving season we face several harsh realities–our biased media, high prices, indefinite restrictions as a result of COVID-19, and I can go on and on.
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How Thankfulness Strengthens Faithfulness in Ministry

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 23, 2020
One of the great desires of my life is to finish well. At the end of my race, I want to be able to say with Paul, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).
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Giving Thanks

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By Dave Delaney, Wednesday, November 18, 2020
This Thanksgiving season we face several harsh realities—the ongoing election debacle, our biased media, civil unrest, indefinite restrictions as a result of COVID-19—I could go on and on.
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The Spirit of Thanksgiving

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By Dr. Kevin Folger, Wednesday, November 27, 2019
God Is the Only One Worthy of Our Praise
There is no doubt that God expects His children to maintain and practice a spirit of thanksgiving and sincere gratitude. This is, first and foremost, to be directed toward our Heavenly Father from whom all blessings flow.
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Grateful People Are Always in the Minority

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By Scott Pauley, Tuesday, November 26, 2019
This Thanksgiving season I am taking a few moments to reflect on one question: Am I truly a thankful person?
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2 Ways to Cultivate a Truly Thankful Heart

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 25, 2019
As we approach Thanksgiving, our hearts turn, perhaps more than usual, toward God in thanks for His many blessings. Indeed, our lives are full of His blessings. As Psalm 68:19 tells us, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.”
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2 Comforts God Gives Grateful People

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, May 6, 2019
In the final twelve words of this verse, we discover a consolation for thankful people. When we give God gratitude, there are two gifts of assurance God gives us in return.
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3 Reasons We Should Be Thankful

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By Dr. David Gibbs Jr., Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Thanksgiving Day, made a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln celebrates the feast the Pilgrims held after their first successful corn harvest in 1621. What many Americans fail to remember is that Thanksgiving is not just about being thankful—it’s about being thankful to the one true God.
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5 Practical Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 19, 2018
I love Thanksgiving for many reasons, but perhaps the greatest is that it helps us schedule a day to do what we should be doing every day of the year—give thanks.
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What I Learned by Eating Stringy Pumpkin Pie

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By Monica Bass, Saturday, November 17, 2018
Give Thanks for Your Blessings
You might call me stingy, but I prefer to think of myself as thrifty. Either way, I’m all about saving pennies where I can… which is exactly what I did some years ago when I salvaged several small pumpkins from being tossed.
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The Gift of Gratitude

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By Troy Dorrell, Friday, October 12, 2018
Gratitude Is the Gift that Keeps Giving
The Bible tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made. I believe this verse speaks of the amazing complexity and intricacy with which God created us. As a former student of anatomy and physiology, I have always seen the creation and creature as evidence of a Creator, and our wonderful Creator has bestowed upon us, not just life, but through our physical bodies, an amazing capacity and ability to enjoy life and the creation He has made.
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8 Barriers to Gratitude

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By Brent Armstrong, Thursday, January 25, 2018
Spiritual Building Blocks for the Christian Life—Part 6
A growing Christian should practice perpetual gratitude. In this verse, we see that we should give thanks in everything. This means even in the worst situations we should give thanks because it is the will of God.
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Giving Thanks: Pancakes in Bed and Presents in the Hospital

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 27, 2017
Our grandson, Chandler, recently went to the doctor for a follow up appointment on his lungs. (He had severe necrotizing pneumonia and lung surgery last year.)
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The Pilgrim’s Thanksgiving

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By Dr. David Gibbs Jr., Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Continuing in the Heritage of Thanksgiving
Americans must never forget the origins of our national Thanksgiving holiday. Its spiritual significance is no longer taught in our nation’s public schools. In fact, most school children today are taught that Thanksgiving originated when the Pilgrims invited their Native American friends to dinner to thank them for their help in troubled times after the Mayflower landed. As with much of modern American revisionist history, there really is much more to the story.
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4 Gifts You Lose When You’re Stressed Out

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By Monica Bass, Saturday, November 18, 2017
And 4 Ways to Reclaim Them
I recently did something I should do more often—turned notifications off on my phone, drove to an area with no cell reception, hiked to the bottom of a canyon, and sat for two and a half hours with a good book.
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The Foundation of Contentment

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By Dr. Tim Cruse, Thursday, November 16, 2017
Contentment Is Rooted in Gratitude
Ill-gotten gain always comes with the attached string of eventual guilt. That is why there are many who are increased with goods yet decreased in their ability to enjoy them.
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5 Ways to Intentionally Express Gratitude

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 13, 2017
Working to Intentionally Practice Thanksgiving
One of the plaguing sins of American Christians is ingratitude. So many people spend their lives looking for that something—some other place, person, opportunity, recognition—that will be better. Their discontentment diverts their attention from what they already have.
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More than Can Be Numbered

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By Alan Fong, Wednesday, November 23, 2016
God’s Blessing Are Innumerable
Do you have a heart that is overflowing in praise and thankfulness to God? Do you have a praise list that is equal to your prayer list? Are you careful to take inventory all of the good things God is doing for you?
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4 Enemies of Thankfulness

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 21, 2016
We Must Strive to Maintain a Grateful Spirit
On Thanksgiving Day, when you are sitting around the table sharing your blessings, it’s easy to feel thankful. But we all have to work to maintain a grateful spirit every other day. Perhaps it would help to identify these four attitudes that are enemies of thankfulness:
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A Gratitude Adjustment

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By Dr. Tim Cruse, Thursday, November 10, 2016
Rejoicing in the Lord Will Produce a Grateful Spirit
I have never met a joyful Christian who was not a thankful Christian. Joyfulness and thanksgiving go hand-in-hand. Where there is one, you will find the other.
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