November 28, 2024 - Thanksgiving

Mike Senior, whom we have know for almost 40 years and who is an elder at Kosmosdale Baptist Church, several times a week, texts beautiful photos with Scripture texts. Here, on Thanksgiving morning, I flipped back through some of his texts and pulled a few verses he has posted over the years, verses that reflect our own hearts full of thanksgiving to our God.

 “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” (1 Chronicles 16:34)

“We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds” (Psalm 75:1).

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!  Give thanks to him; bless his name!  For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations” (Psalm 100:4-5).

“Let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe” (Heb. 12:28).

“Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Corinthians 10:16).

With thanksgiving, Lord, we come

To lift our hearts to You in praise;

For all the wondrous things You’ve done,

Our voices now to You we raise!

All around us, Lord, we see

Your love and grace and mercy free;

All Your creation joyfully

Reflects Your pow’r and majesty!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

You’re our Savior, Lord and King!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Your praise we’ll forever sing!   --Scott Werdebaugh (1996)