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Thank God for life, breath, sight, family, shelter, clothing, food, and above all the blood of his Son Jesus Christ.
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On Thanksgiving, stop to remember God's goodness, rejoice in the Lord, bring every anxiety and request to him with thanksgiving, and receive the peace that guards hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Philippians 4:4-7
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Rejoice and give thanks to God even amid loneliness, grief, or need. Bring your anxieties to him, remember that true riches and a secure inheritance are found in Jesus Christ, and hope in the coming day without tears or pain.
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Good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions, Thanksgiving edition. This morning I have a little bit of a different devotion for you. I know that we normally work through the Bible, verse by verse, through chapters and through books, but this morning in the United States, we celebrate a special day, Thanksgiving, a day to stop, reflect, and remember the goodness of the Lord. I want to read to you Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 through 7.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing. but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. This morning I hope that you are able to rejoice in the Lord. that you might know that your God who is in heaven hears you when you pray, when you have supplications, but you don't need to be anxious about anything because He hears us. For if we ask of anything in His name, according to His will, we know that He hears us. And so I hope that you'll come to Him also with thanksgiving. I hope that today you'll thank Him for the many good things that He has given you in your life. And so this morning I'm going to close us just by praying, just by thanking God. Let's pray.
God, we thank you for life. Lord, we thank you that you knit us together in our mother's womb. Lord, we thank you that your thoughts about us are innumerable. Lord, we thank you for breath. We thank you, Lord, that you woke us up this morning and you gave us your oxygen. Lord, we thank you that we woke up this morning and that you let us open our eyes and see. Lord, we thank you this morning that you have given us, many of us, family. Lord, we thank you for the laughter of children.
We thank you for the joy of grandparents and parents. We thank you that you have given so many of us brothers and sisters. Lord, we thank you for our homes. We thank you for roofs and for beds. We thank you for our clothing. We thank you for shoes and shoelaces, for shirts and coats and winter hats and gloves. We thank you for food and water. We thank you that you've not let us starve.
Lord, we thank you most of all for the blood of your son, Jesus Christ. Father, there are many times in which we feel in this life that we are in want. But Father, we know that in you we are rich. Lord, we can rejoice in the Lord because you've given us our Lord Jesus Christ. You've given us an inheritance in heaven. Lord, we thank you that things may be going wrong even this Thanksgiving. But Father, we pray that we might find a place of joy in you.
Lord, we pray that you would remind us of how good you are. Lord, there are people who are listening this morning that I have no doubt are lonely, missing people they love who have died, saddened by people they love who will not talk to them anymore. Lord, many people who are burdened by the cares of this life and the things that they know that they need. But Father, we pray, Lord, we pray that you would renew our joy, that we would rejoice in the Lord always, and that our gentleness would be known to all men.
Lord, we come before you this morning thanking you, for you are good. And though we may weep in this valley of the shadow of death, though it may be a veil of tears, Lord, we thank you that the day will come when there will be no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain, when we will dwell with the Lamb in that unending light forever.
Thank you, Lord, for hope. Thank you for redemption. Thank you for you. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, happy Thanksgiving. May you rejoice in the Lord always. May you be filled with thanks, and may your gentleness be known to all people. I'll see you next time. Bye.