OUR THANKFUL HEART

“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”

Ephesians 5:20 KJV

Next week is Thanksgiving and we are looking forward to being with family and friends and having a big delicious meal.  If we will meditate on the Scripture verse for this devotion, we will understand that we are to give thanks always for all things.  We should thank God every day for all He does for us.

Two friends were talking and one of them said “I’ll be so glad when Christmas is over and we can put away all the decorations and start living like we usually do”.  Just as we put away the spirit of loving when Christmas is over, we sometimes forget to thank God for what He does for us when Thanksgiving is over.

How we must hurt God and break His heart when we forget to thank Him every day for all He does for us.  Do we thank Him every day for our homes that He has provided for us and for the clothes we wear and for our family?  We take things for granted.  We also forget to thank Him for Jesus and for our salvation.

Do you have a thankful heart?  Do you thank God every day for Jesus and for the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sin?  May God have mercy on us and forgive us for neglecting to praise and thank Him every day for all that He has done for us and for all that He does for us.

Joanne Lowe

November 19, 2016