A Time to Give Thanks

A Time to Give Thanks

1 Thessalonians 1:2-4
We always thank God for you all
and always mention you in our prayers.
For we remember before our God and Father
how you put your faith into practice,
how your love made you work so hard,
and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.
God loves you and has chosen you to be his own.

The Art of Thanksgiving

The art of thanksgiving is thanks—living.
It is gratitude in action.

It is thanking God for the gift of life
by living it triumphantly

It is thanking God for our talents and abilities
by accepting them as obligation to be invested for the common good.

It is thanking God for all that men and women have done for us
by doing things for others.

It is thanking God for opportunities
by accepting them as challenge to achievement.

It is thanking God for happiness
by striving to make others happy.

It is thanking God for beauty
by helping to make the world more beautiful.

It is thanking God for inspiration
by trying to be an inspiration for others.
It is thanking God for health and strength
by the care and reverence we show to our body.

It is thanking God for the creative ideas that enrich life
by adding our own creative contributions to human progress.

It is thanking God for each new day
by living it to the fullest.

It is thanking God by giving hands, arms, legs,
and voice to our thankful spirit.

It is thanking God every day for the privilege of ministry
by doing it with respect and dignity.

It is adding to our prayers of thanksgiving
acts of thanks-living.