THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS & PRAYER

[ELAINE]

While we tend to look forward to Thanksgiving because it useally means a four day holiday
for many , getting together with family and friends , eating more then we useally do then we
have all year . It is my sincere desire that it be more meanful this year . What if Thanksgiving
we're the one day in which we over - emphasized what should be on our hearts every day of
the year ,,,, a heart of gratitude in everything ? What if out Thanksgiving prayer really thanked
God for everything that has happened in the past year ??

God clearly spelled out His good and perfect will for us in ( 1 Thess 5:18 ) when he inspired
The Apostle Paul to write ,,,,,, IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS , FOR THIS IS GOD WILL
FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS ,,,, DID YOU CATCH THAT ???! IN THE GOOD TIMES , AS
WELL AS THE BAD , IN THE PLEASANTRIES OF LIFE , AS WELL AS IN THE PAIN . DURING
DIFFICULT TIMES AND FRUSTRATING TIMES .

I got to thinking about how Thanksgiving might be so much more meanful if we focused on thanking
God for the things He rarely hears thanks for . Thank him not just for the food on the table partake ,
And the blessings for the last year "" but for all the ways He has not performed according to you
your liking ... For all the times He has Said """ NO "" and for all the ways He has worked in and through Your life , perhaps without your knowing it . Thank him for the all the unresolved issues and the ways
You arr still waiting for answers ,,,,,, Thank him - regardless and see how it moves the others around
The table .


THANK YOU GOD , FOR THE FOOD WE EAT , FOR YOUT MANY BLESSINGS ON US THIS YEAR ,
THE ONES WE SEEN , AS WELL AS THE ONES WE HAVE NOT SEEN .

THANK YOU GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYEFS . IT REMINDS US THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS
BEST FOR US , EVEN WHEN WE DIFFEF .

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE WITHELD . YOJ HAVE PROTECTED US FROM
WHAT WE MAY NEVEF REALIZE .

THANK YOU FOR THE DOORS , YOU HAVE CLOSED. THEY HAVE PREVENTED US FROM
GOING WHERE YOU WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE US GO .

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE PHYSCAL PAIN YOU HAVE ALLOWED IN OUR LIVES .
IT HAS HELPED US MORE CLOSELY RELATE TO YOUR SUFFERINH ON OUR BEHALF .

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE ABOVE TIME IN OUR LIVES . THOSE TIMES HAVE FORCED US
TO LEAN IN CLOSER TO YOU ..

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE UNCERTAINTIES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED , THEY HAVE DEEPEN
OUR TRUST IN YOU .....

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE TIMES YOU CAME THROUGH FOR US WHEN WE WERE NOT
EVEN AWARE .

THANK YOU FOR THE LOSES WE HAVE EXPERIENCDC , THEY HAVE BEEN A REMINDER .THAT
YOU ARE OUR GREATEST GAIN .

THANK YOU FOR THE TEARS WE HAVE SHED , THEY HAVE KEPT OUR HEATS SOFT .

THANK YOU FOR THE TIMES WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL OUR CICUNSTSNCES .
THEY HAVE REMINDED US THAT YOU ARE SOVERIGN AND ON THE THRONE .

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE WHAT WE CONSIDEF , TRAGEDY AND TURN IT
INTO A TREASURE .

THANK GOD FOR THOSE YOU HAVE CALLEC HOME TO BE WITH YOU ,, THEIR SBSENCE
FROM THIS EARTH REMINDS US TO KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON EAVEN .

THANK YOU GOD THAT WE HAVE A INHERITANCE IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES ... SOMETHING
THAT THIS WORLD CAN NEVEF STEAL FROM US AND WE COULD NEVER SELFESLY
SQUANDER .

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GRESTEST GIFT YOU COULD EVER GIVE US , FORGIVENESS
THROUGH YOUR PERFECT SONS DEATH ON THE CROSS ON OUR BEHALF ..

THANK YOU , GOD GOD FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WE COULD NEVER ATTAIN TO
ON OUR OWN ..

AND THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR OUR SALVATION , BUT FOR THE SAVATION YOU AFFORD
US EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES AS YOU USE FROM OURSELVES , OUR FOOLISNESS ,
OUR OWN LIMITED INSIGHTS , AND OUR FRAILTIES IN LIGHT OF YOUR POWER AND
STRGENTH .

THANK GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED IN OUR LIVES
THIS PAST YEAR ... FOR WE COMMIT OURSELVES ANEW TO YOU THIS DAY , AND
ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO REMIND US THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR , THAT
YOU ARE GOD . YOU ARE ON THE THRONE , AND YOU ARE ETERNALLY GOOD .

THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL ON HIPPY's SITE , FOR THE FRIENDSHIP'S WE HAVE SHARED
FOR THE JOY , LAUGHTER , SUPPORT , TEARS , GRIEVING , PRAYERS , ,
MAY WE ALL BE BLESSED WITH LOVE , LIGHT , JOY , HEALING , PRAYERS , MAY WE ALL
PROSPER IN ALL WE DO , AND MAY THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH .


HAVE A BLESSED HEALTHY THANKSGIVING TO ALL !

[ELAINE]

Thank you sweet Jesus for all things , blessings

[Hippy]

[ELAINE]

Thank you once again , we should all give thanks for blessings received ,