{"id":22867,"date":"2014-11-17T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22867"},"modified":"2014-11-16T23:19:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:19:45","slug":"thankfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/17\/thankfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Be joyful always,
\npray continually,
\ngive thanks in all circumstances
\nfor this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus.
\n1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My dear sisters, anything that is God\u2019s Will…I will do it! \u00a0For it means I have no choice but to obey. \u00a0Acts of disobedience will lead to destruction. \u00a0And, in fact in this case, thanks giving<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is an act of love. \u00a0As a child, you do thank your parents for buying you shoes (even when you don\u2019t love the shoe). \u00a0You always thank them for the nice shoes as a token of your appreciation.<\/p>\n

This is the same way we are to treat God. \u00a0Already it is His Will for us to do so. \u00a0Let us \u201c…be doers of the Word, and not hearers only…\u201d (James 1:22 ESV).<\/p>\n

Thanks giving<\/strong> <\/span><\/em>should be our lifestyle not an option. \u00a0See the following and meditate on these Scriptures.<\/p>\n

When you have eaten and you are satisfied
\npraise the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.
\nDeuteronomy 8:10<\/p>\n

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise
\nGive thanks to Him and praise His Name.
\nPsalm 100:4<\/p>\n

Let them sacrifice thanks offerings and tell of His works with songs of joy.
\nPsalm 107:22<\/p>\n

Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share
\nin the inheritance of the saints in the Kingdom of light…
\nColossians 1:2<\/p>\n

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.
\nSince as members of one body you were called to peace and be thankful.
\nColossians 3:15<\/p>\n

So being thankful is a calling; do not despise it. \u00a0Let us do it diligently always for we are called to do this. \u00a0Let us please the Heavenly Father in this, dear sisters and friends. Since it is His will<\/em> we will be measured according to that. \u00a0How have we faired in this area? \u00a0Where you are and how are you doing it? \u00a0All of these matter. \u00a0Meditate on the Scriptures shared and make a choice to give thanks<\/span><\/em><\/strong> always…as per the calling.<\/p>\n

 
\nFather, I thank You for calling me\/us to this noble duty! \u00a0Father, sometimes we have not done Your Will…forgive us. \u00a0And I pray for Your grace to abide in us and cause us to do those that which You require us to do. \u00a0The grace should instill in us the spirit of thanks giving through our works, words, deeds, clothing, personality (and even those areas that I have missed). \u00a0May You do it, Lord, for You know us very well. \u00a0Thank You for what You did for us over 2000 years ago\u2014sending Christ to die for us a shameful death and providing a rewarding life to the lost. \u00a0We give You praise and honor always! \u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, I pray, AMEN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 My dear sisters, anything that is God\u2019s Will…I will do it! \u00a0For it means I have no choice but to obey. \u00a0Acts of disobedience will lead to destruction. \u00a0And, in fact in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[1394,3188,7795,3194,3367,1287,425,1999,3187,7794,3174,1058,7796],"class_list":["post-22867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-1-thessalonians-516-18","tag-ann-mwafulirwa","tag-colossians-12","tag-colossians-315","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gratitude","tag-psalm-1004","tag-psalm-10722","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-thankfulness","tag-thanks-giving","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5WP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22867"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22871,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22867\/revisions\/22871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}