{"id":23010,"date":"2014-11-25T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T05:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23010"},"modified":"2014-11-24T21:52:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T02:52:38","slug":"give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/25\/give-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give thanks with a grateful heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give thanks to the Holy One<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give thanks because He&#8217;s given Jesus Christ, His Son<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And now let the weak say, &#8220;I am strong&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let the poor say, &#8220;I am rich<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Because of what the Lord has done for us&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give thanks, give thanks<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">We give thanks to You, oh Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">We give thanks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMTmZKotTYw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSongwriter: Henry Smith \/ Performed by Don Moen<\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/center>Having a thankful, grateful heart is one of the most powerful tools we have in the Kingdom. \u00a0Did you know that the word, <strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">thanksgiving,<\/span><\/em><\/strong> is mentioned in the Bible 69 times?<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> ** \u00a0<\/span>According to Paul, only where gratitude is present is there true faith (Romans 1:21). \u00a0Paul was heavily persecuted, yet he wrote,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 15:57<\/p>\n<p>The people of God are thankful people, for they realize how much they have been given. \u00a0Even in the most dire of circumstances Paul was always thankful. \u00a0A thankful heart is a heart that says \u201cI trust God more than the circumstances around me and I KNOW that He will work them out for good no matter what things look like around me!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThanksgiving breaks the power of the enemy. Whenever you give thanks to God, despite the most difficult circumstances, the enemy loses a big battle in your life. When you give thanks in the midst of difficulty, you bring pleasure to God&#8217;s heart. He is looking for Christians who live in a realm of praise and thanksgiving where the enemy no longer has an ability to hold or manipulate that person. Satan is defeated when we have a thankful heart because thankfulness during difficulty is a sacrifice pleasing to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Quoted from &#8216;<em>Thanksgiving: The Power of a Thankful Hear<\/em>t&#8217; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/special-coverage\/thanksgiving\/thanksgiving-the-power-of-a-thankful-heart-11616835.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire article here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be joyful always;<br \/>\npray continually;<br \/>\n<strong><em>give thanks<\/em><\/strong> in all circumstances,<br \/>\nfor this is God&#8217;s will for you in Christ Jesus.<br \/>\n1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, I pray that I will choose to be thankful in ALL things no matter what things look like around me&#8230; that I will always be looking for the good that You are doing in the midst of it. Help me to be like Paul and live with a heart of thankfulness and thanks giving in ALL things. So that my sacrifice may be pleasing to you\u2026.In Jesus\u2019 name AMEN!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitycleveland.org\/biblechallenge\/2012\/11\/20\/thanksgiving-is-mentioned-in-the-bible-69-times\/\" target=\"_blank\">**<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/trinitycleveland.org\/biblechallenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He&#8217;s given Jesus Christ, His Son And now let the weak say, &#8220;I am strong&#8221; Let the poor say, &#8220;I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us&#8221; Give thanks, give thanks We give thanks to You, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":16629,"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":[4937],"tags":[1394,6598,1287,425,5745,1999,7861,4654,4932,1058,7796],"class_list":["post-23010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-thessalonians-516-18","tag-don-moen","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-give-thanks","tag-gratitude","tag-henry-smith","tag-kim-golds","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-thankfulness","tag-thanks-giving","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5Z8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010","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\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23010"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23014,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions\/23014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}