{"id":28818,"date":"2015-11-27T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T05:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28818"},"modified":"2015-11-26T23:15:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T04:15:44","slug":"when-you-give-thanks-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/27\/when-you-give-thanks-for-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Give Thanks For Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"encouragementbloggraphicromans15\"<\/a>And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks He said,<\/span>
\n \u2018Take this, and divide it among yourselves.<\/span>
\n For I tell you that from now on I will not drink<\/span>
\n of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes.\u2019<\/span>
\n And He took bread, and when He had given thanks,<\/span>
\n He broke it and gave it to them, saying,<\/span>
\n \u2018This is my Body, which is given for you.<\/span>
\n Do this in remembrance of me.\u2019<\/span>
\n And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying,<\/span>
\n \u2018This cup that is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood.\u2019<\/span>
\n Luke 22:17\u201320 [also Matthew 26:27 and Mark 14:23]<\/span><\/p>\n

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And so following Jesus\u2019s pattern, Paul in Acts 27:35 \u201c…took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it\u2026\u201d \u00a0‘Tis the season….What would your answer be? \u00a0Yes, this is the beginning of the holiday season. \u00a0A time of joy and excitement. \u00a0Families gather together at the same table, all over the country and feast on turkey and dressing and sweet potatoes and so much more. \u00a0We will eat until we can’t eat anymore…and then some. \u00a0The television will be set to football (and probably more than one game at a time will be watched). But I wonder, will we remember the ‘why’ of all of this?<\/p>\n

Will we remember that if Jesus had not come to this earth, to walk as a man and perform miracle after miracle, healing the sick and restoring sight to the blind, that we wouldn’t have the kind of life that we have now? \u00a0I imagine that joy and peace wouldn’t be present either…but I don’t even want to imagine it, do you?<\/p>\n

In the verse above, Jesus gave thanks, before He gave them the bread and wine, at the Last Supper. \u00a0Shouldn’t we do the same? \u00a0Even if your life is broken, like the bread, giving thanks can change it all. \u00a0It might not change the actual circumstance, but it will open up your heart to joy and gratitude.<\/p>\n