Thankful to God

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and even though there are thousands of things that are going terribly wrong in our world, there are still millions of reasons to be thankful.

However, in this era of political correctness, we will see movies and TV commercials of people giving thanks for family, friends and food, but no one will mention to whom they are directing all of this gratitude.

It really doesn't make sense to talk about how thankful you are if you don’t talk about the object of your gratitude. You don’t just throw these kinds of words into the air.

If someone opens a door for you and allows you to walk into a building first, you don’t just say I’m thankful for that. You say, “Thank you!” to the person who performed the kind deed. Yet, we live in a time of so much pressure against a Biblical Christian world-view that we now sit back and receive this ridicules notion of being thankful (to nothing or no one in particular) for our good fortune and blessings.

We can sing ‘God Bless America’ at sporting events, but we can’t simply say, "I thank God for blessing me to have a family, a place to sleep, and breath in my body." Why bother to sing God Bless America if it’s politically incorrect and offensive to thank God when He blesses us? It’s crazy, isn’t it?

So make no mistake about it, the Urban Life Church family gives thanks to God. We will do it, not only tomorrow as we gather with our families and friends, but every day as we live our lives to the praise of His glory.

1 Chronicles 16:8
Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Psalm 18:49
Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name.

Psalm 30:4
Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Psalm 35:18
I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

Psalm 75:1
We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

Psalm 92:1
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Psalm 105:1
Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Psalm 106:1
Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Psalm 140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence.

1 Thessalonians 5:18
…in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.



May you have a Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday!