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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – James 1:17

God blesses us with so many good and perfect gifts: Life. Salvation. His Word. His Spirit. His mercy and love. His church. Our families. Our daily bread. Hearts to respond to His love.

As we approach our thanks-giving celebration, let’s shift our focus from the gifts to the giver and meditate on WHO we are thankful TO rather than WHAT we are thankful FOR.

As the redeemed, we are thankful TO God.

GOD. Our LORD and SAVIOR. The CREATOR and SUSTAINER of everything.

Infinite in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.

Eternal, unchangeable, abound-ing in loving kindness and mercy.

God, the living god, who sees and hears and acts.
God, the one true god, who seeks a vibrant, loving relationship with us.

God, our Father, who sent his Son Jesus, to die so we could live, filled with the Holy Spirit.

To you, LORD, the living God, we give our thanks, for the over-whelming blessings of our very existence, our salvation, our sanctification, and the unfailing hope of eternity with Jesus face-to-face.

To you, LORD, the one true God, we give our thanks for your continued provision for all our needs.

To you, LORD, our God, the lover of our souls, the alpha and the omega, we give our thanks for the fellowship of believers.

Amidst the busyness of the season, help us to remember you, our amazing God to whom we give thanks. Move us to pray for the many people who celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving without knowing the one who loves them and provides for them.

I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteous-ness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. – Psalm 7:17

I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. – Psalm 9:1

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We re-count your wondrous deeds. – Psalm 75:1

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faith-fulness to all generations. – Psalm 100:4-5

Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love endures forever. – Psalm 118:29

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Corinthians 15:56-57

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! [the gospel of Jesus Christ] – 2 Corinthians 9:15

Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ – Ephesians 5:20

Give thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. – Colossians 1:12-14

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. – Hebrews 12:28-29

We give thanks to you, LORD God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. – Revelation 11:17

Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen! – Revelation 7:12