Happy Thanksgiving! Be Thankful

Be Thankful

Thanks for not having
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Thanks for lacking knowledge
Be thankful when you don't know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Thanks for difficult times
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Thanks for limitations
Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Thanks for challenges
Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.

Thanks for mistakes made
Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Thanks for exhaustion
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,
because it means you've made the effort.

Thanks for setbacks
It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
are also thankful for the setbacks.

Thanks for troubles
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~


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In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you. I Thess. 5:18
The word doesn't tell us to thank Him that the problem, challenge or pain happened
but in everything Give Him thanks.

Give thanks always

In everything give thanks for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you. I Thessalonians 5:18

As we're on this journey of life there are many opportunities to
complain about our circumstances. What if... just what if we are
blessed according to the measure not only of our Faith but also our Thankfulness.
I know this to be true, however, I just wanted you to step back and take a look at it.
I won't get deep here but there is power in being thankful to our Father. We get God's attention when we're thankful.

He is not telling us to thank Him that the pain,challenges or other happened.
We are to give thanks to Him in spite of, in the midst of. By Faith offer
up thanks to Him in Faith that He has it covered.

Dwell in the secret place of the most High and give thanks in every season
of our lives.

Oh give thanks unto the Lord for He is good.

I will bless the Lord at all times His praise shall continually
be in my mouth. Psalms 34

Happy Thanksgiving!

Do you still believe?

He did not waver at the promise of God through
unbelief, but was strenthened in faith, giving
glory to God, and being fully convinced that what
He had promised He was also able to perform.
Romans 4:20, 21

I've been on this path for some years now, and there
have certainly been times that I wavered in my Faith.

When I think back on my earlier years I was very passionate
and ready to believe and act on everything I learned in
God's word. This is true today, however, I have found myself
becoming discouraged and even questioning if my Father God
was there. You see as a babe in Christ just as with an infant
learning to walk, talk, feed themselves our Father is more
verbal and very close and makes sure that we know He is there.
As we mature we don't need the same ampliphied response as
He is training us to be confident and trust Him. He is also
teaching us to excercise our Faith.

So what should we do during this time? We are tempted to
throw in the towel, lose heart and simply resolve that He
is no longer with us. In this time do you still believe?

Don't feel guilty if this is the season you are in. Don't run
away from His love and Faithfulness. Give glory to God in your
wait. Be convinced by remembering how Faithful He has been.
Stand strong on His promises and build your self up in the
word of God.

Continue to declare that what your Father has promised He is
able to perform. When your Faith is confronted declare
"I still believe because my God is Faithful!"

Be encouraged my sister.

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