I can't believe that it was back in August when I last wrote ... and it was about Gratitude! How appropriate to be reminded of that ~ three months later ~ Thanksgiving Day 2010! I pray your day is blessed abundantly ~ in all ways!
As I ponder about Thanksgiving ... I thank God that ...
- today is a new day ~ each day we can start fresh and anew because of Jesus and what HE did on the cross for each one of us;
- we are forgiven and loved ~ unconditionally;
- HE cares about every detail of our lives!
- we can come to Him with every single challenge, concern, worry and be thankful ... because HE says HE will be our protector, our guide, our comfort and our wisdom ~ as we look to Him and ask with an open and yielding heart;
- and .......
- I thank God for YOU!
Have a blessed Thanksgiving Day ~ giving God all of the glory for every blessing no matter how small or how big! No matter what you face, remember to look carefully ... for there are blessings all around you ~ a smile, a helping hand, a God that loves YOU!
God's love and blessings,
Michelle Lord Samples
From the Heart, Christian Life Coach and Mentor
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Resources:
Psalm 103 "... O my soul, bless God, don't forget a single blessing! He forgives your sins—every one. He heals your diseases—every one. He redeems you from hell—saves your life! He crowns you with love and mercy—a paradise crown. He wraps you in goodness—beauty eternal. He renews your youth—you're always young in his presence. God makes everything come out right; he puts victims back on their feet...God is sheer mercy and grace; not easily angered, he's rich in love. He doesn't endlessly nag and scold, nor hold grudges forever. He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve, nor pay us back in full for our wrongs. As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him. And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins...God's love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, making everything right for them and their children as they follow his Covenant ways and remember to do whatever he said..." (The Message)
1 Chronicles 16:34 "Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever." (NLT)
1 Chronicles 16:8-10 "Thank God! Call out His Name! Tell the whole world who He is and what He's done! Sing to Him! Play songs for Him! Broadcast all His wonders! Revel in His holy Name, God-seekers, be jubilant! Study God and His strength, seek His presence day and night; Remember all the wonders He performed, the miracles and judgments that came out of His mouth." (The Message)
Psalm 28:7 "The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him" (Amplified)
Psalm 42:11 "Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Savior and my God!" (NLT)
Psalm 54:6-7 "I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over my enemies." (NLT)
Acts 16:24-26 "He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them, suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened..." (Amplified)
Colossians3:15-17 "Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." (The Message)
