Vol. 14 No. 24
Dear
Friend,
Consider
these words from the famous one hundred and third Psalm:
Bless the Lord O my soul, and all
that is within me,
Bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all of his benefits (Psalm
103:1-2).
Basic to
the practice of giving thanks is the practice of remembering, of recalling God's many benefits in your life.
This
Thanksgiving, remember God's benefits to you:
The people God has placed in
your life to bless you and to lift you.
The events in your life that
God has used to encourage you.
The things in your life that
God has given you to help you.
Thanking
God for the many specific benefits He has placed in your life will help you
grow in the overall attitude of thanksgiving.
The giving
of thanks helps you see that God is at work in your life, that God loves you
deeply and that God demonstrates that work and love in very specific ways in
your life.
God's greatest
gift was His own son, Jesus Christ.
Remember
the work of Jesus Christ today, his ministry on this earth, his death on the
cross for you and me, and his present work in our lives as we trust Him by
faith.
E. Stanley Ott
