Thanksgiving | Reflections On Blessings

A School Teacher Asked Her First Graders To Draw ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 29, 2000

A SCHOOL TEACHER asked her first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. She reasoned that most of them would no doubt draw pictures of turkeys on tables with lots of other ...read more

Tags: Joy, Christian Love, Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Large Family Sat Around The Breakfast Table One ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001

A large family sat around the breakfast table one morning. As the custom, the father returned thanks, blessing God for the food. Immediately after, however, as was his bad habit, he began to grumble about hard times, the poor quality of the food he was forced to eat, the way it was cooked, and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20, Ephesians 2:8-10, Ephesians 2:1-10

Tags: Thanksgiving, Joy, Prayer General, Thanksgiving Holiday

On Sept 16, 1620 2 Ships Set Sail From Plymouth ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 13, 2001

On Sept 16, 1620 2 ships set sail from Plymouth Englnad, The Speedwell and the Mayflower. The Speedwell encountered much difficulty as they began their journey springing many leaks in the ship. So when the 2 ships went to Port in Plymouth England, the Speedwell decided to go no further and 42 ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, John 18:1-11, Isaiah 58:6

Tags: Love, Honor, Water, Light, Worship, Healing, Believe, Trust, Joy, Power, Character, Wait, Integrity, Impatience, Patience, Respect, Restore, Unite, God's Provision, God's Sovereign Will, Thanksgiving Holiday  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Will Provide?  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 11, 2002

WHO WILL PROVIDE? A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Tags: Genesis, Trinity, God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Be Thankful

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 11, 2012

BE THANKFUL Back in 1988, a Polish railway worker named Jan Grzebski was hit by a train. He lived ... but only barely. For the next 19 years (until the year 2007), Grzebski was in a coma. He awoke in 2007 to a whole new world. Nineteen years earlier, Poland was a communist state. Grzebski ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Thanksgiving Day

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2017

“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:6

Tags: Thanksgiving, Optimism