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  • The Power Of Giving Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 8,943 views

    THE POWER OF GIVING THANKS Something to reflect on as you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner: If you had been a Pilgrim, would you have given thanks? Consider what they had been through, the men and women who broke bread together on that first Thanksgiving in 1621. They had uprooted ...read more

  • The Gospel Perspective On Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Nov 28, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,234 views

    The Gospel Perspective on Thanks Because of the great sacrifice Jesus made for each of us on the cross, Christians should have an additional, very personal perspective on thanks. Max Lucado shares this moving story of sacrifice to remind us what Jesus has done in giving His life for us: It’s ...read more

  • A Legal Pad Of Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,014 views

    A LEGAL PAD OF THANKS Poet and writer Maya Angelou told in an interview about an experience she’d had in the early 1950s. She had returned to the United States from Europe, leaving behind a child. She said: "One day I was very frightened for my sanity.... So I went to my voice teacher and told him ...read more

  • Complaining Is Remedied By Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,256 views

    COMPLAINING IS REMEDIED BY THANKFULNESS Turn back again to the book of Exodus—Exodus chapter 34. The cure for complaining is not found in changing our circumstances, but rather gaining a proper view of God. · Do you really believe that God has your best interests at heart? · Do you really ...read more

  • A Thanks Offering For Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,523 views

    A Thanks Offering For Heaven Philippians 3:20 says, "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His ...read more

  • Give Thanks In All ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 4,970 views

    Give Thanks in All Circumstances (I Thessalonians 5:18) Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, ...read more

  • 6588 I Thank ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
     | 1,459 views

    6588 I Thank Thee O Thou whose bounty fills my cup, With every blessing meet! I give Thee thanks for every drop— The bitter and the sweet. I praise Thee for the desert road, And for the riverside; For all Thy goodness hath bestowed, And all Thy grace denied. I thank Thee for both smile and ...read more

  • Never Said Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,895 views

    NEVER SAID THANKS Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue seventeen ...read more

  • Not One Thanked Him  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,514 views

    NOT ONE THANKED HIM Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,154 views

    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • Atheist Thankful For A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
     | 4,615 views

    Atheist Thankful for a Beautiful Morning One morning a woman who was a known atheist stepped out of her home on the hillside and was taken back by what a beautiful morning it was. The Cook Inlet sparkled, the air was fresh and crisp, the sky was a blue as she had ever seen it and Denali loomed over ...read more

  • Thank You For Tomorrow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
     | 4,932 views

    "THANK YOU FOR TOMORROW" I like that story about the boy and his father who were planning a trip for the next day. The father told his son that they would go on a very exciting and wonderful trip. He did not tell his son where they would go or what they would do. Nevertheless, the son was full of ...read more

  • A Child's Perspective Of Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,534 views

    A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE OF THANKFULNESS When asked to list what he was thankful for, one little boy wrote, "My glasses!" "That's good," said the teacher, "they help you see better". "No," responded the child, "I’m thankful for my glasses because they keep the other boys from hitting and fighting ...read more

  • We Thank Thee

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2017
     | 4,549 views

    For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of bird and hum of bee, For all things fair we hear ...read more

  • No One Thanked Him.

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,221 views

    Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more

  • Give Thanks In Everything

    Contributed by James Dina on Dec 6, 2020
     | 3,302 views

    "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18) If it is the will of God that we should give thanks in everything, then we should reduce our complain lest we go against His will. COMPLAINING IS CONTRARY TO THANKSGIVING. In ...read more

  • Thank God For The Delusion!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
     | 2,748 views

    Someone told a reformed alcoholic that his experience wasn't valid; that his religion was a delusion. He said, "Thank God for the delusion; it has put clothes on my children and shoes on their feet and bread in their mouths. It has made a man of me and it has put joy and peace in my ...read more

  • A Reason To Give Thanks

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Nov 24, 2024
     | 669 views

    Do you remember Erma Bombeck, the homemaker who spun humorous anecdotes about suburban family life into a column syndicated to about 700 newspapers, television commentary, speeches across the country and books with titles such as “The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank,” “Just Wait Till ...read more

  • Touched By A Five Year Old

    Contributed by John Gullick on Aug 15, 2017
     | 5,298 views

    On July 27th In Indiana a policeman, Lieut Aaron Allen was shot by a man he was trying to help. He was killed and he had a five year old son. Not long after police including the police chief drove cars 1- 2 hours down highway 31 in Indiana and arrived in a town with their sirens going. They ...read more

  • Gift Of Complaining?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2025
     | 325 views

    DO WE COMPLAIN TOO MUCH? Did you hear about the lady that prayed and asked God to bless her garden? Then she complained about having to hoe out the weeds. Then she complained about how hot it was? Then she complained about having to pick the tomatoes and the beans? Then she complained she had to ...read more