Sermons about Thanksgiving Sunday

Making Holidays, Holy Days

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 5, 2006

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4 principles that can make holidays something special.

MAKING HOLIDAYS, HOLY DAYS November 20, 2005 Pastor Brian Matherlee Matthew 25:31-46 Video Introduction, “Be Thankful” from Sermonspice Video scene is set in a kitchen where people come and go by themselves and we hear their thoughts. Each one is complaining about something someone has done or ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Wesleyan

A World View From The Children's Table

Contributed by Michael Deaton on Nov 15, 2006

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Thanksgiving

A World View from the Children’s Table Matthew 6:25-33 Had we lived in New England, we might very well have been the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting. We were part of the new middle class that followed the Korean War. Families that were reconstituted as men made their way home yet again ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33

Denomination: Methodist

Grounds For Gratitude

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007

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After Thanksgiving sermon. You can have that magnificent gratitude for fellowship, for suffering, for grace, and thus learn to live and to serve at your fullest for Christ.

Grounds For Gratitude dec0196a Philippians 1 (830) Sometimes, we have a way of forgetting Thanksgiving as soon as the turkey is cold, and we start looking forward to Christmas. Let’s hold onto this thanksgiving idea at least twenty minutes longer. In searching for a thanksgiving statement in ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

Thank God!

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 1, 2013

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Thank God! 1. For His revelation. 2. For His relationships. 3. For His righteousness. 4. For His rescue.

Thank God! Psalm 100:1-5 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Nov. 24, 2013 *I love this time of year. But as Christians, we could celebrate Thanksgiving every day. *Donald Davis says that his kindergarten teacher liked to celebrate holidays more than once a year. Her name was Mrs. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

An Attitude Of Gratitude Series

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Nov 24, 2001

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Our children, and indeed everyone around us, should discover in us a soul conditioned and overflowing with gratitude.

What Parents Owe Their Children: An Attitude of Gratitude Sunday, November 25, 2001 For many this week, Thanksgiving was a very different holiday. Usually, on Thanksgiving, we stress about the Turkey coming out too dry. We vacillate over which pies to make… and how many pieces to eat. We ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:3-6, 1 Thessalonians 6:16-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Blessings Part 2 Series

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 9, 2005

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Sermon Series on the Book of Ephesians. This one happened to go along with the Thanksgiving Theme.

Sermon preached by Rev. Larry C. Brincefield on November 24, 2004 Title: Ephesians #4 Text: Ephesians 1:11-14 Introduction 1. On the island of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands there are two Thanksgiving days. • In addition to the usual one celebrated by Americans, • they have a Hurricane ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-14

Denomination: Nazarene

A Thanks Offering

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 18, 2005

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Christians are the temple that God cares about today... The Lord has given Christians their Spiritual gifts, talents and all the resources they need to be a temple of worship that expresses to all who see their lives that they are children of God sold out

Turn Your Bibles to 1 Chronicles 29:16 Title: A Thanks Offering Theme: What Do Christians have to Be Thankful For? Introduction: Our opening text today is something that every born-again Christian should take to heart. (Thru the Bible) Everything Christians have is given to them from God, it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thankful People Don't . . .

Contributed by John Roy on Jan 29, 2001

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Thankful people are grateful, generous, and remember the gracious hand of God.

“Thankful People Don’t . . .” Luke 17:11-17 Earlier in this century thank-you notes were an art form, consider the following, “In regard to thank-you notes, it is best to recognize a gift with an immediate note of thanks. Unlike arriving at a party, there is no such thing as being ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-17

Denomination: *other

Holiness

Contributed by Jerry Eckhart on Dec 15, 2003

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An unusual application of Matthew 5:13 to the Christmas season

Sunday, November 30, 2003 Holiness Matthew 5: 13-16 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Commitmet To Share Thanks

Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007

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Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice.

Title: Having a Commitment to Share Thanks Text: I Thessalonians 5:18 Introduction: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Okay, the bible says we are to be thankful in all circumstances of life. “Rejoice in the Lord always again I say rejoice.” (Philippians 4) However, as we know through experience, the truth ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why We Need To Be Thankful

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Nov 19, 2007

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Things we need to give thanks for

WHY WE NEED TO BE Thankful Lamentations 3:1-57 The book of Lamentations describes Jerusalem’s destruction not only for its own sake but also for the profound theological lessons to be learned from it. The horrors of 586 B.C. are not overlooked, of course: 1. Wholesale devastation and slaughter ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Portion With The Great

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 21, 2000

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An exposition of the text describing the awful burdens Jesus lifts off those who come to him.

A Portion With the Great Isaiah 53.1-10 November 22, 2000 Thanksgiving is this week. It is a time for expressing our thanks for God’s providence and blessing. It is also the first Sunday in Advent (the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.) It is a time when we look back to the first Advent ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

View From The Donkey

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 6, 2006

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Triumphal Entry - Takes a unique look at this story from a more humble vantage point. The SAVIOR, the SERVANTS, and the SINNERS. Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

View From The Donkey Zech. 9:9; Matthew 21:1-11 (this passage known as the Triumphal Entry) Zech. 9:9 [on screen] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Focusing On God Series

Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Nov 23, 2004

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What a powerful church; what was their secret? They had learned to make focusing on God in praise and thanksgiving a life habit -- they got the "gratitude attitude." *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

FOCUSING ON GOD (3rd in a Purpose Driven Series - "The Way the Church Ought to Be" NOTE: I am indebted to some sermoncentral.com users for some of the illustrations in this sermon. Ac 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Holiness

In All Things Be Thankful

Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Nov 13, 2007

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A topical Thanksgiving sermon utilizing a few great illustrations found here on Sermon Central along with thoughts of my own.

"In All Things Be Thankful" Ephesians 5:20 Back during the dark days of 1929 (The Great Depression), a group of ministers in the Northeast, all graduates of the Boston School of Theology, gathered to discuss how they should conduct their Thanksgiving Sunday services. Things during that time were ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20

Denomination: Baptist

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