Thanksgiving Is Not Just For The Holiday. Genesis 1

Good Morning

Stand with me and lift your bible and repeat after me.

This is my Bible.

I am what it says I am.

I can do what it says I can do.

I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be.

Today I will learn more of the word of God.

The indestructible, never ending, living word Of God.

I will never be the same.

I will never be the same.

In Jesus Name

Amen?

Before you sit down, say good morning to your brothers and sisters.

Turn with me to Genesis, chapter 1. Say, “Amen”, when you are there.

When I first had a Bible to read, I opened it and started in Genesis.

Genesis chapter 1, verse 3, “God said, let there be light and there was light,”

If you read the rest of Genesis chapter 1 you see how important that was.

It was not after the firmament which God called heaven,

It was before.

It was not after land.

It was right with its measure of importance.

In Genesis 16, He created two more lights and separated them into daylight and the moonlight with stars, the moon and other planets.

Have you stopped and looked at the stars lately.

God is the creator.

Just like He created you and me.

He did so for the opportunity to live life with us hopefully every day.

Remember we were created in His image which makes things pretty interesting to look forward to when we leave here on this earth and get to be with Him.

I had surgery to remove a brain tumor over 25 years ago.

When I woke up from surgery, I could not see.

I panicked and thought I had lost the ability to see. The surgeon is a brother in the Lord, and he told me not to worry, it would be temporary.

I doubted and worried most of the evening and called out to the Lord to intervene.

I thought here I am with having surgery to remove a brain tumor

and now I could not see. I imagined the toll it would take on my family.

He was right. I was wrong.

The very next day I woke up after a horrible night by the sound of curtains opening and the bright light from the morning sun shining in.

As we go through our lives, we have good days and bad ones and realize that the light may get dark or light. We need to be thankful for what we have and what we can do serving Him.

What I have learned over the years is that when it gets dark it probably is time for me to concentrate more on my relationship with God.

We all tend to get so busy in life with our day to day that we forget about what goes with our relationship with the Great I Am. The light of Him.

It gets to be so busy in our life that when we work on our recipe for life, we do things so fast without praying or thinking that we throw the things right in the mix without opening up the recipe.

Do you know what is in the recipe that God gives us? Light.

Not just to see.

But to see the true recipe for life.

Sharing and enjoying God’s love in all we do.

The beauty of the world He created even when we are having a tough time.

Singing songs of praise and spending time in prayer.

Being a light in the dark world we are living in today, tomorrow, and for as long as we are alive here on His earth.

What is the recipe for enjoying and sharing God’s love in our lives and in the lives of those we are loving and praying for?

It is a very simple recipe.

One part, you.

One part, light.

One part, God.

One part, Jesus.

One part which is, the Holy Spirit

And the best part, Thanksgiving for all of it.

It is a great recipe for the life we have here on earth.

Be the light in the dark world we are living in by letting each of the parts of this recipe for life be with you with every breath you take.

Be a light in this dark world and remember to be thankful for everything.

Most of all, be thankful for knowing the Lord our God through His son, Jesus Christ and allow Him to continually provide the light you need when you need it.

Be Thankful always. Amen? Let us pray.