Thanksgiving is a time to realize grace and express joy to the Lord for His provision. It is also an attitude from which overflows humility, gratitude, and immense thanksgiving because of the abundant provision that He has made for us. We stop to reflect on the grace of the Lord shown to us. Thanksgiving (the Holiday) …
Thanksgiving Humility
Thanksgiving may be seen as a time of bounty, of overcoming trial, of celebration, and of fellowship, but it should also be known as a time of humility. Thanksgiving (the attitude) shouldn't be masked with false humility, but rather proceeds from humility. The Pilgrims held a thanksgiving festival, not to create an excuse to party, …
Thanksgiving Hope
The harvest represents not only the fruit of our labors, but also the seed of our hope. We have a harvest because we labored to plant the seeds of our future in the hope that God would send the rain and provide the sun in just the right proportions that we might gather in due …
Thanksgiving Blessings
Originally a time to celebrate the harvest, Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to stop and consider our blessings! As Christians we should consider the harvest that we've been laboring in and see the fruits that the Lord has caused to grow. When considering the fruits of the LORD's harvest, we should look at some of …
Thanksgiving: God’s Kindness!
It’s coming up to my favorite time of the year: Thanksgiving! Of all the American Holidays, this is my favorite (hands down). I love its history and I love its celebration. I certainly respect that there are other holidays, such as Christmas and Easter, intended to celebrate Christ, they have also been more thoroughly commercialized …
The Little Trash
Walking along the beach I saw something that made an impact on me: In the business of life, people often think the "little trash" they discard and mindlessly toss away somehow magically gets picked up and does no harm. You might think If you miss the trashcan "it's close enough", so you just don't worry about …
Living Hallowed on an Unhallowed Eve
Approximately 25% of all the candy sold annually in the U.S. is purchased for Halloween, leading some to comment that "the Halloween we see most commonly practiced today is a dance between commercialism and evil." You can find a decent background and history on this holiday at History.com, but that isn't really my focus here, instead my …
Immortality & Eternal Life
Romans 2:5-7 (5) But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, (6) who "will render to each one according to his deeds": (7) eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing …
Hell
Introduction This is the kind of subject you can't approach if you're worried about what people will think; you will be denounced by many if you believe in Hell, and denounced by many if you don't. So I hope we will not look at this issue fearing what people will think of us, nor through …
Gospel Love
"Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God. 'The time has come,' He said. 'The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the Good News!'" Mark 1:14-15 Our good news is the Kingdom of God: the Kingdom invitation is “Repent and believe the good news!” In fact, this message of repentance …
