Thanksgiving to God 1. And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will … Lev 2:29. 2. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name … 2 Sam 22:50. 3. Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! … 1 Chron 16:8. 4. Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever … 1 Chron 16:34. 5. … stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening … 1 Chron 23:30. 6. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. “Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name ..” … 1 Chron 29:12-13. 7. … indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying:“For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud … 2 Chron 5:13. 8. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.” Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid … Ezra 3:11. 9. Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name … Psalm 18:49. 10. That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Your wondrous works … Psalm 26:7. 11. Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name … Psalm 30:4. 12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever … Psalm 30:12. 13. I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people … Psalm 35:18. 14. Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High … Psalm 50:14. 15. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving … Psalm 69:30. 16. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your...
Let us give thanks to the Lord for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends. Dear Lord please remove grudges, anger, lying and all our pains, and sinful ways that is unlike You from our life; for these are nothing but binding chains. Help us to live each day in the most loving and God-like way. Help us to serve others as Jesus served us when He was on earth. Help us to love one another just as You have loved us. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. “Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name ..” … 1 Chron 29:12-13. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near … Psalm 75:1. L ord we honor and adore you Lord we praise Your name. Thank you for our daily bread, and health and strength. Amen. Let us keep God’s word continually in our hearts and meditate on them day and night, Let us Trust in the Lord with all our heart, and lean not on our own understanding; in all our ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct our paths (Proverbs 3:5-6) Let us be a beacon of light in the world and lead others from darkness to His marvelous light, from falsehood to truth and from wrong to right. Pray everyday to praise God’s name and give Him thanks. May your year be filled with peace, love, joy, happiness,prosperity, and health. May God’s blessings shower upon you and bestow upon you a spirit filled, healthy, joyful and peaceful new year. God bless you all. Thank you Jesus for hearing and answering...
Coming of the Holy Spirit: Acts 2:1-4 NKJV) “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Truth Soon to Triumph.–The end is near, stealing upon us stealthily, imperceptibly, like the noiseless approach of a thief in the night. May the Lord grant that we shall no longer sleep as do others, but that we shall watch and be sober. The truth is soon to triumph gloriously, and all who now choose to be laborers together with God, will triumph with it. The time is short; the night soon cometh when no man can work.– Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 135. (1909) E.G.White Conversion as at Pentecost.–The time is coming when there will be as many converted in a day as there were on the day of Pentecost, after the disciples had received the Holy Spirit.– Review and Herald, June 29, 1905....
“Dangers of Childhood Attachments-Early marriages are not to be encouraged. A relation so important as marriage and so far-reaching in its results should not be entered upon hastily, without sufficient preparation, and before the mental and physical powers are well developed.1The Ministry of Healing, 358. – {AH 79.1} Boys and girls enter upon the marriage relation with unripe love, immature judgment, without noble, elevated feelings, and take upon themselves the marriage vows, wholly led by their boyish, girlish passions…. – {AH 79.2} Attachments formed in childhood have often resulted in very wretched unions or in disgraceful separations. Early connections, if formed without the consent of parents, have seldom proved happy. The young affections should be restrained until the period arrives when sufficient age and experience will make it honorable and safe to unfetter them. Those who will not be restrained will be in danger of dragging out an unhappy existence. – {AH 79.3} A youth not out of his teens is a poor judge of the fitness of a person as young as himself to be his companion for life. After their judgment has become more matured, they view themselves bound for life to each other and perhaps not at all calculated to make each other happy. Then, instead of making the best of their lot, recriminations take place, the breach widens, until there is settled indifference and neglect of each other. To them there is nothing sacred in the word “home.” The very atmosphere is poisoned by unloving words and bitter reproaches.2Messages to Young People, 452. – {AH 79.4} Immature marriages are productive of a vast amount of the evils that exist today. Neither physical health nor mental vigor is promoted by a marriage that is entered on too early in life. Upon this subject altogether too little reason is exercised. Many youth act from impulse. This step, which affects them seriously for good or ill, to be a lifelong blessing or curse, is too often taken hastily, under the impulse of sentiment. Many will not listen to reason or instruction from a Christian point of view.3Ibid., 453. – {AH 80.1} Satan is constantly busy to hurry inexperienced youth into a marriage alliance. But the less we glory in the marriages which are now taking place, the better.4Testimonies for the Church 2:252. – {AH 80.2} In consequence of hasty marriages, even among the professed people of God, there are separations, divorces, and great confusion in the church.5The Review and Herald, September 25, 1888. – {AH 80.3} What a contrast between the course of Isaac and that pursued by the youth of our time, even among professed Christians! Young people too often feel that the bestowal of their affections...
Sing Praises: “Let praise and thanksgiving be expressed in song. When tempted, instead of giving utterance to our feelings, let us by faith lift up a song of thanksgiving to God. We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love,– For Jesus who died and is now gone above. We praise Thee, O God, for Thy Spirit of light, Who has shown us our Saviour, and scattered our night. All glory and praise to the Lamb that was slain, Who has borne all our sins, and has cleansed every stain. All glory and praise to the God of all grace, Who has bought us, and sought us, and guided our ways. Revive us again; fill each heart with Thy love; May each soul be rekindled with fire from above. Chorus: Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Hallelujah! amen; Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Revive us again. “Song is a weapon that we can always use against discouragement. As we thus open the heart to the sunlight of the Saviour’s presence, we shall have health and His blessing.” Excerpt from Ministry of Healing by Ellen G. White p.254 ...
Do Not Boast About Tomorrow “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James...
“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) New King James Version...