Thanksgiving is seeping with Christianity all over it. Yes, Thanksgiving Day has biblical significance. To start with we are to give thanksgiving to God each and every day as Christians. We are to pray to God and give him thanks for all that he has done. If you remember yesterday the colonists were used to praying prayers of thanksgiving on days of celebration of Thanksgiving. I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30.Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. psalm 100:4 As I talked about yesterday, They had days of thanksgiving after wars or when a drought had ended.
But as to the holiday, we celebrate, it has gotten watered down and lost its meaning. Today it is celebrated more as a secular holiday than a Christian Holiday. It is more about Family and friends than giving thanks to God for what he has done. It's not to say that family and friends are not important but through that, it only being about that it has lost its meaning. This has given way for the devil to have a hand on this Holiday that is dripping with Jesus all over it. Being with family is important but to only make it about that is not doing justice to the holiday and doing what Psalm 95:2 says, Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. We should come into his presence everyday and give Him thanks and praise but so much so on a Holiday create to do just that, should we want to do it more so.
rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7. If we are rooted In Jesus, are we not to follow the things which he has given us to show Thanks to him and do the things that he has commanded like giving him thanks? The Bible mentions thanksgiving 62 times and that should get you to sit up and pay attention. If something is mentioned that much shouldn't we listen and do what it says?
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of Jehovah. psalm 116:17. Let's offer up thanksgiving like the verse says today and so much more so on Thanksgiving. The devil does not want us to have a day of thanksgiving to Jesus, to Glorify Jesus like this. I will talk about that tomorrow. Have a blessed day!!!
All Bible verses taken from the ASV
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