Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving: Family Activity Suggestions

Thanksgiving: Family Activity Suggestions

Here are a few ideas that we found that might help as your family gathers together for the Thanksgiving holiday… and a suggestion to begin preparation for Advent, which starts on Nov. 29.

Praying Like the Puritans

Praying Like the Puritans

Giver of all, another day is ended and I take my place beneath my great redeemer's cross, where healing streams continually descend, where balm is poured into every wound, where I wash anew in the all-cleansing blood, assured that Thou seest in me no spots of sin. Yet a little while and I shall go to Thy home and be no more seen; help me to gird up the loins of my mind, to quicken my step, to speed as if each moment were my last, that my life be joy, my death glory.

10 Verses on Giving Thanks

10 Verses on Giving Thanks

Giving thanks is part of life. It’s not always the easiest thing to do - to show our sincere gratitude to one another or to God. Humility is part of surrendering ourselves to a heart that is warmed by thankfulness. Here are 10 verses that will help give us context.

Cultivating a Thankful Heart

Cultivating a Thankful Heart

As we approach Thanksgiving Day and this season of noticing God's goodness to us, including taking notice of how His love is made complete through one another (1 John 4:12), we want to hear from YOU. How do you cultivate a grateful heart? Here is what some of our staff had to say.

Hymns for the Public Thanksgiving Day: October 9, 1746

Hymns for the Public Thanksgiving Day: October 9, 1746

In 1746, as the title says, Charles Wesley printed a booklet of hymns for a public thanksgiving day. Granted, this is not the American day, which was not formally made a holiday until Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in April 1863. Nevertheless, we hope this selection from Wesley’s booklet will help you have a spirit of thanksgiving this season.

Learning To Be Truly Happy

Learning To Be Truly Happy

Enjoy this series of sermons from 2016 taken from Philippians. In it we learn timeless truths like, “he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (1:6), and the instruction to, “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God” (2:14).