Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It is such a wonderful opportunity to be thankful for all our blessings. I'm praying to have a more thankful heart this coming up year. Here are some of my favorite verses about thanksgiving:

• I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

• And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful. Colossians 3:15

• 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 for ever. Psalm 30:12

• Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4

• It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High: Psalm 92:1

May you all have a blessed thanksgiving.

Help from the Lord

I will lift up my eyes to the hills from where comes my help.

My help comes from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

He will not allow your foot to be moved: He that keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper: the Lord is your shade upon your right hand.

The sun shall not smite you by day nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve you from all evil: He shall preserve your soul.

The Lord shall preserve your going out and coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalm 121

How to Have Peace

We often pray for each other to have the peace of God. I don't think that is a bad thing to do but it is not really a command in the Bible. The only scripture I could find about praying for peace is Psalm 122:6 "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you."

A lot of scriptures tell us how we can obtain the peace that Jesus has already given us. Here is a few of theses verses:

• My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days and long life, and peace, shall they add to you. Proverbs 3: 1-2

• You (God) will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3

• And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17

• For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6 carnal mind= death spiritual mind=life and peace!

• Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 2 Peter 1:2 We have peace through knowledge!

I am so thankful that we can have peace. We don't have to wait or just hope that we will have it today. We can have it everyday because Jesus has already given it to us. And we have God's Word to tell us how to obtain those promises.

Why we shouldn't worry

* Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God.
And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

* But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19

* But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:33-34 (NKJV)

* He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Psalm 112:7

God gave us strength

* The Lord is their strength, and He is the saving strength of His anointed. Psalm 28:8

* The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. Psalm 29:11

* Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have You ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You might still the enemy and the avenger. Psalm 8:2

* He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increases strength. Isaiah 40:29

* Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you sorry: for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

God's Promises

My daughter and I have been reading through a book called "The Bible Promise Book." It has been such a blessing. Simply reading God's Word has brought encouragement as well as conviction. It has also made me rethink how I want to write blogs. I think at least for a while, I would just like to write blogs full of God's Word. No commentary from me is necessary. God's Word doesn't it.

Not that I think writing or talking about beliefs is wrong. I love a good discussion about the Word.

However for the next few blogs i just want to share God's Word. I pray it will be a blessing to you.