Giving Thanks Always

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open ...

To Think Is to Thank

Gratitude is from the same root word as "grace," which signifies the free and boundless mercy of God. Thanksgiving is from the same root work ...

Thankful for What?

We may acknowledge our Divine Provider over the roast and mashed potatoes, but how often are we deliberately thankful for the water from our taps? The ...

God's Good Gifts

In your prayer, do not hesitate to thank the Lord for all that he gives. This is often difficult since we are not always willing to receive some of the ...

The First Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims would not fully understand in their lifetime the reason for the suffering that beset them. The first official Thanksgiving Day occurred as ...

Thanks Is All We Can Give to God

It is clear that a sacrifice must consist of praise and thanks, or must at least not be without praise and thanks, if it is to please God. And if it is ...

The Power of a Prayer

In his book Living Life on Purpose, Greg Anderson shares the story of one man's journey to joy:

... his wife had left him and he was completely depressed. ...

The Purpose of Prayer

My four-year-old likes to say the blessing at mealtimes, usually repeating the same short prayer: "Thank you, God, for this gracious food. In Jesus' ...

Communion Prayer

It is fitting and right to sing of you, to praise you, to thank you, to adore you in all places of your dominion. For you are the ineffable God, inconceivable, ...

We Are More Blessed than Hurt

I've seen a picture of the pilgrims at the first American Thanksgiving. Do you know half of their number died the first year they were here? They ...