Thanksgiving Tendencies
Donald Cantrell
Psalms 6:5
Psa 6:5 KJV - For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
I - Decisive Obstacles of Thanksgiving
A) Sometimes Due to the Disasters of Life
B) Sometimes Due to the Delays of Life
C) Sometimes Due to the Defeats of Life
II - Delightful Opportunities of Thanksgiving
A) Life's Benefits
B) Lightened Burdens
C) Lifted Barriers
D) Little Blessings
III - Deliberate Options of Thanksgiving
A) Choice that's Intentional
B) Chance that's Inspirational
Theme: ''Don't wait until death to be thankful''
Hand of Love and Thanks
A school teacher asked her first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. She reasoned that most of them would no doubt draw pictures of turkeys on tables with lots of other food.
She was surprised with the picture that Douglas handed in. It was the picture of a human hand, poorly drawn. But whose hand is it? The other children tried to guess. One said it was the hand of God because He brings the food to us. Another said it was the hand of a farmer because he raises and grows the food. Finally, when the others were back at their work, the teacher bent over Douglas' desk and asked whose hand it was.
''Why, it's your hand, teacher,'' he mumbled. Then she recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a scrubby, forlorn child, by the hand. She did it with many of the children and never thought much about it. But Douglas did. You see, she refreshed his spirit and he never forgot it.
A Lost Art Today
Our Daily Bread February 20, 1994
Thankfulness seems to be a lost art today. Warren Wiersbe illustrated this problem in his commentary on Colossians. He told about a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, who was part of a life-saving squad. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore ...
Donald Cantrell
Psalms 6:5
Psa 6:5 KJV - For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
I - Decisive Obstacles of Thanksgiving
A) Sometimes Due to the Disasters of Life
B) Sometimes Due to the Delays of Life
C) Sometimes Due to the Defeats of Life
II - Delightful Opportunities of Thanksgiving
A) Life's Benefits
B) Lightened Burdens
C) Lifted Barriers
D) Little Blessings
III - Deliberate Options of Thanksgiving
A) Choice that's Intentional
B) Chance that's Inspirational
Theme: ''Don't wait until death to be thankful''
Hand of Love and Thanks
A school teacher asked her first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. She reasoned that most of them would no doubt draw pictures of turkeys on tables with lots of other food.
She was surprised with the picture that Douglas handed in. It was the picture of a human hand, poorly drawn. But whose hand is it? The other children tried to guess. One said it was the hand of God because He brings the food to us. Another said it was the hand of a farmer because he raises and grows the food. Finally, when the others were back at their work, the teacher bent over Douglas' desk and asked whose hand it was.
''Why, it's your hand, teacher,'' he mumbled. Then she recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a scrubby, forlorn child, by the hand. She did it with many of the children and never thought much about it. But Douglas did. You see, she refreshed his spirit and he never forgot it.
A Lost Art Today
Our Daily Bread February 20, 1994
Thankfulness seems to be a lost art today. Warren Wiersbe illustrated this problem in his commentary on Colossians. He told about a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, who was part of a life-saving squad. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore ...
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