Season of Thanksgiving

Thessalonians 5:16-18,Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Psalm 100:4-5Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 95:1-7Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Thanksgiving is...1. Attitude 2. Mark 3. Lifestyle Thessalonians 5:16-18,Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Reasons for Thanksgiving1. His Personhood: we give thanks for who He is. 2. His Promise: we give thanks for what He promises 3. His Providence: we give thanks for what He has done, is doing and will do. Expressions of Thanksgiving1. Praise Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs 2. Presence Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 3. Practice I Samuel 15:22To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. Galatians 5:6 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.