Happy Thanksgiving

This holiday is about giving thanks to God for all the blessings that He has given us this year!

The Pilgrims and the Natives came together to celebrate and give thanks for all the bountiful harvest.

We live in a world that thinks Thanksgiving is all about the Turkey

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above!

We are not entitled!

Even perfect gifts can be used wrongly

Father of Lights

Realize this, the light from the Sun never fades, the world turns away.

With whom there is no variation

God never changes! He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow

His light does not create a shadow. In His light, there is no darkness at all.

In His will, He brought us forth by the Word of truth

Salvation doesn’t come because we want it to come,

In fact, natural man would never seek salvation

It is by His will, through His Word, that salvation comes

First fruits

The first fruits were an offering back to God for His blessings

As first fruits, our job is to glorify God by living for Him daily

This year, like every year, we have much to be thankful for indeed

Do you know the God of salvation?

Let this truly be your first Thanksgiving!

A little history on Lamentations

Also called the Lamentations of Jeremiah

The Book of Lamentations is the collection of five poems or songs mourning the conquest of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah.

The tone of the book of Jeremiah is very heavy as God’s Judgement had come

However, today’s text is Jeremiah remembering Hope in the hard times

I recall hope

The Lord’s Mercies

His compassions never fail

They are new every morning

Great is Your faithfulness

The Lord is my portion

I Hope in Him

Wait for Him and seek Him

Hope and wait quietly

Waiting is excruciating for today’s "2-day delivery" generation

However, if we take the time of waiting to examine and seek and spend time quietly listening to the Lord,

The pain of waiting will become joy in the Hope of Christ.