A Christian is commanded to give thanks always, and surely\nit is of special importance to set apart a day when we make public our\nthanksgiving to God for His abundant blessings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Ephesians 5: 18-20, we are given the following\nexhortation to holy living,\u201d \u2026 be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to\nyourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody\nin your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the\nFather in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Philippians 4:6, we are commanded, \u201cBe careful for\nnothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let\nyour requests be made known unto God.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Colossians 3: 16-17, we are told, \u201cLet the word of\nChrist dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another\nin psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to\nthe Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord\nJesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colossians 4:2 says, \u201cContinue in prayer, and watch in\nthe same with thanksgiving.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Timothy 2:1-2, \u201cI exhort therefore, that, first of\nall, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for\nall men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet\nand peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalm 100:4, \u201cEnter into his gates with thanksgiving,\nand into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his\nname.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I would encourage every Christian to get ready in heart\nfor Thanksgiving Day. The thankful Christian will be a happy Christian, for as\nhe counts his blessings, he will see how blessed of God he is. The thankful\nChristian will honour God who \u201cgiveth and giveth and giveth again\u201d-even\nto ungrateful hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HEZEKIAH\u2019S GREAT REVIVAL AND THANKSGIVING <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2 Chronicles 29, we read how King Hezekiah came to the\nthrone of Judah. The temple was abandoned and dirty. Levites had gone about\nother business instead of keeping the temple and offering the sacrifices.\nHezekiah called the Levites back to the service of God, had the temple cleaned\nup, and the sacrifices restored; and God sent a spiritual revival. The elders\nof the city brought seven bullocks, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he goats\nfor a sin offering for the kingdom. They killed the sacrifices and, the people\nconfessing their sinfulness, were reconciled to God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What a time of rejoicing followed! Hezekiah \u201d \u2026 set\nthe Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,\naccording to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king\u2019s seer, and Nathan\nthe prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets\u201d (2\nChronicles 29:25). The priests joined with the trumpets, \u201cAnd Hezekiah\ncommanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt\noffering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the\ninstruments ordained by David king of Israel\u201d (2 Chronicles 29 :27). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the singers sang and the trumpet was sounded and the\ngreat burnt offering continued, \u201d \u2026 And the congregation brought in\nsacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a free heart\nburnt-offerings. And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation\nbrought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred\nlambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. And the consecrated\nthings were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep\u201d (2 Chronicles\n29:31-33). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were not enough priests to slay and dress these\nanimals for the sacrifices, so the Levites helped them. What a revival! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here the Bible reminds us, as it so often does, that a\nthankful heart is a giving heart. Thank offerings go with thanksgiving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God makes the connection of the thank offering and\nthanksgiving very clear in Psalm 50:14, \u201cOffer unto God thanksgiving; and\npay thy vows unto the most High.\u201d Then follows the blessed promise to the\nperson who is thankful and pays his vows, \u201d \u2026 call upon me in the day of\ntrouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me\u201d (Psalm 50: 15).<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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