Thanksgiving Bible Verses

Here are some Thanksgiving Day Bible Verses that are great for use with giving thanks and praise to the Lord anytime of the year.

1 Corinthians 1:4-5 - I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.5For in him you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your knowledge ...(NIV)

 

2 Corinthians 9:11-12 - You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.12This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. (NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:15 - All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. (NIV)

 

Psalm 100 - Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 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. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (NIV)

 

Psalm 95:1-6 - Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (NIV)

Psalm 145:7 - They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. (NIV)
Psalm 107:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. (NIV)

 

1 Chronicles 29:11-13 - Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. (NIV)

 

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A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

If you are searching for a good humorous Thanksgiving Prayer that says more than just thanks for the food and such, this prayer by Scott Wesemann may be perfect for you because it thanks Jesus for our greatest treasure, His unending grace!

A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

Lord, so often times, as any other day
When we sit down to our meal and pray

We hurry along and make fast the blessing
Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing

We’re slaves to the olfactory overload
We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold

But Lord, I’d like to take a few minute more
To really give thanks to what I’m thankful for

For my family, my health, a nice soft bed
My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head

I’m thankful right now to be surrounded by those
Whose lives touch me more than they’ll ever possibly know

Thankful Lord, that You’ve blessed me beyond measure
Thankful that in my heart lives life’s greatest treasure

That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place
And I’m ever so grateful for Your unending grace

So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You’ve provided
And bless each and every person invited

Amen!

 

by Scott Wesemann

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History of Thanksgiving



Don't let anyone fool you or tell you otherwise, Thanksgiving is a 100% Christian holiday. This holiday was started by Christian pilgrims and intended only to celebrate our gratefulness to God for all His blessings.

 

When the pilgrims left for America from Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620, they began their journey in prayer asking God for traveling mercies. God answered their prayers and gave them safe journeys. God kept the 102 pilgrims safe for over two months travel through harsh elements of a vast storm-tossed sea.

However, the pilgrims were not prepared for the harsh New England weather that was to be their first winter in America. After landing in present day Massachusetts on December 11, 1620, they only had time to set-up hasty shelters and virtually no time to stock food supplies before the onset of a very harsh winter. By the time spring arrived, nearly half of the pilgrims died from starvation and sickness.

Even after all this suffering, the pilgrims never lost their faith and hope for God to save them. Everything they did up to this point was done in prayer. Before leaving England, they prayed. After arriving in Massachusetts, they prayed before signing the "Mayflower Compact", which was America's first document of civil and self-government. And after a very harsh winter and beginning of spring in the New World, they again prayed to God for his deliverance.

God again answered their prayers and sent the Indians to help the pilgrims. With the help of the Indians, the pilgrims reaped a bountiful harvest their first summer in America. The grateful pilgrims declared a three-day feast to celebrate God's graciousness starting on December 13, 1621. Just over their one year anniversary of landing on Plymouth Rock.

While this is not considered to be the first actual Thanksgiving in America. It was the first Thanksgiving Festival that was held in America. Actual Thanksgiving holiday celebrations can be traced as far back as 1607 in Virginia. Certainly, the pilgrims had good reason to be THANKFUL and set the example for all us by thanking God for his blessings.

 

The Thanksgiving holiday was unofficially introduced in 1789 by President George Washington. As a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he declared that the Thanksgiving holiday would be the first Thursday in November. It wasn't until 1941 that Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday.
Let's all remember to thank God for all the many blessings He has bestowed upon us. God is good! If you agree, please pass this on.

by James Apple Jr.

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