At Thanksgiving, everyone is thinking about giving thanks. That is good and appropriate. We might bemoan the lack of gratitude in our nation and culture, but at Thanksgiving, most people have at least some inkling of thanks. But are we to simply “be thankful” or is there something more to it?<\/p>\n
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Be Thankful…for What?<\/strong><\/p>\n Many families have a tradition on Thanksgiving. While sitting around the table, each member of the family will list something that they are thankful for. You may hear things like this:<\/p>\n Be Thankful…to Whom?<\/strong><\/p>\n We should be thankful. But just being thankful is shortsighted unless we realize who <\/em>receives the thanks. Obviously, as Christians, we thank God. Often, what is missing at Thanksgiving is not an attitude of gratitude, but rather a godward<\/em> gratitude.<\/p>\n God is the source, substance, and end of everything that we are, do, have, and enjoy. He is the object of all our thanksgiving. By all means, be grateful this Thanksgiving. And in your full-stomach feeling of gratitude, think about the One who should receive all the thanksgiving.<\/p>\n Be Thankful….this Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/p>\n This Thanksgiving, you don’t merely need to be more <\/em>thankful. You need to have greater godward gratitude.<\/p>\n And when Thanksgiving comes and goes, and when you’re back at work, or back in the humdrum routine of everyday life…thank God. Cultivate the greater godward gratitude that can transform every mundane event into an act of worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Thanksgiving, everyone is thinking about giving thanks. That is good and appropriate. We might bemoan the lack of gratitude in our nation and culture, but at Thanksgiving, most people have at least some inkling of thanks. But are we to simply “be thankful” or is there something more to it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2307,4154],"tags":[1488,1490,1489,667,1491],"class_list":{"0":"post-6739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christian-lifestyle","8":"category-church-resources-church-resources","9":"tag-be-thankful","10":"tag-christian-thanksgiving","11":"tag-gratitude","12":"tag-thanksgiving","13":"tag-thanksgiving-holiday"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogrouting.sharefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/offerthanks.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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