Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and amid the hustle and bustle of the season, it's easy to forget why we celebrate this important holiday. For the Christian, Thanksgiving is about more than turkey, parades, and, family traditions. Instead, it's about gratitude and honoring God through the act of giving thanks.
The Bible has a lot to say about giving thanks in all circumnstances - and gratitude isn't something a believer should reserve for one time of year. Colossians 4:2 puts it this way: "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving."
This Thanksgiving, seek to practice genuine thankfulness, thanking God for the many blessings He showers on His children. In honor of Thanksgiving, here are twelve Bible verses to remind us of God's goodness, faithfulness, and protection.
"For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 4:15
"Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name."
1 Chronicles 29:13
"Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp."
Psalm 147:7
"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
1 Thessalonians 5:18
"You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you."
Psalm 118:28
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:6
"Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever."
Psalm 106:1
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
James 1:17
"Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name."
Psalm 100:4
"Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song."
Psalm 95:2
"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."
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
"But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay Salvation is from the LORD."
Jonah 2:9
