Blast of Thanksgiving

November 26th, 2024
by Pastor Cleddie Keith
I felt a blast of THANKSGIVING this morning, it was like an artic clipper from the North that hits you right in the face on a winter morning. I was inebriating and refreshing to say the least.
IT FELT LIKE THIS:

"Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord! Give a joyous shout in honor of the Rock of our salvation! Come before him with THANKFUL HEARTS. Let us sing him psalms of praise. For the Lord is a great God, the great King of all gods. He controls the formation of the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains; all are his. He made the sea and formed the land; they too are his. Come, kneel before the Lord our Maker, for he is our God. We are his sheep, and he is our Shepherd. Oh, that you would hear him calling you today and come to him!"
Psalm 95:1-7 Living Bible

We can learn a lot from King David when it comes to thanksgiving and praise.

"Blessed be God— He heard me praying. He proved He's on my side; I've thrown my lot in with him. Now I'm jumping for joy and shouting and singing my thanks to him."
Psalm 28:6-7

I am gearing up for Thanksgiving Day and ask you to join with me, as we celebrate His watch care over us.

"What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks, to sing an anthem to you, the High God! To announce your love each day break, sing your faithful presence all through the night, Accompanied by dulcimer and harp, the full-bodied music of strings."
Psalm 92:1-3

In that His love never quits, our praise and thanksgiving should never give up.

"Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits. Thank the God of all gods, His love never quits. Thank the Lord of all lords. His love never quits."
Psalm 136:1-3

In Ephesians 5:4 it states, Thanksgiving is our Dialect. It is even more of a revelation when you realize what is spoken of in the book of Thessalonians.

"And now we look back on all this and thank God, A GEYSER OF THANKS! When you got the Message of God we preached, you didn't pass it off as just one more human opinion, but you took it to heart as God's true word to you, which it is, God himself at work in you believers!"
1 Thessalonians 2:13

WHAT DOES THE END OF THE BOOK HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?

"I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there—all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the Lamb and heartily singing: Salvation to our God on his Throne! Salvation to the Lamb! All who were standing around the Throne—Angels, Elders, Animals—fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God, singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and THANKSGIVING, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes!"
Revelation 7:9-12

I WOULD OFFER TO WASH THE DISHES, BUT I AM ON MY WAY TO MEXICO FOR A CELEBRATION WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN MORELIA. THROUGH THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH. IT STARTED WITH "PRAY FOR MORELIA" OVER 30 YEARS AGO. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OVER 200 CHURCHES THEY HAVE BUILT OVER THE YEARS.

PRAY FOR OUR TEAM AS WE TRAVEL SOUTH TO MINISTER WITH THOSE WE LOVE AND CELEBRATE.
 
Yours for Souls,
Pastor Cleddie Keith