30 Days of Thanks, Day 26 Thanks and prayers. They go together. As we read day 26 of the 30 Days of Thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we see a focus on Philemon 1:4. Do our thanks and pur prayers go together? So often, we have things that we pray for, but it’s things we want fixed or things that we want better. Are we thankful for the situations that God puts us in? How can we be thankful and prayerful at the same time in every area of our lives?

30 Days of Thanks, Day 25 Happy Thanksgiving! For those of us in the United States, today is today set aside where we celebrate all of the wonderful things in our life to give thanks for. However, this is not the only day we should be giving thanks. As we read through day 25 in the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we see Ephesians 1:16. We should never stop giving thanks. God is worthy of our best and he is the only reason we have anything good in our life. Are we giving thanks to him regularly and consistently for all that he has done? For those…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 24 Consistent praise. For today in the 30 Days of Thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we read day 24 and 1 Chronicles 23:30. Are we consistent in our praise? Do we praise Him in the morning and also in the evening? The same God that gave us the sunrise also gives us the sunsets. Is our praise to him consistent throughout the day?

30 Days of Thanks, Day 23 Tell the whole world. As we’ve been through day 23 of the 30 days of Thanks reading plan found on YouVersion.com, we see today the importance of the importance of spreading the message of all the greatness that God is and has done. See Psalm 105:1. When we think of what it means to tell the world, what do we think of? In our mind is telling the world traveling to foreign countries and sharing the message? Or, do we understand that telling the world can include telling our neighbors, telling our friends, telling our coworkers? We want to be able to tell the…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 22 Do others know we are thankful? Today as we look at the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we are drawn to day 22 and the verse 1 Corinthians 14:17. As we read this verse, my first thought was a bit confusing, but as I read the verses around it, I quickly realized that the concern was about people being thankful, but no one understanding what they were saying. if no one hears us being thankful, or worse, if people hear us being ungrateful, then God doesn’t get the glory that he is due. Our praise and our thanks to Him should…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 20 Peace and thanks. They go together. As we read through day 20 of the 30 days of Thanks reading plan found on YouVersion.com, we see that our attitude of thankfulness is directly related to our peace. Read Colossians 3:15. If we have peace in Christ, God’s peace will rule in our hearts, and as a result we will be thankful. We cannot truly understand God’s peace without automatically being thankful for it. When we know the peace that Christ brings in our life, we will understand gratitude and how we can be thankful for everything that we have. Are we truly thankful today? If…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 19 Praise. How do we lift God up in praise? As we read through day 19 in the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com we find ourselves focusing on Psalm 69:30. How do we praise God? What does it mean to praise God? Often we’ll hear about the importance of giving God praise for all that he has done, but sometimes that can be unclear as to exactly how we do that. Praise is simply acknowledging God for who he is and the characteristics and attributes that make up who he is. God is loving, merciful, just, kind, creator, master, Lord. We can…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 18 God never changes. As we read day 18 of the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we see that the same God who has been there and saved us before will be there to save us again. Read 1 Corinthians 16:35. God never changes and as a result, we can trust him to be there for us. The pay successors and victories are simply an indicator of all that God is able to do and we can trust him to lead us through whatever we are going through now. Are we trusting God and remembering how he had been there for us…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 17 What are our blessings? As we look at day 17 from the 30 days of thanks reading plan on YouVersion.com, we are looking at 1 Corinthians 10:16. We’ve talked a lot about being thankful and the importance of Thanksgiving in our lives. What are some of the blessings that God has given us? When we look through all the areas of our life, what are we most thankful for? What has God gifted us with? What are our blessings? Sometimes in life, we can become overwhelmed with all of the things that are going on and all of the things that we feel like…

30 Days of Thanks, Day 16 What foundation are we laying? Reading through day 16 of the 30 days of thanks reading plan in YouVersion.com we see the importance of laying a foundation in the Lord in Ezra 3:11. When you think back over this year, 2021, what has been the focus for you this year? Where have you sought to allow God to work in your life? What foundation have you laid in Christ? As we look forward to 2022, how is God working and moving and how is he going to continue doing that into next year? Our actions from this year have laid the foundation for what…