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Be Thankful

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 11, 2012

BE THANKFUL Back in 1988, a Polish railway worker named Jan Grzebski was hit by a train. He lived ... but only barely. For the next 19 years (until the year 2007), Grzebski was in a coma. He awoke in 2007 to a whole new world. Nineteen years earlier, Poland was a communist state. Grzebski ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be Thankful

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 2, 2014

When I was young I lived about a half hour from Defiance, Ohio. General Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance in August 1794. He surveyed the land & declared to General Scott, "I defy the English, Indians, & all the devils of hell to take it." I defy anyone and all the devils of hell ...read more

Scripture: Job 13:15

Tags: Joyful, Defiance, Sacrifice Of Praise

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Thanks Offering

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

A Thanks Offering 1 Chronicles 29:16, "O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you." Christians are the temple that God cares about today, for 1 Corinthians 3:16 and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:16

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thanks, Franki

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010

THANKS, FRANKI During the Christmas play, three six-year-old boys acted out the role of the wise men. As they presented their gifts at the nativity scene, each boy stepped forward and stated what they were offering to Christ. The first held out his arms and said, "Gold." The second boy knelt ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Brethren

Always Thankful  PRO

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009

ALWAYS THANKFUL "Several churches in North Dakota were being served by a clever old preacher. The people were always amazed, for no matter what the circumstances, the preacher could always find something to give thanks for. As he made his rounds one cold December morning, he was late in getting ...read more

Tags: Gratitude

Thankfulness Or Forgetfulness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002

THANKFULNESS OR FORGETFULNESS "History knows no disasters," said the Literary Digest (Sept. 1923), "which parallels the earthquake and fire that visited Japan this month and laid waste the capital city and the chief seaport." The New York Tribune called this earthquake “undoubtedly the ...read more

Tags: Joy, God The Father, Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanks For The Helmet  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002

THANKS FOR THE HELMET Cecil Conrad was a farm boy, tired of waking up at the crack of dawn to clean up after cows. He lied about his age, joined the Army and helped free Asia from the Axis. But it was in the next war, battling Communists in Korea, that Conrad might truly have regretted his ...read more

Tags: Joy, Prayer Answered, Thanksgiving Holiday

Thankfulness/Contentment  PRO

Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 25, 2005

THANKFULNESS/CONTENTMENT: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:22, Revelation 2:9, Luke 18:22

Tags: Poverty, Perspective

Denomination: *other

Lucado On Thankfulness

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 23, 2011

LUCADO ON THANKFULNESS Max Lucado tells about living as an American in Brazil. One day, as he was walking along the street on his way to the University to teach a class, he felt a tug on his pants leg. Turning around, he saw a little boy about 5 or 6 years old with dark beady eyes and a dirty ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

So Thankful  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

SO THANKFUL Chuck Swindoll writes: "I recall, as a little barefoot boy with a cowlick of snow-white hair on my forehead, standing erect in my classroom and repeating the "Pledge of Allegiance" one Thanksgiving season. Our nation was at war and times were hard. My teacher had lost her husband on ...read more

Tags: Holidays Civic, Thanksgiving Holiday

A Thankful Heart

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 21, 2019

Matthew Henry, the famous Bible scholar, was once accosted by thieves and robbed of his billfold. He wrote these memorable words in his diary: "Let me be thankful, first, because I have never been robbed before; second, although they took my billfold, they did not take my life; third, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5

Tags: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Complaining

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shakespeare: Thankfulness  PRO

Contributed by Paul Etterling on Apr 8, 2002

O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with ...read more

Scripture: Psalms 118:1-29

Tags: Joy, Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Baptist

Remaining Thankful  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004

REMAINING THANKFUL Boyce Mouton wrote this story when he ministered in California many years ago: “In 1954, a young missionary recruit to Alaska was stricken with a paralytic disease which left her bedfast for the last 10 years of her life. Her name was Marie Napier. The first time I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Tags: Peace, Thanksgiving Holiday

Returning Thanks

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 21, 2006

Returning Thanks is a LEARNED Trait. We are not born grateful creatures. Take a baby for just a little while and you’ll probably hold in your arms what could be best described as a schizophrenic! One minute cooing, the next crying; one minute silent, the next screaming; one minute friendly ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Thanks To Dennis O'gorman For This ...

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 19, 2007

(Thanks to Dennis O’Gorman for this illustration). Ernie Smith was a bit odd, but he was a good man. For Ernie every day was Christmas. Each day he switched on his Christmas tree lights. His house was full of cards. As he passed people in the street he would wish them a Happy Christmas! On ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15-0:15

Denomination: Anglican

Complaining Is Remedied By Thankfulness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008

COMPLAINING IS REMEDIED BY THANKFULNESS Turn back again to the book of Exodus—Exodus chapter 34. The cure for complaining is not found in changing our circumstances, but rather gaining a proper view of God. · Do you really believe that God has your best interests at heart? · Do you really ...read more

A Thanks Offering For Heaven  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

A Thanks Offering For Heaven Philippians 3:20 says, "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:20

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

6588 I Thank ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008

6588 I Thank Thee O Thou whose bounty fills my cup, With every blessing meet! I give Thee thanks for every drop— The bitter and the sweet. I praise Thee for the desert road, And for the riverside; For all Thy goodness hath bestowed, And all Thy grace denied. I thank Thee for both ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Other

Thank You For Your Time  PRO

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 18, 2009

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME A young man learns what’s most important in life from the guy next door. It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:14-15, Psalms 126:1-6

Tags: Faith, Proverbs, Parents, Wisdom, Belief, Trust, Happiness, Joy, Shepherd, Treasure, Happy, God Cares, Integrity, Goals, Dreams, Fight, Valuable, God's Creation, Letter, Unopened Letter, Friendship General, Jesus' Healing  (view more)  (view less)

Atheist Thankful For A Beautiful ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009

Atheist Thankful for a Beautiful Morning One morning a woman who was a known atheist stepped out of her home on the hillside and was taken back by what a beautiful morning it was. The Cook Inlet sparkled, the air was fresh and crisp, the sky was a blue as she had ever seen it and Denali loomed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:17-19

Tags: Thanks, Thanksgiving Holiday