Everyone is welcome to join us for Thanksgiving Dinner, Sunday, November 22, at 6:00 pm. We look forward to celebrating together with you.
Further, there will be no Wednesday evening services or AWANA clubs on Wednesday, November 25th.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thanksgiving
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Are you searching for God's will in your life? Why not begin practicing a part of His will that God expressly states? Giving thanks to God is His will for your life.
Expressing our gratitude toward God in all circumstances acknowledges His sovereign control over your circumstances. God has graciously acted in history to redeem you and I from our greatest problem, the bondage to sin and the death that is sin's just penalty. Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary to atone for our sins to God. God forever spoke His love to us in the death of Christ (John 3:16).
God's activity did not end on the cross or the resurrection. He is providentially guiding our life and protecting us from harm that would overwhelm us. Listen to Romans 8, where the apostle, Paul writes of God's providential care for believers:
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son. Romans 8:28-29a
God orchestrates our circumstances under His control for His good purpose. The ultimate good purpose of God is not our earthly comfort, wealth, or even freedom from pain. God's great purpose is to conform us to the image of His Son, to make us like Jesus in our character. To accomplish this job, God will use all of the tools in His box. The Apostle Paul preceded the above passage by stating, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." (Romans 8:18) We can be thankful for all of God's activity to shape us in Christ-likeness for by this God's glory will be revealed in us.
Therefore, even with life's bumps and bruises, its joys and highs, we can be thankful in all circumstances. I am thankful for my life, my school expereinces, and my country. I thank God for you, my church, New Salem Baptist, and all of the wonderful and encouraging people that comprise its membership. I am thankful for my children and my wife. I am thankful for Jesus, my Savior. God has blessed me and I am grateful.
Rejoice (and be thankful),
Bro. Richard
Are you searching for God's will in your life? Why not begin practicing a part of His will that God expressly states? Giving thanks to God is His will for your life.
Expressing our gratitude toward God in all circumstances acknowledges His sovereign control over your circumstances. God has graciously acted in history to redeem you and I from our greatest problem, the bondage to sin and the death that is sin's just penalty. Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary to atone for our sins to God. God forever spoke His love to us in the death of Christ (John 3:16).
God's activity did not end on the cross or the resurrection. He is providentially guiding our life and protecting us from harm that would overwhelm us. Listen to Romans 8, where the apostle, Paul writes of God's providential care for believers:
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son. Romans 8:28-29a
God orchestrates our circumstances under His control for His good purpose. The ultimate good purpose of God is not our earthly comfort, wealth, or even freedom from pain. God's great purpose is to conform us to the image of His Son, to make us like Jesus in our character. To accomplish this job, God will use all of the tools in His box. The Apostle Paul preceded the above passage by stating, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." (Romans 8:18) We can be thankful for all of God's activity to shape us in Christ-likeness for by this God's glory will be revealed in us.
Therefore, even with life's bumps and bruises, its joys and highs, we can be thankful in all circumstances. I am thankful for my life, my school expereinces, and my country. I thank God for you, my church, New Salem Baptist, and all of the wonderful and encouraging people that comprise its membership. I am thankful for my children and my wife. I am thankful for Jesus, my Savior. God has blessed me and I am grateful.
Rejoice (and be thankful),
Bro. Richard
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