1.) I am thankful for the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2 talks about the Spirit of
God, verses 10-12 say:
“The Spirit searches all things,
even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except
their own spirit within them? In the
same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of
the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God
has freely given us.”
Verse 14 goes on to say:
“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come
from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the
Spirit.”
I am thankful that
I have the Holy Spirit to reveal to me the mysteries of God. I am thankful that my very first memory was
accepting Christ and therefore I can say that I can’t remember a time in my
life that I wasn’t guided by God’s Spirit.
2.) I am also thankful for Jesus Christ, the Word of
God. Not only did He die to set me free but
He sustains me daily. I have some
friends living overseas in a Muslim nation.
Last Spring a Muslim woman first believed in Jesus. This fall a friend of hers asked her what her
favorite book was. To this she declared “the
New Testament!” Her friend asked “why
are you reading that book?” The woman replied “you wouldn’t ask a
starving man why he is eating; this book has changed my life!”
The Word of God has changed my life. Jesus is the Bread of Life and I am thankful
for Him.
3.) Lastly, I am thankful for God the Father. I am thankful that my God, my Father, loves
me and desires a relationship with me.
My same friend living overseas had a spiritual conversation with a
Muslim man about God. At the end of the conversation
my friend asked “what do you think about God?”
The man replied “I do not want to believe in a God who is angry
all the time.” My friend replied, “what
about a God that loves you and wants a relationship with you?” This concept was completely foreign to the
man. He did not know why God would love
him or want a relationship with him.
I am thankful that I know God as my Father. I am thankful that I have experienced His love
and that I know Him in a personal way. I
am thankful that I can pray to Him and know that He hears and will answer.
Thank You God for
being God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thank you for how intimate and personal You
are. For Your willingness to make known
to us Your thoughts and the secrets of Your heart. Thank You that You invite us into
relationship with You through Your word and that You are the Bread of
Life. Thank you that you are not distant
and angry, but present and loving. Thank
You that You listen to our prayers and answer them. You are my tender and loving Father and my
fierce and trustworthy protector. I am
thankful that You chose me. I love You! -Bethany
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