Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Don Moen singing … Thank You, Lord … expressing his thanks to God in song.
Post Interview - Bread-n-butter notes
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 9:1 [ESV] ... 1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
… David gives thanks for all the wonderful things God has done for God’s people.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 9:1-2, 7-10 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… King David, the Psalmist, gives thanks and praise in song for the joy he’s received from the Lord.
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Reference Passage : …Psalm 63:1-4 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Again David expresses his thanks to God in sing, expressing how much his heart searches for a deep relationship with the Lord.
Reference Passage : …Psalm 100:4-5 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist expresses what should be the attitude of all believers coming to God and that is an attitude of thanksgiving.
Reference Passage : … John 14:21 [NLT] … 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
… Jesus states clearly that we express our thanks/love to God by obeying Him.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Xochitl Dixon, uses a personal story to illustrate how we need to express our thanks to others who consider or care for us in life. … The ODB author wrote: In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with prospective employers. He then pretended to be a hiring interviewer, using his decades of experience as a manager to ask Xavier questions. After the role-playing, our son tucked several copies of his resume into a folder. He smiled when Alan reminded him about the cards. “I know,” he said. “A sincere thank-you note will set me apart from all the other applicants.” [see photo]
At a very young age my mother taught me age to write, what she called, “bread-n-butter” notes, … i.e., hand-written notes, … thanking someone when they had done something positive for me in life. These days I still try to remember to do it, likely using email or social media; … but the sentiment of thankfulness hopefully is conveyed.
In the Bible quite a few of the Psalms are hand-written and poetic “bread-n-butter” notes; … very personal notes of thankfulness to God … from psalmists like King David, who felt the need to praise and/or thank God often for His goodness, His faithfulness, and His love.
And everyday when I arise in the morning, I pray from a few of the Psalms, and one of them is cited above (see Ps. 63:1-4), … expressing my personal desire to show my thanks and praise to my God for another day that I might show my love for Him by seeking a deeper and more abiding relationship with Him.
Perhaps, … on this Thanksgiving Day, … we all need to lift up a very personal “bread-n-butter” note of thanks to our God. … And tomorrow too; … and the day after that!!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for giving me another day to show my thanks to You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to express our deep praise and thankfulness for God’s love and grace which sustains us in life.
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