THANKSGIVING IN PRAYER | Laveda D. Rockford

 



THANKSGIVING IN PRAYER

 

Thanksgiving is a time when we gather with family and friends to give thanks. The first Thanksgiving in America was to celebrate the harvest and the alliance of new friends. The years when this happened was difficult, but they found this moment in history to give thanks.

 

Many of us pray before our Thanksgiving meal. When things are good, we pray – when things are bad, we pray. And that reminds me of the time Nehemiah proclaimed a thanksgiving prayer. In the book of Nehemiah, you can read about this.

 

Nehemiah was heartbroken over receiving word of the spiritual and physical condition of his beloved city. King Artaxerxes granted him permission to return to Jerusalem and restore it to its former beauty.

 

After Nehemiah completes the wall, he leaves Jerusalem for a time only to return and find that it had fallen into apostasy. This urges him to reestablish worship through prayer.

 

“… was the principle to begin the thanksgiving in prayer.”

Nehemiah 11:17b

 

While most of us will gather with family and friends this week, please remember to give thanks to God for what He has done for you and that we live in a free country where we can worship God with thanksgiving.

 

God bless you and have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Love you,

Laveda D. Rockford

 

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