Good Day All,
I hope this finds you doing well and having a blessed day. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to offer just a few words today that may be helpful. The Apostle Paul said in: I Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. It is the will of God that we give thanks…in EVERYTHING.
I hear people complaining about work or about their children or spouse. The fact of the matter is, instead of complaining, we should rather give thanks. We should simply be thankful. Friends, we should be thankful we have a job; We should be thankful we have a family; We should be thankful we have those children.
Rather than complaining about the massive workload, we should give thanks to the Lord for many blessings of increasing our business.
Rather than complaining about the crazy schedule with our family, we should give thanks to the Lord for the great blessing of having a family.
Rather than complaining about and school and church activities for the children, we should rather give thanks to the Lord Who blessed us with a church to take to those activities.
The list could go on forever, but the fact of matter is, that it is the will of God that we give thanks, both for the blessings and the ‘blastings’ (I don’t think that is a word, but you get my point) of life. We are all in better shape today than we could be and we should simply give thanks to Lord Jesus Christ for who and what He has allowed in our life. This is the only time when we will have the chance to offer our thanks to the Lord for our job, family, and fellowship…One day they will be gone and we would have lost that time to give thanks to One Who gave them to us. Men, right now is the only time you have to be a husband…Ladies, right now is the only time you have to be a wife… Mothers and fathers, right now is the only time you have to be parents…One day it will be over with, today is the day the Lord has given us to be thankful.
So the next time you are tempted to complain about work, home or activities just bow your head, close your eyes and say “thank you Lord for the opportunity to fulfill your will…Amen”
Have a wonderful day dear friends and a happy Thanksgiving.
Til the Shout,
Dr. B.J. Stagner Jr.
Pastor
New Testament Baptist Church
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