Thanksgiving Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/tag/thanksgiving/ Daily Devotionals for Comfort and Counsel from the Bible Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:38:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/mymanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-My-Manna-512-x-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Thanksgiving Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/tag/thanksgiving/ 32 32 189112494 Try Thanksgiving https://mymanna.org/try-thanksgiving-2/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://mymanna.org/?p=6827 “And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me” (John 11:41).  This is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. We usually think that the thanksgiving would have risen when the great deed had been wrought, and Lazarus was restored to life again. But Jesus gives thanks for what He is about to receive. The gratitude breaks forth before...

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“And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me” (John 11:41). 

This is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. We usually think that the thanksgiving would have risen when the great deed had been wrought, and Lazarus was restored to life again. But Jesus gives thanks for what He is about to receive.

The gratitude breaks forth before the bounty has arrived, in the assurance that it is certainly on the way. The song of victory is sung before the battle has been fought. It is the sower who is singing the song of the harvest home. It is thanksgiving before the miracle!

Who thinks of announcing a victory-psalm when the crusaders are just starting out for the field? Where can we hear the grateful song for the answer which has not yet been received? And after all, there is nothing strange or forced, or unreasonable in the Master’s order.

Praise is really the most vital preparatory ministry to the working of the miracles. Miracles are wrought by spiritual power. Spiritual power is always proportioned to our faith.

We see that in 2 Chronicles 20. Nothing so pleases God in connection with our prayer as our praise, and nothing so blesses the man who prays as the praise which he offers.

I got a great blessing when I was in seminary. I had received bad and sad news from home, and deep shadows had covered my soul. I prayed, but the darkness did not vanish. I summoned myself to endure, but the darkness only deepened. Just then my professor, a missionary came to know about my crisis and asked me whether I had thanked God in that situation (1 Thess 5:18).

It was a strange and difficult advice but I thanked God in obedience to that Commandment, and in a moment every shadow was gone.

Try Thanksgiving!

(PR)

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]]> 6827 God's grace has not been grasped! https://mymanna.org/gods-grace-has-not-been-grasped-2/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 22:00:31 +0000 http://mymanna.net/?p=3224 “Straightening up, Jesus said to her, `Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?’ She said, `No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said, `Well, I do not condemn you either. Now go and from now on, sin no more'” (John 8:11). The religious leaders caught a woman in the very act of adultery. And brought her before Jesus to see what He would say. She was just a pawn in their desire to discredit Jesus. His response stunned them. Notice...

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]]> “Straightening up, Jesus said to her, `Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?’ She said, `No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said, `Well, I do not condemn you either. Now go and from now on, sin no more'” (John 8:11).
The religious leaders caught a woman in the very act of adultery.
And brought her before Jesus to see what He would say.
She was just a pawn in their desire to discredit Jesus.
His response stunned them.
Notice the order of Christ’s words.
“I do not condemn you. Now go and sin no more.”
Even though she deserved to die, according to the law-
Jesus Christ said, “I do not condemn you” and then He told her to “sin no more.”
Sometimes the church gets this backwards.
We say, “Look, if you’re willing to change your life, then you can experience the love of Christ. Change your life first, and then you can be welcomed here.”
But Jesus is saying, “I’ve forgiven you, now change your life.”
When someone realizes that their life has literally been saved from the penalty of their sin, their life will never be the same.
And so our responsibility as the church is to reach out to those who are broken and in need of a Saviour.
Our responsibility is to look at those who are outside the church as individuals created by God in need of a relationship with Him.
When someone trusts their life to Christ, their life is made new.
A new life means a changed life.
The labels are gone.
The shame is gone.
The guilt is gone.
They are a new creation!
And, in gratitude at this incredible gift, there is an inner desire to change and live in a way that pleases God.
If there is no change-
– there is no gratitude.
If there is no gratitude-
God’s grace has not been grasped!
(PA)

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]]> 3224 Stand up for Jesus! https://mymanna.org/stand-up-for-jesus/ Thu, 05 May 2016 21:00:08 +0000 http://mymanna.net/?p=1865 Human life is full of trouble- – which doesn’t come from the dust, said Job’s friend Eliphaz, – nor does it sprout from the ground. Man is born to trouble. Compare your list of troubles with one famous man’s: He had a difficult childhood Less than one year of formal schooling Failed in business at age 31 Defeated for legislature at 32 Failed again in business at 33 Elected to the legislature at 34 His fiancee died when he was...

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Human life is full of trouble-
– which doesn’t come from the dust, said Job’s friend Eliphaz,
– nor does it sprout from the ground.
Man is born to trouble.
Compare your list of troubles with one famous man’s:
He had a difficult childhood
Less than one year of formal schooling
Failed in business at age 31
Defeated for legislature at 32
Failed again in business at 33
Elected to the legislature at 34
His fiancee died when he was 35
Defeated for speaker at 38
Defeated for electorate at 40
At 42 married a woman who became a burden, not a help
Only one of four sons lived past age 18
Defeated for congress at 43
Defeated for congress at 48
Defeated for senate at 55
Defeated for vice president at 56
Defeated for senate at 58
Finally elected president.
He was Abraham Lincoln, of course!
When I look at his list of setbacks-
I wonder if I’ve ever had a problem!
Is my response to failure instantly to lay the blame on somebody else?
Is there always an excuse, a complaint, an inner whine!
Corrie ten Boom was “born to trouble” like the rest of us.
But in a German concentration camp she jumped to her feet every morning and exuberantly sang:
“Stand up, Stand up for Jesus!”
She thanked the Lord for the little parade of ants that marched through her cell, bringing her company.
When Paul and Silas were in prison-
– they prayed and sang.
It isn’t troubles that make saints-
– but their response to troubles!

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]]> 1865 God's grace has not been grasped! https://mymanna.org/gods-grace-has-not-been-grasped/ Tue, 19 May 2015 16:00:22 +0000 http://mymannaonline.com/?p=980 “Straightening up, Jesus said to her, `Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?’ She said, `No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said, `Well, I do not condemn you either. Now go and from now on, sin no more'” (John 8:11). The religious leaders caught a woman in the very act of adultery. And brought her before Jesus to see what He would say. She was just a pawn in their desire to discredit Jesus. His response stunned them. Notice...

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]]> “Straightening up, Jesus said to her, `Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?’ She said, `No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said, `Well, I do not condemn you either. Now go and from now on, sin no more'” (John 8:11).
The religious leaders caught a woman in the very act of adultery.
And brought her before Jesus to see what He would say.
She was just a pawn in their desire to discredit Jesus.
His response stunned them.
Notice the order of Christ’s words.
“I do not condemn you. Now go and sin no more.”
Even though she deserved to die, according to the law-
Jesus Christ said, “I do not condemn you” and then He told her to “sin no more.”
Sometimes the church gets this backwards.
We say, “Look, if you’re willing to change your life, then you can experience the love of Christ. Change your life first, and then you can be welcomed here.”
But Jesus is saying, “I’ve forgiven you, now change your life.”
When someone realizes that their life has literally been saved from the penalty of their sin, their life will never be the same.
And so our responsibility as the church is to reach out to those who are broken and in need of a Saviour.
Our responsibility is to look at those who are outside the church as individuals created by God in need of a relationship with Him.
When someone trusts their life to Christ, their life is made new.
A new life means a changed life.
The labels are gone.
The shame is gone.
The guilt is gone.
They are a new creation!
And, in gratitude at this incredible gift, there is an inner desire to change and live in a way that pleases God.
If there is no change-
– there is no gratitude.
If there is no gratitude-
God’s grace has not been grasped!
(PR)

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]]> 980 Try Thanksgiving https://mymanna.org/try-thanksgiving/ Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:00:48 +0000 http://mannadevotionals.com/?p=649 “And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me” (John 11:41).  This is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. We usually think that the thanksgiving would have risen when the great deed had been wrought, and Lazarus was restored to life again. But Jesus gives thanks for what He is about to receive. The gratitude breaks forth before...

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]]> “And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me” (John 11:41). 
This is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. We usually think that the thanksgiving would have risen when the great deed had been wrought, and Lazarus was restored to life again. But Jesus gives thanks for what He is about to receive.
The gratitude breaks forth before the bounty has arrived, in the assurance that it is certainly on the way. The song of victory is sung before the battle has been fought. It is the sower who is singing the song of the harvest home. It is thanksgiving before the miracle!
Who thinks of announcing a victory-psalm when the crusaders are just starting out for the field? Where can we hear the grateful song for the answer which has not yet been received? And after all, there is nothing strange or forced, or unreasonable in the Master’s order.
Praise is really the most vital preparatory ministry to the working of the miracles. Miracles are wrought by spiritual power. Spiritual power is always proportioned to our faith.
We see that in 2 Chronicles 20. Nothing so pleases God in connection with our prayer as our praise, and nothing so blesses the man who prays as the praise which he offers.
I got a great blessing when I was in seminary. I had received bad and sad news from home, and deep shadows had covered my soul. I prayed, but the darkness did not vanish. I summoned myself to endure, but the darkness only deepened. Just then my professor, a missionary came to know about my crisis and asked me whether I had thanked God in that situation (1 Thess 5:18).
It was a strange and difficult advice but I thanked God in obedience to that Commandment, and in a moment every shadow was gone.
Try Thanksgiving!
(PR)

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