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T.H.A.N.K.S!

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November 23, 2023

“Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing.” Psalm 107:21-22

Last week, my 4th/5th grade class came up with this little acrostic to help us remember some of the essential aspects of “Thanks”. Students then were asked to write a brief story using each word. Read below for a few of their encouraging papers.

T.H.A.N.K.S.
Truth
Heart
Amazing
Needed
Knowledge
Savior

4th Grade Student: The God that is truth should be at the top of our thanks list. We need His knowledge for us to know the Gospel. God is needed and is amazing to our world! The Savior of the world is in our heart for eternity.

5th Grade Student: I’m thankful for our Savior dying on the cross, and I’m thankful for my parents and friends. The one thing I am not thankful for is sin. I know I sin, but it is my enemy too. The truth is we all sin. Never have I ever seen someone not sin except for Jesus, and in my heart, there is Jesus. And in my mind is the knowledge of Jesus. I am so thankful that there is Jesus. He is the only God in the world. We need Jesus! If not, we wouldn’t be alive. He is amazing, wonderful, and awesome. What I’m saying is that Jesus is all knowing!

5th Grade Student: Did you know that God is the truth? He has the biggest heart in the world, and He’s the amazing Lord! He’s needed in all our lives. He will help us gain true knowledge and not fall for evil. My Savior is the Lord Jesus Christ. My family loves Him. You should too!

5th Grade Student: Jesus is overflowing with knowledge. He is also know as the Savior. We call Jesus really amazing. Everything God says is the truth. We all need Jesus to help us. Some of us know Jesus from the heart.

4th Grade Student: Thanksgiving is coming up. Let’s talk about thanks. Let’s be thankful that Jesus died for our sins. If you look in the Bible, all of your questions will be answered. Be thankful that you have God with you! We need Jesus because He’s our Savior. God knows our knowledge and heart. Jesus is the truth and amazing, and I’m thankful for that!

4th Grade Student: Jim was very happy even though he did not know Jesus. One day, his friend told him the truth about Jesus. He said, “That is amazing!” Then Jim felt something different. He needed Jesus. That night, he prayed, and his heart felt different. It felt relieved. Now he had more knowledge and was very thankful. He had accepted Jesus as his Savior!

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JESUS REALLY IS THE REASON!

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December 25, 2014

bigstock-Christmas-Cross-bright-Christ-25582868 JESUS REALLY IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

He is also the reason we can rejoice in every season! To think that God, the Father would be pleased to send His only begotten Son to die for the sins of the world is truly unfathomable. But then to think that God the Son willingly and joyfully offered not only to come, but make His soul THE sacrifice for sin is gloriously amazing and humbling indeed! Isaiah 53:10.

The reality is that Jesus, willing to lovingly obey His Father’s will and wanting to rescue men from a horrible, Christless eternity, chose to not only allow the wrath of God to be poured down from Heaven upon Himself, but also to be separated from the Father He had been one with for eternity. Psalm 22:1. He also chose to literally change His appearance, now bearing the scars of Calvary for eternity! John 20:27-28. (I’m not sure I’d be willing to even change what I’m wearing for someone else, let alone my very appearance.)

Coming to grips with who Jesus really is and what He has done should cause us to respond to Him with such resounding thanks and heartfelt praise! This knowledge is too wonderful for us, yet the glimmers we receive this side of eternity ought to produce rejoicing which cannot be contained in these temporal bodies, neither constrained by the god of this world!

God’s ways and thoughts are so far above our own, yet He desires to reveal Himself to all who would come to Him by faith (Hebrews 11:6), teaching us of His heart and mind through the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. Isaiah 55:6-9. He demonstrated and continues to demonstrate His love day in and day out, showing Himself faithful and true from generation to generation (Psalm 100:5) and nothing this world throws at Jesus will ever change Him! Hebrews 13:8.

May this day in which we remember the ultimate gift- the One who is the Living Word, yet became flesh and dwelt among us; the One full of grace and truth (John 1:14); the One who became sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21); may this day in which we remember the wonders of His love propel our hearts and minds to rejoice unto Him with joy unspeakable and full of glory, declaring His truth and His love to all those we meet now and for eternity!

TRULY, JESUS IS THE REASON!  

“For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:5

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:28

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2

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