First, we got out the box of Thanksgiving decorations: mostly handmade turkeys, but also a few of Grandma Bennett's wax turkeys and pilgrims, 1 plastic Squanto, and our favorite audio card from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
This year we'll use a "prayer guide" from Life Action Ministries. We will try to have a thankful prayer time and do something fun every day!
So today we are thankful for our salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits[a] to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Footnotes:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning
and,
Nothing in my hand I bring; simply to Thy cross I cling.
Should my tears forever flow, could my zeal no respite show,
These for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.
Thank You.