This year, due to Terri’s sister passing, I’ve probably thought more about Thanksgiving (the holiday) and what it means to give thanks as an act of worship rather than simply being thankful. I’ve created a prayer of my own to share what I’ve gleaned from my time with the Lord as I’ve meditated on theContinue reading “A Thanksgiving Prayer”
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The Devotional Guy™ is a blog written by Rainer Bantau helping Christians think biblically and live purposefully in a complex and changing world.
God is Not Asking Us to Be Thankful—He’s Calling Us to Give Thanks
In her recent blogpost on gratitude, Bridget A. Thomas shared a quote from Joni Erickson Tada about giving thanks. “God isn’t asking you to be thankful. He’s asking you to give thanks.” Joni Erickson Tada It got me to thinking about my heart posture. You see, there’s a difference between me being thankful and meContinue reading “God is Not Asking Us to Be Thankful—He’s Calling Us to Give Thanks”
An Early Start to Thanksgiving
I felt like having Thanksgiving early. It’s been a difficult year. This time twelve months ago, I sat in the emergency animal hospital, Terri by my side, our Baby D in my arms as we said our goodbyes. We didn’t know when we had Thanksgiving with our family a day later that it would beContinue reading “An Early Start to Thanksgiving”
