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A Season of Thanksgiving and Praise


Psalms 26:7 - “That I may publish (proclaim) with voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.”

We are entering into a season of praise and thanksgiving.  In the coming days we will gather with our families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving.  People will travel great distances to gather around the table and share a meal of thanksgiving.  This is a wonderful holiday and we should enjoy the time we spend with our family and friends. 

Worship involves a number of elements.  Two elements that are closely related are thanksgiving and praise.  Though they are similar there are differences.  Praise is a powerful weapon to be used against the enemy of our soul in spiritual warfare.  Praise nourishes the soul, prepares the heart to become pure, and builds us up in faith. 

The twin sister of praise is thanksgiving.  These two elements of prayer look alike, perform alike and come from the same source, which is gratitude.  Yet they are very distinct and have different purposes.  Praise adores the Giver of all blessings.  We learn in James 1:17 that God is that giver. The verse reads, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” 

Praise adores the Giver while thanksgiving enumerates the blessings of the giver.  One praises God for who He is and the other thanks God for what He has done.  There is a vast difference in praise, worship and thanksgiving.

We should allow this to become a season of praise and thanksgiving in our lives. We should spend this holiday season praising Him for Who He is and giving Him thanks for the many blessed things He has done for us.  Our prayer should be to recognize that we have much to be thankful for in this season of thanksgiving.

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