Thankful for thanksgiving

good morning and welcome to midweek

insights with Pastor John I'm Pastor

John Moore from popular Assembly of God

and

today I just want to share with you a

few thoughts about

Thanksgiving um the Bible tells us that

in everything give thanks for this is

the will of God in Christ Jesus

concerning you it's one of the most

powerful things there is that you can do

as a

Believer and so so with tomorrow being

Thanksgiving

Day and people have allowed themselves

to be divided over different things

tomorrow should be a day where you come

together with family and

friends and spend the time truly being

thankful if you can do that you can have

a great

Thanksgiving make sure that the things

that focus on tomorrow bring glory to

God make sure

that as you're enjoying Thanksgiving and

all of the activities and there's going

to be football games and Thanksgiving

Day parades and and then people coming

together to share a meal to remember how

this country was founded and that the

people that came here came here to seek

the freedom to worship

god without someone telling them

that uh only this

particular uh way of worshiping is

correct um that's why they came but what

I want you to do today uh today as

you're preparing and I know there's a

lot of moms and grandmas out there and

and aunts out there that are getting to

be baking and preparing foods and and

tomorrow we celebrate this Bountiful

Feast

um keep in mind that all of that

wouldn't none of that wouldn't would be

possible without Jesus having come and

given us hope so as you're working your

way

through what you're going to do

tomorrow and the people you're going to

see and the people you're going to visit

with keep the focus on things that

you're truly thankful for don't get

caught up in the rhetoric don't get

caught up in divisive things make

tomorrow a day truly about being

thankful and as we prepare to go into

the Christmas holiday

season um keep your focus on Jesus he's

the reason for this season he's the

reason for Thanksgiving he's the reason

for Christmas he's the reason for all

the things that we do and if we're going

to

truly

and

honestly have a day of Thanksgiving that

Thanksgiving has to start with being

thankful to God for the things we do

have for the things that are changing

and for the things that he

says matter

and political agendas don't don't

matter at at the end of the day they're

going to

change uh but what does

matter is keeping the spirit of

Thanksgiving uh the spirit of unity and

the spirit of peace that was one of the

biggest things that Jesus

said he said that that he is is the

source of all peace and he said that his

peace he gives to us not peace like the

world has but a piece that transcends

understanding and so try to be

thankful live in

peace uh the Apostle Paul said in

several different places you know to to

live at peace with all men as much as

you are

able and he said to be be a blessing to

those that are around

you

and he said other things like Jesus said

blessed are the

peacemakers so tomorrow take advantage

of the day of Thanksgiving take

advantage of

people um that are coming

to join you for this Thanksgiving

meal and create an attitude of Peace an

attitude of worship an attitude of

praise and most of all an attitude of

Thanksgiving um one of the things that I

try to do every year as I ask people

when they come to have the Thanksgiving

meal is to name one

thing that you're thankful

for um and try to shift the focus from

self to thankfulness and if you can do

that you will have an excellent

excellent

Thanksgiving you will enjoy your day you

will have a chance to have fellowship

and love and peace with those that are

around you so today's message is

short uh we all have a lot of things to

do in PR preparation for tomorrow some

people are traveling uh others are at

home preparing for those that are

traveling and uh make it about

Jesus not about

yourself if you see somebody out there

homelessness is a pretty big thing these

days and you have food give somebody a

plate uh invite them to come in and eat

I know that's a scary thought for some

people bringing in somebody who's

homeless on the streets who may not have

had a bath in a

while but Jesus said if you've done it

to the least of these you've done it

unto me so focus in on being

better better than you've been better

relationships um and trust God in

everything and in everything give thanks

for this is the will of God in Christ

Jesus concerning you so we will see you

next

week um I hope you have the Most Blessed

Thanksgiving you've had in years

keep your eyes on God keep your heart

turned toward God and don't forget about

your fellow

man because we are supposed to reach out

to

them uh and we're supposed to care for

them and love them and everybody needs

to

know that they're not alone and they're

not and that there is hope so we'll see

you guys next week you have a great and

wonderful Thanksgiving three