NOVEMBER 24, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

NOVEMBER 24 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: JAMES 1:16-18

Thank you God! Thanksgiving is an expression of our faith. In giving thanks we acknowledge who is the provider of every blessing in our lives. God is always pouring blessings into our lives, everyday and in every way. Our thankfulness to our Lord also reveals a heart that is filled with the joy of the Lord. How many times have you sang that wonderful old hymn, "Count Your Blessings?” You can't sing that song properly without a smile upon your face and a smile in your heart. Everything about our God reveals that He is a giving God. .He gave us life. He gave His Son. He gave us new life. He gives us eternal life, and He gives us, "every good and perfect gift..."

Take special time today to look around and see all the blessings that God has given you, and then express that gratitude to Him! I am thankful for my salvation, the forgiveness of my sin, and eternal life. I am thankful for my family, my loving and beautiful wife, my two great children and their spouses, my extraordinarily beautiful grandchildren. I am thankful for my church families, the one I serve now and all the ones the Lord has allowed me to serve through the years. I am thankful for my friends, both old and new. You all have made this life that much more wonderful.

I am thankful to live in a free country and for all who sacrificed to keep our God given rights intact. I am thankful for heaven, not only for the promise of it, but for who is there. Someday I will join them to see my grandparents, my father-in-law Ralph Hay, Dad and Mom. As of last few year, to see my good friends Cal Calvert, Mark Hohn, Jim Kiser, Lon Slechta and Ken Cutchall...and many more family, church family and friends. Finally, if you’re reading this, I am thankful for you, because in some way God has brought you into my life and I'm so grateful. What are you grateful for? Tell the Lord...tell the world!

Please share your thoughts.