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- Herausgeber: Rock Rooster Books
- Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
- Serie: Holiday Celebration Devotionals
- Sprache: Englisch
Beyond the festive tables and family gatherings, do you yearn for a deeper, more consistent sense of gratitude? Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday; it’s a profound spiritual practice. It offers a pathway to abundant joy, and a powerful antidote to anxiety and discontent.
In a world that often highlights what’s missing, cultivating a truly thankful heart can transform your perspective, revealing God’s unfailing goodness in every moment, every season, and every circumstance.
Thanksgiving with Jesus invites you on a compelling 30-day journey to rediscover the transformative power of gratitude, rooted deeply in biblical truth. Each daily reflection unpacks Scripture, illuminating God’s design for thankfulness from ancient harvests to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.
This devotional isn’t just about acknowledging blessings; it’s about actively engaging with the One who provides them.
Whether you’re preparing for a specific holiday, navigating personal trials, or simply seeking to deepen your daily walk with Christ, Thanksgiving with Jesus offers practical insights and Spirit-led encouragement.
Discover how Jesus himself modeled gratitude, how thanksgiving can overcome anxiety, and why your praise is a powerful act of worship. By the end of this month-long journey, you’ll be equipped to cultivate a spirit of lasting gratitude. Experience the peace, joy, and victory that can only come from a life lived through a thankful mindset to our Lord God Almighty.
Let the celebration of Thanksgiving begin in your heart, today and always.
Get your copy of Thanksgiving with Jesus today.
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THANKSGIVING WITH JESUS
A 30-DAY DEVOTIONAL CELEBRATING GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION DEVOTIONALS
BOOK 5
PETER DEHAAN
Thanksgiving with Jesus: A 30-DayDevotionalCelebratingGratitude and Thankfulness
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CONTENTS
Thanksgiving
Day 1: Firstfruits of the Harvest
Day 2: Firstfruits Fulfilled
Day 3: Generosity
Day 4: Words of Thanksgiving
Day 5: His Love Endures Forever
Day 6: In All Circumstances
Day 7: Sing to the Lord
Day 8: Always Thank God
Day 9: Don’t Be Anxious
Day 10: Songs of Thanksgiving
Day 11: Thanksgiving Made for All
Day 12: Regardless of the Situation
Day 13: Everything God Created Is Good
Day 14: God Is Good
Day 15: Gratitude
Day 16: Restoration
Day 17: Appointed to Sing
Day 18: Cup of Thanksgiving
Day 19: Give Thanks to the Lord
Day 20: Anna Gives Thanks for Jesus
Day 21: Thank Offering
Day 22: The Thankful Leper
Day 23: More Psalms of Thanksgiving
Day 24: Feeding the Crowd
Day 25: Joy and Gladness
Day 26: Lazarus
Day 27: Professionals
Day 28: Passover Becomes the Lord’s Supper
Day 29: Victory Through Jesus
Day 30: Thank the Lord God Almighty
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THANKSGIVING
Several countries around the world have an official Thanksgiving holiday, but not all do. Thanksgiving usually occurs in the fall. For example, the UnitedStates celebrates Thanksgiving toward the end of November, and Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in October. The origins of Thanksgiving reflect a gratitude for the fall harvest. A few countries celebrate Thanksgiving earlier in the year, aligned with their first harvest or to embrace spring.
Yet even in countries that don’t have a recognized Thanksgiving holiday, many people celebrate it anyway. This may reflect personal gratitude or embrace the traditions of those who do.
The purpose of Thanksgiving varies from a spiritual time of thanking God for his provisions to a personal time to celebrate with family. Yet whether we thank God for his bounty, are grateful for our family, or both, the notion behind the Thanksgiving observance is heartfelt gratitude.
In this 30-day devotional we’ll look at what the Bible reveals about thankfulness and gratitude, directing our appreciation to our Creator and Savior. In doing so, may we praise our Lord for the many blessings he gives us throughout the year. May we thank him for loving us and caring for us. May we approach him with grateful hearts.
Use these reflections in whatever way works best for you. One idea is to read it as a month-long devotional during the month of your Thanksgiving holiday. Another option is to begin it thirty days before your celebration to sharpen your focus and heighten your expectation for what is to come. Alternately, you can start reading on ThanksgivingDay and use it to foster a mindset of gratitude for the next thirty days.
Regardless of how we use this month-long collection of daily meditations, may we embrace God for providing for us, loving us, and caring for us.
Let the celebration of Thanksgiving begin.
DAY 1: FIRSTFRUITS OF THE HARVEST
TODAY’S PASSAGE: EXODUS 23:14–19
Focus verse: “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.” (Exodus 23:16)
We see the concept of Thanksgiving in the OldTestament, starting with the book of Exodus. It celebrates the harvest, acknowledging the firstfruits, that is, the initial gathering of the crop.
This occurs in the middle of three celebrations. The first is the Festival of UnleavenedBread (Passover). The last is the Festival of Ingathering, which occurs at the end of the harvest.
Between these two is the Festival of Harvest, which celebrates the firstfruits of the crop. It’s the first time in the year that honors God for the bounty of the land.
In his parable of the growing seed, Jesus explains what happens. A man plants his seed. Then he waits. Night and day, whether he’s sleeping or working, the seed sprouts, grows, and produces a crop. It seemingly does this on its own. When it’s ripe, the man harvests the field (Mark 4:26–29).
The farmer’s job is to plant and harvest. He trusts God for what happens in between. God makes it grow. In acknowledging the firstfruits of the harvest, we thank God for his provisions.
Farmers and homesteaders readily understand this. But many people today are removed from the planting and harvesting of crops.
In this way, praising God for the firstfruits seems distant. If this applies to us, the harvest celebration becomes more of a representation of how God has blessed us. Though we may not plant, we do work in other areas. In most cases, our labor results in a paycheck. We use the money we earn through our work to buy our food from those who grow it. Our work also provides a place for us to live and clothes to wear.
Whether we farm the land or work apart from it, our labor is a gift from God. Our harvest may be a crop, or it may be a paycheck. Both come from our Lord. We should thank the Almighty for our paycheck, just as farmers thank the Creator for their crop.
In both cases, we should appreciate what we have and be thankful for it. It’s disrespectful to God to complain that our harvest isn’t greater or our paycheck isn’t more.
Solomon writes that whoever loves money never has enough (Ecclesiastes 5:10).
Instead, may we love God and esteem him as providing more than enough for us.
Questions: How can we better thank God for his provisions in our life? Do we appreciate what we have or complain that we don’t have more?
Prayer: FatherGod, may we thank you for the material blessings you give us. May we offer them to you as the firstfruits of your provisions. Thank you for loving us and taking care of us.
DAY 2: FIRSTFRUITS FULFILLED
TODAY’S PASSAGE: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20–28
Focus verse: God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:13)
Starting with Moses, the celebration of firstfruits endures throughout the OldTestament and continues into the New. Yet a secondary meaning of firstfruits emerges through Jesus.
In this way, firstfruits disconnect from the harvest of crops and instead acknowledge the salvation of souls. What started as a celebration of God’s physical provisions in the OldTestament morphs into a celebration of God’s spiritual provisions in the NewTestament, through Jesus.
Here’s how.
Paul, in his letter to the church in Corinth, identifies the resurrected Jesus as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. Just as death entered our world through Adam and Eve’s sin, Jesus made us alive when he overcame sin. In a spiritual sense, Jesus is the firstfruits of the harvest that leads to eternity.
To accomplish this, Jesus came to earth and sacrificed himself as the ultimate payment for all the wrong things we have done—and will do. He died so that we may live forever with him and Papa in heaven—in a new heaven and a new earth that he will usher in (Revelation 21:1–3).
Yet there is more.
Not only is Jesus the firstfruits, so are we. Seriously. All who follow Jesus are God’s firstfruits too.
Father God chose us to be firstfruits, saved through Jesus and the sanctifying work of the HolySpirit to all who believe God’s truth. There’s a lot of profound ideas packed into this one short verse, yet at its most basic level, when we believe in Jesus, we become firstfruits.
Jesus is the first of the firstfruits. Through him we likewise become firstfruits.
As firstfruits, we are given to God, just like the firstfruits in the OldTestament. Both instances are worthy of celebration: first for God’s physical provisions, and even more so for our spiritual eternity through Jesus.
This is what it means to be spiritual firstfruits.
Questions: What does it mean to us to be chosen by God as firstfruits? What should our response be to his selection?
Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for dying in our place to restore us into a right and full relationship with the Father. May all we do and say serve as our way of thanking you.
