Jackie's Journey "Time to Give Thanks!"

FROM MY FRONT DOOR TO YOURS!

 Thanksgiving is not a season.  It is a posture of our hearts.

 “Oh, give thanks to the Lord!  Call upon His name;

Make known His deeds among the peoples!” I Chronicles 16: 8

 LET US GIVE THANKS…

…for God’s grace and forgiveness

…for God’s blessing in our lives

…for the freedom to worship as we see fit

…for God’s promise of provision in response to our giving

…for the modern technology which enables us to receive and share the Gospel

…for the guidance of God’s Word, the Bible

…for the work of the Holy Spirit directing our paths day- by- day

…for the sustenance, the shelter, even the clothing which we so take for granted

…for the strength to carry on

…for the “hope of glory” (Colossians 1: 27)

“Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!  For His mercy endures forever.”

I Chronicles16: 34

Examining the posture of my heart…what about you?

From the heart of our home to yours…we are thankful for each of you!

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Thanksgiving is this Week!!"

“Think about the events of your day  today or maybe yesterday.  Consider all the disruptions, disappointments, delays, delights,  diversions, dangers, and more.  No doubt you were thankful for some events and not so thankful for others.  What may surprise you is that  the Bible says you should have been thankful for all those events.

 To be more accurate, Scripture says to be thankful IN everything, not FOR everything!  That means to be thankful IN the midst of a circumstance,  whether pleasant or unpleasant, not necessarily FOR the experience itself.

 God doesn’t expect us to be thankful for an illness, a car accident, or losing a job, BUT it is ‘the will of God in Christ Jesus for you’ to be thankful in the midst of those circumstances.”  (David Jerimiah)  REJOICE ALWAYS, pray continually, give thanks in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES…” I Thessalonians 5: 18. We have been a most favored people.  “We ought to be a most grateful people.  We have been a most blessed people.  We ought to be a most thankful people.”  (This was the Thanksgiving Proclamation of Calvin Coolidge).

 Are these same thoughts not ours today?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.