Today's Verse: Hebrews 13:15 (ESV)
sThrough him then let us continually offer up ta sacrifice of praise to God, that is, uthe fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
s Eph. 5:20
t Lev. 7:12; Ps. 107:22; 116:17
u Isa. 57:19; Hos. 14:2; [Ps. 119:108]
Because of what Jesus has done for us, we have been made holy and are able to stand before God in righteousness. Therefore, it is through Jesus Christ that we should lift up our praise to God.
Hymn of the Day: COME, YE THANKFUL PEOPLE, COME - Henry Alford, 1810–1871
Come, ye thankful people, come—
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in
ere the winter storms begin.
God, our Maker, doth provide
for our wants to be supplied:
Come to God’s own temple, come—
raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field,
fruit unto His praise to yield:
Wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
For the Lord our God shall come
and shall take His harvest home:
From His field shall in that day
all offenses purge away—
give His angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in His garner evermore.
Even so, Lord, quickly come
to Thy final harvest-home:
gather Thou Thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there, forever purified,
in Thy presence to abide:
come, with all Thine angels, come—
raise the glorious harvest-home.
Osbeck, Kenneth W.: Amazing Grace : 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Kregel Publications, 1990, S. 349
Today's Comments: The hymn above exhorts us to give thanks to God for his heavenly care in providing for our earthly needs. In 1621, Governor Bradford decreed the first thanksgiving to celebrate the Pilgrim's Harvest. On November , 26, 1789, George Washington declared a national day of thanksgiving, and Lincoln created a national Harvest Festival on November 26, 1861. However, it was not until 1941 that Congress passed a bill creating Thanksgiving Day as the fourth Thursday of each November.
The Book of Hebrews clearly exhorts us to lift our praise to God through Jesus Christ. It does not say to go shopping in His name. This nation has a day to celebrate where its salvation comes from. Let us use that day correctly.
sThrough him then let us continually offer up ta sacrifice of praise to God, that is, uthe fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
s Eph. 5:20
t Lev. 7:12; Ps. 107:22; 116:17
u Isa. 57:19; Hos. 14:2; [Ps. 119:108]
Because of what Jesus has done for us, we have been made holy and are able to stand before God in righteousness. Therefore, it is through Jesus Christ that we should lift up our praise to God.
Hymn of the Day: COME, YE THANKFUL PEOPLE, COME - Henry Alford, 1810–1871
Come, ye thankful people, come—
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in
ere the winter storms begin.
God, our Maker, doth provide
for our wants to be supplied:
Come to God’s own temple, come—
raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field,
fruit unto His praise to yield:
Wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
For the Lord our God shall come
and shall take His harvest home:
From His field shall in that day
all offenses purge away—
give His angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in His garner evermore.
Even so, Lord, quickly come
to Thy final harvest-home:
gather Thou Thy people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin;
there, forever purified,
in Thy presence to abide:
come, with all Thine angels, come—
raise the glorious harvest-home.
Osbeck, Kenneth W.: Amazing Grace : 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Kregel Publications, 1990, S. 349
Today's Comments: The hymn above exhorts us to give thanks to God for his heavenly care in providing for our earthly needs. In 1621, Governor Bradford decreed the first thanksgiving to celebrate the Pilgrim's Harvest. On November , 26, 1789, George Washington declared a national day of thanksgiving, and Lincoln created a national Harvest Festival on November 26, 1861. However, it was not until 1941 that Congress passed a bill creating Thanksgiving Day as the fourth Thursday of each November.
The Book of Hebrews clearly exhorts us to lift our praise to God through Jesus Christ. It does not say to go shopping in His name. This nation has a day to celebrate where its salvation comes from. Let us use that day correctly.
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