Thanksgiving Devotional

Thanksgiving Fun Facts:

• Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.

• Only male turkeys gobble. Females make a clicking noise. The famous gobble is actually a seasonal mating call.

• The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed in at 86 pounds – about the size of a German Shepherd! (But turkeys are normally not used as police animals.)

• The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Trivia:

1. There are 7 other countries that also celebrate an official thanksgiving day? Name two of them. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, japan, Korea, Liberia and Switzerland.

2. What year did the first Pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving? 1621

3. George Washington declared November 26, 1789 as a national day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.

4. What year did the United States start observing thanksgiving day annually? 1863

5. Which US president established the fourth Thursday in November as thanksgiving day? Resolved

What comes to mind when you think about the thanksgiving holiday?

If you were to make a list of the things you are thankful for, what would they be?

Friends, Family, House, Health, Job, Car....etc (non spiritual, tangible, material things?)

Interestingly enough the bible in most case couples the word thanksgiving with praising God and with prayer. "Thanksgiving and prayer" is a common phrase used all through out the old and new testament.

Lets read a couple of scriptures about offering thanksgiving:

Psalms 69:30-31

30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. 31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.

Psalms 95:2

1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.

Psalms 100:4

3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his [a] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Wouldn't you agree that having a thankful heart towards God would naturally lead you to praise him?

Matthew 12:34 says: For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

So what is it about God that we should be thankful for? What qualities of God are we thankful for?

Unconditional love, Mercy, Grace, Faithfulness, Power, Sacrifices...etc

Hebrews 13:15

15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.

Continually is not the fourth Thursday in November...lol Our thanksgiving and praise to God should be a daily event.

Lets pray to God and offer him thanksgiving and praise.

 

True Religion

What comes to your mind when you think of a religious person?

(Preachers, priest, fancy religious clothes, the pope....etc)

Definition of Religion: A set of beliefs; something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience.

What do you think God views as a true religion?

James 1:27

27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

1. Giving to others and not becoming wordly is what God considers a true religion!

How are these two things connected? What does giving and not being wordly have in common?

When you are giving to someone else, who are you thinking about?

When you're involved in the world and thinking about wordly things who are you really thinking about?

1. God calls us to be outwardly focused and not self-centered!

How does it make you feel when you are giving or you help someone?

Can the way you give or the motives behind why you're giving be bad?

How and why?

Matthew 6:1-2

1"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

 2"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

1. God wants us to give with a pure heart. Not for public acknowledgement or for praise. We need to give out of love and that should be our only motivation.

 

Protect Gods Church!

The Christmas season can be a time of many struggles. Satan is always on the attack and he mascarades as an ageless of the light.

Christianity is under attack in our generation. In the modern western world ethics and biblical morals are under attack by our society through TV, movies....etc

Gods commands have not changed and his teachings transend all generations. This is not the first time man has tried to distort the words of god or dilute his commands.

Genisis 2:15

Man had nothing but a relationship with God and only one command, not to eat the forbidden fruit.

Genisis 3:1-14

Gods command was clear and yet through the serpant andan and woman justified there actions by minpulating gods word!

Man sinned and felt ashamed and hid! Sin is shameful we want to hide it.

Genisis 6:5-9

BecuSe of mans sin God was grieved that he had made man. God cannot be with sin, he cannot compromise!

Genisis 9:1-12

God wants a covienant with us....he wants a relationship with each one of us!

Leviticus 26:1-17

There is a reward for obedience. God wants to bless our righteousness! There is also a punishment for disobedience.
God is not able to tolerate sin.

Ephesians 2:1-10

We have been bought and paid for with a price! We have been redemed.

Paul told the church repeatedly not to allow worldlyness in the church. We have to keep Gods church holy. Sin destroys the body of Christ.

Today you can find a church that will teach anything you want to here! Churches that will tell you anything your itching ears want to here. We have got to align the church with the word of God and we cannot compromise!

Ephesians 4:20-31

You can not look at gods word like a caffiteria lunch line, taking and chosen only what we want and sicarding the rest!

1 Corinthians 6:12-

All through out the bible godly men have been destroyed by sexual imorality! God is very clear about how we should live and he wants us to honor him with our bodies! God says there should not even be a HINT of sexual imorality!

Matthew 18:15-

Christ spoke these words! He wants a functional family of God. We have to trust the scriptures in everyway and we cannot tolerate sin in the church. God commands us to deal with sin in our brothers and sisters! Gods dicipline is not for punishment but rather a hope that we will see the errors of our ways and repent! Discipline has a goal to save!

1 Corinthians 5:1-12

Once again we have to be radical in the way we deal with sin in our church! Judgement is not passed on the world, judgement is passed on the saints who have been redemed and chose to live a sinful un-pure life! Christians are a chosen people and our standard cannot be the worlds standard!

2 Corinthians 2:5-12

Gods also commands us to forgive our brothers and he wants us to be with him!

The church is Gods bride and we need to protect her at all cost!

Godly Purity in Daiting

HAVING A PURE DAITING RELATIONSHIP

What is purity?

1. Something that is pure

2. Free from foreign or inappropriate elements.

3. Clear; free from blemishes.

What does it mean to be pure in Gods eyes?

The world teaches through movies, tv shows and other propaganda that purity in a relationship is abnormal and that love is sex.

God teaches us that we should honor him with our bodies and our purity is of great value to him.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

 3It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4that each of you should learn to control his own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, 5not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; 6and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. 7For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

So what is wrong with a kiss or embracing...etc? Your not having sex right? Or is there anything wrong with kissing or doing anything else with your partner that does not involve intercourse?

If we are to honor God with our bodies and maintain a pure dating relationship we have to sacrifice earthly pleasure so that we do not allow Satan to tempt us into going further.

Look at how Jesus views even having one lustful thought towards a woman in the book of Matthew...

Matthew 5:28

28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And see what standard God has for us when there is even a hint of immorality in Ephesians...

Ephesians 5:3

 3But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

What is "even a hint of immorality"?

We have to be careful not to put our selves into situations that will allow Satan to get a foothold and he will do just that with kissing or any other type of foreplay.

What may start out as something completely innocent as a kiss and simply a sign of affection can quickly turn into an impure relationship.

So what model is there in the bible for a dating relationship? The point of a dating relationship is ultimately marriage, so lets look at what God thinks about a Man and Woman's role should be in a relationship.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

God expects Men to love their wives as Jesus loved the church. Making her holy and clean.

As Men in a daiting relationship it is our responsibility to protect our purity and our partners.

1 Corinthians 6:18

 18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

The bible commands us to flee from sexual immorality. What does it mean to flee? Do you take your time? Do you test it and see how far you can go without actually committing immorality?

The ultimate goal is to honor God with our bodies. Gods plan for a dating relationship is a pure one and he wants to sanctify the marriage covenant by having absenance in the dating relationship.

Raising Godly Children in a Crooked World

How do you raise Godly children in such a crooked world?


Deuteronomy 4:1-9
        
If we are not emotionally engaged with your kids the will be emotionally engaged in something!

As parents it is important to not distant our selves from our kids but stay involved.

         
What do you kids see In you?

 Am my words shallow or does my example back up my words?

         
Its not the teen leaders responsibility to teach our kids!



Deuteronomy 6:1-9
         
We are to impress our kids with the word of god....not force it on them!

         
Are my kids impressed with my Christianity?

Our lives should impress our children and help them to see true Christianity.

Where are we most likely to be challenged in our righteousness....at home!

 

Raising Kids Gods Way

How do you raising your children the way God intended? As Christians God created us and our family unit to for a purpose.


Malachi 2:13-16
        
God created the husband and wife...marriage for one purpose...godly offspring!
         
Guard your heart mind and spirit to stay faith to your wife and honor the marriage covenant.
         
This generation has turned the truth into a possible truth.


Titus 3:3-8
         
We have to remember our past and be more equipped to understand our children.....sometimes we can be too strict and force god on them!
          
We have to trust in god with our kids and not pressure them.
           
We have to lead by example!


1Timothy 4:12-16
           
We have to lead by example in our comittment to god and our brothers and sisters in church.


1Peter 2:21-23
           
We represent Christ to our kids.


Romans 2:1-4
           
 We have to make sure when we talk to our kids that we don't become hypocrites and lead by example.


John 17:6-15
         
 Our kids belong to god! God has entrusted them with us. God does not want us to take them out of the world....he wants us to protect them from the evil one!!

 

Behind Enemy Lines

As Christians living in this world we are in a battle spiritual battle and we find out selves many times Behind Enemy Lines!

Moses was sent behind enemy lines....Joushua and Calib ere behind enemy lines....there are many example of godly men behind enemy lines!


Colossians 1:1;13-14
           
Paul was on special assignment...behind enemylines. There is a spiritual battle ground and an enemy line. The moment we become Christians we are brought out of the world and then put right back into it to save others!

Which side of the battle Are you on?


Ephesians 6:10-12
          
We are not fighting flesh and blood....our splice, traffic, work..etc. We are fighting Satan and we need to never forget who our real enemy is!
          
How often do we forget who the real enemy is? Satan wants us to be distracted and focused on each other.


Revelation 12:9
         
The world is Satan dominion and he rules this world!


1 Peter 5:8
         
Satan is just waiting....he goes after the week....the ones not close to god! We cannot be in denial....we are fighting a hungry lion!

As men we have to lead! First we must recognize where we are. We have to let godly men help me!


Romans 8:28
        
God is absolutely in control of all things in our lives. We have a god that is greater than All things.


Hebrews 13:5-7
          
God allow trouble in our lives for a reason....he wants us to draw closer to him.


1 Corinthians 10:13
          
There is no sin that we face that keeps us from being able to find a way out.

Do we really fall into sin or struggle?....we look for sin! We pet sin in our lives..... Being Anxious is not A temptation... It is a form of practicing atheism.


Romans 12:2
      
The way of the lord is different from the way of the world....it calls for giving up things that we want in our life for things that are of gods will!
        
Am I so attached to this world?


1 John 2:15      
        
Do I love the world?


2 Corinthians 10:3-5
         
How do we fight this battle?....we have to take captive our thoughts! We have to rely on gods word in order to take captive our thoughts!


Colossians 2:8


Proverbs 13:20
        
We need each other and be open on the temptation level!

 

Bible Study: Envy

Psalms 73:1-28
         
How often do I envy the wicked? If I am to be a man of god my temptation will be  to envy the world when times get tuff! In our envy we can loose our focus and forget the value of our salvation!
          
Vs 6...there actions are the reason for there destruction. We have to keep in perspective what is ultimately important!
        
Envy is so dangerous to entertain in our minds. It absolutely destroys our faith and kills our zeal!

Vs 2.... Our victory is in Jesus! Am I slipping? I have to see the beauty that god has created in his word and the way he commands us to live!


1 Corinthians 10:13
          
God will not tempt us beyond what we can bear!


Galatians 5:16-22

What does god want for my life?


1 Peter 1:3-4;7-9
          
Everyday that we fight against envy god is building us up and ensuring our salvation!

 

Bible Study: Things That Hender

Hebrews 12:1
¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

         
Throw off everything that hinders, things that hold  us back... Fear, insecurities, pride, self ambitions and our past.
         
God gives us the power to this off anything if you want to....what hinders me?
         
What an amazing father we have that he forgives us regardless of what we do!
         
Sin is so easy to untangle us....when you get entangled it is not easy to untangle your self, sometimes the harder you fight the more tangled it gets!
         
We have to slam the door shut on sin...or we will get entangled.

Matthew 5:27
²⁷"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery. ²⁸But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
          
Our thoughts are just as condemning as our actions.


Hebrews 12:1
  
We can't walk.....we need to run the race that god has given us.
  
Sometimes we have to do something radical to get out of the rut we are and and start running....Satan is running after us!

Hebrews 12:1-3
²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
           

How do we not give up and throw off every sin that entangles us? We fix our eyes on Jesus!

 

Bible Study: Great Faith

Mark 2:1-5
¹A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. ²So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. ³Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. ⁴Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

        It took great faith...not just a belief but a faith that causes action!

What is my obstacle? What keeps me from having great faith!

Matthew 26:36-42
³⁶Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." ³⁷He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."

 ³⁹Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

 ⁴⁰Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. ⁴¹"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

 ⁴²He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."

          This is the ultimate example of conviction and faith! Is my conviction to drink the cup god has giving me? We go through things in life so that god can work on our hearts.....do I allow god to work?

Phillipians 3:1-7

¹Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

 ²Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. ³For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— ⁴though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
      If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.

 ⁷But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

 

Bible Study: Having Godly Gratitude

Colossians 3:15-17

¹⁵Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. ¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. ¹⁷And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

How do you measure gratitude? Can you measure gratitude?

The best way to measure something that is hard to measure is by 
getting feedback from the people in your life. Would you wife say you 
are grateful for her? Would your kids say you show gratitude around 
the house?

Am I grateful for god? If we show gratitude for god and Jesus then we 
will always have something to be grateful for!

God commands us to give thanks and have a grateful heart in all things!

Gods Vision For Our Lives

John 21:1-14
The men went out to fish and they caught nothing! Have you ever felt that way, like you work hard and nothing happens? Jesus had died and the apostles went back to what they new. The discies were with out vision until Jesus resurected and called them back to what they were called for!

When there is no vision in our lives we become frustrated, depressed, un motivated...etc. We have to keep our eyes fixedon Jesus and our calling.

You take a task and put godly vision in it and it becomes something more.

Jesus asked them if they caught any fish. Jesus new the answer to the question! He wanted his disciples to realize what was possible when Jesus was in the picture....Jesus gives us vision and the power to glorify his name and fulfill his great purpose!

Vision allows us to see what god sees! Vision gives us optimism and hope! We should have vision and optimism. In every situation for if God is for us who can be agaisnt us? Gods power will enable us to do anything!

Exodus chapter 4
God gave Moses a vision, a plan for his life and Moses had nothing but excuses....don't make excuses for why you think god cannot do this or that in your life! Every excuse Moses could think of, God remaind faithfull and incouraged Moses by believing in him!

Imagine what your marriage, Christianity, your job...etc would be like if you had Godly vision?

It is very easy to loose your vision in God and his will for our life....exodus 4 says that God became angry with Moses when he did not accept the vision that God had for him!

John 21:1-14
Jesus is the ultimate visionary!

Some of the vision Jesus gave to his diciples:
Jesus said...you will move mountaines.
You will heal the sick.
You will become fishers of men.
You will do greater things than these....etc

Jesus is the ultimate visionary and God has vision for each of us regardless of our situation or what ever struggle we may be going through.

The Full Armor of God

Full armor of god

Ephesians 6:10-18
        We have to be ready for what ever schemes the devil may throw at us...if we are to live for god there will be a battle.
        Paul warned this church to wear armor and not forsake him.

Revelations 2:1-7
        20 years later god wrote again about Ephesus and this vs discribes the challenges they faced.

Ephesians 6:10-18
         We are in a battle with Satan and he is looking to destroy us.

The belt of truth: is used to keep us from stumbling and from falling.

Breast plate of righteousness: covers the whole upper body and is made for you to face the battle not run from it. With out it you are unrighteous.

Fit your feet in the gospel of peace: god is the only one that can provide true peace. Jesus is the gospel of peace!

Lamatations 3:22
         God is there for us and he is all we need.

Matthew 28:18-20
         We are in a battle and we are being called to arms.

Bible Study: Building Gods House

Isaiah 61:1-3

Despite who I was and who I am god has been working in my life to display his splendor.

We have all these problems in the world and god through his bible has all the solutions!

Don't give up.... Everything we do for god counts....we're building a house for the lord and every brick counts!

Isaiah 49:13-

God feels for us and he will never forget us....god never forsakes us.

2 Corinthians 1:3-6

Standing Up for God

100 years from now what will they write about you?

Daniel 2:48-50;3:4-6
      If you're a man of god your faith will be tested and your convictions will be questioned.

      Shadrack meshack and abindigo were true men of god. they had deep convictions that did not waver!

      God wants to deliver us in every situation if we will let him! God is ready...am I??

John 5:44
       Who am I standing for? Is it for my wife.. My job? Or is it for god????

Daniel 3:17-18
         Security comes for faith in god! What is my level of security?

         Vs18 they had a conviction to only worship god regardless of the cost!!!

          How do I react when I don't get what I want or when I feel like god does not answer my prayers?

          What is the source of my insecurity?

          When you become insecure you become self reliant...you Connor trust god when you are insecure!

Deuteronomy 8:2
Romans 1:5-10
          Our faith is tested everyday and we become disobedient when we loose faith...obedience comes for having faith!

Daniel 3:22-30
          The soldiers were burned up.... Don't worry about other people, god will deal with them if you focus on obeying him!

          There faith changed a nation!  

 

How To Be a Biblical Leader for God

What does it mean to be a biblical leader?


Romans 12:1-9
           Leaders are no better than anyone else in the body......we are all equally important, however, god has set them apart for a specific task. A leaders goal. Should be a leader in serving!

            A leader should be inspiring.... The only way we can be inspiring is through our walk with god! If you struggling with be inspiring then you really saying I don't want to have to get that close to god.

            Leaders need to have vision and encourage the fellowship.

John 17

 

Yes We Can in Christ!

Yes in Christ! 


2 Corinthians 1:18-20
           Promises in the world are not always kept.....God keeps his promises! No matter how many promises god has made, they are " yes" in Christ and through Christ.
        
Psalms 119:140
           Gods promise or hand shack with us is his word! The bible is full of promises. God wants us to take his promises and test them.

Psalms 119:148
            Gods promises are good for our life and help us get through challenges!
Find on promise in the bible a day and just focus on that promise all day today.... Your life will radically change!

            God promises never fail And they are the same today as yesterday!
 god never says that the fulfillment of his promises will be easy! Examples.... Moses, Abraham, Joseph...etc yet god kept his promises to each of these men!

What are we hanging on to? Is it sorely things? Or our we hanging onto gods promises!

John 16:33
              We need to hang onto the promises no matter how tough it may get and god only uses people that believe and hang onto his promises!

Isaiah 49:16
               God is never going to forget me! I am special to god and he has me engraved in his hand!

Ephesians 2:8-10
              When we become a Christian god sees me as a master piece.

Isaiah 55:10-11
             Gods word does not come back empty! Have you been praying for something that has not been answered yet.....gods word and his promises are powerful!

2 Timothy 2:9

 

Being Real Men of God!

Being a man!

Genesis 1:27
         We were created in gods image.... Women was created from our ribs so we could and should protect her under are arm!

Roman
           God blames man for the sin... We are the head of the house and should be responsible for what happens in our marriage and our house.

Ephesians 5:22
           Our wives are meant to be our helpers and not to be responsible!
 
           We need to re discover what a Man is!
Philippians 2:4-11
           Our model should be Jesus and we should imitate his humility and righteousness!

          This contrary to what the world tells us a man should be.
Ephesians 5:25
          How often do I help my wife with her spirituality?

           What would my wife say I wash her with? Material things or the word of god?

John 2:16
           How deep is our conviction about sin?... Sin will destroy us and should be taken serious! And dealt with.

2 timothy 3:6-7
          We have to be the ones to guard our homes and protect our wife from sin.....our wives are vulnerable and need to be protected.

2 Corinthians 1:3
           We need to be men of comfort and bring security! The more we come men of Christ we become different men! If I have trouble comforting my wife I may trouble getting comfort from god!

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