As we gather with family and friends today to remember with gratitude the blessings of the past year, let us remember to thank the One who made these blessings possible. Without God’s help, none of us would enjoy the blessings of good health, family, liberty, and and freedom. America was formed as a nation under God, and we need to remember to thank Him for his mercy and favor on our great nation.
I’d like to share two old hymns that I grew up singing during the Thanksgiving season. They are reminders to me that all good things come from God. Let’s offer up grateful prayers of thanksgiving to God today and everyday. Happy Thanksgiving!
Come, Ye Thankful People Henry Alford 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. We Gather Together Theodore Baker We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing, He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing cease them from distressing. Sing praises to His names, He forgets not His own. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, wast at our side,all glory be Thine! We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader in battle, And pray that Thou still our Defender will be; Let thy congregation escape tribulation: Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
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