"For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father Himself, and...
"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God." (Thessalonians 5:8 ESV)"Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. " (Ephesians 5:20 ESV)American Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It's a time...
One fall day, just before Thanksgiving, my husband and I were driving by a large organic food market. It was lunch time, and we were getting hungry."Look! People are sitting outside with plates of food. Maybe we could get something at the deli," I said. We walked...
"Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving Him thanks." (Luke 17:15-16a ESV) This devotion pairs with this weekend's Lutheran Hour sermon, which can be found at...
"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV) Did your Momma teach you manners? Like please and thank you? Yes ma'am or yes sir or no ma'am or no sir? Let me ask you this. If you have kids are you...
"Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:20 NIV)One day, as the tale goes, an atheist hiker encountered a formidable grizzly bear slinking towards him. Terrified, the hiker broke into a run and...
The turkey is roasting And stuffed to the brim The pies, they are cooling While I talk to Him. "Dear God, there's so many That's hungry this day With no bed to lie on And nowhere to stay Please teach me compassion And help me to see Just how to love...