Let the Message of Christ Dwell Among You

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. — Colossians 3:16

Today we celebrate the first day of Advent.

Our Jewish friends celebrate the festival of Hanukkah.

Both prepare us for the coming of Jesus.

We set up our nativity yesterday.

A fitting reminder of the season.

And of God's gift to us — His Son, our Lord Jesus.

Singing to God with gratitude in our hearts for his precious gift.

I Always Thank My God for You

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Corinthians 1:4

I try to pray throughout the day, thanking God and asking for His wisdom.

I often fail, but it's humbling.

God gives me everything.

He watches over me and comforts me.

He keeps His promises to me.

There is nothing he cannot do.

I always thank my God for you.

He has given us His grace through Christ Jesus.

We are blessed.

Come Before Him With Thanksgiving

 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. — Psalm 95:2

Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving.

Today we are thankful for a wonderful time with family, even though we were missing quite a few of them.

Our prayers are with those who couldn't join us.

Lots of prayer requests in our extended family.

And we thank God for the ability to bring our concerns and praises to Him in prayer.

He listens and answers us when we cry to Him.

Abby picked out this centerpiece that matched our tablecloths and napkins perfectly!

We are thanking God for beautiful flowers created by Him!

I Will Praise God's Name

 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. — Psalm 69:30

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving.

We actually started last night with our church service for Thanksgiving eve.

A worshipful time to thank God and praise His name in song.

Today we had our families over for dinner.

Steve made twice-baked potatoes.

Liz made cracker corn, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and cranberry sauce.

Abby made a chocolate pie for Carly so we could celebrate a day late.

We are grateful to God for giving us a loving family, good food, and great friends.

Happy Thanksgiving!

His Love Endures Forever

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. — Psalm 100:5

God is so good, He's so good to me.

His love endures forever.

He is faithful and just.

Even when I'm unfaithful, He continues to be faithful to me.

In fact, His faithfulness continues through all generations.

To our children and our children's children.

Today we celebrate Carly's birthday.

We'll have a family dinner tomorrow with birthday chocolate pie.

God's love endures forever.

All the days of our lives.

Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. — Psalm 100:4

During this Thanksgiving week, we stop and take time to thank God for His goodness.

We give thanks to Him for all he has done.

We gather together as families to ask His blessing.

And we praise His name.

Giving thanks to Him for sending His Son, our Lord Jesus.

I Always Thank My God for You

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Corinthians 1:4

I always thank God for my husband, Kirk.

God has given us His grace through Jesus.

He lived and died for us so we can live with Him forever.

Kirk doesn't get to many movies, but this was one of the few we got to attend as a family.

Tomorrow he'll be golfing with his friends.

We'll have the family over for Thanksgiving along with a few friends.

I always thank God for Kirk because of God's grace given to him in Christ Jesus.