MORNING MANNA 11-24-22
GIVE THANKS
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”-1 Thess 5:18
David Cooper writes that “Thanksgiving delivers us from a victim mentality and gives us a victor’s mentality. I once read that nothing can help the person with the wrong mental attitude, and nothing can stop a person with the right mental attitude. And the right mental attitude to overcome our obstacles and win our battles is thanksgiving.”
Missionary Benjamin Weir was held hostage in Lebanon and imprisoned under miserable conditions for 16 months. In his first interview after his release, he was asked how he spent his time and how he dealt with boredom and despair. His answer stunned the reporters. He simply said, “Counting my blessings.” “Blessings?” they responded. “Yes,” he explained. “Some days I got to take a shower. Sometimes there were some vegetables in my food. And I could always be thankful for the love of my family.”
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.
—Oatman
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR LAKEWAY FAMILY!
I pray that God blesses each of you. – Bro. Stone
