thanksgiving traditions

I Thessalonians 5:18

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

With the holidays around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share some family traditions that you do in your home, during the holidays.

One of the Thanksgiving traditions that we adopted from my husband’s family is on the day of Thanksgiving, we go around the table and say what you are thankful for. That may seem simple to some, but the first time I had Thanksgiving with their family I thought it was the most amazing thing.

This actually turns into a real emotional time some years, contingent on how the year has gone. It’s a beautiful thing because the bible teaches us to be thankful in ALL things. Everyone participates with a sincere heart and it great to see what the Lord has done in someone’s life over the year.

What is one family tradition you and your family do?

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a psalm for Thanksgiving

Hallelujah! I give thanks to God with everything I've got—
Wherever good people gather, and in the congregation.
God's works are so great, worth
A lifetime of study—endless enjoyment! 

Splendor and beauty mark his craft; 

His generosity never gives out. 

His miracles are his memorial— 

This God of Grace, this God of Love. 

He gave food to those who fear him, 

He remembered to keep his ancient promise. 

He proved to his people that he could do what he said: 

Hand them the nations on a platter—a gift! 

He manufactures truth and justice; 

All his products are guaranteed to last— 

Never out-of-date, never obsolete, rust-proof. 

All that he makes and does is honest and true: 

He paid the ransom for his people, 

He ordered his Covenant kept forever. 

He's so personal and holy, worthy of our respect. 

The good life begins in the fear of God— 

Do that and you'll know the blessing of God.

His Hallelujah lasts forever!

Psalm 111
The Message

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little miracles

Brittany Cinquemani Woods
newlywed seminary wife & missionary in her own right

Recently, Josh (my PH) and I realized that our need for a couch was getting pretty bad.

We had gotten a free love seat from the Seminary, but it just wasn't cutting it when we wanted to have a group of friends over and only two people could have a comfortable seat!

We began looking and checked out about five different places to buy furniture. Surprisingly, we were able to agree on what we were looking for, but had a hard time finding anything in our price range.

Pastor Josh & Brittany Woods

We decided to make it a matter of prayer. God cares about the little things, so we knew he would take care of our couch. We both kept going back to one of the couches we'd seen, and again we agreed, that's what we wanted!

To make a long story short, when we finally decided to buy the couch, we realized that we would need it the next day, so we didn't have much time. When we went to the store to buy it, there was a brand new couch & love seat in the color we wanted, sitting in the store, and in our price range!

The next day, we had a couch just in time for our small group Bible study! And we love it!

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little miracles

It's November, a time of thanksgiving.

In our house, things have been tight lately. When the PW isn't working, it shrinks the family budget significantly.

So I've been getting creative on ways to make things last. And recently I realized that God's been helping us out.

Diapers are expensive. If you've got kids, you already know this. We get ours at Costco, the cheapest place we can find. But when I calculated how many he diapers he uses a day to know how many days the megapak should last, I realized that each pak is lasting days longer than it should.

You might think I'm crazy, but it seems that God has been working little miracles to extend the diaper supply. It may seem small, but when every penny counts, even the smallest things are miracles.

So this Thanksgiving Season, we're thanking God, for not overlooking even the little things!

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a season of thanks...

In the United States, the month of November is known as the Thanksgiving Season. It's a time for family, fellowship, food and friends.

Canadians celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday during early October. Other countries celebrate similar holidays at different times.

So for the month of November, CLUTCH is doing a few extra posts on things to be thankful for. If God has done some little miracle for your family lately, share it in a comment below or email us at clutchtalk [at] gmail [dot] com. We'll post it here as part of our series.

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