The document emphasizes the importance of gratitude towards God, encouraging individuals to recognize and honor each new day as a gift from Him. It highlights how giving thanks can transform one's mindset and lead to a deeper relationship with Jesus, ultimately offering freedom and victory over challenges. Furthermore, it discusses the significance of prayer as a means of expressing thanks and maintaining a connection with God, reinforcing that thanksgiving should be a daily practice, not just an annual celebration.

2. Thanks
The word thanks is a word of gratitude that if JESUS found it necessary to use; we too should make use of it as part of our vocabulary. Throughout the generations of life mankind have considered the days of life to be either holy or just another day. Nothing significant about it. Oh sure; we may spout out the “I’m blessed to see another day” but in the manner it’s said; do we really believe it?
What’s important is that thing that is in the hearts mind to each individual that makes one gives thanks and truly mean that.
You see the person that honors each new day; a day that has never been seen before; a day that has never been experienced; a day that you get to start all over again. Is the person who honors the LORD.
I’m always amazed at how people can eat and never think to give thanks to the LORD GOD for whatever type of food or snake is being eaten. Many don’t realize that this is a true heart revelation that you don’t honor the LORD GOD.
There are so many reasons to give thanks to the LORD; how about if you have decided to abstain from anything that has been a challenge to you in your life. Your abstaining is a reason to give thanks to the LORD GOD and to show honor to HIM because you are only fooling yourself if you believe that you can abstain from sheer will power.
The essence is this; that none of us live to ourselves and we owe our gratitude to the LORD daily.

3. Accepting and believing in CHRIST JESUS; we have escaped the sting of death. Sin draws mankind to death; it’s the reward we were given from the devil and those that continue to sin; who refuse to accept and believe in JESUS; you remain under the law which condemn and fills you with guilt.
But those of use who are in CHRIST JESUS and CHRIST JESUS is within us; we give thanks because we have victory; we are no longer victims; we are no longer condemned; we no longer wake up and go to sleep feeling guilty of anything. We have been set free through JESUS.
We stand firm; we are immovable; we are vigorous; we are united with the LORD because our efforts in HIM are not in vain. And so we give thanks.
Oh, what a gift to have from the LORD JESUS. Freedom; salvation; grace; love; mercy and many more. I wrote a few attributes but the true gift is CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. In HIM are too many gifts to call to remembrance.
You know the Word of the LORD GOD tells us that we are to think about HIS Word daily; day and night and that we are to give thanks. When doing this I have found it impossible to do the following. Think evil thoughts of others; speak evil of others; seek revenge or retaliation of any type and it keeps you from being nosey.
When your mind is occupied with the Word of the LORD GOD then you will find yourself giving thanks for everything to the LORD GOD the FATHER in the name of your LORD JESUS the CHRIST.

4. I’m learning; I’ve not gotten it altogether right just yet that everything I do and say is to be done in the name of LORD JESUS. I will be the very first one to announce that there are days when my mouth will get me in major trouble because I have mental triggers that I’ve not yet been delivered from. Such as; I’m challenged with those who practice ignorance; non-listeners and talkers when another is speaking. And I hate deceit in any form.
However, in knowing that I have those challenges; that does not give me reason not to show my gratitude to my FATHER in the name of my LORD JESUS. I do; because I realize that each moment and day is ruled by HIM. Yes, I mess up at times but I learn from them and move on so I give thanks. I don’t dwell on my short comings.
Another form of giving thanks is to pray. Don’t freak out; most people cringe when the word pray comes up because people have made prayer so spooky. However, prayer is just a simple conversation between you and the LORD GOD. You can either pray a prayer of thanks which is often times a one-way conversation. Or my favorite prayer; the two-way conversation when you speak and you wait for the LORD GOD to answer you. And this maybe where most people are missing it; they so often think that the LORD GOD will speak to them directly like you are having a conversation face to face with another or via a phone. Often times HE answers with remembrances of scriptures. Then there are times when you will hear HIM speak directly into your spirit and those are the utmost coolest times.

5. In conclusion to thanks; there are four living beings who they are have never been made clear. If they were angels the Word of GOD would have made that clear; so because the bible in every translation has not provided a clear understanding neither will I. They give thanks to the LORD JESUS constantly. And every time these beings give JESUS glory, honor, praise and thanks the twenty-four elders fall down on their faces before JESUS and toss their crowns towards JESUS as HE sits on HIS throne and worship HIM.
Those who are standing around the throne are angels; the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures. And they are all on their faces; giving thanks; glory; praising and worshipping the LORD JESUS the CHRIST who is sitting on the throne.
So you see we have so much to give thanks for; JESUS is not dead; HE is sitting on HIS throne and if those who are in heaven are giving thanks to HIM don’t you think we too should be?
Reference Scriptures: Rom. 14:6; 1 Cor. 15:57; 2 Cor. 9:15; Eph. 5:20; Col. 3:17; 1 Thess. 5:18; Rev. 4:9 & 7:12.

6. Thanksgiving
Did many of you realize that the day that we celebrate is really the day designed to give the LORD GOD thanks? However, if that’s the case everyday is thanksgiving day.
Now here is a wee bit of history; in 1621 in Plymouth the Pilgrims who began to colonize here in America from Britain were shown great favor by the Massasoit Tribe and these Brits were very thankful for their favors. Hence the day we know so well as Thanksgiving Day.
So in essence thanksgiving is a grateful acknowledgement of favors; especially to our LORD GOD.
We must be reasonable and gentle. Understand that the LORD GOD is always near. I heard someone share this story and it made me chuckle because the analogy used was just so profound. We as humans must apply this to ourselves.
When seeing an apple tree and it begins to bud. We never see it struggle to grow it’s fruit or trying to change the type of fruit it will grow. Why is this? Because the LORD GOD has supplied this tree with all it needs to be an apple tree. All it needs to do is stand there and be one. No effort on its part. Let me dissect this all the way down so no one will miss anything.

7. First you have a seed and in that seed you have the tree and that tree has too many apples to count. Year in and year out that tree once it comes to maturity will produce apples.
It has no other choice; there is nothing else in its make up designed for it to do but be an apple tree, not a date tree, almond tree, cherry tree or any other type of tree. It can’t even be a daisy.
So with thanksgiving; it’s branches are raised up high to bear much fruit.
Here is one more analogy; birds are free spirits. They fly here and there.
Never once have we ever seen birds look distressful about not having a home / nest. Never have we seen birds not have a meal.
Now I know you may say it’s because birds can make their homes in trees or anyplace high and they will eat just about anything.
But did you know just as the LORD GOD gave birds the ability to make their homes; HE’s given that ability to us as well? Also birds are hunter and so are mankind.

8. Birds build and nest but they never stay in their homes for very long. Birds are hunters and depending on where we live we may see them hunting or if we are city dwellers we find them scavenging.
Humans on the other hand have gotten so evolved that they’ve forgotten what it takes to build a home with our own hands. After all it can be done; we limit ourselves believing that it takes someone with degrees to do something. When Sears introduced ready to build homes in the 1920’s-30’s; those people who took advantage of building their own homes didn’t think that they could not do it. And some of those home are still standing today.
Humans must move out of the I syndrome and be like the animal kingdom and be about the we syndrome. Those that work together are more successful.
This is where family comes into play. Family is our own pack; our very own clan. But we don’t work together we work against each other. We are not giving thanks for family because we don’t have a sense of the meaning and how to operate in true thanksgiving.
We are to let the LORD GOD know what we stand in need of and just sit in peace; waiting for HIM to supply us with what we stand in need of. HE’s not going to allow us to starve; not if we belong to HIM. HE’s not going to allow us to be homeless and without clothes; not if we belong to HIM.

9. Have you received the LORD JESUS as your personal LORD and your personal Savior? Most people don’t realize that there is a vast difference thinking that once JESUS has become your Savior that HE is your LORD. This is so untrue.
For years JESUS was my Savior and their were many areas of my life that HE was not LORD of. Only because I had not given HIM permission to deal with me in those areas of my life.
JESUS had permission to save my soul but HE did not have permission to take away the depression, the anger, the fornication, the hurt and pain, the scars, the unforgivableness
Once I gave those over to HIM; deliverance came and I was set free from the oppression and I began to see much clearer. It was then that JESUS became my LORD and I was truly able to say with confidence that JESUS is now my LORD and my Savior.
So once you’ve received JESUS as your Savior begin to receive HIM also as your LORD. It will save you some heart ache if you were to do this in the same day. But if not; on your journey before receiving JESUS as your LORD you will come to realize what it means to much is given, much is required. And it will be here at the end of the rebellious journey that you will learn to give thanksgiving.

10. When JESUS is our LORD and Savior it is easier to live;
1.United with HIM
2.To remain deeply rooted in HIM
3.To continue being built up in HIM
4.And confirmed in our trust of HIM
Just as we are being taught in the Word of the LORD GOD. This will cause us to gush out with an overflow of thanksgiving towards our heavenly FATHER for the LORD JESUS.
In previous pages I wrote that people will abstain from various type of things that is a challenge to them. However; for anyone that desire who is a child of the Most High GOD. Want to eat anything that the LORD GOD created for food; be it from the air; any creeping thing; from the water; beast of various shapes of feet and plant life. If you like it and you have given thanks to the LORD GOD for it; then eat.
Everything created by the LORD GOD is good! Nothing that has been received with thanksgiving is to be rejected. The Word of the LORD GOD and prayer makes the food holy.
Reference Scripture: Phil. 4:6; Col. 2:7 and 1 Tim. 4:4

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