When was the last time you said random words of “thanks” to your spouse? Oh, we don’t mean saying thanks for passing the salt. It’s not even about saying, “Thanks” when they get something for you that you couldn’t get on your own. That’s nice; and that’s important but most people Read More…
Many of us in the U.S. are preparing for Thanksgiving Day (a holiday where we celebrate “faith, family, sharing, and freedom”). But we wonder how many of us prepare our hearts for Thanks Living now and throughout the year. “For everything God created is good. Nothing is to be rejected Read More…
A few days ago, we celebrated something we call Thanksgiving Day. What a blessed time of peaceable celebrating! This is an official holiday where we pause to give God thanks for our many blessings. Personally, it was a great day for us with family and friends. But we learned an Read More…
We love this skit. It’s fun, and it’s also true. So many times we forget to focus on the things for which we can be thankful. So, let’s change that. Let’s approach this day (and every day after) with grateful hearts. And as we look at all we have to Read More…
This week we’re celebrating a special holiday, which is set aside for Thanksgiving. It’s a special time to pause from all that is going on around us to concentrate on being thankful. Sometimes we have to look harder to find things to be thankful for; but they’re there. We’ve found Read More…
Have you thanked your spouse lately? Or do you just expect him or her to do “the right thing” and look the other way? Here’s something that Debi Walter, from the ministry of The Romantic Vineyard wrote on this issue. It’s important that we often pause to consider our spouse’s Read More…
When I was managing a Christian radio station, I had a poster hanging in our main studio. It read, “Thou, that has given so much to me, give one more thing: a grateful heart.” I did this to remind our entire staff that whenever we are on the air, we Read More…
In this season of Thanksgiving (it’s a national holiday this Thursday in the United States) it’s sometimes difficult to “give thanks” as we’re told to do in the Bible. That’s what we’re finding, anyway. When you’re facing pain and disappointments, you don’t really feel like saying, “Thanks Lord, I needed Read More…
We just celebrated a wonderful holiday known as Thanksgiving. It’s one of our very favorites. That is because it is an official holiday dedicated to focusing our hearts—sometimes rearranging our hearts in thankfulness to God. Yes, we should ALWAYS give thanks to God, according to scripture, and in the tugging Read More…
Thanksgiving is a holiday Cindy and I (Steve) have always taken seriously as a time to pause in prayer and reflect on ALL we have to thank God for —especially in our marriage. Sure, we enjoy the three “F’s” of the holiday: Food, Fellowship and Football. But at the forefront Read More…
