Global Christian Worship

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~G.K. Chesterton

My church in Dallas distributed placards with this prayer; the bottom half can easily be used around your Thanksgiving feast table.

My colleague Dr. Ron Man published a compilation of quotes about thanksgiving in 2007. Some have been reposted at
http://emmausroadworshipers.com/2014/11/25/thanksgiving-as-worship-worship-as-thanksgiving/

Here’s a few of them to whet your “appetite”    :-)

“Until you become thankful, you will never find joy.  Being thankful is not telling God you appreciate the fact that your life is not in shambles.  If that is the basis of your gratitude, you are on slippery ground.  Every day of your life you face the possibility that a blessing in your life may be taken away.  But blessings are only signs of God’s love.  The real blessing, of course, is the love itself.  Whenever we get too attached to the sign, we lose our grasp on the God who gave it to us… . We are not ultimately grateful that we are still holding our blessings.  We are grateful that we are held by God even when the blessings are slipping through our fingers.” — M. Craig Barnes, Hustling God: Why We Work So Hard for What God Wants to Give

“The Rabbis declare that, in the Messianic Era, all sacrifices will be unnecessary except the thank-offering.  All sacrifices shall have been completed their educational mission, all save the one inculcating the duty of gratitude.  That sacrifice is to continue forever.” — T.F. Torrance, Royal Priesthood

“There is always a choice between resentment and gratitude because God has appeared in my darkness, urged me to come home, and declared in a voice filled with affection: ‘You are with me always, and all I have is yours.‘” — Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming