I. Thanksgiving began with a Church, not a Country.

II. Thanksgiving was born out of Suffering, not Abundance.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 – In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

III. Thanksgiving was a display of God’s Providence.

Isaiah 65:24 – “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”

Genesis 50:20 – “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

IV. Thanksgiving is a call for families to come back to Unity.

Psalm 133:1, 3b – 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! . . . 3for there the Lord commanded the blessing—Live forevermore.

V. Gratitude is our most powerful Spiritual

I. Emotion – God’s design and Satan’s distortion - God has a Divine Order

Mark 4:28 . . . For the earth yields crops by itself: FIRST the blade, THEN the head, AFTER THAT the full grain in the head.

Genesis 3:6 . . . So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was

pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and

ate.

• Emotion was created to serve truth, not shape it

- The SPIRIT received truth from God.

- The MIND translated that truth into understanding.

- The EMOTIONS gave that understanding energy and expression.

- And the BODY carries it out in the world.

This is God’s divine order and governance: Spirit → Mind → Emotion → Body.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 . . . Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit,

I. Emotion – God’s design and Satan’s distortion - God has a Divine Order

Mark 4:28 . . . For the earth yields crops by itself: FIRST the blade, THEN the head, AFTER THAT the full grain in the head.

Genesis 3:6 . . . So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was

pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and

ate.

• Emotion was created to serve truth, not shape it

- The SPIRIT received truth from God.

- The MIND translated that truth into understanding.

- The EMOTIONS gave that understanding energy and expression.

- And the BODY carries it out in the world.

This is God’s divine order and governance: Spirit → Mind → Emotion → Body.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 . . . Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit,