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Thursday, November 22, 2012

A Day of Thankfulness

All three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) acknowledge and give "thanks" unto the Creator in many of their scriptures throughout their sacred texts. Below is just a few of those verses. Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from Who's ? Right.
 
Ezra 3:11
With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
 
Nehemiah 12:46
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the musicians and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
 
Psalm 69:30
I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
 
Psalm 95:2
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
 
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
 
Jeremiah 30:19
From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
 
1 Corinthians 10:16
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
 
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
 
2 Timothy 1:3
[ Thanksgiving ] I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
 
[Thanksgiving] So remember Me, and I will remember you. And thank Me, and do not be ungrateful (unthankful).
 
O you who believe, eat from the good things we provided for you, and be thankful to GOD, if you do worship Him alone.
 
Quran 6:53
[Thanksgiving] Thus We try some of them by means of others, that they may say, “Are these the ones whom God has favored from among us?” Is God not aware of the appreciative?
 
Quran 7:144
 
We have made the animal offerings emblems of God for you. In them is goodness for you. So pronounce God’s name upon them as they line up. Then, when they have fallen on their sides, eat of them and feed the contented and the beggar. Thus We have subjected them to you, that you may be thankful.
 
Quran 76:2-3
[Thanksgiving] Lo! We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).
 
 
 
 

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