THANKSGIVING

- Christ set an example of Mt 11:25; 26:27; Joh 6:11; 11:41 - The heavenly host engaged in Re 4:9; 7:11,12; 11:16,17 - Commanded Ps 50:14; Php 4:6 - Is a good thing Ps 92:1 - SHOULD BE OFFERED . To God Ps 50:14 . To Christ 1Ti 1:12 . Through Christ Ro 1:8; Col 3:17; Heb 13:15 . In the name of Christ Eph 5:20 . In behalf of ministers 2Co 1:11 . In private worship Da 6:10 . In public worship Ps 35:18 . In everything 1Th 5:18 . Upon the completion of great undertakings Ne 12:31,40 . Before taking food Joh 6:11; Ac 27:35 . Always Eph 1:16; 5:20; 1Th 1:2 . At the remembrance of God's holiness Ps 30:4; 97:12 . For the goodness and mercy of God Ps 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3 . For the gift of Christ 2Co 9:15 . For Christ's power and reign Re 11:17 . For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others 1Th 2:13 . For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin Ro 7:23-25 . For victory over death and the grave 1Co 15:57 . For wisdom and might Da 2:23 . For the triumph of the gospel 2Co 2:14 . For the conversion of others Ro 6:17 . For faith exhibited by others Ro 1:8; 2Th 1:3 . For love exhibited by others 2Th 1:3 . For the grace bestowed on others 1Co 1:4; Php 1:3-5; Col 1:3-6 . For the zeal exhibited by others 2Co 8:16 . For the nearness of God's presence Ps 75:1 . For appointment to the ministry 1Ti 1:12 . For willingness to offer our property for God's service 1Ch 29:6-14 . For the supply of our bodily wants Ro 14:6,7; 1Ti 4:3,4 . For all men 1Ti 2:1 . For all things 2Co 9:11; Eph 5:20 - Should be accompanied by intercession for others 1Ti 2:1; 2Ti 1:3; Phm 1:4 - Should always accompany prayer Ne 11:17; Php 4:6; Col 4:2 - Should always accompany praise Ps 92:1; Heb 13:15 - Expressed in psalms 1Ch 16:7 - Ministers appointed to offer, in public 1Ch 16:4,7; 23:30; 2Ch 31:2 - SAINTS . Exhorted to Ps 105:1; Col 3:15 . Resolved to offer Ps 18:49; 30:12 . Habitually offer Da 6:10 . Offer sacrifices of Ps 116:17 . Abound in the faith with Col 2:7 . Magnify God by Ps 69:30 . Come before God with Ps 95:2 . Should enter God's gate with Ps 100:4 - Of hypocrites, full of boasting Lu 18:11 - The wicked averse to Ro 1:21 - Exemplified . David 1Ch 29:12 . Levites 2Ch 5:12,13 . Daniel Da 2:23 . Jonah Jon 2:9 . Simeon Lu 2:28 . Anna Lu 2:38 . Paul Ac 28:15

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THANKSGIVING. → See PRAISE → See THANKFULNESS

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thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, n. a celebration of mercy, praise, a day set apart for rendering thanks

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Thanks″giv′ing (?), n. 1. 1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble. 2. 2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
☞ In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.