Thanksgiving in the Bible

[Explicit Faith]

Every year about this time we hear "Happy Thanksgiving" from friends, loved ones, and even strangers, but what does the word of God say about thanksgiving? Here are a few of the scriptures where thanksgiving is used. Enjoy!

Lev 22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.

Neh 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

Psa 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

Psa 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psa 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Psa 147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Isa 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Jer 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

2Co 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

Phi 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Col 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Rev 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

This list is not all of the scriptures where thanksgiving is used in the word of God. But a closer examination of these scriptures reveal where the true spirit of thanksgiving belongs. This thanksgiving, please take a moment away from the food preparation, the football games, the planned shopping trips for the big sales, and tell our Heavenly Father how thankful we are for His loving grace and for the ultimate gift of salvation He gave us through His Son Jesus Christ! Now THAT is truly what thanksgiving is all about!