Redeeming Thanksgiving
How to Praise God in Difficult Times
Welcome to the Redeeming Thanksgiving series. Our goal here is to take back this precious time of year. Trauma, bad memories, lies, and so many other things have been used by the enemy to ruin a time meant for God. We’re cultivating thankfulness within our hearts so we can learn how to praise God in difficult times.
Our praise is powerful! Let’s use it as a weapon and live for God’s glory, no matter what!
The Redeeming Thanksgiving Series:
Cultivating a Thankful Heart so God Can Restore what is Broken
Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for a long time, so when life made this time difficult, I had to learn to redeem what the enemy had broken. So, I’d love it if you’d join me through these weeks leading up to Thanksgiving here at His Dearly Loved Daughter as we focus in on cultivating a heart of thanksgiving. There really is great power in this one little discipline, so we’re going to reclaim what has been broken and hand it over to the Master Builder to be lovingly restored.
How to Restore Hope and Joy by Living a Thankful Life
It’s no secret that God wants his people to be joyful. In John 15:11, Jesus tells His disciples, “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!”
In Galatians 5, joy is listed second, behind only love as a product of the work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of believers.
But sometimes life just sucks, and it can be really hard to be joyful at those times. Especially when our specific situations start to feel hopeless. So let’s learn how a little bit of thankfulness can help us reclaim our joy!
How to Find Peace with a Thankful Heart
Peace – it’s a “state of being” more coveted than any other. How we all long for peace! We’ve created prestigious prizes to honor those who have contributed to the world’s quest to secure it; but the sad truth is, peace is unattainable through human efforts. No striving, no program, no method will work if they do not include God. It is only His peace, the peace that exceeds anything we can understand that will provide lasting comfort. It is only God’s peace that promises to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus!
Understanding the Power of Praise – The Story of King Jehoshaphat
There is an awesome story in the Bible about what happened when one king decided to praise God, even in the face of certain death. When King Jehoshaphat of Judah led his people with a spirit of thankfulness, the enemy turned and ran. We can learn to do the same thing today!
How to Receive God’s Blessings by Having a Thankful Heart
It’s time to wrap up this Redeeming Thanksgiving series, and begin to prepare our hearts for Christmas. When we started the month out we asked God to set us ablaze with thanksgiving. We laid out the kindling and prepared the wood by committing to this study, and He cultivated that first spark with the promise of restoration. We learned how a thankful heart has the power to redeem for good what the enemy intended for evil. We fed that fire by learning how our gratitude leads to hope which fills us with the joy of the Lord, which is our strength. As the flames of His blessing spread, our praises grew and led us into the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding.
Then, last week, that inferno reached a new height. No longer was it simply spreading God’s blessings throughout our own lives, but it began to consume what didn’t belong. The devouring fire of our God sent the enemy running. Our praises demolished strongholds while reminding us of the ultimate victory, which is as good as won. It is my hope that today, as we conclude this series, the flames of gratitude will blaze from us onto the lives of those still lost and ignite a magnificent explosion of blessing across the whole world!
Other Thanksgiving Posts about How to Praise God in Difficult Times
Some fun Thanksgiving Resources that teach us how to praise God in difficult times:
Download and Print these FREE Thanksgiving Coloring Pages
or This Beautiful Thanksgiving Prayer.
Use them as gifts at each place setting at your Thanksgiving table!
Through the month of November, our daily devotional feature, Hope for Today is focusing on passages of Scripture that inspire us to praise God in difficult times. Below you’ll find just a few of the verses found in the Bible Study through the month of November.
