10 Things That Must Be Involved in Your ThanksgivingSample

REMEMBRANCE AND RECOLLECTION

Thanksgiving is to appreciate what God has done for one personally. We must always come before the Father with a proper attitude of thanksgiving. In the next couple of days, I will be sharing with you the things that must be involved in your thanksgiving for it to be acceptable and pleasing before God.

(1) There must be remembrance and recollection

The word ‘remember’ combines two words, ‘re’ and ‘member,’ that is, to put the bits and pieces together of everything God has done for you. To recollect is a combination of two words, ‘re’ and ‘collect’ - to bring all those bits and pieces, to collect them together, and then bring them to the Father.

As a pastor, I encourage people over the years to record the acts of kindness you have enjoyed and things you didn’t deserve that people did for you. It is also good for you to have a book that you record those that you must thank - human beings that have been there on the road of life at different junctions for you, acts you must thank God for.

You can’t come to thank God correctly if you don’t recognize His involvement in your daily life, so there must be a remembrance and a recollection. When people come to do thanksgiving, they allow the devil to rob God of their thanksgiving because they are still conscious of themselves. Thanksgiving is not about you; it is about the person you are thanking.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you sincerely for (List those things you are thanking God for); with a grateful heart, I’ve come to acknowledge your act of mercy. Thank you, Jesus! Amen!