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January '03
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

February '03
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

March '03
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13

April '03
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

May '03
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22

June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35

September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

October '03
Week 40
Week 41
Week 42
Week 43
Week 44

November '03
Week 45
Week 46
Week 47
Week 48

December '03
Week 49
Week 50
Week 51
Week 52

Key Passage: Psalm 105: 1-5

Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face evermore! Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth.

It is good to thank and praise the Lord for His goodness and His wondrous works in our lives. More often we tend to take the grace of God for granted. When we wake up in the morning, go about our daily businesses and return home safe and sound, we ought to lift up our hands in thanksgiving to God. When we have food on our tables and shelters over our heads, we ought to bow down and worship Him. There are many people in the world today who have no food to eat, no place to lay their heads and no comfort for their souls. Some are facing life difficulties caused by war, famine, disease and economic depression. When God does so much to bless and keep us, we need to return to Him with thanksgiving and praise.

The Pilgrims, the first group of permanent European settlers in the ‘New World’ known today as America, had a hard and devastating first year. They had gone through a terrible winter which brought untold hardship, hunger and illness into their midst, that left half of them alive. Against all odds, those that survived built homes for shelter and had peace with their Native American Indian neighbors. In fall of 1621, they had a successful and plentiful harvest and even had enough food to put away for the coming winter. They therefore proclaimed a day of thanksgiving to God for His providence, His provision, His protection and the peace they had. They rejoiced and celebrated in appreciation for the mercies of God.

Today, every third Thursday in November is observed as a national day of Thanksgiving in America. However, many people do not recognize the Almighty God as the One to be thankful to for His manifold goodness, mercies and love. There is nothing good we can achieve in life without God’s grace. Let us arise in thanksgiving to Him. Let us lift our voices in praise and adoration to His name, for He is good and His mercy endures forever.

 

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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