I'd like to explain a little about the "30 Days of Gratefulness" emphasis at my church that will, hopefully, help give context to any posts I may make on the subject. Being a part-time staffer at the church, it's been extremely exciting to watch this focus develop and blossom.
As the staff pondered the Thanksgiving season, we began to recognize that, although giving thanks to God is an extremely biblical concept, we'd hardly begun to scratch the surface of this subject over the years. We realized that, often, we urge people to THINK about what they're thankful for, but haven't encouraged or given sufficient opportunities for them to EXPRESS their thankfulness.
And so we're embarking on the grand adventure of challenging our congregation to recognize the goodness of God and praise Him, to report the goodness of God to those around us near or far, and to reflect God's love by freely sharing the goodness we've received from Him. We're urging our church family to declare God's praise privately in their hearts, and publicly in their words and actions - not to bring attention to themselves, but to the One who alone deserves it.
This is going to be a very exciting month. I'll keep you posted.
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Welcome back. I'm excited about what you are doing at Grace- it sounds pretty powerful. I look forward to visiting here and hearing what God is doing in and through you!
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