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Join us in November for a Thanksgiving Prayer Initiative entitled, “We Give Thanks.”

During this month, we will be pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing a verse a day to express gratitude and thankfulness to Our Great God and Savior.

We will be posting the devotional daily on our Facebook page, and you can get a copy of them by subscribing to our email.

We are looking forward to seeing what God is going to do in and through your life.

Blessings, James

Here are the verses for each day of November

November 1 – Give thanks to God for His faithfulness. “But we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.” Psalm 79:13

November 2 – Give thanks to God for His goodness. “Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever.” 1 Chronicles 16:34.

November 3 – Give thanks that God has made every human being His image bearer. “So, God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27

November 4 – Give thanks for God’s mighty sovereignty. “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for You have taken Your great power and begun to reign.” Revelation 11:17

November 5 – Give thanks for God’s strength. “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.” Psalm 28:7

November 6 – Give thanks for God’s provision of food. “The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God.” Romans 14:6

November 7 – Give thanks for salvation. “Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise.” Psalm 106:4

November 8 – Give thanks for God’s nearness. “The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4: 5b-6

November 9 – Give thanks to God for what He does in your life. “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful deeds.” Psalm 9:1

November 10- Give thanks for God changing our hearts. “But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.” Romans 6:17

November 11 – Give thanks because that is God’s will for you today. “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

November 12– Give thanks for God’s love. “Give thanks to the God of gods, for His steadfast love endures forever.” Psalm 136:2

November 13– Give thanks to God for His creation. “O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. Here is the sea great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. ” Psalm 104:24-25

November 14– Give thanks that God exalts His name and Word. “I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your Word.” Psalm 138:2

We Give Thanks - Thanksgiving Prayer Initiative

We will be pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing a verse a day to express gratitude and thankfulness to Our Great God and Savior.

November 15 – Give thanks for victory in Jesus. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57

November 16 – Give thanks that God is working for our good. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

November 17 – Give thanks for the growing Christians in your life. “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace that was given you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Corinthians 1:4

November 18 – Give thanks to God for His comfort. “You will say in that day: I will give thanks to You, 0 Lord, for though You were angry with me, Your anger turned away, that You might comfort me.” Isaiah 12:1

November 19 – Give thanks to God for faithful parents and grandparents who brought us to the feet of Jesus. “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.” 2 Timothy 1:5

November 20 – Give thanks for God giving us hearts that care. “But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.” 2 Corinthian s 8:16

November 21 – Give thanks that we have hope even in death. “For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those would have fallen asleep.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14

November 22– Give thanks for the prayers of God’s people. “You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.” 2 Corinthians 1:11

November 23 – Give thanks for the people of The Chapel at Warren Valley. “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.” Ephesians 1: 6

November 24 – Give thanks for all that God has made. “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” 1 Timothy 4:3

November 25 – Give thanks that God spreads the knowledge of Christ through us. “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere.” 2 Corinthians 2:14

November 26 – Give thanks to God for His righteousness. “I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.” Psalm 7:17

November 27 – Give thanks that God made us qualified to inherit eternal life. “…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. ” Colossians 1:12

November 28 – Give thanks for God’s increased grace in our lives. “For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthian s 4:1,5

November 29 – Give thanks in everything you do. “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17

November 30 – Give thanks that God will finish the good work He has begun in us. “And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6

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