Psalm100; 4-5, "Enter into His gates with thanksgivings, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations." Psalm 103: 1-4," Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies." | John 3:1, "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God, and so we are." One of the things that God had against the children of Israel, as God kept them 40 years in the desert, was they were not thankful. As we meditate on 1 John 3:1, we are awe struck by the love of the Father. It is not that we love him, but that He loved us first, and chose us to be His children. Nothing in the universe can change the fact that God loves us. Not only does He love us, but He pours out his love by His benevolent action in our lives, as Psalm 103 tells us. Let us not put ourselves in the position of finding out what happens when we forget all His benefits. When we forget to give Him thanks. Lord, we pray that you open our eyes that we may see you; Open our ears that we may hear you; That we would see and hear the miracles all around us; That we may taste and see that you are good; Remember the miracle of the loaves and fishes, as well as the water turned into wine. Thank you for the cross Lord. Thank you for the price you paid. What great Love. Look at Paul and Silas singing and praising God in a Roman jail. The jail fell down and the warden and his whole family was saved. Can we give Him praise. What about the gift of salvation? Can we be thankful for heaven. Can we be thankful that we could get up this morning. And let us thank God for the 10 thousand other things we should thank Him for. 1Thessalonians 5:16-18, " Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." What is God's will for me? We may say, God tell us here in these verses, We are to rejoice me. Let's be thankful. Pray without ceasing, and give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God for God bless you all, Pastors Paul and Claudia Raught