Senior Adult Ministry

Thanksgiving or Complaining: Which will it be?

“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”            Ps. 34:1

The person who gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the person that complains can find comfort in nothing. Thankfulness is the opposite of complaining. Thanksgiving is a Christian grace that we ought to be growing in.
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but she was unable to find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied politely, "No, ma’am, they’re as big as they’re gonna get!!”
So it is with many today when it comes to giving thanks to God for all He has done for them.

I. Thanksgiving is an attitude of choice
Thanksgiving is a definite attitude. It is a choice we make. We can either be thankful and express gratitude for the rich blessings of God, or we can gripe, murmur, and complain about our circumstances. The choice is ours. Thanksgiving is independent of circumstances but not independent of choice. We can choose to be thankful or not.

II. Thanksgiving is an assignment to complete
Thanksgiving is commanded in the Word of God. It is not optional! It is not optional but mandatory. It is an imperative, individual assignment. There is always something we can be thankful about if we look for it.

III. Thanksgiving is an activity that characterizes
Christians should be characterized by thanksgiving. According to Romans 1 unthankfulness is a trait of the ungodly (1:21). As the ungodly and an unholy are distinguished by being unthankful, Christian should be distinguished by the spirit of thankfulness.
How beautiful is the grace of gratitude! Thanksgiving should adorn the life of every child of God as it did Jesus. Ps 33:1 “Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.” Praise is suitable for the righteous.
Thanksgiving should be an activity that all the redeemed of the Lord participate in daily. The way to be an unhappy Christian is to be an unthankful Christian. An unthankful Christian will soon be a defeated Christian.

Are you pleasing or displeasing to the Lord? The presence or the absence of thankfulness will manifest it. When you have thanked God for every blessing He has bestowed in addition to salvation, what time will you have left for complaining?

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