“O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”
–William Shakespeare
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Lord, don’t let my attitude of gratitude be like leftover turkey. I don’t want to give you “recycled” thanks like turkey soup or turkey casserole. I don’t want to say the same old words without thinking, like turkey burgers or turkey salad. May I never pull cold words out of a freezer. May each day be a new day of thankfulness. May each day be a “holyday” to gather with family and friends–in thought and prayer. You said that Your mercies are new every morning. May my thankfulness be fresh and new and warm every morning, too. May I daily choose the ingredients of my thankfulness and spend as much time in preparation as carefully as I chose the ingredients and prepared the special dishes. May my thankfulness be a pleasing aroma to You, like the enticing odors of a Thanksgiving dinner.
Holiday CollectionCreative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered what you’re going to do for all these holidays and how you’re going to do it, this resource is for you.
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“Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
–Henry Ward Beecher
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“We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is ‘good,’ because it is good, if ‘bad’ because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.”
–C.S. Lewis
Holiday CollectionCreative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered what you’re going to do for all these holidays and how you’re going to do it, this resource is for you.
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Game Description
This Thanksgiving party game is played similar to the classic children’s game “Duck, Duck, Goose” but with some variations to make it a little more sophisticated for youth and adapt it to the Thanksgiving theme.
This adds silly motions and humorous sounds to the game.
Game Materials
No materials are needed for this game. Players may either sit in chairs, stand in a circle, or sit on the ground.
Game Play
Holiday CollectionCreative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered what you’re going to do for all these holidays and how you’re going to do it, this resource is for you.
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This one makes a net
This one stands and wishes,
Would you care to make a guess,
Which one gets the fishes?
Author Unknown
THANKS, FORGIVING DAY
“It’s happening already!” he said to me.
“What?”
“The last I looked it was July 4th and now suddenly it’s the holiday season,” he said smiling.
“I’m not ready for this at all,” I told him.
“Oh, it may have come too fast, but I’m always ready for my ‘Thanks Forgiving Day!'”
“You mean Thanksgiving Day?”
“Oh, that too!”
“I’m confused!” I said.
“Well, Thanksgiving Day isn’t celebrated on the same day around the world. I’m not even sure if some countries have such a day. So I celebrate Thanksgiving Day with my family and friends in America. However, the day before Thanksgiving, I celebrate ‘Thanks, Forgiving Day’ with all my international friends as well as those here at home.”
“Do you travel that much?”
“Oh, no. I’ve never had that luxury. I met all of these wonderful people on the Internet.”
“I call them ‘friends I’ve never met’,” I said proudly. “I too, have many from around the world.”
“Well then you must celebrate it, too.”
“Tell me about it.”
“Well, on Thanksgiving Day I give thanks for all the blessings in my life. Good health, love, friendship, work, the food I eat and everything I value.”
He paused for a moment, took a deep breath and sighed with great satisfaction that his life is so blessed.
“But on ‘Thanks Forgiving Day’, the Wednesday before, I make an effort to ask for forgiveness for any wrongs I have done. Even the smallest things that may have gone unchecked over the past year. You know, those little things that may have hurt someone’s feelings and I didn’t realize it. But also the big things which may have caused a hurt or lost friendship. I simply ask everyone to forgive me and thank them for opening their hearts to me again.”
I stood there listening to this wonderful man. He was one of those people whom you immediately trusted. His voice, his demeanor, were warm and welcoming.
It was a wonderful thought. A gesture that gives hope to the world. To think that in some small way we could undermine all of the hate and anger in the world by humbly asking to be forgiven even when we have done nothing wrong. The act itself is a reflection of the greatest love God has for us.
“So will you join me?” he asked.
“I just did!”
To you, my friend, reading this message: When I awaken each morning my heart sings a grateful tune to God for giving me still another chance to make a difference in this world.
On this — my Thanks, Forgiving Day — I humbly ask for your forgiveness if I have slighted you in any way during the past year. I treasure your presence in my life and if you would forgive me, I would be forever grateful. Thanks!
by Bob Perks
Used by Permission
Bob is an Inspirational Columnist for Beliefnet
http://www.beliefnet.com/author/author_148.html
and you can visit his site at http://www.BobPerks.com
MORE IDEAS? See “Creative Object Lessons”
200 page e-book that explains everything you need to know when planning your very own object lessons. It contains 90 fully developed object lesson ideas and another 200 object lesson starter ideas based on Biblical idioms and Names / Descriptions of God.
I came across the following one day…
Articles of incorporation of the Springfield Militia
(From the Civil War SongBook, published circa 1965)
What causes you to fear? How do you respond to fear? Do you fear the threat of being ridiculed, of losing a friend, of being unpopular, of losing the things you treasure. Too often we a fearful for the wrong reasons. We worship the gods of Power, Popularity, and Possessions instead of the Person- Jesus Christ. When these other gods are threatened we lose our backbone and bow down in fear of the future instead of fear of the Father. Then we lose more than just our treasure, we lose a piece of ourselves.
But praise to God there IS NO FEAR if you are standing in Christ.
“Finally Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes….Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything to stand. Stand firm then…” (Ephesians 6:10, 11, 13)
May we pray as Paul prayed….
“Pray also for me that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given to me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.” (Ephesians 6:19)
MORE IDEAS? See “Creative Object Lessons”
200 page e-book that explains everything you need to know when planning your very own object lessons. It contains 90 fully developed object lesson ideas and another 200 object lesson starter ideas based on Biblical idioms and Names / Descriptions of God.