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If You Breathe, Give Thanks! By Paul Chappell share on Facebook share on Twitter forward to a friend Sunday, Nov 23, 2014 “Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.” Psalm 150:1–6 In one of his Thanksgiving Day sermons, T. DeWitt Talmage said, “Come in, oh day fragrant with a thousand memories and borne down by the weight of innumerable mercies, and tell to our thankful hearts how great is the goodness of God! Come, all ye people! Great High-priest, kindle the coals! Let the cloud fill the temple! Praise ye the Lord! Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord! Today let the people come out from their storehouses and offices, from Lowell factories and off from Western prairies and up from Pennsylvania coal-mines and out from Oregon forests and in from the whale-ships of New London and Cape Ann, and wherever God’s light shines and God’s rain descends and God’s mercy broods, let the thanksgiving arise!” Thanksgiving should be a day of exclamation points. There should be nothing halfhearted or tentative in our praise to God. He gives freely and unreservedly to us, and our praise to Him should be just as generous. Everything in the world was created to give honor and glory to God, and though sin has corrupted our environment and the creation is groaning under a curse, we can still gratefully pour out our hearts before God and praise Him for the many wonderful blessings we receive. Let us be as fervent in our expressions of gratitude as we are in our pleas for deliverance. Today’s Renewal Principle: As long as there is breath in your body, you have the privilege and the obligation to praise God and give thanks.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:43:53 +0000

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