11/03/2024
Community Thanksgiving Lunch Today Sunday!!!!
12 NOON TO 3 PM
616 E VALVERDE
CRYSTAL CITY, TX
Join Us!!!!
BIBLE VERSES
According to the Bible, the purpose of community thanksgiving is to express gratitude to God, encourage others to praise, and foster Christian unity:
Express gratitude: Thanksgiving is a way to acknowledge God's providence and the miracles in our lives. For example, Psalm 100:4 says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!".
Encourage others to praise: Public thanksgiving reminds others to be thankful for God's mercies.
Foster Christian unity: Thanksgiving in community allows people to rejoice together in the Lord's kindness and affirm that blessings given to one member are blessings to the whole body. For example, 1 Corinthians 12:26 says, "If one member suffers, all suffer together, and if one member is honored, all rejoice together".
Some other Bible verses that relate to thanksgiving include:
Romans 14:6: "He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks"
Colossians 3:17: "Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him"
Psalm 22:3: "God inhabits the praises of His people"
Deuteronomy 8:10: "You will have all you want to eat, and you will give thanks to the LORD your God for the fertile land that he has given you"