Last evening, about 800 or 900 of our church family from all over the city gathered at the Wexford campus for one purpose: "to give thanks to the Lord for He is good!"
The most unusual and outstanding component of the evening was the enthusiastic expression of praise and worship by the congregation.
It's interesting how believers will "let loose" when not surrounded by those who may be simply "seeking" or even skeptical. Rather, with full enthusiasm and heartfelt passion we spent over 90 minutes giving thanks to the Lord for His grace, sovereignty, forgiveness, love and mercy. We thanked Him for our nation, our blessings as the people of God, of course for our families and finally our personal gifts which are so abounding.
And so as we move into Thanksgiving day and gather in much smaller groups, we'll remember that it was wonderful as a large body to give praise to the Lord without any sense of inhibition or limitation! He is indeed worthy and scripture says that "the angels never stop praising Him" and therefore we too should develop this most glorious practice!
May you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving with every desired blessing and grace, while not failing to turn to the Lord for His goodness.
Blessings in Jesus,
Dr. Jay
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