Thankful Thursday – Week 5 + Giveaway 🎉
In Everything Give Thanks Challenge

Thankful Thursday – Week 5 + Giveaway 🎉

Amanda S.

It is here – the final Thankful Thursday post. 😌 I’m a little saddened at coming to the end of this challenge, but so grateful for all the wonderful things I was able to give thanks for, and for seeing all the things you guys were thankful for! 

I’m hoping that this challenge won’t end here, but that it will remind us to continue to carry a heart of thanksgiving into the Christmas season and the new year! 

My thankful highlights from this past week:

  1. Being able to enjoy a soft food version of Thanksgiving dinner. 
  2. A family time to remember and talk about the things we were thankful for this year. 
  3. Visiting with a dear friend and her daughter. 
  4. My brother shooting another deer! 
  5. A cozy Saturday at home with family.
  6. Email.
  7. That “the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” (Prov. 18:10) 
  8. Thanksgiving hymns
  9. Getting to eat solid food again! 
  10. Putting up Christmas decorations with my sisters. ❤️✨
  11. Irish and Scottish Christmas music
  12. That we can pray to God anywhere, and He hears us.
  13. The cute puppies at the house that I clean 🐶
  14. Little things that I took for granted before my wisdom teeth removal – like being able to chew and smile without face hurting. 🙃
  15. A sweet gift of some pink flowers from an elderly friend. 💕
  16. A really good Christmas music practice! 🎶🎻

Who all completed the Scripture Memorization Plan? I got a little behind with recovering from my dental work, and I am still working on the last two verses. I think the verses in Psalm 92:1-2 are a good reminder to end this challenge on:

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night.” 

~ The Giveaway ~

The Giveaway: A beautiful Give Thanks Journal, which has 52 weeks of entries, along with “give thanks” themed verses of Scripture, an InkJoy pen, and a $10 Thriftbooks giftcard

How to Enter: Leave a comment on this post: 1) Letting me know that you completed the In Everything Give Thanks Challenge of writing down five thankfuls each day for the month of November and 2) Listing your top three thankfuls from the challenge! 🙂

The giveaway will be open all day, and then I will draw a name and announce the winner on Friday.

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53 thoughts on “Thankful Thursday – Week 5 + Giveaway 🎉”

  1. I’m thankful
    is God Important in your life
    Today commit an act of Love toward Someone and Shine a Light on the Love of Jesus
    Whatever you do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not for man
    colossians 3-23
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ .which According to his Aboundant Mercy Hath begotten us again unto a Lively Hope by the Ressurrection of Jesus Christ from Dead 1 peter 1-3
    God is the Light in my Life

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  2. This year has seemed to go by faster than last! It’s been good to stop and spend extra time giving thanks to God for all He has given us! All things come from Him, as it says in 1Chronicles 29:14, “…For all things come from You, and of your own we have given You.”

    Oh, and I have yet to complete the scripture memorization.😬
    I didn’t really need a journal anyways…😉😆

    Here are some highlights from the past week:

    S’more brownies(da so goooood!😁)

    Being able to worship with fellow believers

    The forgiveness and mercy of the Lord. He paid the price for our sins while we go free!

    Getting back to brush hogging🚜

    Completing a project mower

    Sales at The Home Depot

    Getting to work on my car and FINALLY getting the timing set right

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    1. Thank you for that wonderful reminder! Praise God! It’s so amazing to think of Him being so big, so powerful that He made ALLLLL things that we get to use and enjoy and be blessed by!!!

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  4. Ah, this went by SO fast! 😦 ❤

    I completed all 150 thankfuls, and my favorite three are… God's goodness to teach sinners His way (Psalm 25:8), encouraging song lyrics, and a 2 1/2 hour, just-because, middle-of-the-night, heart-to-heart with my sister.

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  5. Wow!!! I’m saddened too to see our challenge complete, but so thankful for this month of stopping to count our blessings! Yes, I was ready to start right into writing my list today!🙃 Thank you so much for hosting this event, Amanda, and for helping us all to cultivate this heart of gratitude to our God, the giver of all good things!♥

    I’m sorry to say that I didn’t keep up with the memorization.😔 GREAT JOB to everyone who completed the challenge!!🙌

    So for my highlights of the week…
    1. a scrumptious Thanksgiving feast shared with my whole family, as well as my aunt and a friend!♥
    2. a customer’s VERY encouraging email about our faith!
    3. my knitting basket, gifted to me by a friend.🧶
    4. getting to watch my niece while her mommy and daddy worked together!😊
    5. special news of the engagement of two friends. (hehe, I’ve known both of them their whole life!😄) In this day and age, when it seems like so often young folks are growing older and not taking on responsibilities, it’s kind of refreshing to see two people making a choice to be mature.😅
    6. a wonderful Part 2 study on Thankfulness + God’s Love! So thankful for my Daddy leading us in this study on Sunday!
    7. encouraging reassurance from others!♥
    8. my Daddy on his birthday!! The ways he diligently leads us in God’s Word and ways and truth; his diligence to work and provide for us; his FUN sense of humor😊; his extreme support of my endeavors; his devotion to his wife and family! I’m so blessed!♥
    9. my Grandmom on her birthday, and the precious lady, friend, example and blessing that she is to our family!♥
    10. resources to get some good sales and buys over the weekend! Hehe, and shopping from home. 🙂
    11. that He is near and knows our heart! So thankful for an absolutely beautiful, crisp, starry night on Wednesday as I stepped out, and this beauty reminds me of His nearness.
    12. a chicken project and getting to care for the critters with Daddy.
    13. having the written Bible and written Word of God to hold and read and be challenged and refreshed by. Wow, how HARD it would be without it!
    14. that Jesus has called us to a peaceful way! I’m so thankful for that! Peaceful in our interaction with others, peaceful in His pure way instead of the world’s way, and peaceful in HIM through every circumstance.

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    3. Thank you for your kind words, Martha Joy, and for helping to make this challenge even better by the encouraging thankfuls you have shared! 💕 I was going to pick out numbers from your list this week that I loved, but I loved them all! 😄 But I especially loved what you said on #13 about how hard it would be without the Word of God! Wow – yes! I’m SO very thankful that our kind Heavenly Father gave that to us, so we don’t have to try to figure out life on our own!

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  6. I did have one day of either catchup 🙊 and/or writing down after midnight🤪, I can’t remember. But besides that I completed the In Everything Give Thanks Challenge of writing down 5+ things I’m thankful for daily!😀 So, so many things we are blessed with!!!

    Highlights I’m thankful for…
    1. The peaceful purity of God’s ways instead of the world!
    2. the abundant grace of God and of Jesus Christ!
    3. my family!
    4. our little church family group, and all my brothers and sisters in Christ!
    5. my job!!!
    6. one big highlight from my thankful memories of enjoying a sticky, yummy strawberry smoothie with my niece and two brothers and sister-in-love!
    7. that He makes all things beautiful in His time!❤️

    Oooooops, that’s more than three isn’t it?!😉😉😉 I couldn’t help myself! Looking back over my thankfuls, it’s so very hard to pick just three, as I’m reminded of so many fun memories, special moments, people I’m grateful for, spiritual blessings, and on and on! Thank you again, Amanda, for hosting this wonderful challenge!

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    1. Don’t worry, you are in good company with playing catch-up! 😉 There were more days than I’d like to say that I was doing that! *grimaces* Thankfully, I know the host of the challenge and she said I didn’t HAVE to get them written down on each particular day. 😀

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    2. I think I wrote most of my thankfuls the day after!! 😉 It was a nice feeling, though, those few days when I did get everything written down that night. 🙂

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    3. Yes, I had a few of those “catch-up” days as well! 😁 I love your highlights! Number #6 is sooo sweet! 🥰 And #7 – Amen!
      Haha! That’s okay about going over three. 😊

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  7. I did all of In Everything give thankful challenge
    Thankful for his Aboundant blessing in my life
    I accept Christ has my saviour
    i’m thankful for my Church family
    I did all Scripture memorization plan

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  8. This challenge was SUCH a blessing to help me think of things I normally wouldn’t each day to give God thanks for! I did complete the challenge and my three top thankfuls would be : the love of God that has neither width nor length nor depth nor height, my family, and the examples of faith in Hebrews 11. (It was SO hard to choose just three!!!)
    I memorized the last two passages today, so I almost completed the Scripture Memorization Plan in time. 🙂

    Here are some highlights from the past week!
    1. Some lessons God helped me to learn about friendship
    2. The song ‘The Wonders of Wonders’….”The wonder of wonders, oh how could it be, that God became flesh and was given for me. The Almighty came down and dwelt among men, the wonders of wonders He died for my sin.”
    3. Late night sister talk that lasted into the wee hours of the morning ❤
    4. Finding the perfect pictures and quotes for a project I was working on
    5. For the friendships God has given me<3
    6. Domino games!
    7. A quick recovery of sickness

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  9. Highlights from the last week of this challenge: ❤

    1. Our family's involvement in politics this year.
    2. Our landlord allowing us to live at this place much longer than we first expected!
    3. Finding time to write in my journal.
    4. The Inspirations singing On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand!
    5. Getting to listen to Hope for the Caregiver on the radio.
    6. Listening to the first Christmas music of the season.
    7. The beauty and coziness of Christmas lights in the evening, and their reminder that Jesus is the Light of the world.
    8. The encouragement I got from the chorus of God Still Cares-
    "God still cares, the sun rose this morning
    God still cares, the birds sang His song
    There's a peace that is anchored in Jesus
    God still cares, God still cares for you"
    9. God providing a spool of brown thread that was the right shade after I lost the thread I just bought.
    10. Letters from friends ❤

    AND…. 11. Amanda, for hosting this challenge! It is truly a blessing every year!

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    1. #8 is so beautiful, Sarah!!😀 I’m not sure that I’ve heard that one, so I’ll have to look it up! #9 reminds me of that true, that He cares…those little moments of Him providing in perfect ways are so precious!♥

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    2. I enjoyed reading all your highlights! And #9 is so neat! 🤗 It’s so comforting to know that God cares about the little things (like loosing a spool of thread), as well as the big things. And #11 – aw, thanks! 🥰

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  10. I like your thankfuls, Amanda! Ps 92:1-2 is my favorite out of the memorization plan. I think I memorized them good except for the references. It’s harder for me to remember references ‘caus I’m not good with numbers.

    Highlights of this week:
    1. getting to sing and play catch phrase with our guests at Thanksgiving.
    2. Getting to see my brother Byron
    3. A scripture challenge my family and I are doing.
    4. God’s kindness in ruling over His creatures. Though he is the most high and could do whatever he wants, he is very gentle, kind, protective and generous to us. He is NOT a tyrant, but our firm and kind king.
    5. My brother’s kind gift in appreciation for helping on his house.
    6. For good reminders to do what is right.
    7. That we caught a mouse and got rid of it out of our kitchen!

    Top three Thankfuls from the challenge:
    1. good conversations with my mom.
    2. Getting to meet Mr. and Mrs. H who live nearby.
    3. Time with my siblings.

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    2. Such a sweet list, Colleen!! #4!♥ Hehe, and I’m quite happy for you about #7…me and mice don’t get along too well.🐭😉

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    3. I have trouble with the references as well. I loved reading your highlights! #4 is such a wonderful truth! ❤️ And yay for getting the mouse out of the kitchen! That can be really annoying.

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  11. Thank you, Amanda, for doing this thanksgiving challenge!

    I have written down 5 thankfuls for every day this month, a couple times catching up the next day. I have also memorized the verses, except for the references, and I forgot a phrase from one of them when quoting them today, so I didn’t remember it perfectly!

    My highlights for this week:
    -Byron’s visit on Saturday, the encouragement that was to me/us and to Byron as well
    -the purity and weightiness that the Lord put into Keith Daniel by His Word burning in His heart and comes out in his preaching; for the blessing that man of God has been to me + left me more set that I will go after Jesus fully and soak myself in The Word every day as my most important priority, this was encouraged through his influence (he did that and was blessed by God)
    -the thanksgiving challenge this month and the push it has given me to develop a habit of consciously thinking to remember what I’m thankful for every day +blessing Amanda has been to me
    -music w/Colly
    – Benjamins oft repeated requests to sing together
    -the notice about inactivity of a bank account of mine before the government took the money (I was able to get the money, and didn’t remember that I had it)

    3 Highlights from this Month:
    -getting our governor again who has been working to pass righteous laws
    -siblings that I see every day and that want more of God and approve excellent things
    -The Lord filling me with His Spirit

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    1. I’m not sure that I’ve ever heard any of Keith Daniel’s sermons…soooo thankful for the encouragement you received, Joleen!! It’s so AMAZING how God uses different people to speak to our hearts at the very moment we need it!♥

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      1. Yes, I do appreciate how God knows the need/struggle of our heart and how to speak to us in a way that we will understand: giving a Scripture that just fits, or using a person to express the thing at just the right time, or putting a truthful word or thought in our hearts, through any number of ways, He knows how to help us! He is the one who comes alongside to help/comfort us, and I’m glad for that, we couldn’t walk with Him otherwise!

        Keith Daniel has been a strong encouragement to me to follow hard after God, and seeing him and his wife’s interactions made his words hold more weight for me, because he and she are “true-blue,” it’s not just “talk the talk” in their lives. I would go so far as to say that he is one of the godliest people I have ever met. God spoke to him early on in life about memorizing and internalizing Scripture until it was burned on his heart, and when many of the other students at the Bible School where he went were enjoying themselves with various things, he was giving himself to the Word and to prayer. Many of His messages were wholly or almost wholly him quoting Scripture, but spoken with a power that would be impossible to explain except that the Word he spoke was alive and living in him. Sermonindex.com has many audio sermons of his, and youtube also has sermons of his. His wife, Jenny Daniel sometimes speaks poems and encouragement to ladies, especially now after his death (he died almost 2 years ago). You’ll notice their pronunciation of words is different than Americans, since they lived in South Africa.

        I don’t mean to be overly long, but this is something that gets me excited!

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  12. Hi!!!! I did not start this challenge soon enough (#only just started) lol, so unfortunately I did not write out five thankfuls every day.

    But I can still share some things that I am thankful for.
    1. That God has given me the ability to learn new skills by experimenting with various projects. Note: A couple of months ago I got interested in auto mechanics. I asked God to give me an opportunity to do some work (not for money, just to learn). One day when Bryce and I got back from working at my house, I thought I would check why our 2003 Kia Sedona was making so much noise. I quickly found out that the rear shocks needed replaced. After doing some research, Dad and I came to the conclusion that the shocks and struts were bad on both our Kia Sedona and our Dodge Grand Caravan. When we got into the job/s we found out that there were more things that needed replaced. Anyway, though I am not glad that Dad has to spend money on car parts, I am glad that I have been given the opportunity to learn. Though it cost Dad some money for the parts, having Bryce and I do the work rather than a mechanic saved him a lot of money.
    2. For God’s creation, and that He made everything beautiful. God’s creation gives us a good picture of how joyful He is. When I look at a butterfly, or a flower or the sun setting, I think, God could have made these more bland and melancholy but he wanted to make them pretty. I think this is because God is happy and He wants to make us happy too.
    3. For awesome siblings who bring a lot of joy to me. I also appreciate that they have the ability to correct me in a loving way when I am not behaving as I ought.
    4. For the birth of Christ, without which we would all be doomed. Also for Christmas (the holiday) which is my favorite time of the year.
    5. I am very thankful that God has given me the ability to work in spite of my back problems. (explanation, in fast mode: when I was around 13 I was riding on a four-wheeler with my brother-in-law when the four-wheeler flipped over on top of us. Good thing my brother-in-law kept the four-wheeler from trapping us, but when I fell, I landed on a piece of plastic and I hit my head on a rock. If I did not have a helmet on it could have been worse. after a couple of days I noticed that my back still hurt. We went to a chiropractor and had an x-ray done this revealed a twisted vertebra. At a later time, after doing some hard work on trees, my back hurt so bad I could not get out of bed. My boss/college teacher, who had previously been educated in spinal and head injuries said I could never do manual labor again. But this is not true thanks to God helping me.)

    Thank you Amanda for letting me comment on your blog 🙂

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    1. Yo, machanic work is so fun!
      Well, don’t feel bad, I began at the start and didn’t write things down every day even. 😬

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    2. You have such a great list, Benjamin! #2 is beautiful! And #5 is such an amazing testimony! I’m so thankful that He knows what we need and we can trust Him, even when men say it’s impossible. Thank you for sharing!

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    3. Thanks for sharing Benjamin! 😊 That’s wonderful about getting to learn those mechanic skills, and that is such a neat thought you shared in #2! And wow – that is such a blessing that you have been able to work despite your back injuries.

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      1. Hi Amanda, I enjoyed participating in this challenge (as much as I did), if you do it again next year I would like to participate from the beginning. Thanking the Lord has helped me a lot through the years. There was one occasion especially that I was really struggling with depression, then it was impressed on me to start giving thanks to God anytime I felt depressing thoughts creeping in. I would sit down with a note book and write down all the things I was thankful for. This would always, without exception, throw me from depression into joy. This was years ago and I have not struggled with depression like that again. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you and thank you again for hosting this Giving Thanks challenge.

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        1. Yes, I plan to do it again next year, Lord willing! 🙂 That is so neat what you shared! It’s pretty amazing how something as simple as giving thanks to the Lord can change our whole outlook.

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  13. I’ve so enjoyed this challenge, and reading everyone’s comments! This is the time of year I often begin neglecting my “Happy List” because of busyness, so this challenge has been a wonderful reminder to look for things to be thankful for!

    I did not complete the memorization plan. But I still have the list, and I plan to try to memorize them over Christmas!

    My highlights from the past week:
    1. Comfy clothes that make the LTP a bit more bearable
    2. Romans 8
    3. Cold Eggnog + Coffee – yum!
    4. Thanksgiving leftovers for supper
    5. The church bulletin board birthdays/anniversaries poster that I make for every month, turned out really well for December 🙂
    6. We got lots of rain!
    7. Getting opposing perspectives talked through/explained (even if we still disagree about them )
    8. Melissa letting me borrow her tennis ball for muscle roll-outs
    9. A much-needed nap
    10. My back/shoulder are feeling better
    11. 1yo nephew wanted to sit with me because I was sitting in the Tech Corner at church and he wanted to see the computer screens better
    12. God maneuvering me out of the downtown area of a town I don’t drive much in
    13. Christmas music and The Ken Coleman Show to keep me focused on the LTP late at night
    14. Made it to a major milestone on the LTP!

    I DID write down 5 thankfuls for each day! And oh, goodness – 3 favorites, from all however-many thankfuls?? Probably…
    1. Seeing God’s hand in orchestrating unlikely divine appointments
    2. My newest little nephew arrived!
    3. My grandmother got to come for Thanksgiving!

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    1. Romans 8 is very encouraging.
      #12. It’s always neat to stop and think of how God protected us. 🙂

      It is also neat to see God orchestrate divine appointments!

      Congratulations on your nephew! May I ask how many nieces and nephews you have altogether? I have 16!

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  14. I know I’m a little late with this, but I thought that since I made all of y’all write down your top three thankfuls from the past month that I would do it as well. 😁 My top three would be:
    1. God answering prayer of not letting an evil marijuana bill pass in our state.
    2. The Lord helping me through a wisdom teeth removal and rough recovery.
    3. Sibling walks and chats ❤️

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