Thankful Thursday – Week 3
In Everything Give Thanks Challenge

Thankful Thursday – Week 3

Amanda S.

This month has just flown by, and we are now in the homestretch of the challenge. 🙂 Here are my highlights from Week 3:

  1. Safe travels for my parents
  2. Some family history discoveries that my dad made on his trip.
  3. An electric washer (thankful we don’t have to wash clothes by hand anymore! 😅)
  4. Video chats, phone calls, and voice messaging with friends.
  5. That God provides His children with “something better”. (Hebrews 11:40)
  6. An informative lecture about iPhones and the declining U.S. birthrate. 😱
  7. Making a new friend in the chat box during the lecture, and finding out that we both have done the Spring100 walking challenge! 😊
  8. Black Friday sales that allow me to get things for my health for a good price.
  9. My sister who took care of dinner prep last night all by herself – thanks Sarah! ❤️
  10. My brother, Jared, on his birthday. 🥳

Here is a question for this week, inspired by the Psalm 69 passage in the memorization plan (“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” Psalm 69:30):

“What is one of your favorite songs to praise the name of God with?“

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How is the memorization coming along for those of you who are doing that?

“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him

with thanksgiving.”

Psalm 69:30

See y’all next week for the final post of the challenge!

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13 thoughts on “Thankful Thursday – Week 3”

  1. hear are the highlights from the week 3

    1 pray for us

    2 the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you

    3 that he save me

    4 I’m thankful for good health

    5 peace that comes only through you

    Ephesians 5:3-4 But fornication and uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints.

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  2. Week 3 highlights!

    1. Southern Gospel music
    2. Encouraging, quality coffee shop time with a friend
    3. Jesus’ presence
    4. That He is the only one I need, and He is enough
    5. The many incredible songs that the Cathedral Quartet sang
    6. Getting to see my great uncle and aunt while they were in for a visit
    7. Our trampoline
    8. Snapfish photo website
    9. Very thankful for my spiritual birthday this week and the Lord saving me 14 years ago!

    Through the years one of my favorite songs to sing praise to God is I Sing the Mighty Power of God. Also, Great is Thy Faithfulness! Both of those songs have powerful lyrics of the creation (sun, moon, stars, etc..) praising and obeying Him, which I love.

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  3. From Ms. Barbara:

    FRI. NOV.14- THE CHRISTAIN CONCERTS I HAVE BEEN TO IN THE PAST. AND MY FRIENDS WHO CHECK ON ME.

    SAT. NOV. 15- THANKFUL FOR NEIL ADAMS, A JOY IN MY LIFE AND MY HEART. AND MY COUSIN ANGIE WHO ALWAYS STANDS BY ME.

    SUN. NOV. 16- THANKFUL FOR WONDERFUL MEMORIES IN BRANSON WITH SUSAN , TROY, AND GLENDA.(FROM PICTURES) AND LOVING MEMORIES OF GLENDA AND I IN NATCHITOCHES, LA. OUR FAVORITE PLACE!

    MON. NOV. 17- THANKFUL FOR THE TIMES WE HAD MAKING CARDS FOR THE PATIENTS AT HEATHER MANOR. ( FROM PICTURES) AND THE DAY WE PASSED THEM OUT TO THE PATIENTS. TOUCHED ALL OUR HEARTS.

    TUES, NOV. 18- THANKFUL FOR BEING AN AMERICAN! AND MY TALKATIVE NATURE!

    WED. NOV. 19- THANKFUL FOR MY TRIP LAST MAY TO BRANSON WITH SUSAN AND TROY. AND FOR GETTING TO SEE ” DAVID” AT THE SIGHT AND SOUND THEATER WITH TROY. FROM PICTURE. AND GOING TO SEE THE VETERANS MUSEUM IN BRANSON. IT WAS OVERWHELMING!

    THURS. NOV. 20- THANKFUL TO GET TO MEET SOME SINGERS AT CONCERTS THROUGH THE YEARS. THE GAITHERS, RONNIE MILSAP, TONY ORLANDO, MYLON HAYES FAMILY AND GREATER VISION. AND FOR THE 7 YEARS I HAD MY PARAKEET ” SOPHIE” . SHE WAS A PILL. SHE SAT ON MY SHOULDER EVERY MORNING!

    THE SONG I LOVE THE MOST THAT PRAISES GOD IS “THE LOVE OF GOD” SUNG BY THE GAITHERS. IT IS MY VERY FAVORITE FOR MANY YEARS. I LOVE THE WORDS SAYING:

    “THE LOVE OF GOD IS GREATER FAR THAN GOLD OR SILVER EVER COULD AFFORD. IT REACHES PAST THE HIGHEST STAR AND COVERS ALL THE WORLD. HIS POWER IS ETERNAL, HIS GLORY IS SUPERNAL. WHEN ALL THIS EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY, THERE’LL ALWAYS BE THE LOVE OF GOD.”

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  4. Here are a few of my thankfuls for this past week!

    –baking cookies with younger brothers

    –reading through old stories I wrote 🙂

    –diamond art

    –good, encouraging books

    –the stars

    –the humid fall air

    –the sweet smell of fall leaves

    –the song “Best is Yet to Come” by Ryan Stevenson

    One of my favorite songs to sing to praise God is “How Great Thou Art”.

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  5. I’m thankful for…

    1. God’s strength during a bad head cold that I’ve been battling for a week(praise God, I’m finally feeling better!)
    2. Medicine that helps us feel better!
    3. The invention of cameras that allows us to record things for future generations to enjoy
    4. God’s hand to start the music group Ernie Haase and Signature Sound and their faithfulness to Him and one another
    5. The hope of seeing Jesus in the future and praising Him forever with all the saved!🙏🏻
    6. Getting to spend some quiet house time while I’ve been sick. (I love my people but I also love my quiet time too😉)
    7. My dad bringing me by some vitamins and juice
    8. The faithful friendship of a friend and a conversation we had the other day💕
    9. Movie watch party with my brother for his birthday😊

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  6. One of my favorite songs to praise God with is Come Thou Fount. I love the first verse:

    “Come, thou Fount of every blessing;
    tune my heart to sing thy grace;
    streams of mercy, never ceasing,
    call for songs of loudest praise.
    Teach me some melodious sonnet,
    sung by flaming tongues above;
    praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
    mount of Thy redeeming love!”

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  7. Thank you everyone for sharing your lists! Here are some highlights I’m thankful for from Week 3…

    -Getting our meat chickens processed! 🎉
    -Our amazing team (for said project)! I love how each one in our family has their own skills, preferred jobs, and loves working together! What a blessing!
    -My dear Grandma, whose birthday we remembered on the 15th. Her legacy and example of cheerful joy and humble gratitude is such a gift.
    -Getting a writing project done
    -Psalm 62
    -Being able to pour my heart out before Him and that He is my refuge
    -MJ spearheading some great garden clean-up
    -He gives the peace that passes understanding
    -Prayer
    -Getting to do work that I enjoy and that is rewarding and needed!
    -Getting to watch my nieces for a playday! 🥰

    I love your question about a favorite song to praise the Lord! Some favorites are: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” “Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah!” (which is almost word-for-word from Psalm 148!), and “Lord, You Are More Precious than Silver.”

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  8. Kinda late sending these in, but some of the things I was thankful for this past week were:

    A quiet Sunday afternoon.

    Encouraging texts from friends.

    The joy of growing in plants.🪴

    Treasures found in a thrift store.

    A quick talk with a sweet friend.🙂

    That God is constant! (James 1:17)

    “Great is Thy Faithfulness” is a great hymn of praise to God that I enjoy singing. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

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  9. Week 3 Thankfuls:

    • That God’s Word is Truth, no matter the circumstances and no matter how I feel
    • my niece Brooke, her sweet spirit, her trust in God, her Christ-like walk
    • John MacArthur’s sermons on 1 Peter 3
    • That my parents were Christians and desired to please the Lord
    • a good sewing machine
    • a friend who prays for my family and me 💕

    This week I have been singing the hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”. I find such security in His tender sovereignty!
    ❤️ verse 2:

    ”Praise to the Lord, Who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!

    Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been Granted in what He ordaineth?”

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  10. I know this is a little late, but I wanted to share some of my thankfuls from Week 3! Here are some highlights:

    • another successful issue of TFK shipped out to inboxes! For each of the ladies who write and read it, and for the JOY of getting to publish a magazine! Praise the Lord!
    • time with Mommy in the kitchen.🥰
    • Maggie’s latest article coming out in Grit magazine, and God’s blessings on her writing!
    • that JOY is a fruit of His Spirit! “in Your presence is fullness of JOY”!💖
    • a prolific garden this year! I was making Eggplant Parmesan today (the 14th) from the large store we STILL had from our eggplant crop! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
    • getting our meat chickens processed and in the freezer, and getting to work on things like this together as a family!
    • a little visit from my sister-in-law and nieces! I was sitting on the floor and my 21-month old niece was squealing and running laps around me. 🙂
    • my precious Grandma on what would have been her 92nd birthday. What an amazing example she was of cheerfulness, thankfulness, selflessness…♥
    • that God knows how to work in situations to change hearts, lead, mold – even when we don’t know the full scope of things.
    • getting to spend time in His Word and at His feet!♥ What a precious Father I have, that He would invite me to know Him and to walk in His perfect plan for my life! Oh, I want to be a faithful servant.

    And what a fun question! Hmmm, I would say that one of my favorite hymns of praise would be How Great Thou Art!💕

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