Thanksgiving 4

I’m thankful for my sister. Have I told you that she is adopting three lovely children?

I’m thankful for her willingness to raise three more when her others are grown or almost grown. I’m thankful that God has given her stamina and energy and patience.

I’m thankful for the those three little stinkers, too.

What are you thankful for today?

• Kristina is thankful for several blessings.
• Rachel is thankful for encouragement.
• Jules is thankful for her son.
• On her new business blog, Kim is thankful for the blank page.
• Elle is thankful for her husband. 
• Connie is thankful that she is good friends.
• Kim is thankful the improvement in her daughter’s health
• Lisa is thankful for her Bible study group.
• Kim of Hiraeth is thankful for a haircut.
• Carla is thankful for lots and lots of stuff.
• Rosemary is thankful for her husband.
• Ann is thankful for recovery from illness.
• Dorothy is thankful for her daughter’s health.
• Jenn is thankful for her parents and parents-in-law.
• Kim is thankful for someone very small and sweet. And there are photos.
• Lisa is thankful for twitter prayers.
• Veronica is thankful for the red cup.
• Jennifer is thankful for the blog community.
• Tulipgirl is thankful for freedom in Christ and more.
• Update: Julie is thankful for allergy meds that work.
• Update: Julana says,

  I’m thankful yesterday is over. It was too busy.
  I’m thankful for an automatic washer and dryer.
  I’m thankful we don’t yet have snow.
  I’m thankful for our new Ikea floor lamp.
  I’m thankful for ice cream.

• Update: Leslie is thankful for abiding joy in Jesus.

Here are three ways you can join in the thanksgiving. 

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here and I’ll included it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in a post, or
• Post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog, send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post(s). If you plan to make your thanksgiving posts daily during the month, let me know that and you won’t need to send me daily links.

More details here.

If you’ve got a thanksgiving post and I missed it, please let me know so I can add your link.

For what things are we to pray?

We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God,[1] the welfare of the church,[2] our own [3] or others good;[4] but not for anything that is unlawful.[5]

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Not My Tie Rod

So I don’t want to get involved in another comment thread at Evangel, because, believe it or not, I have things to do.

But here’s the deal: When you read Paul’s statement in Ephesians 1 where he says that by the redemption that comes through Christ Jesus, God is uniting everything, you don’t think, “Well, not my broken tie rod,” do you?

Why do people seem almost eager to qualify the power of the gospel?