Thanksgiving Exercise

Phm 6
That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.     KJV

Our faith becomes effective, ie, active or pwerful, as we acknowledge every good thing within us.

For most of God’s people, that is a high challenge. We are so frozen by fear of pride that we are not able to truly acknowledge whatever good thing God has wrought in us.

This ought not to be.

Rather than teach on pride/humility I would just like for us to exercise a little practice with this verse.

Each of us has gifts, talents, abilities that make us unique and give us a sense of accomplishment whenever we exercise them.

It is time to acknowledge them.

But, let’s not stop with ourselves. Let’s include someone else in our thanksgiving.

Here are the rules: 

  1. you must say one good thing about yourself–anything
  2. you must say one good thing about another person, and try to address it to that person
    (ie, Suzy, I like the way you always laugh at my jokes)
  3. if that person has a blog or website, you might want to leave them a little link-love, too when you comment
  4. you may comment as many times as you like through the week of Thanksgiving, but only leave one thing on each post.
  5. you do not have to return the compliment to one who said something about you

I’m going to leave this up for the week of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is a time for us to remember things that we are grateful for. Let us express our gratitude for who we are and for those who add something of themselves to our life.

You might want to send an e-mail to the person you compliment, and give them the link, because they may not read this blog. (I only average 20 hits/day.)

I have begun with the first comment.

There is the distinct possibility that we may learn more about this virtual community of which we are a part.

Published by Dale Hill

Dale Hill began teaching from the Bible and ministering to God's people more than 50 years ago. From the beginning his focus was on Peter's question, "How should we then live?" (2 Peter 3:11) Now, the richness of a life devoted to serving God and His people is being made available in print form so that many more believers will be able to benefit from Dale's ministry.

15 thoughts on “Thanksgiving Exercise”

  1. I am a good photographer. I am good at taking pix of people in unguarded moments.

    I love reading Tam’s tidbits. Tam, you are a good writer and I like the way you use words to reveal what’s going on in your head and life.

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  3. i have a good sense of humor. i love making people laugh.

    i have grown to adore and love sara at Gitzen Girl. she is an inspiration like none i have ever see or felt before in my life!

    http://gitzengirl.blogspot.com/

    dale, this is a wonderful idea! i will be writing about, and linking to, this post this coming week. i love it!

    and thank you so much for your kind words!

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  9. I love to love on the needy, forgotten, the least of these.
    While experiencing much healing and suffering this year in Christ, I have been so blessed by so many, and if I choose them all here, I will either forget one very special to me, or end up in Spam.
    So just one?
    http://jennyhope.blogspot.com she always has a scripture for me right when I need it!
    (and my hubs..Praise365..man of few words..but HE means them)

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  14. Thanks for checking.
    I’m still here.
    Basically took some time off from the computer an everything about it. Didn’t even check my e-mail for a few days, or visit my favorite blogs.
    Ready to get back at it this week, though.

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  15. its good to walk away from this thing every now and then, does good to just hear Jesus speak and not so much everyone else….I know I love my alone time with HIM. Glad you are well!

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