After Thanksgiving Day

Outline1. Thanksgiving zarh hmanning cio-If I were to give you a pop quiz right now and ask you the question, ”When is Thanksgiving Day?”  A Thursday in November.” Yes, but which Thursday? November 24th? – The official Thanksgiving Day goes all the way back to 1789 when George Washington, the first President of the United States, proclaimed November 26th as a day of Thanksgiving. Different days are observed.- Finally in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a White House proclamation calling on ”the whole American people to observe a special day of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November of every year.’
2. Thanksgiving Review:  Zeitin caan nan hman cio- Hawile he nuam tak in caan a hmangmi- Mawtaw l e innlo a showmi- Stock kaimi (EV market)- Inn a baui takmi- Phaisa a hlo dihmi- Tihloh a tongmi- A man and his wife on a strict diet, sat down at the table for a meatless meal, all steamed and all green. He looked at what was before him and said, ”You say the blessing. If I thank the Lord for this He’ll know I’m lying!”I Lawmh khawh lo- The sin of ingratitude. Shakespeare said, ”How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.” – The poet Milton, the blind poet, he said that a person with an ungrateful spirit only has one vice, he said because all of the rest of his vices are virtues compared to ingratitude. Every other sin is a virtue compared to the sin of ingratitude.
A man and his wife on a strict diet, sat down at the table for a meatless meal, all steamed and all green. He looked at what was before him and said, ”You say the blessing. If I thank the Lord for this He’ll know I’m lying!”
3. Nifatin hi lawmhni a si- James Merritt: If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, I’ve got great news for you. Though every day is certainly not a holiday; every day is Thanksgiving Day.  If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, I’ve got great news for you. Though every day is certainly not a holiday; every day is Thanksgiving Day. That’s right – Thanksgiving is every day in the life of a believer. 
Daniel 6:20 says, ”Daniel was on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God.” Everyday was Thanksgiving for Daniel, and should be for us as well.

Colossians 3:15 says, ”And be thankful…” Romans 1:21 says ”Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their indignations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

– Charles Spurgeon commented on this text. He said ”I cannot say anything much worse of a man than he is not thankful to those who have been his benefactors; and when you say he is not thankful to God, you have said about the worst thing you can say about him.”
4. No matter what, I am Thankful (Paul)- Because  God Stands For Me Rom 8:31- Because God loves me, saves me, an will come back for mi in deaths or lives 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9, 18)Thanksliving1. Lehrul cham duhnak ngeih lo2. Dawtnak phaw i hruk3. Zumhnak luchin i chinh4. Thawngthabia ngeih5. Cawnpiaknak hmanmi i lak6. Mi bawmh nun ngeih7. Thlacam in bomhhal

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