Preparing for Thanksgiving Part 1
Thanksgiving Song
Thanksgiving is a time to make our gratitude list
Is your gratitude list longer than your grocery list
And is there a song of thanksgiving is in your heart
Thanksgiving Song
The first Thanksgiving recorded
for America took place in 1621.
An assortment of religious separatists set
sail in September, 1620, seeking a new home
where they could freely practice their faith.
After 66 days at sea, they set anchor
near the tip of Cape Cod and one month
later crossed the Massachusetts Bay.
There they began to establish the Village of Plymouth.
Only half of the original Mayflower passengers
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Squanto and Native American taught
the Pilgrims how to survive.
That fall, Governor William Bradford organized a
celebratory feast and invited Wampanoag Chief Massasoit.
The second Thanksgiving celebration took place
in 1623, to mark the end of a long drought.
Governor Bradford called for a religious fast.
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Days of fasting and thanksgiving on an annual,
or occasional, basis became common practice
in the churches of the New England settlements.
It wasn’t until 1789, that George Washington
issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by
the national government of the United States.
Thanksgiving in America had its focus on gratitude to God.
It was the church that continued thanksgiving
in celebrations of feasting and fasting.
I found it interesting that almost all the Old
Testament scriptures using the word thanksgiving
were talking about songs and singing of thanks.
The Levites were in charge of songs of thanksgiving.
The Levites were the priests; in Revelation 1:6
is one of the places God said
He has made us priests to serve Him.
As priests, one of the responsibilities we
have is preparing for celebrations…
Especially Thanksgiving is to bring songs of thanksgiving.
While making a list of all the table settings and food
you need, make a list of thanksgiving songs.
When you bow your head in a prayer of thanksgiving
make a simple song of thanksgiving part of that prayer.
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Nehemiah 12:8 NIV
8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,
Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah,
who, together with his associates, was in
charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
Nehemiah 12:24 NIV
24 And the leaders of the Levites were
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel,
and their associates, who stood opposite them
to give praise and thanksgiving,
one section responding to the other,
as prescribed by David the man of God.
Psalm 95:2 NIV
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
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