Thank You Lord For 2020

Dear Saints:

Thank You Lord for 2020!

You may ask, what is there or was there in 2020 to be thankful for?

Well let’s remind ourselves of the obvious. I was watching the NBC evening last night. The network ended the news with a long list of who is who that died in 2020.

Do I need to say more to us? The fact that you are breathing and reading this is enough to thank God.

2020 was a hard year and the same time a growth year. We thank God.

2020 was a year to determine for ourselves what mattered most. We thank God.

2020 was a great year of God showing His Love and Sovereignty; and that the world belongs to Him. We thank God.

2020 was a year that caused us much hunger and yearning for Jesus and for His soon return. We thank God.

2020 was a year when millions around the world put their trust and faith in God and in our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God.

2020 was a year of 47 million (worldwide) people being healed/recovered from the COVID-19 infection. We thank God.

Yes, 2020 was also a year of about 2 million (worldwide) people dying from the COVID-19. We thank God for the lives they lived and for the comfort we have received.

Let’s be encouraged and meditate on the following Scripture on this last day of 2020. God’s grace has abounded for us in 2020. We thank our God and Lord Jesus. God is "faithful, who also will do it" again in 2021.  Amen

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24: 

"16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

25 Brethren, pray for us.

26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.

27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

May God’s Grace abound for you and me in 2021. Amen.

 






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