Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. Psalm 95:2

Gratitude Is Not Limited to the Month of November

Posted on by Michele Morin

I have a bag for everything. Maybe you do as well? If I grab the right bag as I walk out the door, I’m in business. This morning, with “the church bag” in hand, I’m pondering this question:

What do you bring with you when you come to God?

Psalm 95 suggests thanksgiving as cargo:

“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.”  (Psalm 95:1, 2 emphasis mine)

I’m thinking about what I will bring with me today as I prepare for worship on this Sunday morning: a sweater, Sunday school notes, my Bible, and a journal.

Will I also be bringing my gratitude and joyful praise?

Worship is not a Sunday-specific activity. Gratitude is not limited to the month of November. We are invited to enter the presence of God on the average Tuesday, any time of day. (This Sunday-school-level data should actually be staggering…)

Worship is not a Sunday-specific activity. Gratitude is not limited to the month of November.

Today, let’s allow the call to worship of Psalm 95 to motivate us to take inventory of what we’re bringing with us into the presence of God. We can ALWAYS come to God with hearts full of thanksgiving.

Holding You in the Light,

What do you bring with you when you come to God? Psalm 95 suggests thanksgiving as cargo: “Come before His presence with #thanksgiving…”

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Michele Morin is a Bible teacher, writer, reader, and gardener committed to the truth that women can become confident Christ-followers and students of God's Word. She has been married to an unreasonably patient husband for thirty-plus years, and together they have four married sons and a growing fleet of adorable grandchildren. Michele loves hot tea and well-crafted sentences, poems that stop her in her tracks, and days at the ocean with the whole family. She laments biblical illiteracy and advocates for the prudent use of “little minutes.” She blogs at Living Our Days, and you can connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

22 thoughts on “Gratitude Is Not Limited to the Month of November”

  7. Our prayers often tend to be filled more with requests than thanks and worship. What a difference it would make if we thought of these verses as we approach our time with the Lord, whether in private or public.

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  8. I’m working on learning to have gratitude every day. Some days, though, I don’t even think about it. You are right – gratitude is not just for Thanksgiving and worship is not just for Sunday. I really want to cultivate a spirit of worship and gratitude in my daily activities, because God is with us all the time. He does tell us to “pray without ceasing.” Blessings to you, Michele!

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  10. I have not been wanting to let go of thanksgiving this year 🙂 I feel the same way – we need to be grateful and offering our thanks all year round. I want to be better at it this coming year.

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  11. I’m sorry to take so long to respond. This got lost in my email received list. We should ALWAYS take gratitude with us any time we go before the Lord.

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