November 08, 2026
Greetings and blessings to you all. It is the Thanksgiving season reminding us of all that God has done for us. Let us name a few. He has given us the forgiveness we needed because we were once enemy of the cross. He has given us our first breath …our second breath. And as long as we live ..He has given us His air to breath. Some of us will not thank Him for that; because they may be struggling with COPD or lung cancer. However, in that; thinking deeper... God has given us each day that we live.. just to struggle. Let’s not forget Paul who struggled with an affliction that had him crying out and begging God in 2nd Cor. 12:8 “three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it from me”. God wanted Paul (as He wants us) to rely on His divine strength. We are to be thankful for God’s grace and power operating best in our weaknesses. We are to be thankful for the JOY God has given us. Christians must operate in a Spirit-controlled life according to Gal. 5:22 listing the fruit of the Spirit. Being thankful, grateful children of God, we should never forfeit our JOY to sullenness, bitterness, or negativism simple because things are not the way we would like them to be. It is common for some believers to let the changing difficulties, confusion, trials, economic troubles, attacks, strained relationships throw them off balance and steal their JOY. The message of the blood and the cross and the work of redemption are still foolishness to a people who would like to believe that man can save himself by his own goodness. Modern man is in conflict with the truth of God. Therefore, it is difficult for him/her to be in a spirit of thankfulness’ and gratitude. God speaks of a fall and a condemnation and His key word is GRACE. Modern man speaks of his native/natural/human goodness. Man’s key word is “WORKS”. But in Eph. 2:8-9 “For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.” In First Peter 1:18 the Bible says, “You know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ a lamb without blemish or defect.” The power of sin has been broken by the all-sufficient sacrifice of Christ on Calvary. Hallelujah! Let us be a thankful-grateful people of God.
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie