DIGGING DEEPER

Thanksgiving 2025

Is Thanksgiving supposed to be an inner disposition or an outward expression?

• Psalm 116:12–14, 17–18
• 1 Corinthians 14:16-17
• Colossians 3:16–17

Big Idea: In the Bible, thanksgiving isn’t just private gratitude—it’s public testimony.

Did you know:

• Writing gratitude → increases your feeling of thankfulness.
• Saying gratitude out loud → increases it more.
• Sharing gratitude with others → increases it the most.

Challenge: speak up and speak out about what God has done in your life.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
• James 1:2-3
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
• Psalm 16

What are you thankful for this year? Try to include both circumstantial realities (ex. family, friends, health, work, etc.) and experiential realities (internal/spiritual things).

Read Psalm 116:12–14, 17–18. Imagine out loud what it would be like to bring a voluntary, celebratory thank offering into the temple and to share out loud what God did in front of others listening.

Read 1 Corinthians 14:16-17 and Colossians 3:16–17. How is there a combo of inward experience and outward expression here?

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18, James 1:2-3, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, and Revelation 12:11. What could you say to someone who sincerely asks, “What do I do if I am really struggling and don’t feel thankful?”

What are practical ways you can speak up and speak out about what God has done in your life this holiday season? Which one will you commit to and why?

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