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Thanksgiving
Golden Text
Psalms 107:1 (to:)

Ogive thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:

Responsive Reading
Psalms 65:4 we, 913; 118:24, 29 (to:) . . . we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. 24This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 29O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good:

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GOD IS gOOD TO ALL. Lets be grateful!

Section Two:
GIVE GRATITUDE through constant prayer . . .
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WITNeSSINg GODS abundant goodness, like Jesus did . . .

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. . . AND RECOGNIZING Gods healing care.

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THE BIBLE

SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy
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In the Saxon and twenty other tongues good is the term for God. The Scriptures declare all that He Goodness aportion 18 made to be good, like Himself, good in of God Principle and in idea. Therefore the spiritual universe is good, and reflects God as He is.
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1| Psalms 145:9, 10, 1316, 18

he Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.10All thy works shall praise thee, OLord; and thy saints shall bless thee. 13Thy kingdom is an ever lasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.14The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

2|515:21 Man
21 Man is the family name for all ideas, the sons and daughters of God. All that God imparts moves in accord with Him, reflecting good 24 ness and power.

and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; aland of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 8:8

A LaND OF WHEaT,

3|530:57
In divine Science, man is sustained by God, the divine 6 Principle of being. The earth, at Gods command, brings forth food for mans use.

2| Psalms 92:15
It is agood thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, Omost High:2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with asolemn sound.4For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: Iwill triumph in the works of thy hands.5OLord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

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Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the 24 blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more.

5|264:15
15 When we Selfcompleteness realize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of matter, this understanding will expand into self-com 18 pleteness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other consciousness.

3| Psalms 139:14 (to:), 17

Iwill praise thee; for Iam fearfully and wonderfully made: 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, OGod! how great is the sum of them!

6|249:89
selfhood Let us re- 9 joice that we are subject to the divine powers that be. Renewed

4| Deuteronomy 8:710 the

the Lord thy God bringeth thee into agood land, aland of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;8Aland of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; aland of oil olive, and honey;9Aland wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; aland whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills Quick thou mayest dig brass.10When thou hast eaten and art full, fact then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

Bible Note

is the only psalm specifically called a song of praise (tehillah in Hebrew) by David. Its an acrostic, with twenty-one lines, each beginning with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This form of poetry made it easier to memorize and recite. While this acrostic uses the alphabet, other acrostics use words or phrases to begin each line. Praise. is an alloy Quickfact Brass made from zinc

PSALM 145

dominion: absolute power and authority meat: (biblical) food psaltery: small, portable harp solemn: reverent; sacred fearfully: amazingly; awesomely Saxon: Old English spoken in parts of England from AD 450-1100 imparts: reveals; makes known accord: agreement; harmony avail: make use of something helpful or beneficial

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THE BIBLE

SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy
5| Psalms 37:3, 4 7|3:25
Gratitude is much more than averbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech.

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rust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.4Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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The di 24 vine ear is not an auditory nerve. It is the all-hearing and all-knowing Mind, to whom each need of man is always known and by whom it will be supplied.

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The effectual fervent prayer of arighteous man availeth much.

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3 What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the comEfficacious petitions 6 mandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has 9 done. 12 The habitual struggle to be always good is unceas ing prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the blessings they bring, blessings which, even if not 15 acknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness to be partakers of Love.

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Pray without ceasing. 18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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8| II Peter 3:18 grow (to1st.)

grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

9| Matthew 6:6 when, 8 for

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The Masters injunction is, that we pray in secret and 24 let our lives attest our sincerity. Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God. Self-forgetfulness, 27 purity, and affection are constant prayers. Trustworthy beneficence Practice not profession, understanding not belief, gain the ear and right hand of omnipotence and 30 they assuredly call down infinite blessings.

when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 8for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

is a psalm of exhortationone that urges someone to do something. Its designed to help people live in a righteous, God-centered way. This psalm explains the seeming injustice in the world that the wicked can prosper and the faithful can suffer. Like Psalm 145 (see p. 2), this psalm would have been easy to memorize and recite because its also an acrostic.

Bible Note

PSALM 37

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Hold thought steadfastly to the endur ing, the good, and the true, and you will bring these 6 into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.
verily: truly fervent: earnest; sincere; wholehearted ceasing: stopping auditory nerve: in anatomy, the part of the ear commonly considered the spot where hearing happens meekness: gentleness; patience; humility; mildness of temper partakers: participants; those who take part in something injunction: command; order bounty: abundant supply omnipotence: all-powerfulness

Trust.

The idea was to pray privately to God instead of publicly to please people. For example, at times Jesus went into the mountains and Peter went to a housetop to pray.

ancient Greek word for closet Quickfact The meant a storehouse or private space.

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THE BIBLE

SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy
10| Psalms 69:30 12|2:4
motives Are we benefited by praying? Yes, the desire which goes forth hungering after righteous 6 ness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return unto us void. Right

will praise the name of God with asong, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

11| Psalms 107:8, 9

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

13|494:1015
Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. It is not well to imagine that Jesus demon 12 strated the divine power to heal only for aselect number or for alimited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good. 15 The miracle of grace is no miracle to Love.

12| Matthew 15:3237

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, Ihave compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and Iwill not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great amultitude?34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and afew little fishes.35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

14|206:15
15 In the scientific relation of God to man, we find that whatever blesses one blesses all, as Jesus showed with the loaves and the fishes, Spirit, not matter, being the 18 source of supply.

15|25:26
Implicit faith 27 in the Teacher and all the emotional love we can bestow on him, will never alone make us imitators of him. We must go and do likewise, else we are not improving the 30 great blessings which our Master worked and suffered to bestow upon us. The divinity of the Christ was made manifest in the humanity of Jesus.

13| Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Bible Note

is a psalm of thanksgiving for Gods love, shown when He delivers the people from distress. Four groups are identified as redeemed from distressthose who suffer from hunger and thirst (verses 49), those in prison (verses 1016), those who are sick, even unto death (verses 1722), and those in a sea storm (verses 2332). In this psalm, Gods love comes from His goodness and humanitys desire for it.

PSALM 107

16| 570:1418, 2324

Millions of unprejudiced minds simple seekers for 15 Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in the desert are wait ing and watching for rest and drink. Give Receptive hearts them acup of cold water in Christs name, 18 and never fear the consequences. Those ready for the blessing 24 you impart will give thanks.

Thanksgiving.

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Wow, first there were only seven of us, and then suddenly there were enough to feed thousands!
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THE BIBLE

SCIENCE and HEALTH with Key to the Scriptures | Mary Baker Eddy
14| Psalms 30:2, 11 (to:), 12 17|242:9
9 There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ in divine Science shows us this way. It is to know no other reality to have no other consciousThe one only way 12 ness of life than good, God and His reflec- tion, and to rise superior to the so-called pain and pleasure of the senses.

Lord my God, Icried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: 12To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. OLord my God, Iwill give thanks unto thee for ever.

18|473:26
Jesus established what he said by demonstration, 27 thus making his acts of higher importance than his words. He proved what he taught. This Jesus not understood is the Science of Christianity. Jesus proved 30 the Principle, which heals the sick and casts out error, to be divine. Few, however, except his students un derstood in the least his teachings and their glorious 1 proofs, namely, that Life, Truth, and Love (the Prin ciple of this unacknowledged Science) destroy all error, 3 evil, disease, and death.

15| Acts 10:38 God

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

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16| Luke 17:1219

And as he entered into acertain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with aloud voice glorified God,16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was aSamaritan. 17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.19And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

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and denial Of the ten 21 lepers whom Jesus healed, but one returned to give God thanks, that is, to acknowledge the divine Principle which had healed him. Ingratitude

20|450:15
15 Some people yield slowly to the touch of Truth. Few yield without astruggle, and many are reluctant to ac knowledge that they have yielded; but unTouchstone of Science 18 less this admission is made, evil will boast itself above good. The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome 21 them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good. Sickness to him is no less atemptation than is sin, and he heals them both by understanding 24 Gods power over them. The Christian Scientist knows that they are errors of belief, which Truth can and will destroy.

MaKE aJOYFUL NOISE

unto the Lord,

Psalms 100:1

17| Psalms 100:1, 3 (to:), 4, 5 (to1st;)

Make ajoyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 3Know ye that the Lord he is God: 4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.5For the Lord is good;

21|329:1
1 As time moves on, the healing elements of pure Christianity will be fairly 3 dealt with; they will be sought and taught, and will glow in all the grandeur of universal goodness.

22|496:13

Bible Note

is a prayer of thanksgiving for one who has recovered from a serious illness. Its all about the relationship between prayer and praise to God.

PSALM 30

healing.

Your fruits will prove what the understanding of God brings to man. 15 Hold perpetually this thought, that it is the spiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ, which enables you to demonstrate, with scientific certainty, the rule of healing, 18 based upon its divine Principle, Love, underlying, over lying, and encompassing all true being.
anointed: ordained; chosen for holy work oppressed: harshly controlled; dominated yield: give way; surrender enlisted: participated actively in a cause; signed up; volunteered grandeur: splendor; glory; magnificence perpetually: constantly; continually encompassing: surrounding; embracing; encircling

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A Grateful Heart
A special gift for you this Thanksgiving! Go to sentinel.christianscience.com/thanksgiving to read these inspiring articles filled with gratitude and healing.

. . . gratitude is a great aid to bringing healing, too. Its a helpful tool that anyone should be able to easily grab out of their healers toolbox.
A gratitude that brings healingnow by Rebecca Odegaard, from the November 2011 issue of The Christian Science Journal (Web original)

. . . my gratitude allowed me the confidence to know that whatever I had was exactly the supply I needed.
Are we really grateful? by Laura Forbes, from the May 10, 2012 Living Christian Science Today blog on JSH-Online.com

. . . gratitude is our safe shore as long as we know that divine Mind is at the helm!
My deeper look at gratitude by Dulcinea Torres, from the November 21, 2011 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel, adapted from the Portuguese edition of The Herald of Christian Science

Real gratitude has muscle. Its strong, dependable, and is an effective way of praying . . . .
Getting gratitude by Deb Hensley, from the November 2012 issue of The Christian Science Journal (Web original)
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Pearl Hint: Make a joyful noise!

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