Thanksgiving Sermons, Illustrations, and Worship Backgrounds

Five Reasons For Being Thankful by J. Gerald Harris
I love to interact with the kids in our Christian school. I was walking down the hall last week, and I noticed that one of the classes had made some things to commemorate the Thanksgiving season. And so I asked the kids this question: What do you get if you cross a turkey with an ostrich? Do you know the answer to that question? ( read more )

Be Ye Thankful by Jerry Vines
This is not a sermon, not a message, just a little heart-to-heart. This verse of Scripture is just to put our minds into the direction I would like for us to go for just a little while. ( read more )

The American Sheaf by T.DeWitt Talmage
Genesis, 37: 7: "We were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf." A Josephic dream! At seventeen years of age, and when life is most roseate, Joseph, in vision, saw a great harvest field... ( read more )

Why I'm Thankful for Jesus by Brad Whitt
I want you to take your Bibles now this evening, and I want you to be finding your place at Philippians chapter 2 if you will. And in just a moment, we'll be reading verses 5-11. And I want to share with you for a few minutes here tonight on "Why I'm Thankful For Jesus." ( read more )

How To Turn Thanksgiving Into Thanksliving by Adrian Rogers
"Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men and let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving." Now, if you don't mind writing in your bible would you underscore those phrases right there, "the sacrifices of thanksgiving" and "declare his works with rejoicing." ( read more )

Thankful Forever by Jerry Vines
Thanksgiving is a special day in America. You know the story of the Pilgrims. There is some debate, but in 1621 they gathered together for what is generally considered to be the first time that a Thanksgiving was observed... ( read more )

A Thanksgiving Sermon - Not Before, Not After by Steve Jones
A mother was reading from a book of Bible stories to her little daughter Lucy when she came to a page showing Christians being fed to the lions. The little girl began to whimper. Mom said "It's all right honey, I'm sure they're all going to heaven." The little girl answered "But Mommy, that little lion in the corner doesn't HAVE a Christian!"... ( read more )

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart! by David Cawston
I Thessalonians 5:18 expresses God's explicit will: "In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." Simply stated, "It is God's will for you to have a thankful disposition." What is your disposition? No, I don't mean what do you wish it were... ( read more )

Prepared To Give Thanks by Jimmy Evans
Out of ten lepers cleansed of the deadly and socially incapacitating disease, only one turned back and gave thanks to Jesus. In astonishment and obvious hurt, Jesus asked where the other nine were. Unfortunately, the problem of ungratefulness is universal. To our hurt and the disappointment of God, many of us travel through life without a thankful spirit... ( read more )

Thanksgiving Every Day by James Merritt
If I were to give you a pop quiz right now and ask you the question, "When is Thanksgiving Day?" I wonder how many of you could give me the correct answer? Some of you may be thinking - do you mean the "exact" date? Not really, because the date varies from year to year. Some of you might say, "I know it is a Thursday in November." Yes, but which Thursday?... ( read more )