Canadian Thanksgiving Day

7Verse 7. For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; 8Verse 8. a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; 9Verse 9. a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. 10Verse 10. When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you. 11Verse 11. Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. 12Verse 12. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, 13Verse 13. and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, 14Verse 14. then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 15Verse 15. He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. 16Verse 16. He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper. 17Verse 17. You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.” 18Verse 18. But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

6Verse 6. Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7Verse 7. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. 8Verse 8. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9Verse 9. As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” 10Verse 10. Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11Verse 11. You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God. 12Verse 12. For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God. 13Verse 13. Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others. 14Verse 14. And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15Verse 15. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

11Verse 11. While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. 12Verse 12. As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance 13Verse 13. and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14Verse 14. When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. 15Verse 15. When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16Verse 16. He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him — and he was a Samaritan. 17Verse 17. “Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine? 18Verse 18. Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?” 19Verse 19. Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well! ”