Thanksgiving Day, USA

21Verse 21. Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. 22Verse 22. Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. 23Verse 23. Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. 24Verse 24. The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. 25Verse 25. I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts — the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you. 26Verse 26. You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame. 27Verse 27. Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.

1Verse 1. First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— 2Verse 2. for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. 3Verse 3. This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4Verse 4. who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5Verse 5. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6Verse 6. who gave Himself as a ransom for all — the testimony that was given at just the right time. 7Verse 7. For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

25Verse 25. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Verse 26. Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Verse 27. Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28Verse 28. And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. 29Verse 29. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. 30Verse 30. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31Verse 31. Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32Verse 32. For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33Verse 33. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.