50+ Thanksgiving Quotes to God When You’re Feeling Grateful
It is a special time of the year when everyone takes a minute to combine a sense of gratefulness and God. Thanksgiving for you and me is a unique day not only in traditions and customs, but also in expressing ones feelings of gratitude. For some it may be towards friends and family yet for others a neighbor who was there for them when in need and for many it is towards God. No matter who you want to thank the feelings are there. We make this day even more wonderful as we see to it to be with loved ones. The fact is that not only us but also famous individuals acknowledge and act on this remarkable day. They too have had experiences to be appreciative about.
Surely they too can’t ignore the tasteful delicacies that represent that day, ranging from a roasted stuffed turkey to the all time classic pumpkin pie. This festive atmosphere is always completed when our hearts are full of the joy and laughter of parents, best friends, colleagues and more around the dinner table. It is a time to forgive and let our hearts fill with love and tranquility. Read on and find a wonderful selection of touching quotes that will inspire and move you, friends and loved ones. These carefully chosen words by presidents, authors, disciples and verses from the bible are exactly what we are looking for on such a sacred Thanksgiving day.
Table of Contents
- Beautiful Thanksgiving Quotes To God
- Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes To God
- Bible Verses To Help You Experience The True Meaning Of Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving Quotes To God In Times Of Struggles
Beautiful Thanksgiving Quotes To God
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- I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. Abraham Lincoln
- For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
For flowers that bloom about our feet;;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - I thank you God for this most amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. E.E. Cummings
- I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that’s in it. Thank you for the day and the hour, and the minute. Maya Angelou
- O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! William Shakespeare
- For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. Storm Jameson
- God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’ William Arthur Ward
- The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings. Henry Ward Beecher
- We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal. J.I. Packer
- Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. Thomas Merton
- I thank God for seeing the miracle of a new morning. Lailah Gifty Akita
- Be thankful. God has commanded it—for our good and for His glory. God’s command to be thankful is not the threatening demand of a tyrant. Rather, it is the invitation of a lifetime—the opportunity to draw near to Him at any moment of the day. Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
- We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. C.S. Lewis
- What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory. Joseph Hall
Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes To God
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- If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart
- If there was ever a secret for unleashing God’s powerful peace in a situation, it’s developing a heart of true thanksgiving. Lysa TerKeurst
- Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. Alice Walker
- To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything. Thomas Merton
- Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. Maya Angelou
- God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’ William Arthur Ward
- We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. Henry Allen Ironside
- The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference. Thomas Merton
- People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn’t kill myself and now, thank God, I’m here. Nicki Minaj
- To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. Johannes A. Gaertner
- I’m blessed and I thank God for every day for everything that happens for me. Lil Wayne
- The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become. Ezra Taft Benson
Bible Verses To Help You Experience The True Meaning Of Thanksgiving
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- Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1
- I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord most high. Psalm 7:17
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
- Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
- I always thank God for you. 1 Corinthians 1:4
- He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. Corinthians 9:10
- You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11
- Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
- Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16
- O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone! Jeremiah 17:14
- I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30
- Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29
- All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Ephesians 1:3
- Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:18-20
- I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king. Daniel 2:23
Thanksgiving Quotes To God In Times Of Struggles
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- The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9-10
- Even in the trials of life, if we have eyes to see them, we can find good things everywhere we look. Joanna Gaines
- I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less. I will always be grateful because I know I’ve had less. Unknown
- I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength. Unknown
- No matter what our circumstances, we can find a reason to be thankful. Dr. David Jeremiah
- Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight to thank God. Maya Angelou
- We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief. Eugene Kennedy
- I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time, but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed. Dolly Parton
- Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy. Mother Teresa
- Praise God even when you don’t understand what He is doing. Henry Jacobsen
- Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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