THANKSGIVING GREETINGS TO OUR RADIANT HOPE CHURCH FAMILY

For the Thanksgiving season, we are spending 12 days purposefully hearing, speaking, and doing the Word of God, "Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good." 

We ask that you read the daily "thanks" point, read the Scripture aloud, and pray over the point. As you develop the habit of being thankful, you will discover that thanksgiving produces miracles. Expect miracles. Then, as the one leper who came back to thank Jesus, be ready to share your testimony with family and friends.

We love you, Pastors Rayanna and Tom

November 16, 2025. DAY 1: Give thanks to God for His goodness. Be thankful for the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. Psalm 106: 1 "Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” Make a list and reflect on all of the ways God has been good to you and your family.

November 17, DAY 2: Be thankful for someone special in your life. Send a letter, an email, make a phone call, or make a visit to let them know how much you appreciate them. Ephesians 1:15-16 "For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers."

November 18, DAY 3: Give thanks for a difficult person in your life. Ask God to show you the good things He has put in their lives and what His destiny is for them. Pray for that person to come into deep relationship with God and submit to His plans for their lives. Pray for that person to be blessed. Matthew 5:44-45 "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in Heaven..."

November 19, DAY 4: Give thanks for God's Word, the Bible. Start a daily Bible reading plan. If you don’t already have one. Pray Scriptures daily.Colossians 2:6-7 "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness."

November 20, DAY 5: Give thanks and pray for those God has put in leadership in your life, pastors, teachers, mentors. Hebrews 13:7 NIV, "Remember your leaders, who spoke the Word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith."   "Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."- John Wooden. "To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven." Johannes Gaetnew

November 21, DAY 6: Give thanks for our nation. Pray for governmental leadership- pray for our president and his family. Pray for the Vice president and his family. Pray for people who are in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government from the federal government to the county. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 ESV "First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way."

November 22, DAY 7: Thank God for what He has done in your life- for salvation, healing, and freedom. Share your testimony and the Good News of the Gospel where you have influence. John 3:16 ESV "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." Luke 17:11-19 Jesus healed Ten Men with Leprosy. Verse 15, "One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back praising God in a loud voice."  Mark 5: 1-20 NIV Jesus restores a demon possessed man. In verse 20, "So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And the people were amazed."  

November 23, DAY 8: Give thanks for new beginnings, for forgiveness, for second chances. Pray God’s Word over the situations in your life that need to be changed. Jesus is your  ”Way Maker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the Darkness.”  "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? i am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19.

November 24, DAY 9: Give thanks for children. "Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.” As you thank God for your children and grandchildren, pray for salvation and safety for them and for all children.  Psalm 91.Isaiah 45:25, "I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children." Pray for our Radiant Hope Children’s Ministry to fulfill the call to save the children that God has given us. Pray over schools in your area. Pray for the administrators and teachers to be saved and to teach in accordance with the truths of God’s Word. 

November 25, DAY 10: Thank God for Youth. Pray for encouragement, salvation, healthy relationships, God's calling, godly mentors. Isaiah 40: 29-31; Jeremiah 29:11. Pray for our weekly Outreach to Youth. Pray for our Radiant Hope Youth Ministry. Pray for schools, administrators, teachers. Pray against deception that is being taught in schools. Pray for students to stand up for the truth of God’s Word. Pray for continued revival and reformation in the universities.

November 26, DAY 11: Give thanks for food and provision- Thank God for food His daily provision when you wake up, before you eat, and before you go to bed. Pray that we will find and eat healthy food in America. Pray that our families will sit together at the table to eat meals, to talk, and to pray together.    Genesis 9:3 ESV "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."  Psalm 84: 11 "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly." 

November 27, DAY 12: THANKSGIVING DAY. IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS.1 Thessalonians 5:18 "In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus."  Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."