Weekly Bible Study Resources. Bible Lesson: Thanksgiving. For week of November 21-27, 2011 From the Christian Science Quarterly

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1 Weekly Bible Study Resources Bible Lesson: Thanksgiving For week of November 21-27, 2011 From the Christian Science Quarterly Citations from the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Citations compiled by PrayerfulLiving.com contributor Bruce Cunningham Golden Text New International Version Psalm 95:1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;... 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Responsive Reading Psalm 147:1 Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. 7 Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. 8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. 13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you. 14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat. 15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly Praise the LORD. Section 1 NIV Psalm 105:1 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his 1

2 wonderful acts. 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 5 Remember the wonders he has done,... Psalm 95:2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. Deuteronomy 24:19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 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. Section 2 NIV Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. 2

3 Psalm 144:5 Part your heavens, LORD, and come down;... 7 Reach down your hand from on high; Then our sons in their youth will be like wellnurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace blessed is the people whose God is the LORD. 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Matthew 18:2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Psalm 98:4 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; Section 3 New American standard Bible Psalm 67:1 God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us 2 That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;.... Matthew 15: The Syrophoenician Woman 21 Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed. 23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us. 24 But He answered and said, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, Lord, help me! 26 And He answered and said, It is not good to take the children s bread and throw it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters table. 28 Then Jesus said to her, O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish. And her daughter was healed at once. 3

4 Healing Crowds 29 Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. 30 And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. 31 So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. Jeremiah 30:17.. I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds, declares the LORD. Section 4 NASB Psalm 38:15 For I hope in You, O LORD;... Psalm 57:5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth. 9 I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. 1 John 3: Children of God Love One Another 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Psalm 42:11...Hope in God,.... Revelation 7:12.. blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen. Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. 4

5 "Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, Copyright 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. 5