U-Turn's website is about more than fun pictures and event updates. We want to give you something to think about as well. This page is dedicated to showing the weekly devotionals from 2 excellent teen ministries: PlanetWisdom and Dare2Share. These devotionals are updated weekly, so they're always fresh!
"When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. It must be eaten that same day; leave none of it till morning. I am the LORD." (Leviticus 22:29)
I've always liked Thanksgiving, but I haven't always enjoyed giving thanks. I love colder whether, football, leaves, turkey, family, pumpkin pie, sweaters. (No, this isn't a person ad.) I dig the day.
But the act of giving thanks doesn't come naturally all the time. We're going to spend this last week before T-Day looking at why the giving of thanks to God is a such a big deal to Him. Why does He care that we feel and give gratitude?
Notice, first, that God built a whole special offering for giving thanks to Himself right into the Law in Leviticus. It was a sacrifice, and it could be done in the right or the wrong way.
To give away gratitude is still a sacrifice; we have to do the work to get our minds in the right place. We have to change our perspective.
Think: Do you think there's a wrong way to say thank you to God (or anyone else)? Do you think there's a wrong attitude from which to say thank you?
Pray: Ask God to help you to want to be a grateful person. Ask Him to help you to be willing to do the work of giving thanks.
Do: Start a list today and plan to keep it around all the way through Thanksgiving Day. Write on it 10 specific things you're thankful to God for today.
BELLA SWAN has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and sent Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington...
