{"id":53671,"date":"2022-12-19T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/?post_type=aim_resource&#038;p=53671"},"modified":"2022-12-20T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T11:29:51","slug":"give-thanks","status":"publish","type":"aim_resource","link":"https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/nl\/resources\/give-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Bible Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Christian life requires discipline and commitment, and thanksgiving is a key discipline. Although a new year offers the chance to look ahead, it is also the perfect time to look back and give thanks.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53682 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Melias-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Melias-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Melias-330x248.jpg 330w, https:\/\/eu.aimint.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Melias.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>God is doing great things in Madagascar. Melias, a Malagasy missionary is now based in the village of Befotaka. The village is full of spirit-possessed people, and they know it is a power that controls them. They did not know that there is a more powerful name that can deliver them from this oppression. The gospel was made known to a very small circle of people and they were delivered from the oppression. They are now studying the Bible, two or three times a week. God has accompanied this ministry with miracles. People knock on Melias\u2019 door at night, asking him to come and to pray for their sick, and they are seeing healing happen!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible study &#8211; Give thanks<br><\/strong>Many of us are reading this at the start of a new year. Traditionally a time of looking forward and making resolutions for the year ahead, why not also take the opportunity to look back at 2022?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How good are you at giving thanks? Would you describe yourself more as a grumbler or grateful? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What does thanksgiving look like in your life? Is it a regular or rare practice?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read Psalm 103.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you feel reading v1-5? Does it describe your life, or is it hard to relate to?<\/li>\n<li>It can be easy to overlook God\u2019s goodness if we are not in the habit of giving thanks. Consider God\u2019s forgiveness and grace in your life, read v6-12. In many churches the significance of sin and God\u2019s holiness is hardly mentioned, how might this take away from what God has done in forgiving us?<\/li>\n<li>Take a moment to give thanks to God for his forgiveness \u201cFor as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.\u201d Psalm 103:11-12<\/li>\n<li>How do stories like these help you to remember who God is and what he is doing?<\/li>\n<li>As we read verses 13-22, we see a stark contrast between our seemingly momentary lives and the Lord who is everlasting. How does this contrast highlight God\u2019s goodness to us even further?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the full Bible study, which includes a second story and the &#8216;fire in his heart&#8217; Bible study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian life requires discipline and commitment, and thanksgiving is a key discipline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53679,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false},"tags":[131],"aim_location":[],"aim_ministry":[],"aim_media_types":[721],"unreached_people":[],"class_list":["post-53671","aim_resource","type-aim_resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bible-theology","aim_media_types-bible-study"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thanksgiving Bible Studies - Africa Inland Mission (Europe)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Christian life requires discipline and commitment, and thanksgiving is a key discipline. 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