1. Thanksgiving utters a confession of dependence, an acknowledgement of the gift of something not earned or deserved.
  2. We encounter the triune God in various ways and unexpected places, at countless moments of our daily lives.
  3. Our trust in Jesus pours contentment into the way we think and the way we experience life.
  4. Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours gratitude into the way we think and the way we experience life.
  5. As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.