"He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."

Introduction: Human beings cannot live alone. That is why we have neighbors. A true neighbor makes our lives blessed, and a bad neighbor makes our lives miserable. Husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers, sisters, and friends and neighbors live together. How can we be a true neighbor?


1. Thanksgiving honors God (Ps 50:23).
    1) No one likes a complaining child or subordinate.
        Who can dislike a thankful child or subordinate with a smiling face?
    2) God delights more in a thank offering than an animal offering
        (Ps 69:30-31; 50:14-15).
    3) Through thanksgiving, we enter God´s holy temple, and by singing a hymn, we march
        toward His throne (Ps 100:3-4).

2. Thanksgiving brings blessing.
    1) One who has will be given more, and one who does not have will be deprived of
        what he has (Mt 25:14-15, 23, 28-29).
    2) Among ten lepers who were healed, only one of them who was a Samaritan thanked
        Jesus after receiving healing (Lk 17:17-19).

3. Thanksgiving brings joy and happiness.
    1) Give thanks to your husband and wife and to your neighbors (Eph 5:4; Col 2:7).
        - The more thanks you receive the better you treat them.
    2) Give thanks to God - The Son of God will pour His goodness and mercy on you
        (Ps 118:28-29; 23:6).

4. Thanksgiving brings inner healing.
    1) Complaining brings about hatred, anger, insecurity, despair, and groaning.
        Thanksgiving neutralizes all this poison. When you give thanks, the devil will be
        driven out (1Sa 16:14, 23).

5. Thanksgiving helps us experience miracles and overcome difficulties.
      (Ps 50:23; Ac 16:25-26).


Conclusion : The Bible tells us to give thanks in all circumstances. Thanksgiving makes a good thing even better, and thanksgiving causes bad things to work together for good. In our daily lives, do not complain, but find reasons to be thankful.