Thanksgiving

Thankful to Who
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
2 Cor 9:15

Thankful for What
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
2 Thess 2:13

Thankful When
...giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph 5:20

Ultimately Why Thankful
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
2 Cor 4:15

How to express Thanksgiving
...but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Phil 4:6
Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate.
Jer 30:19a
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Like so many of our American holidays, Thanksgiving has largely become a commercialized and humanistic model of familial idolatry.

Break that mold tomorrow. 

Be purposeful in centering your day around thanksgiving to God.  Eat lots of food, hang with seldom seen relatives, watch football...but don't let Jesus slip into obscurity as you do those things. 

Don't be like those of Romans 1:21
"For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened."

Make your blessing (grace) before the big meal count.  Use that 30 seconds when everyone is willing to close their eyes and listen to lavish praise and honor on our glorious king.  Without the gift of His Son, the notion of thanksgiving would be of much less importance.

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
2 Cor 9:15