Greetings Lighthouse Inc., Church Family,

God is on the throne of our hearts.  With each and every moment it’s important that we remember who we are in Him.  God has promised that He would withhold no good thing from those who love Him.  In this season where there is extreme darkness and tragedy abounding on all sides, please remember to give thanks for all that He has given to you and your family.

Colossians 3:  17 (EXB); Everything you do or say should be done to obey [or as a representative of; in the name of] the Lord Jesus. And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.

Revelation 11:  17 (ICB); We give thanks to you, Lord God All-Powerful.  You are the One who is and who was.  We thank you because you have used your great power and have begun to rule!

1 Thessalonians 5:  16 – 18; “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Colossians 3:  16; “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Below is a copy of President George Washington’s Proclamation for Thanksgiving given on October 3, 1789.  Please read this and see how rich our foundation as a nation is in God.  Pray and thank God for what He has given to you, your family, and our nation.

On behalf of myself, and the Lighthouse Inc., Church staff.  We want to wish you a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving.  May His light always shine upon you and keep you safe in Him.  Be blessed.

In Christ,

Pastor/Evangelist Barbara Lynch

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Transcript of President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3, 1789.

By the President of the United States of America—

A Proclamation

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their Joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed–to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us—and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

Go. Washington

source:  https://www.si.edu/spotlight/thanksgiving/proclamation