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10/08/2026

Thankful Thursday
By Lisa Parker
VP Administration
Murrieta Aglow

Father I am Thankful and Grateful that YOU are a Master builder and creator-And when it
comes to Aglow … Just look at what you have created and built! I am in awe of you…Only
Jesus!
I am grateful and thankful for these women(and men) who I have crossed paths with because
of Aglow and how they have impacted my life. Sisters in Christ demonstrating to me what real
love, compassion, kindness, joy, peace, generosity, support and friendship looks like and is.
These powerhouse warriors of Aglow have shown me how to be the hands and feet of Jesus
and I am Greatful.
On “Thankful Thursday” I am thankful for each of my Aglow sisters(and brothers) and how
Awesome they each are! Father, Bless each one of them today to overflowing and give them a
tangible touch of your Love today! And Thank you father for what you have built, what you are
building and what you will build in the future of Aglow! Romans 12:11 “Be Aglow and burning
with the Spirit!”🙏 🩷 🔥🍁

10/06/2026

Sharing Early

Thankfulness—Look What the LORD has Done for Us!
By Nola Slater

Have you ever noticed how some people’s default mode seems to be on a continual complaint cycle?
If you are near them too often, their negativity can be a great drain on your own spiritual battery! You might even find yourself walking the other direction if you see them in the supermarket, in your work environment, or heaven help us, even at church.

But, God calls us to a different road, and He wants us to be the barometer and set the tone for those around us. He has given us Holy Spirit Who teaches us to steer the words of our mouth into a flow of thanksgiving and praise instead! We can choose to meet up with the negative by finding the silver lining in every situation! Sometimes, He even calls us to BE that silver lining!

Something powerful happens when we focus on ways to thank the Lord. It reminds us of the goodness of God.

I like to tell my worship team that praise isn’t praise unless it is vocalized! Otherwise, it is called meditation.

But guess what? Our thankfulness is meant to be voiced as well!

I’d like to share a difference between praise and thanksgiving.

Praise is wonderful! And we are CALLED to do it. We can praise the attributes of God and mean it sincerely! We praise Him because He is worthy! He deserved our lifting His name on high!

But did you realize, we can praise someone who hasn’t done anything directly on our behalf? I can hear a songwriter sing her lyrics and notice her skill at marrying words and musical pitches together. She may not know me from any other face in the crowd. I can praise her ability and talent without a relational attachment between us.

However, if that same performer happened to be my bestfriend and she wrote a song specifically for me and decided to shared it with the group… and maybe even pointed to me in the crowd as her special recipient…all of a sudden, I am feeling thankful and grateful in response for her effort, because her act was meant for me! Specifically!

Thankfulness is always attached to something a person has directly done for us or on our behalf! Or, and act toward/for someone else we love, and that blesses us, too!

In our case, Our beloved LORD has directly blessed us in a million wonderful ways and we get to respond in thanksgiving.

Dear ones! The more we grow in our relationship with the LORD, the more our thankful expressions toward Him will grow, too.

We can see how much our Abba Father has done for us, observe how gracious our Jesus has been toward us, experience the indwelling movement of Holy Spirit within us and we can raise up our voices in thanksgiving and gratitude!

Eph 5:19, 20 tells us this:
19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord; 20 always GIVING THANKS for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father.

What makes a song a song? It has to be sung! There is no true musical value until it is activated through the voice and heard. Do we have to be a professional singer? Of course not! We get the great opportunity of making a joyful noise unto the Lord, and when it reaches heaven, it is true music to His ears!

Girls, let’s activate! Maybe it’s time to get out your prayer journal and get that “thankfulness list” going. Remember, it is attached to something He has done FOR you that has affected you in a personal way.

Remember the value of vocalizing your thankful heart out loud. Let’s step into the garments of praise, and also put on our thanksgiving attire as well!

Look what the Lord has done for us!!

10/02/2026

Pray for Afghanistan, Algeria and Azerbaijan on Day 1. Learn about their people, spiritual needs and unreached communities, then join believers in focused prayer.

10/01/2026

Thankful Thursday encouragement.
By:Laura Gagnon

When I think about what I am most thankful for, my mind naturally goes to the obvious gifts: my family, the good friends God has placed in my life, and, above all, my relationship with Him. But the older I get, the more I realize that some of the things I am most grateful for did not feel like blessings when I was walking through them.
I am grateful for the God who chased me down when I was busy running away from Him. I am thankful that He loved me enough to pursue me when I didn't know how to pursue Him, and that He refused to leave me where He found me. Looking back, I can see the many ways He truly delivered me from evil, sometimes from things I recognized and other times from things I couldn't see at all.
I am also deeply grateful that God healed my misunderstanding of who He is. For years, pain, shame, and trauma distorted the way I saw Him. Somewhere along the way, I had confused what happened to me with who God was. Healing required me to separate the character of God from the brokenness of people and the pain of living in a fallen world. He patiently showed me that He was not the author of my wounds. He was the One who had been reaching into them all along, bringing truth where I believed lies, light where darkness had settled, and restoration to places I thought would always remain broken.
Perhaps what I am most grateful for, although I probably could not have said it while I was going through it, is that God did not take me off the Potter's wheel before His work in me was finished. There were seasons when I wanted relief more than transformation. I wanted Him to change my circumstances when He was determined to change me. The pressing, reshaping, breaking, and rebuilding were painful, but He saw the vessel I could not yet see.
Humility is rarely forged in comfortable places. The process can be painful to our flesh because God touches the very things we would rather protect: our pride, our need to be understood, our desire to control outcomes, and even our need to defend ourselves. But if we remain on the Potter's wheel, something precious begins to emerge. What once felt like breaking becomes refining. What felt like loss becomes surrender. And what felt like fire begins to produce gold in our character.
Today, I am thankful not only for what God has given me, but for what He has removed, healed, corrected, and transformed in me. I am grateful He loved me too much to leave me unchanged. And I am especially grateful that through every turn of the Potter's wheel, His hands never left me.

With Gratitude,

Laura Gagnon