Scripture Thanksgiving Quotes

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. ~ Ina Garten

Twas the night before Thanksgiving.
All the food's in the oven.
And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'. ~ Craig Ferguson

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin. ~ Craig Ferguson

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round. ~ Cindy Margolis

It is certain that Scripture nowhere contradicts Scripture; rather, one passage explains another. This sound principle of interpreting Scripture by Scripture is sometimes called the analogy of Scripture or the analogy of faith. ~ J.I. Packer

The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture. ~ R.C. Sproul

He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ~ Harpo Marx

My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture over against another. ~ N. T. Wright

In this sense, the methodological form that comes into play here is ultimately quite simple: Scripture is interpreted by Scripture. Scripture interprets itself. Attentive listening to Scripture's own internal self-interpretation is very characteristic of Redemptoris Mater. ~ Hans Urs Von Balthasar

The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact. ~ Wayne Grudem

Thanksgiving means thanking the givers. ~ Vikrmn

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour. ~ Augusten Burroughs

You don't read scripture, scripture reads you. ~ Mike Glenn

Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving. ~ Alexandra Katehakis

Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith. ~ G. C. Berkouwer

The gift of speaking in tongues enables us to experience deeper prayer and thanksgiving ~ Sunday Adelaja

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more. ~ Regina Brett

Just like a person has five senses, the Scripture also has Five Senses. First, there is the historical sense of Scripture. Second, there is a doctrinal sense of Scripture. Third, there is a prophetic sense of Scripture, fourth, there is a philosophical sense to Scripture, fifth, and there is a mystical sense to Scripture where events and persons symbolize truth. The Common Man is incapable of coming to the Scriptures and perceiving what is in it. We must have Grace given to us by Christ in order to understand the Bible. ~ Anya VonderLuft

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. ~ Marilu Henner

There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train. ~ David Letterman

Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth. ~ Martin Luther

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. ~ John Templeton

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. ~ Katharine McPhee

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing. ~ Kurt Busch

When you wake up every morning, let thanksgiving be your first thought. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It can be unhelpful to wax eloquent about the inerrancy of Scripture without an accompanying acknowledgment that, while Scripture may be inerrant, there are no inerrant interpreters of Scripture. ~ Wendy Vanderwal-Gritter

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. ~ Timothy Keller

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England". ~ Jay Leno

Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving. ~ George Whitefield

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving. ~ Jacob Braude

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~ Kevin James

No One Diets on Thanksgiving. ~ Erma Bombeck

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. ~ Rebecca Harding Davis

Sacred scripture is like a mirror in which we see God, although each in a different way. ~ Emanuel Swedenborg

I like to stuff myself at Thanksgiving, not turkeys. ~ Kevin Nealon

Let thy prayer be thanksgiving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~ W.J. Cameron

Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?' ~ Jim Gaffigan

Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes. ~ Mark Batterson

All of Scripture is for us but not all of Scripture is to us. ~ Stuart Scott

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~ Erma Bombeck

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. ~ Phyllis Diller

Holy Scripture could never lie or err ... its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. ~ Galileo Galilei

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~ Irv Kupcinet

Why go to so much trouble when Cranberry Juice, Chicken Broth, and Vodka tastes just like Thanksgiving Dinner, and you can enjoy it alone. ~ Ray Palla

In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church. ~ John Wesley

We do not sit in authority over the Scripture, the Scripture sits in authority over us. ~ Steven J. Lawson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. ~ Victor Hugo

If there is one Christian left who holds out hope that a God honoring, biblically accurate, mainstream Hollywood movie will emerge, I have some advice for you ... stop waiting, it's not going to happen, move on. If you want authentic Scripture, read the Scripture. ~ William Branks

I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy. ~ Richie Sambora

Eucharisteo - thanksgiving - always precedes the miracle. ~ Ann Voskamp

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. ~ Todd Barry

It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks. ~ Donald Curtis

Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It's a national tradition. ~ Eric Samuel Timm

My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. ~ Rita Rudner

When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom. ~ Jack Kerouac

The Holy Spirit wants to convert the words of Scripture into transformed personalities. ~ David Jeremiah

Scripture doesn't speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God. ~ Rachel Held Evans

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. ~ Jim Rohn

He can't go five minutes without quoting scripture. It's like biblical Tourettes. ~ Dawn Jayne

The step of obedience always precedes revelation. That pattern is evident all through the Scripture. ~ Chuck Missler

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving. ~ David H. Murdock

I am blessed with 365 days of thanksgiving and answered prayer. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The purest form of thanksgiving unto God is a reflected in our knowledge and understanding about who He is, not what we receive from Him! Thanksgiving is a continuous celebration of God's awesome nature and Supreme Being! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

In this season of thanksgiving, I'm equally grateful to the people who said NO. I didn't see it then, I see it now. Thank you! ~ Assegid Habtewold

May my thanksgiving be my prayer. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

No duty is more earnestly impressed upon us in Scripture than the duty of continual communion with Him. ~ David McIntyre

I'll be there for Thanksgiving', Mike said before hanging up, and she heard his kiss on the phone--the kind reserved for family." Things Unsaid, from Chapter, "Thanksgiving ~ Diana Y. Paul

We're having Thanksgiving at our place," he said. "An old-fashioned Thanksgiving." "With drag queens and hookers and cranberry sauce?" I asked breathlessly. "Just like at Grandma's," he replied. ~ Josh Kilmer-Purcell

America has developed a pie tradition unequivocally and unapologetically at the sweet end of the scale, and at no time is this better demonstrated than at Thanksgiving. ~ Janet Clarkson

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. ~ J. Robert Moskin

The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, I don't need a pardon. I need a job.' ~ Conan O'Brien

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ. ~ G. C. Berkouwer

Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate. ~ Bo Burnham

Read the Scripture to renew your mind.
Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul.
Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. ~ Amy Grant

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan? ~ David Letterman

Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia. ~ H.L. Mencken

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. ~ Edwin Percy Whipple

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. ~ Willie Aames

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them. ~ Max Lucado

Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. ~ J.C. Ryle

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full. ~ Alistair Begg

Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it ~ Francis Chan

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council. ~ Martin Luther

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it ~ Martin Luther

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful. ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

Both my study of Scripture and my career in entertaining children have taught me to cherish them. ~ Walt Disney

You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees. ~ Radhanath Swami

Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up ~ John Howard Griffin

[T]here is no greater strengthener of sin, and destroyer of the soul, than Scripture misapplied (317). ~ Richard Baxter

It was surprisingly difficult to find prayers of thanks - the least represented of any type of prayer. ~ Marie Noël

On ol' Halloween Night
These monsters join the living
If they had it their way
They'd stay until Thanksgiving ~ Casey Browning

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit. ~ William J. Clinton

Your future is in the scripture so do not ignore the scripture ~ Udeagha Iwuchukwu Michael

When the Scripture speaks, God speaks ~ Martin Luther

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world. ~ Peter Kreeft

The joy of living is the heart of thanksgiving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita