Every year, the Thanksgiving holiday serves as a reminder for us to give thanks to our Creator. Many of us find it easier to focus on aspects of the season’s stress—the demands of family and work and homemaking, packed into shortening days. But the Bible has some radical advice for anyone who wants to live differently:

…give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 (NIV)

In all circumstances. How difficult that so often is! We need all the help—all the training in gratitude—we can get our hands on. Fortunately, the Bible has a lot of lessons in gratitude. What would it look like for us to be students of gratitude over the course of this season? To help with this, Bible Gateway is offering the free Give Thanks email devotional.

Each Give Thanks devotional contains a Bible story that illustrates an important lesson about gratitude and thankfulness, as well as brief reflection questions to help you think through what you’ve just read. You can enjoy the readings on your own, or use them as the basis for a group discussion with your family or friends.

We want to help you focus on thankfulness during the season. To expand upon the Scripture passages you’ll receive in the email series, you’ll also see special links to some of our best resources that will automatically open beside the Bible verse when you click the link. This will equip you to explore the Bible in great depth, and to discover features on Bible Gateway you may not have known about until now.

Give Thanks will be delivered to you starting in November, but you can sign up now to be sure you don’t miss out. Click here to sign up!

And if you think your family, friends, and social media followers would find this free devotional insights helpful, let them know they can sign up by encouraging them to visit the sign up page.

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