世界上包括美国在内的很多地方会过感恩节。这一年即将结束，要回顾一下我们从上帝那里领受的诸多福气。

在这个视频中，魏泰德牧师要和我们一起回顾圣经中最振奋人心的经文——诗篇107。经上记着说：“你们要称谢耶和华，因他本为善，他的慈爱永远长存。愿耶和华的赎民说这话，就是他从敌人手中所救赎的，从各地、从东、从西、从南、从北所招聚来的。”

这段经文涵盖了所有人——无论你来自何方，上帝从敌人手中救赎了你。经文讲述了上帝如何拯救古代以色列人的历史。上帝拯救大能的一个接一个的应许同样适用现今的我们。

我们不断地重复听到像诗篇描述了上帝的子民经历了各样的试炼：“于是，他们在苦难中哀求耶和华，他从他们的祸患中搭救他们；”（6、13、19、28节）

上帝不仅会从祸患中搭救我们，而且“使心里渴慕的人得以知足，使心里饥饿的人得饱美物。”（9节）。祂带领我们“行走直路”（7节）。同样， 祂折断我们的绑索，把我们“从黑暗中和死荫里”领出来。（14节）

但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他；（15节）

上帝赐下祂的话语医治和搭救我们脱离死亡（19-20节）。因此，愿我们“以感谢为祭献给他，欢呼述说他的作为。”（22节）。“他们（我们）在苦难中哀求耶和华，他从他们（我们）的祸患中领出他们（我们）来。”（28节）

“他使狂风止息，波浪就平静。风息浪静，他们便欢喜，他就引他们到所愿去的海口。但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事，都称赞他；”（29-31节）

“他却将穷乏人安置在高处，脱离苦难，使他的家属多如羊群。正直人看见就欢喜，罪孽之辈必塞口无言。凡有智慧的，必在这些事上留心，也必思想耶和华的慈爱。”（41-43节）

怀爱伦在《喜乐泉源》102-103页写到：“我们要‘因耶和华的慈爱和祂向人所行的奇事，都称赞祂’（诗107:8）。我们的祈祷不应只包括祈求和领受。不要专想到自己的需要，而从不思考我们所领受的恩惠。我们祷告并不太多，但我们的感恩却太少。我们不断地领受上帝的恩典，却很少表示感谢，很少赞美祂为我们所做的事。”

的确，我们有太多要感恩的。所以，魏泰德牧师鼓励你花时间，每天至少写下10件感恩的事情。研究表明写感恩日志会增强身心灵的健康。

It is the season of thanksgiving in many places around the world, including the United States. Now that the year is about to close, it’s time to reflect on the many blessings we have received from God.

In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson would like us to reflect on one of the most uplifting passages in the Bible—Psalm 107. It says: “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.”

This passage covers everyone. No matter where you are from, God has redeemed you from the hand of the enemy. It continues by covering the history of how God delivered ancient Israel. And it can apply to us today, delivering promise after promise of God’s mighty power to save.

As Psalm describes the various trials God’s people went through, we hear this refrain again and again: “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses” (verses 6, 13, 19, and 28).

God doesn’t only deliver us out of distress, but He also “satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness (verse 9). He leads us forward “by the right way” (verse 7). Also, He breaks our chains and brings us “out of darkness and the shadow of death” (verse 14).

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!” (verse 15).

God sends His Word to heal and deliver us from destruction (verses 19 and 20). With this, let us “sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing” (verse 22). “Cry out to the Lord in [our] trouble, and He brings [us] out of [our] distresses” (verse 28).

“He calms the storm so that its waves are still. Then they are glad because they are quiet; so He guides them to their desired haven. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!” (verses 29-31).

“He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, and makes their families like a flock, the righteous see it and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth. Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the loving kindness of the Lord” (verses 41-43).

Ellen White writes in Steps to Christ 102 and 103: “We need to praise God more ‘for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men.’ (p. 102, Ps. 107:8). “Our devotional exercises should not consist wholly in asking and receiving. Let us not be always thinking of our wants and never of the benefits we receive. We do not pray any too much, but we are too sparing of giving thanks. We are the constant recipients of God’s mercies, and yet how little gratitude we express, how little we praise Him for what He has done for us.”

Indeed, we have so much to be thankful for. With this, Pastor Ted encourages you to spend time writing down at least ten things you’re grateful for daily. Research shows that having a gratitude journal increases physical, mental, and spiritual health.