How Important Is an Attitude of Gratitude to Almighty God?

“Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving” (PSALM 95:2). Is giving thanks to our Great God important in our lives? Let’s go back in time about 150 some years ago, when one of our most notable American Presidents led our nation in special thanksgiving to Almighty God! Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”

John Cafourek (1945-2017) served in the ministry of Jesus Christ with his wife, Sandy, for 46 years.

John was born in South Dakota. He attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, from 1965 to 1969, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a Master’s Degree in psychological counseling from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1978. John pastored churches in Nebraska, North Dakota, Missouri, Mississippi, Washington, and Oregon.

He directed speech clubs for men, gave seminars on abuse and addictions, and traveled as an international speaker in Canada, England, New Zealand, Jamaica, Australia, and other areas. He also directed a United Church of God preteen camp for children ages 6 to 12 and served at the church’s teen camp.