We all know the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, and how they celebrated their first year, a year of loss and hardship, by pouring out their hearts in thankful worship to God. But do we really understand the nature of thanksgiving itself (the act of worship, not the holiday)? In this episode, we try to talk about the modern disconnect we seem to have with feeling and expressing gratitude. We'll talk about how central gratefulness is to Christianity, how being involved in the work of God by laboring for his church and for the brethren enables us to be grateful in a deeper way, and how it is the work of the Holy Spirit in God's people that causes and enables us to offer our lives to God as a thankful sacrifice.Thumbnail Image by James Walsh#BuckleUpForPilgrims#ReformedThanksgiving#SufficiencyOfScripture#SolaScripturaListen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/11/stop-complaining-god-demands-thanksgiving-ep-46-audio/Timecodes00:00 Remembering the Pilgrims03:58 God's Soverignty08:40 Prevalence of Complaining15:11 Complaining in the Family18:45 Thankful Worship24:30 Intentional Gratefulness35:27 Joy from Giving Thanks39:16 Sharing Gratitude43:46 Appointing Days of Thanksgiving48:02 Secular Thanksgiving?49:38 Communion as ThanksgivingProduction of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NCPermanent Hosts - Dan Horn, Charles Churchill and Joshua HornTechnical Director - Timothy KaiserTheme Music - Gabriel Hudelson