Thanksgiving gives us as believers the perfect opportunity to give thanks, allowing us to spend precious time with our family and friends. While it’s an event we celebrate yearly, many forget its faith-based origins. For example, the very first Thanksgiving celebration was a harvest feast hosted by the Plymouth settlers in 1621 as a way of thanking God for His care and provision to them throughout the planting and harvesting season. This means that by celebrating Thanksgiving in modern times, with a hearty meal and surrounded by those we love, we are actually celebrating an event that has its origins in the Christian faith.
Incorporating a New Tradition Into Your Celebration
Every family has individual traditions and routines that make up their special day, this day of thanksgiving. You can improve your Thanksgiving celebration this year by incorporating popular Christian Thanksgiving songs into your holiday routine and once again harken back to the Christian roots of the original event.
Popular Christian Thanksgiving Songs
Perhaps, your favorite part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal is the scrumptious turkey, creamy potatoes or delectable pie. Maybe, your favorite part doesn’t have to do with the meal itself at all. You might instead prefer watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade, The National Dog Show or simply being with family or friends whom you don’t often get to see. Whatever your current list of favorites surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday, by adding Thanksgiving Christian songs to the celebration, you can only improve the event and expand upon the joyfulness of the experience. Consider the following contemporary Christian songs for Thanksgiving to get started:
Gratitude - Brandon Lake
This song entitled Gratitude, by Brandon Lake is all about gratitude, making it a great addition to your Thanksgiving celebration. The instrumental underlay of the song is soothing, and it would fit perfectly into the background of your family gathering. Just a few of the lyrics are listed below, showcasing the message of gratitude communicated by this song:
All my words fall short
I got nothing new
How could I express
All my gratitude?
I could sing these songs
As I often do
But every song must end
And You never do
So I throw up my hands
And praise You again and again
‘Cause all that I have is a hallelujah
Hallelujah
And I know it’s not much
But I’ve nothing else fit for a King
Except for a heart singing hallelujah
Hallelujah
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord
Thank You - Hillsong
The song Thank You by Hillsong is another calming, soothing praise song that would go great in the background of a celebration. The lyrics, which are outlined below, showcase the message of this song. It is one we should always sing, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the entire year. It is a song of thanksgiving that literally says thank you to God for the many things He does in our life:
Thank You for Your kindness
Thank You for Your mercy
Thank You for the cross
Thank You for the price You paid
Thank You for salvation
Thank You for unending grace
Thank You for Your hope
Thank You for this Life You Give
There is no one like You
There is no one like You God
All my hope is in You
Jesus, Jesus
The Table - Jonathan Traylor
What better song than The Table by Jonathan Traylor to listen to while enjoying a holiday feast, gathering around a table filled with loved ones and friends? Of course, the message this song is communicating about a table is the heavenly feast we will all enjoy one day after our lives here are over. Therefore, the song is a great reminder that the best in life is yet to come, and how we are all welcome at the Lord’s table. Consider these lyrics, which go perfectly with a Thanksgiving meal:
There is a table
Filled with the best food
Can you hear the Father calling?
There’s a seat just for you
At this table
All is forgiven
Trade-in your chains of bondage
For crowns of freedom
All are welcome at the table
There is a place just for you
No condemnation at the table
There is a place for you
Enough - Chris Tomlin
The song Enough by Chris Tomlin is a reminder that ultimately God is all we need. While we have many needs here on earth, such as hunger and thirst, the need for clothing and shelter, etc., God is truly enough. He is all we need and also supplies all our body’s necessary nourishment. The lyrics are listed below in part:
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me and Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
And still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
And still more awesome than I know
Worthy is the Lamb - Hillsong Church
As yet another soothing melodious song, this one Worthy is the Lamb by Hillsong Church is a great addition to a Thanksgiving gathering. The powerful lyrics below reveal the core message of the song:
Thank you for the cross Lord
Thank you for the price You paid
Bearing all my sin and shame
In love, You came
And gave amazing grace
Thank you for this love Lord
Thank you for the nail-pierced hands
Washed me in Your cleansing flow
Now all I know
Your forgiveness and embrace
Worthy is the Lamb
Seated on the throne
Give Thanks - Don Moen
Last but not least on your list of Christian thanksgiving songs is Give Thanks by Don Moen. This beautiful piece communicates a message of great thanks towards God for all that He has done, not just at Thanksgiving, but throughout all time. Some of the lyrics are as follows:
Father, we wanna thank You
For given’ us and gifted Your Son, Jesus
And in return, we wanna give You all that we have
Our hearts, our lives and our thanks
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His Son
Other Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving
In addition to adding popular Thanksgiving songs into your celebration, you can also incorporate Christian apparel by Love in Faith. Try our fall collection for many options that will be great to wear at your next family get-together.