his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!” (Psalm 100:4). “Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving” (95:2). Thanks-giving ushers us into the very presence of God! The tabernacle in the Old Testament was the place God set apart to meet with His people. In front of the entrance to the Holy of Holies–the sacred seat of God’s manifest presence–stood the altar of incense, where every morning and every evening the priest would offer up the sweet scents, representing the prayers and