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The Power of Thanksgiving: Finding Peace and Blessings

Explore Psalms 118 in-depth to understand the significance of gratitude in our lives. Learn about the importance of thanksgiving, its scriptural basis, and practical applications. Reflect on the correct attitude towards gratitude, delve into thank offerings like those in Leviticus, and discover how Jesus and Paul practiced thanksgiving. Discover various categories for thanksgiving, from life and health to technology and salvation, emphasizing the importance of being grateful in all aspects of life.

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The Power of Thanksgiving: Finding Peace and Blessings

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  1. Pausing to Give ThanksPsalms 118 www.turnbacktogod.com

  2. Outline • Text: Psalms 118 • Background and Meditation • Scriptural Basis of Thanksgiving • Practical Application (Categories for Thanksgiving) www.turnbacktogod.com

  3. Text: Psalms 118 www.turnbacktogod.com

  4. Meditation: Shotgun Houses www.turnbacktogod.com

  5. Is This A Correct Attitude? • “We Ought to Be Thankful Because We Have So Much!” www.turnbacktogod.com

  6. This is a Correct Attitude! • “We Ought To Be Thankful Because God Has Given Us Everything We Have” www.turnbacktogod.com

  7. Thanksgiving Is Based on Dependence Upon God www.turnbacktogod.com

  8. Thank Offerings Leviticus 7:11-15 • 11 “‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering a person may present to the LORD:” www.turnbacktogod.com

  9. Thank OfferingsLeviticus 7:11-15 • 12 “‘If he offers it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering he is to offer cakes of bread made without yeast and mixed with oil, wafers made without yeast and spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil.” www.turnbacktogod.com

  10. Thank Offerings Lev. 7:11-15 • “13 Along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of bread made with yeast. 14 He is to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the LORD; it belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offerings.” www.turnbacktogod.com

  11. Psalms of Thanksgiving www.turnbacktogod.com

  12. Jesus Gave Thanks • Mark 6:41 “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.” • “41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. “ • Regular Practice of Christ www.turnbacktogod.com

  13. Paul Gave Thanks • 1 Corinthians 1:4 “I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.” www.turnbacktogod.com

  14. Categories for Thanksgiving www.turnbacktogod.com

  15. Life, Existence www.turnbacktogod.com

  16. Health www.turnbacktogod.com

  17. Financial www.turnbacktogod.com

  18. Food, Clothing, Shelter www.turnbacktogod.com

  19. Country www.turnbacktogod.com

  20. Technology www.turnbacktogod.com

  21. Transportation www.turnbacktogod.com

  22. Friendship www.turnbacktogod.com

  23. Family www.turnbacktogod.com

  24. Church Friends, Christian Brothers and Sisters www.turnbacktogod.com

  25. Salvation • 1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” www.turnbacktogod.com

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