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Thanksgiving

The Prayer of. Thanksgiving. Philippians 4.6-7. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Thanksgiving

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  1. The Prayer of Thanksgiving

  2. Philippians 4.6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  3. Thanksgiving Attitudes Essential to Thanksgiving Daily Blessings for Which We Should Continually Thank God Four Purposes of Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving Basics of Thanksgiving

  4. Thanksgiving Attitudes Essential to Thanksgiving • Gratitude • There can be no gratitude expressed without gratitude felt.

  5. Thanksgiving Attitudes Essential to Thanksgiving • Gratitude • Uppermost in our hearts and minds should be gratitude for His greatest gift, His only begotten Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.

  6. Thanksgiving Attitudes Essential to Thanksgiving • Gratitude • Thanksgiving will never go out of style because our generous God will never stop supplying our needs.

  7. Thanksgiving Attitudes Essential to Thanksgiving • Gratitude • Humility

  8. Luke 18.9-10 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

  9. Luke 18.11-12 "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'

  10. Luke 18.13 "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

  11. Luke 18.14 "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

  12. Thanksgiving Daily Blessings for Which We Should Continually Thank God • Physical sustenance • Food • Clothing • Shelter • The air we breathe

  13. Thanksgiving Daily Blessings for Which We Should Continually Thank God • Physical sustenance • Providential care and protection

  14. Romans 8.28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

  15. Hebrews 13.5-6 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

  16. Thanksgiving Daily Blessings for Which We Should Continually Thank God • Physical sustenance • Providential care and protection • Fellow Christians

  17. Romans 1.8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

  18. 1 Corinthians 1.4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,

  19. Ephesians 1.15-16 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

  20. Philippians 1.3-5 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,

  21. Thanksgiving Daily Blessings for Which We Should Continually Thank God • Physical sustenance • Providential care and protection • Fellow Christians • Spiritual blessings

  22. Ephesians 1.3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

  23. Ephesians 1.5-6 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

  24. Matthew 6.12-13 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

  25. Thanksgiving Four Purposes of Thanksgiving • It is the will of God.

  26. 1 Thessalonians 5.18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

  27. Thanksgiving Four Purposes of Thanksgiving • It is the will of God. • It alters our perceptions.

  28. Psalm 103.1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

  29. Psalm 103.2-5 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

  30. Thanksgiving Four Purposes of Thanksgiving • It is the will of God. • It alters our perceptions. • It justifies the other elements of prayer. • Confession • Petition • Intercession

  31. Philemon 4-6 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

  32. Thanksgiving Four Purposes of Thanksgiving • It is the will of God. • It alters our perceptions. • It justifies the other elements of prayer. • It expresses our love for God.

  33. Psalm 116.1 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.

  34. Psalm 116.12 What shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?

  35. Psalm 116.17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord.

  36. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done

  37. Psalms 77.11-13 I will remember the works of the Lord; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds. Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God?

  38. Psalms 107.1-3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

  39. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others

  40. 1 Corinthians 1.4-6 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

  41. 1 Corinthians 1.7-8 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  42. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation

  43. 1 Thessalonians 5.16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

  44. 1 Corinthians 10.13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

  45. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • Thank God, for you are not alone.

  46. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • Thank God, for no matter how unfaithful others might have been God is faithful.

  47. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • Thank God, for He has limited your temptation to stay within your ability to handle it.

  48. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • Thank God, for He has planned an escape route for every trial.

  49. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • Thank God, for He has promised that you will be able to endure your temptations.

  50. Thanksgiving Causes of Thanksgiving • All He is and all He has done • His actions through and for others • His control in every situation • And even in the face of death, thank the Lord.

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