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From BLESSING to THANKSGIVING. The absurdity of some warning labels!. God gives us a True Warning about the Secret of Thanksgiving. The Key is learning to Bless… …to Bless God and Others!. The Blessing Battle Each of Us Moves towards Pride. The Blessing Battle
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From BLESSING to THANKSGIVING
The absurdity of some warning labels!
God gives us a True Warning about the Secret of Thanksgiving
The Key is learning to Bless… …to Bless God and Others!
The Blessing Battle Each of Us Moves towards Pride
The Blessing Battle Pride Destroys Gratitude!
The Blessing Battle C.S. Lewis wrote, “There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which everyone in the world loathes when he…
The Blessing Battle …sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine they are guilty themselves....
The Blessing Battle The vice I am speaking of is Pride or Self-Conceit...Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God…
The Blessing Battle …state of mind. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.”
The Blessing Battle “The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.” Psalm 10:4
The Blessing Battle “For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Galatians 6:3
From Blessing to Thanksgiving Do Not Forget! 5 times God mentions not forgetting
From Blessing to Thanksgiving Keep His Word! 5 times God mentions being obedient
From Blessing to Thanksgiving Establish His Covenant! All this directed towards living in Covenant with God
“When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.” Deuteronomy 8:10
The Example of Our Lord! “...and looking up to heaven, he blessed...” Matthew 14:19
“Barukh atah, Adonai Elohenu, Melek ha-olam...” “Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe”