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Explore the biblical perspective on thanksgiving and gratitude as a way of life. Reflect on the blessings, burdens, and benefits of giving thanks in all circumstances, as outlined in various Scriptures. Discover how expressing gratitude can transform hearts and illuminate the blessings of life, leading to a lifestyle of joy and thanksgiving.
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Luke 17:11-17 11Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” Luke 17:11-17
14When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. Luke 17:11-17
15One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Luke 17:11-17
Luke 17:11-17 17Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
Trythanksgiving Larry Cline- Hardin Valley Church Of Christ - 11/22/2015
To all ye Pilgrims, Inasmuch as the great father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, squashes and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the raids of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own
conscience; now I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the day time, on Thursday November ye 29th of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty three, and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Plymouth rock, there to listen to ye preacher and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings.
IT’S A LIFESTYLE! Autumn Section Header Layout Eph. 5:19-20 tells Christians to “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Subtitle
IT’S A LIFESTYLE! Autumn Section Header Layout Eph. 5:19-20 tells Christians to “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Subtitle
IT’S A LIFESTYLE! Autumn Section Header Layout Eph. 5:19-20 tells Christians to “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Subtitle
IT’S A LIFESTYLE! Autumn Section Header Layout I Thess. 5:16-18 says, "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." Subtitle
Autumn Section Header Layout Subtitle “Thanks.”
1. THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE EXPRESSED "Enter His gates with thanksgiving in your heart." (Psalms 100:4) "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.“ (Psalms 107:1)
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“Rise and go your faith has made you well” (v.19) Not just cured of leprosy... made whole!
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.(Romans 1:21) Lack of gratitudedarkens the heart.
It should grow to include 3 things; The Blessings Of Life The Burdens Of Life “Give thanks in ALL circumstances.”(I Thess. 5:18) “always giving thanks.”(Eph. 5:20)
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in us..." (Rom. 8:18) "That is why for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecution, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I strong..." (II Cor. 12:10)
The Benefits Of Life • The Israelites focused on what they didn’t have, and failed to see ALL that they DID have.
“Well, I wonder what today will see. Will I find my dreams OR stare in the face of tragedy? Whatever may come, whatever may be, of this I am SURE. I'm forgiven and free and I will live like I believe, It's good to be alive... It's good to be alive, to feel the wind in my face, see the blue in the sky. It's days like this, I realize what a gift it is – It's good to be alive.” - Geoff Moore
OUR THANKSGIVING IS EXPECTED Paul says we are to “give thanks in all circumstances BECAUSE this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” This is God'swill for us. He knows, if we will do it, that our lives will be changed.
It's a mark of growingChristians • It's a mark of givingChristians • Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.(James 1:17)
It's a mark of a glowing Christian (Light!) [we are] afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;(II Cor. 4:8)
Henry Frost served for many years as a missionary to China. In his journal he wrote of a very difficult time in his life. He says, "I had received sad news from home, and deep shadows had covered my soul. I prayed BUT the darkness did not vanish. I summoned myself to endure, BUT the darkness only deepened. Then I went to an inland station and saw on the wall of the mission home these words: 'TRY THANKSGIVING.' I did, and in a moment every shadow was gone, not to return”.
The Psalmist was right, “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.”
