Always Give Thanks! 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Always Give Thanks! What Does It Literally Mean?
To Give Thanks: Eucharisteo – To Be Grateful
In: (pointing to time, place and state)
Everything: All Things, whatever is happening, Always,
In every place, every time, no matter what! For everything! When it’s Good, When It’s Hard, even bad, When It’s Uncertain!
Ephesians 5:20 Always Giving Thanks for All Things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father!
For This is God’s Will For You! – This is What God Wants You to Do in whatever you are facing!
Always Give Thanks: What Does It Practically Mean?
Thanksgiving Proves You Are His!
Romans 1:21 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! And they exchanged the glory of God for the image of the creature. . .
Thanksgiving Projects Contentment!
Thanksgiving Reaps Miracles and Blessings!
Luke 17:11-19: Ten Lepers Are Healed By Jesus, One returns Thanks and Receives Salvation!
John 6: Jesus Gives Thanks for 5 Loaves and 2 Fish and feeds 5,000 men and their families!
Jonah 2:9: After three days in the belly of a Fish, Jonah finally gives Thanks and the Fish Vomits Him to the Shore!
John 11: At the Tomb of Lazarus, who’s been dead for Four days, Jesus gives Thanks and Lazarus Comes Forth!
Luke 22: Jesus Gives Thanks for a Broken Body and Spilt Blood and Salvation Is Offered to the Whole World!
Always Rejoicing, Always Praying and Always Giving Thanks For Everything Positions You One Step Closer To Where God is Bringing You!
In This Life!
Acts 16: Paul and Silas!
In the Life to Come!
What Does Thanksgiving Do? It Changes Your Perspecive!
Thanksgiving Unlocks the Fullness of Life
It turns what we have into enough and evenb more!
It turns denial into Acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity
It turns a meal into a feast
A house into a home, a stranger or enemy into a friend
It makes sense of our past brings peace for today!
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