First Response to Everything: Give Thanks! 1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Blessings and Miracles Follow Thanksgiving! “ Luke 17:11-19
1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice Always! 17 Pray without ceasing; 18 In Everything give thanks for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
The Disaster of an Ungrateful Heart!
Romans 1:18-32 Speaks of the Downward Spiral of a People, of Group, of a Nation who stops giving Thanks to the Lord!
Blessings and Miracles Follow The Grateful Heart! Luke 17:11-19
1) John 6: Jesus Gives Thanks for 5 Loaves and 2 Fish and feeds 5,000 men and their families!
2) Jonah 2:9: After three days in the belly of a Fish, Jonah finally gives Thanks and the Fish Vomits Him to the Shore!
3) John 11: At the Tomb of Lazarus, who’s been dead for Four days, Jesus gives Thanks and Lazarus Comes Forth!
4) Luke 22: Jesus Gives Thanks for a Broken Body and Spilt Blood and Salvation Is Offered to the Whole World!
5) Acts 16: Paul and Silas are Beaten and Thrown into the deepest part of the Jail. They worship and Thank God and the Earthquake opens the prisons doors…..
In Everything Give Thanks This is God’s Will For You! 1 Thess 5:16-18
¬ James Knew And Considered it All Joy! James 1:2-4
¬ Paul and Silas Knew and Prayed, Worshipped the Lord with Songs of Praise! Acts 16:22-34
¬ Jesus Knew! Jesus Prayed: Father, Glorify Your Name!
John 12:27-28 “Father, Glorify Your Name!” And God said, “I have both glorified and will glorify it again.”
Jesus Knew! Hebrews 12:1-3
How Can We Do This? Because We Know!
Because We Know Where We Are Headed! Romans 8:28-31
Philippians 2:13 for it is God who is at work in you, bot to will and to word for His good pleasure!
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it pass!
The Power of Thank You! What Does It Do? It Changes Your Perspective!
Thanking God for Everything Has nurtured me to Fullness of Life
It turns what we have into enough and even 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!
You Have a Grasp For What God’s Will is For Your Life!
Romans 8:28-30
You Have a Growing Faith in the Providence of God!
You Are Willing to Look Foolish!
It Means You are Willing to Place Every Circumstance in the hands of God, which in reality they already are!
It Means You See and Confess Jesus As Lord!
You Choose to See the Good God is Accomplishing!
You Choose to Be Happy, and if Not Deliriously Happy, you at the least find contentment!
You put off grumbling, complaint and discontentment, thanking God for all that He has given and all that He is doing!
You Believe Your Circumstances furthers the will of God and the Expansion of the Gospel!
You Choose to be Led by the Spirit According to His Word!
You Are Willing to be a Greater Vessel for His Glory!
You Find Out the Great and Lasting Joy Comes not because of Good circumstances but from the Hand of God!
You Suffer in A Manner Worthy of the Lord!
Your Ache seems to be relieved as you know that for the believer, weeping may last through the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning!
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