November 19, 2023

Miracles and Blessings Follow Thanksgiving: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

¬ Thanksgiving Forms Who You Are In Christ:

– A Grateful, Worshipper of God VS An Ungrateful Worshiper of Man: Romans 1:21-23
– A Victor in Spiritual Warfare and Life
– A Witness of Great and Mighty Things! Because…

¬ Miracles and Blessings Follow Thanksgiving!

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 Spits 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!

Acts 16:22-34 Paul and Silas! Give Thankful Praise to God after Being Beaten and Imprisoned and Prison Doors Opened.

¬ Thanking God For Everything Reaps the Peace of God. Phil. 4:4-9

¬ Thanksgiving Unlocks the 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!
¬ 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!

Luke 22: Jesus Gives Thanks for a Broken Body and Spilt Blood and Salvation Is Offered to the Whole World!