Delightful Duty of Thanksgiving
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Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
What are you thankful for?
What are you thankful for?
I love the mercy of God.
I love being loved by God.
I love being treated graciously and kindly and patiently by God.
I love being accepted and forgiven by God.
I love God’s grace toward me.
I love chicken wings
I am thankful for the seasons
What is about God for which you are thankful?
What is about God for which you are thankful?
I love that he’s the kind of God who didn’t spare his own Son.
I love that he’s the kind of God who justifies the ungodly.
I love that he’s the kind of God that gives to the least deserving the greatest blessing — namely, himself.
We magnify the name of God with song and Thanksgiving
We magnify the name of God with song and Thanksgiving
Psalm 69:30 (KJV 1900)
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
What we know about God binds us to a duty to praise His name
What we know about God binds us to a duty to praise His name
2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 (KJV 1900)
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Delightful Duty
Delightful Duty
It says “bound:; implies duty.
“Gratitude is the kind of duty that, if you experience it as burden, you haven’t experienced it yet.”
It comes from four reasons — which come from knowledge, which come from the word — about how God saved the Thessalonians.
You are v. 13 “brethren beloved of the Lord
By God’s grace we were v.14 “called you by our gospel”
The aim of this call was v.14 “to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 4:15 (KJV 1900)
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
Redound - cause/rebound/
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Look what you have done for the Thessalonian church. Thank you.
Look what you have done for Vision Baptist Church. Thank you.Thank you.Thank you.
“True gratitude is not work it’s an overflow of a sense of being treated better than you deserve.”
Invitation
Invitation
Psalm 34:3 (KJV 1900)
3 O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt his name together.
3 O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt his name together.
God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin
God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
This humbles us. There are truthes about God that we cannot even comprehend
God Is Immutable – He Never Changes
God Is Immutable – He Never Changes
Mal 3:6 “6 For I am the Lord, I change not; Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
This brings great joy
What all this means, very simply, is that God is dependable!
God Is Self-Sufficient – He Has No Needs
God Is Self-Sufficient – He Has No Needs
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
never works from a deficient
Because God is self-sufficient, we can go to him to satisfy all our needs.
God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful
God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
God Is Good – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly Kind and Full of Good Will
God Is Good – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly Kind and Full of Good Will
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.