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Introduction: Paul
This exhortation sent by Paul to a group of his fellow Christians, has an unquestionable flavor of the impossible about it.
But,
The vast majority of us never think of taking his great word seriously.
The Apostle Paul was genuinely sincere in the giving of this exhortation.
He believed that it was possible to make everyday a Thanksgiving Day.
This was not just a theory, it was his experience.
If you study his life, you will find him in many trying situations, but never once do you find him without a song of Thanksgiving.
In everything give thanks
It’s more than good advice.
It’s more than Excellent advice.
It’s a command.
“in everything give thanks”
So we see then that gratitude is not a matter that is purely optional but to refuse to be thank- full is to refuse to be obedient.
God is calling us to do the impossible “In everything.”
It seems impossible to thank him at all times.
What was impossible for the paralyzed man to rise and walk.
But he was willing.
Christ made the impossible possible.
If we give him thanks in everything, even in things of sorrow, tearful and dark times he will turn into laughter, joy, and a brighter morning.
We need to thank him when we have success, prosperity and victory.
2. But, Hell opposes our thanks and our testimony.
3. Thanksgiving is how we open heaven’s gate, but you have to go through the second heaven to get there.
There is a war going on in the 2nd heaven
Understanding the significance of the gates of heaven being opened with the key of thanksgiving, will gain entrance into God’s favor and grace and a “open heaven” where the blessings of God can flow into your life.
Gratitude is never born purely of our circumstances.
“In everything give thanks.”
Paul was shipwrecked, stoned, hounded, whipped, imprisoned and was eventually killed.
But they never killed his gratitude.
2. Gratitude is a child of Faith.
“All things work together for good to them that love God.”
EX: If faith is the child of gratitude that child must be watched, trained and developed.
The child must be fed and given drink or it will die.
“In everything give thanks” Don’t think Paul never struggled with this.
But how he did it is he never ignored the commonplace of the daily blessings.
There’s a legend about a day the sun didn’t rise.
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At 6:00 in the morning it was dark.
At 7:00 it was still night.
Noon came and it was like midnight.
By 4:00 in the afternoon, people flocked to the churches to beg God for the sun.
The next morning, huge crowds gathered outdoors to face the eastern sky.
When the first rays of sunlight pushed open the door of the morning, the people burst into cheers and praised God for the sun.
Thank God for the sunrises and the sunsets, thank God for the Mercies that are new each day.
Appreciate the comforts of Home, family, friends and associates, a church that is welcoming, and a constant place of prayer and a gateway to the Father’s house.
The Psalmist knew he couldn’t possibly remember all of God’s benefits to him.
He was distressed that he might forget them all, so he took his sluggish soul in hand, shook it, and urged it to consider at least some of the good gifts God gave to him.
To be Thankful in everything, you must cultivate the habit of giving expression to your thanks.
Paul always gave thank for the saints.
EX: There was a preacher who visited a certain village and there were 10 sick and hideous men who were dying from a gross disease called leprosy this committee of men asked for help.
This man expressed his Thanks and Faith.
2. Why does our gratitude please God or expressing it?
First it’s a mark of growth in ourselves.
Gratitude is a test of our character.
EX: No Baby is Grateful.
We can’t blame him because he’s a baby an infant.
Shakespeare quoted “you may have the body of a giant but you have a soul of a pigmy”
Your expression of Gratitude will create a miracle in somebody’s life.
Conclusion:
Take away the stone.
your miracle is holed up.
The miracle is for the dead.
Will there be a record in heaven of our miracle risen from the dead through a testimony of thanksgiving?
“In everything give thanks”
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