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Introduction
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Is there one thing that we can do in under an hour that gives a longer lasting and better quality lift for positive mental health than any drug?
What about writing a list of things that we are thankful for?
Here is my list:
10.
A house – many people in this world today who have no place to live.
Even in small towns people often live with their family two and three in the same apartment or home.
9. Food - we always have plenty to eat at our house.
Many people don’t.
We have all seen people standing beside the road holding a sign that says, “Will work for food.”
8. Clothes – I never have to worry about whether there will be clothes in my closet for me to put on each day.
Many people only have the clothes that they are wearing.
7. Health – I am thankful that I am blessed with good health.
Many people have a serious illness which keeps them from enjoying a full and happy life.
6.
My country – I am thankful that I live in a country where I enjoy great freedom.
In many countries you can be put in prison, or even put to death, for telling others about Jesus.
5. Churches – I am thankful for this church family at The Table.
4. Friends – I am thankful for my many friends.
Some I count my closest and best friends for life that are a support system.
I have always had friends who were there to help me.
3. Family – I am thankful for family.
That is likely near the top of all of our lists.
2. Parents – I am thankful that God blessed me with a father and mother who loved me, cared for me, and taught me about Jesus and his love.
1. Jesus – Jesus is number one on the list of things for which I am thankful.
No one ever loved me like Jesus.
He loved me so much that he was willing to die on a cross so that I can have everlasting life.
Thank you, Jesus.
But has it ever occurred to you that no Americans were more underprivileged than that small handful from the Mayflower who started the custom of setting aside a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God?
They had no homes.
No government agency to help them build homes.
They had no means of transportation but their legs.
Their only food came from the sea and the forest, and they had to get it for themselves.
They had no money and no place to spend money if they’d had any.
They had no amusements or entertainments except what they made for themselves, no means of communication with their relatives in England, no social security or Medicare.
But anyone who dared to call them underprivileged would probably have ended up in with a black eye and a bloody nose.
For they did have 4 of the greatest human assets: initiative, courage, a willingness to work, and an endless faith in God.
Our forefathers had "an endless faith in God."
That almost sounds strange to us here today.
We live in a time when powerful forces are at work to strip us of every reminder that the very foundation our nation was built on was the conviction that we are "one nation, under God."
How many people even know what Thanksgiving Day really means?
I think that the 100th Psalm was written to deal with that attitude, to remind us of our need to be thankful, and to maintain an attitude of gratitude.
The 100th Psalm was written for the people of God.
"When you set down at the table, in your warm homes, and you have plenty, don’t forget God.
He has blessed you with everything you have.”
But it doesn’t take very long to realize that the people today need to be reminded of this truth.
Alex Haley, the author of "Roots," had an unusual picture hanging on his office wall.
It was a picture of a turtle on top of a fence post.
When asked, "Why is that there?"
Alex Haley answered, "Every time I write something significant, every time I read my words and think that they are wonderful, and begin to feel proud of myself,
I look at the turtle on top of the fence post and remember that he didn’t get there on his own.
He had help."
That is the basis of thankfulness to remember that we got here with the help of God, and that He is the provider of every blessing we have.
Now, as we look more carefully at this Psalm, we find that there is a series of 5 commands given.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
The first command is in vs. 1, "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth."
The first command is in vs. 1, "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth."
There is a call to praise (vv.
1-2) and the cause for our praise (v.
3).
It means to "shout with the force of a trumpet blast," There are times to be quiet and solemn in the life of the church.
People everywhere should praise the LORD and enter his presence with jubilation (1-2).
Entering into the presence of the LORD int eh sanctuary to worship and serve him should be accompanied by shouts of praise and acclamation.
“Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth” —> God should be recognized as sovereign over all the earth.
“Serve the LORD with gladness!”
—> “serve” used in religious context signifies worship as a spiritual service.
There should be a heartfelt response to the LORD’s greatness and goodness, and that response will be manifested in joyful service.
Jubilation = shout or ringing cry of celebration.
They should praise him because he is God who made them and takes care of them (3).
“Know” - Introduction of the REASON for the exuberant praise, a recognition.
We must know who God is in order to praise Him.
Why should people praise God? Three reasons:
#1: He is God.
Everything they are and everything they have came from him.
#2: He is our Creator.
We belong to him and are accountable to him.
“He made us.”
#3: He cares and provides for his people.
“We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
Those who enjoy God’s goodness and faithfulness should enter his courts with praise and thanksgiving (4-5).
We most often think of being quiet during prayer time.
But there are over 60 times in the bible where it says I cried with a “loud” voice!
What about singing in the bible?
They sang with loud instruments and trumpets and cymbals and praise making a joyful noise.
What about preaching?
The prophet stood and cried with a loud voice even Jesus at the ninth hour cried with a loud voice.
The point here isn’t just about volume but what comes from the very depths of your being.
There is no such phrase as silent praise.
Or quiet Thanksgiving in the bible
There is not enough room in the believer’s heart for love and hatred.
There is not enough room at the table for discord and bitterness.
So Jesus solved the problem.
Jesus gave you a blessing.
Jesus provided you with a blessing and you realize that it has come from God.
So from the depths of your being you proclaim your praise.
Roland Allen tells about a missionary who came up to him one day after he had delivered his sermon.
The missionary introduced himself and said, "I was a medical missionary for many years in India.
And I served in a region where there was progressive blindness.
People were born with healthy vision, but there was something in that area that caused people to lose their sight as they grew older."
But this missionary had developed a treatment which would stop progressive blindness.
So people came to him and he performed his treatment, and they would leave realizing that they would have become completely blind, but because of him their sight had been saved.
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