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Intro:
[IMAGE] Robert Robinson.
Pastor and hymn-writer.
Young when sent to London to learn the barbering trade.
Ran around with bad friends.
Somehow started to find his way to God.
Went to hear the great British revivalist, George Whitfield.
Began to turn his life around, went to seminary, became a Methodist pastor.
Known as a theologian and hymn writer.
Wrote his greatest hymn, Come, Thou Fount, at only 22 years old.
While he pastored churches in England his entire adult life, he suffered doubts and problems with his faith.
It is said that late in his life, he rode in a public stagecoach with a woman who was reading from a hymnbook and began to hum his greatest hymn: Come, Thou Fount.
She noticed his reaction and asked his opinion.
He is reported to have said:
Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then.
Read the words to the song.
Robert Robinson’s story serves as illumination when we lose track of God and His blessings in our lives.
As we prepare for this week’s celebration of Thanksgiving, let’s take some time to think together about Who we are thanking and why.
(Who gets the praise?)
As well, what it looks like to be thankful.
And, finally, what it means to stay close to the One who blesses us.
Who Gets the Praise?
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
When we ask for God’s blessing, we’re not asking for more of what we could get ourselves.
We’re crying out for the wonderful, unlimited goodness that only God has the power to about or to give us.
-Bruce Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez
When we recognize everything that God has provided for us, especially beyond “the basics,” we are motivated to praise Him.
Gratitude goes far beyond being thankful for turkey, dressing, gravy, etc.
It’s remembering just how generous God has been to us in Jesus Christ.
How We Remember to Be Thankful
Here Thy praises I'll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
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Why do we need reminders?
We visual, tactile creatures.
When life isn’t so wonderful, we can look back and remember how good God is.
Our faith is confirmed and strengthened.
We’re reminded that God has come through for us in the past and He is a;ways faithful to us.
What memorials do we have to help us to remember God’s love and mercy?
Staying Close
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
One of the reasons for a season (holiday) of Thanksgiving is to have an “anchor point.”
Judges 2:
deut 8:
Conclusion:
Last week we talked about changing that perpetual “channel” that runs in our minds, prompting our discontent and stealing our joy and satisfaction.
This week, we’re asking God in word and song, to tune our hearts to sing His grace.
We must remember to sing a harmonious song of gratitude to God instead of apathy, discontent.
Let’s have a memorial (like the stones the Israelites set up) to remember when God has been there for us.
Use these memorial times to teach our families & one another.
let’s sing!
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