Sermon Tone Analysis

WHAT WE HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR

*Thanksgiving Messages*

*1 Chronicles 29:16*

*Rick Warren*

*November 21-22, 1998, #826*

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“Everything has come from You and everything belongs

/to you.”/  1 Chron.

29:16 (NCV)

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*       I’M GRATEFUL TO GOD …*

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FOR ________________________________________ HE’S SHOWN TO ME.*

 

       /“You have been saved by grace through believing.

You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.”/  Eph.

2:8 (NCV)

 

/       “I will… not forget the glorious things God does for me.

He forgives all my sins.

He heals me.

He ransoms me from hell.

He surrounds me with love … He fills my life with good things … He is merciful and tender toward those who don’t deserve it; He is slow to get angry … He never bears a grudge … He has not punished us as we deserve for our sins.”/

Ps.

103:2-11 (LB)

 

 

 

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FOR ________________________________________  HE HAS FOR ME.*

 

       /“`I have good plans for you,’ says the Lord, `I don’t plan to hurt you.

I plan to give you hope and a good future.’”/

Jer.

29:11 (ICB)

 

 

 

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FOR ________________________________________ HE’S PREPARED FOR ME.*

 

       /“We know that our body…will be destroyed.

But when that happens, God will have a house for us.

It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven that will last forever.”/  2 Cor.

5:1 (NCV)

 

       /“God has reserved for His children the priceless gift of eternal life; it is kept in heaven for  you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

And God, in His mighty power, will make sure that you get there safely to receive it because you are trusting Him…  So be truly glad.”/  1 Peter 1:4-6 (LB)

 

 

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FOR ________________________________________ HE’S MAKING IN ME.*

 

       /“For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases him.”/

Phil.

2:13 (NLT)

 

       /“And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him.”/  2 Cor.

3:18 (LB)

 

 

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!! HOW TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD

 

 

1.

by ____________________________________________________________

 

/       “Sing out your thanks to Him; sing praises to our God …”/  Ps.

147:7 (LB)

 

 

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BY ____________________________________________________________*

 

/       “Since we have a Kingdom that nothing can destroy, let us please God by serving Him with thankful hearts.”/

Heb.

12:28 (LB)

 

 

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BY ____________________________________________________________*

 

/“Give an offering to show thanks to God.  Give him what you promised.”/

Ps.

50:14 (NCV)

 

/“Celebrate the Harvest Festival, to honor the Lord your God by bringing Him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing He has given you.”/

Deut.

16:10 (GN)

 

·         Review my commitment

·         Renew my commitment

·         Out-do my commitment

 

 

 

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BY ____________________________________________________________*

 

       /“Thank the Lord!  Praise His name!  Tell the world about His wondrous love and how mighty He is!”/  Isa.

12:4 (LB)

 

 

\\ WHAT WE HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR

*Thanksgiving 1998*

*1 Chronicles 29:16*

*Rick Warren*

*November 21-22, 1998, #826*

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One year ago this church made history.

You remember it was Building For Life Sunday.

You gave the largest offering of any church in the history of the world – over two million dollars cash and 28 million dollars of commitment for a 30 million dollar commitment offering one year ago today.

Since this week is the one year anniversary of our Building for Life campaign I’m going to give you a one year up date.

We haven’t talked about it for an entire year on Sunday morning and, as I’ve said, this is the one year marker in the three year campaign.

Those of you who are new and weren’t here a year ago this building we built here is the first of seven buildings that are going to build on this campus.

A year ago we began a three year giving campaign for Building for Life which is a Phase Two development of the projects on our church property.

We’re raising nearly 30 million dollars to do six different projects.

We are going to build a Ministry Center, which will be the nerve center of our campus.

We’re going to build a Life Development Center for our kids’ and adult classrooms.

We needed to build some additional parking spaces.

We needed to build an interim youth facility, the big tent.

Then we’re going to build a bridge across the creek from Margurite Parkway for a second entrance – a five lane bridge.

Then we’ve purchased another 41 acres next door, the gravel pit next door.

All rolled into this one campaign over a three year period.

Let me give you a status report because this Thanksgiving we have a lot to be thankful for after one year.

A lot more to be thankful for than even a year ago.

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The first thing we did, the new parking lots were opened up in August – 525 new parking spots.

We had to do that because when we start building the Life Development Center we’re going to lose spots so we have to put one back there.

So the very first thing we had to do before any building was to put in the parking spots.

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Then the second thing we did was erect the Life Development Interim Facility – the youth tent.

We needed that space immediately.

Since we opened that temporary facility up for the youth on weekends now, junior high and high school combined, we average over 1,500 teenagers each weekend here at Saddleback church.

It’s incredible.

That space also provided immediate space for adult Bible studies, for Celebrate Recovery, for banquets, for CLASS classes and all kinds of things.

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After months and months of delay our Ministry Center is finally beginning to be erected at the front of the campus.

You can see those steel girders going up.  It’s getting exciting.

That building is going to be the nerve center of our campus.

It’s a high capacity building.

It will house the offices of all 211 staff members of Saddleback.

It will house workspace for the 150 ministries of our church.

It will house practice rooms for our musicians.

It will house our counseling center and much, much more.

We’re real excited to see it finally going up.  It’s going to be equipped with state of the art technology, Internet and everything prepared for the 21st century to meet the needs of our family.

4,  Then I’m real happy to announce this morning that we’re going to begin the five-lane bridge in and out of our property in three weeks.

We’re not going to know what to do; we’re all going to get home so quick.