{"id":1238,"date":"2010-12-06T20:18:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2010-12-06T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T02:21:43","slug":"sermon-follow-up-give-thanks-to-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/sermon-follow-up-give-thanks-to-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Follow-up: “Give Thanks to the Lord”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, at our Lord’s Supper meeting, Ryan showed us the importance of thankfulness in the Christian life in his sermon, “Give Thanks to the Lord.<\/a>“\u00c2\u00a0Ryan drew from across the Bible to give us ten reasons to pursue thankfulness. They are listed here with Scripture references or brief explanations.<\/p>\n

1. Giving thanks fights pride and fosters humility<\/p>\n

Romans 1:21 “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Giving thanks fights anxiety and gives perspective<\/p>\n

Philippians 4:6 “…don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be anxious about anything, but instead give thanks.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. Thankfulness is an overflow of Christ’s peace in our hearts<\/p>\n

Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.\u00c2\u00a0And be thankful.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Giving thanks is an overflow of the word in us<\/p>\n

Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,\u00c2\u00a0singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5. Giving thanks is part of being watchful<\/p>\n

Colossians 4:2 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful with thanksgiving.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

6. Giving thanks is how we continue in prayer<\/p>\n

Colossians 4:2 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

7. Giving thanks is right \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It is the great reckoning with reality<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 4:7 “What do you have that you have not received?”<\/p>\n

Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

8. Giving thanks (praise) is why we are saved<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 4:15 “…so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of\u00c2\u00a0thanks to abound to the glory of God.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

9. Giving thanks induces more and more praise<\/p>\n

In the same way that more and more sin produces more and more blindness and waywardness, more thanks grows into a habit of and a craving for more and more thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

10. Giving thanks will never be done, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never enough<\/p>\n

We can never, ever fully acknowledge all that God has done, is doing, or will do.\u00c2\u00a0It is what we will do forever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ryan also showed us how we can do thankfulness by showing us five levels of thanksgiving from the Psalms. If grumbling and a lack of thanksgiving is your thing, it might be helpful to write down the first word in each of the following lines on a piece of paper to keep with you.<\/p>\n

1. Identify reasons for thanks and remind yourself of them
\n2. Ponder your reasons for thankfulness
\n3. Feel thankfulness in your heart
\n4. Express thankfulness to God
\n5. Promote thankfulness in others<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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