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Thanks-Living
Pastor Phil Derstine 11-26-23
Thanksgiving is a 1-day National Holiday
- Established by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 – Yet many people today are very UNTHANKFUL
- II Timothy 3:1-2 “In the last days, perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy."
- Thanks-Living is a POWERFUL tool in the spiritual realm… it releases the POWER OF GOD.
Thanks Living is...
- A Way of Thinking - We teach our children to say “Thank you” thru repetition…."Now, what do you say?"
- An attitude, not just words
- Ephesians 5:20 “Giving thanks always, for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus…”
- Not based on what you HAVE or don’t have.
- A Door of Entry - entry into repentance, forgiveness, faith, finances… enter HIS GATES
- Into a deeper Supernatural Realm - A way to get out of one place and into another.
- Psalm 100:4 “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, & into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him.”
- Thanks giving can bring a Change of your SEASON.
- A Sacrifice - Story of Jonah - He learned to be thankful in the belly of a great fish (Value of Storms, Pandemics)
- Jonah 2:9 “But I will sacrifice unto thee with voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed…”
- God sent Storm - Jonah rebellious, running from God, asleep in the boat.
- God sent Fish - Then Jonah prayed…. “In my distress…”
- God sent Revival - Jonah was angry, not grateful
- God sent Vine, Worm, Scorching wind, & Sun - Jonah still learning.
- Psalm 50:14 (NIV) “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High. (15) And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- How to Pray
- Find something to be Thankful for!
- Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
- Count what you HAVE, not what you DON'T have!
- Mark 6:38 (Feeding of the 5,000) "How many loaves do you have? Go and See!"
- An Act of Faith
- Something done in ADVANCE of the answer from God!
- I Thessalonians 5:18 “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
- In the midst of everything…
- Luke 17:19 (10 lepers) “And He said unto him Arise, go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole” (Sozo)
- Faith that returns Thanks!