Thanksgiving
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Gratitude is the greatest expression of our true nature.
Gratitude is the proven antidote to our deepest rebellion.
Gratitude is the powerful key to facing our most painful adversities.
Thanksgiving is a healing spiritual practice not based on our circumstances.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do. (CEV)
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (NLT)
Daniel 6:1-10, 25-27 (NLT)
Daniel thanked God while he was:
· Exiled
· In servitude
· Persecuted
· Facing death
Thanksgiving comes BEFORE the deliverance.
Acts 27:33-38 (NLT)
Paul thanked God while he was:
· A prisoner
· Suffering because of others’ sins
· Hungry
· About to be shipwrecked
Thanksgiving comes BEFORE the deliverance
From prison, Paul wrote a thanksgiving letter to a church that supported him.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)
From prison, Paul wrote a letter urging Jesus followers to pray with thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:2 (NLT) Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Jesus is looking for people who “come back” to be thankful
Luke 17:11-19 (NLT)
Jesus practiced thanksgiving in suffering
Matthew 26:26-29 (NLT)
Jesus thanked God while he was:
· Betrayed
· Persecuted
· Facing torture
· Facing death on every level for us
