S79P7 – Notes on gratitude: a prayer for revelation

Psa. 107:15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! She knew him as a generous man but also a quiet man.  Although he liked to help and to give, he shied away from being noticed for this. When her shelter sent…

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The real you

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnmsk-f391eb Limited insight and skewed vision through filtered lenses can keep us from seeing the world the way it really is.  They also can keep us from seeing ourselves the way we really are.  In order to grow and change, let us have the courage and sincerity to ask God to reveal to us what…

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S79P6 – Notes on gratitude: a condition of the heart and mind

Rom. 1:21-23 For even though they knew God as the Creator, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking, and their foolish heart was darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God…

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S79P5 – Notes on gratitude: just enough hands

Rom. 16:3-4 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their very lives for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. I have helped a lot of people move, and each experience is a little different, but there certainly are…

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S79P4 – Notes on gratitude: our joy at kingdom expansion

2 Thes. 2:13-14 But we should and are obligated always to give thanks to God for you, believers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and by your faith in the truth. It was to this end that He called you…

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S79P3 – Notes on gratitude: the opportunities we are given

1 Tim. 1:12-13 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me the needed strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer of our Lord and a persecutor of His church and a shameful and outrageous and…

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S79P2 – Notes on gratitude: our sign to others

1 Chr. 16:8-9 O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make His deeds known among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; speak of all His wonders. Years ago, I volunteered at an inner-city youth ministry for a season.  I still remember my first night there, which was one of the…

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S79P1 – Notes on gratitude: a permanent attitude

1 Thes. 5:16-18 Rejoice always and delight in your faith; be unceasing and persistent in prayer; in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. I can remember times in my childhood when I jumped up…

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S78P10 – Laid on the altar: our plans

Jer. 29:11-13 “For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,” says the Lord , “plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice]…

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The grateful heart

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ggat7-f2f69f With Thanksgiving right around the corner, many of us will take time to remember the things for which we are thankful.  Let us go one step further and ask God to show us what thankfulness really is and how we can have grateful hearts in all circumstances.

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