GIVE THANKS – WEEK 2
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS CHARACTER
Thankfulness is a common theme all throughout the Bible.
Key verse:
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18
Week 1…Developing a Grateful Heart
YOU BECOME THANKFUL WHEN YOU HABITUALLY PRACTICE GRATITUDE!
WE DEVELOP A GRATEFUL HEART BY…
1) Giving thanks regularly
2) Giving thanks no matter the situation
3) Praise God when all is OK
4) Seeing how bad experiences produce good outcomes
5) Showing gratitude towards others
6) Recognizing the strength gratitude provides
7) Surrendering to Jesus
34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love endures forever. I Chronicles 16:34
Our thankfulness should come out of our understanding of God’s character.
2 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Habakkuk 1:2-3
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. Habakkuk 1:4
5 “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people…Habakkuk 1:5-6
8 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. Habakkuk 2:8
17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. Habakkuk 3:17-18
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. Psalm 95:2-3
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
1) HIS LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. I John 4:8
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
1 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 106:1
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, Psalm 107:15
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
2) HIS PATIENCE
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
3) HIS SOVEREIGNTY
16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16
17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” Jeremiah 32:17
31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
I Chronicles 16:31
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
4) HIS WISDOM
13 “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.” Job 12:13
33 “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!” Romans 11:33
Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. Psalm 147:5
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
5) HIS MERCY
Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:8-9
Because of the Lord’s great mercy we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
6) HIS GOODNESS
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, Nahum 1:7
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
7) HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR…
8) HIS FORGIVENESS
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
1 “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.” Isaiah 12:1
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Psalm 103:2-3
26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:26-29
