Thanksgiving: Indulging in Gratitude 1 Thessalonians 5:1618

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ThanksgivingIndulging in Gratitude1
Thessalonians 516-18
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Now Thank We All Our Godby Martin Rinkart
(1586-1649)

• Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands
  and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in
  whom His world rejoices who from our mothers
  arms hath blessed us on our way with countless
  gifts of love, and still is ours today.

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• Rejoice always
• pray without ceasing
• in everything give thanks
• for this is Gods will for you
• in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 516-18

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Thanksgiving Indulging in Gratitude

• Choose joy
• Ask for help without ceasing
• Cultivate thankfulness

Rejoice always Pray without ceasing Jesus wept
We are as sorrowful yet always rejoicing. 2
Corinthians 610
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Thanksgiving Indulging in Gratitude

• We should always be thankful because
• 1. Ungratefulness leads to greater sin
• Genesis 3 Romans 120-21
• 2. God deserves our gratitude
• Acts 1728 James 116-17
• 3. We always have something for which we can give
  thanks
• 4. Thankfulness transforms us
• Romans 122 Colossians 31-2

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And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mindRomans
123
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• A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
  but the parent
• of all the other virtues.
• Cicero

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