Luke 17:12 19

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Luke 1712 19

• As He entered a village, ten leprous men who
  stood at a distance met Him and they raised
  their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy
  on us!" When He saw them, He said to them, "Go
  and show yourselves to the priests." And as they
  were going, they were cleansed.
• Now one of them, when he saw that he had been
  healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud
  voice, and he fell on his face at His feet,
  giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
  Then Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten
  cleansed? But the nine--where are they? "Was no
  one found who returned to give glory to God,
  except this foreigner?" And He said to him,
  "Stand up and go your faith has made you well."

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Do We Say Thank You to God as We Should?
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Thank You!

• 41 Psalms (nearly 1/3) offer thanksgiving to God.
• David assigned specific divisions of priests to
  continually offer thanks to God.

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1 Chronicles 164, 7

• He appointed some of the Levites as ministers
  before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and
  to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel on
  that day David first assigned Asaph and his
  relatives to give thanks to the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 2327 30

• By the last words of David the sons of Levi were
  numbered from twenty years old and upward. For
  their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with
  the service of the house of the Lord
• They are to stand every morning to thank and to
  praise the Lord, and likewise at evening.

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Thank You!

• 41 Psalms (nearly 1/3) offer thanksgiving to God.
• David assigned specific divisions of priests to
  continually offer thanks to God.
• 57 different New Testament passages mention the
  giving of thanks to God for something or for
  someone.

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Let Us Give Thanks

• 1Thessalonians 516-18
• Rejoice always pray without ceasing in
  everything give thanks for this is God's will
  for you in Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 1315
• Through Him then, let us continually offer up a
  sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of
  lips that give thanks to His name.

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Let Us Give Thanks

• Philippians 46
• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
  prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
  your requests be made known to God.
• 2 Corinthians 910-11
• May He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread
  for food, supply and multiply the seed you have
  sown and increase the fruits of your
  righteousness which causes thanksgiving through
  us to God.

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Let Us Give Thanks

• Colossians 26 7
• walk in the Lord, rooted and built up in Him
  and established in the faith, as you have been
  taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
• Colossians 42
• Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in
  it with thanksgiving.

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Things I am Thankful For

• Living in the USA
• The technology that gives us quality of life.
• The technology that saves prolongs life.
• An opportunity to not fear death.
• The blessing of knowing Christians in places
  around the world.

• Family

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Things I am Thankful For

• Living in the USA
• The technology that gives us quality of life.
• The technology that saves prolongs life.
• An opportunity to not fear death.
• The blessing of knowing Christians around the
  world.

• Family
• Knowledge of righteousness.
• There are many who have no idea what it means to
  be godly.
• The fact that the God of the Universe listens to
  my prayer.

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What if I dont feel thankful for the situation I
am in?

• I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
  always offering prayer with joy in my every
  prayer for you all, in view of your participation
  in the gospel from the first day until now.
  (Philippians 13-5)
• Paul wrote this while wasting prime, productive
  years of his life in prison and while being
  innocent man!

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Psalm 286 7

• Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the
  voice of my supplication. The Lord is my strength
  and my shield My heart trusts in Him, and I am
  helped Therefore my heart exults, And with my
  song I shall thank Him.