Today’s THEME:
GRatitude
A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING
(published 11.22.20)
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Part 1 | Constant Gratitude
Ephesians 5:19-20 | Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 | Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 103:1-4 | 1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion.
song | Psalm 86
O Lord my God, incline Your ear
and answer me for I am poor.
Preserve my life, rescue this slave
who trusts in You, O Lord my God
O Lord my God, show me Your Grace
To you I cry all the day
Make glad this soul, Your servant save
My soul I lift, to You my God
Teach me Your way and I will walk in Your truth
Unite my heart that I may fear only You
O Lord my God, you are so good
Quick to forgive and bountiful
in loving kindness to everyone
who calls on you, O Lord my God
Teach me Your way and I will walk in Your truth
Unite my heart that I may fear only You, only You, only You
O Lord my God, I will give thanks
with my whole heart and glorify
Your name forever, for You have saved
my soul from Hell, O Lord my God
Teach me Your way and I will walk in Your truth
Unite my heart that I may fear only You
Teach me Your way and I will walk in Your truth
Unite my heart that I may fear only You, only You, only You, only You
Part 2 | Gratitude Breeds ______________________
Hebrews 12:28-13:5 | 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.”
1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. 3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
song | My heart is filled with thankfulness
Part 3 | Gratitude & Thanksgiving
Psalm 95:1-7
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
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.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Part 4 | Going out with Gratitude
THANKSGIVING
We don’t primarily gather offerings to simply keep ministry going or even to expand ministry (though those are certainly both blessings of our offerings).
Primarily, we gather offerings to glorify God. We consider what God has given us to manage (everything we have), and we offer a portion of what he has given us back to him. Giving an offering is one of our ways of regifting what God has given to you!
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THANK YOU!
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory
are yours now and forever. Amen.
Sending | (responsive reading from Psalm 34)
L I will extol the LORD at all times;
G his praise will always be on my lips.
L I will glory in the LORD;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
G Glorify the LORD with me;
let us exalt his name together.
L I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
G he delivered me from all my fears.
L Those who look to him are radiant;
G their faces are never covered with shame.
L Taste and see that the LORD is good;
G blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
L Fear the LORD, you his holy people,
G for those who fear him lack nothing.
L The lions may grow weak and hungry,
G but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.