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3 Barriers to Restoring A Heart – sermon outline
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3 BARRIERS TO RESTORING A HEART
By Eddie Lawrence
I actually got this idea from an entry on my wife Mikki's blog (read it for background to this sermon outline). I took the idea and thought it would make a powerful sermon for people to hear and meditate upon.
TEXT: John 4:15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.” 19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
Here we have a story where Jesus shows us how to reach out to someone who has been checked off most people's list.
TRANSITION: Notice these three barriers that Jesus had to overcome in ministering to this precious woman searching for meaning in her life:
1. CULTURAL BACKGROUND
-She was a woman.
-She was a Samaritan. They were considered the half-breed Jews of the North who were idolators.
-By approaching her and conversing with her, Jesus broke the conventions of his day concerning a man talking publicly to a woman.
-By being willing to drink out of her container, he also showed he did not judge her as a Samaritan.
What wounds do you carry due to people misunderstanding your culture?
2. RELIGIOUS TRAINING
-As a Samaritan woman, she had been taught to worship God in a way contrary to the Jews of the Jerusalem area.
-Her religious believes center on a geographic location instead of a personal relationship with God. We can be guilty of this today by thinking God is only moving in our "Church building."
-She did believe in the prophetic and Jesus ministered to her in that way.
-Jesus invited her to know God in Spirit and truth. He offered her living water for her soul.
What religious ideas do you have that are not rooted in Spirit in Truth?
3. PERSONAL HISTORY
-She was a woman of questionable character. She was living with a man.
-She was a woman who experienced 5 failed marriages.
Jesus did not waste time condemning her. He allowed the Holy Spirit to work through Him to show her the love and acceptance of God.
-She had a testimony of who He was afterwards.
What is in your past that haunts you that you think God can't forgive?
CONCLUSION- Are you willing to overcome these barriers to reach people for Christ? Are you willing to see their heart instead of their race? Their need instead of their sin? Their future with God instead of a future without God?
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Tiger Woods Lesson… – Guest Article
Posted by: | CommentsTiger Wood’s Lesson: Exploration of Shame and Forgiveness
By: Daryl Green
Introduction
In the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster with a moral-laden saga. In a 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne bears a scarlet letter "A" on her breast for her apparent adultery. Despite the public humiliation, Hester never reveals her accomplice, Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. Therefore, she lives her life in public shame.
Tiger Woods may feel like he’s bearing his own scarlet letter. It is unthinkable to many individuals that any reasonable person could forgive the alleged transgressions of Tiger. This reality bears out in the court of public opinion. According to a Gallup poll, his unfavorable rating surged up to 57%, compared to only 8% four years ago. Yet, it’s easy to speculate about a situation as we watch the unraveling of someone else’s life. This article explores how to deal biblically with shame and embarrassment in order to move forward.
The Situation
Public humiliation can damage relationships. As we look at endless news stories about Tiger, many wonder what happened. Tiger may be the greatest golfer in history. However, Tiger’s own imperfection has damaged his public persona. On November 25th, the National Enquirer published a story alleging Tiger Wood’s infidelity. On November 27th, Tiger crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant in his neighborhood without apparent explanation. Shortly afterward, several women claimed they had extramarital affairs with Tigers. Tiger has remained quiet except for his website posting: "This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me." His delayed response to any wrongdoing came much too late. In fact, he may not be able to rapidly repair his tarnished image.
The Jesus Strategy
Forgiveness isn’t easy but is necessary for healing public shame. Public humiliation can be defined as "an action that allows an individual’s personal embarrassment to become publicly known." Shame is defined as "a strong emotion caused by guilt or disgrace." Elin Nordegren, Tiger’s wife, endures an apparent burden; she carries the public shame of her husband’s infidelity. Many people speculate that the beautiful supermodel will stand by her man. If she leaves, she would lose her social status and millions of dollars. Yet, others argue that Elin will divorce him. Many wonder if this young wife and mother can forgive Tiger because of the severity of these alleged transgressions.
Forgiving someone is a slow process for many people. Lewis Smedes, author of Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve, spent a lifetime understanding how people can forgive others. Yet, he did not underestimate the damage caused to the victim: "You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything. . . . We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run."
Some folks would declare that not everyone deserves forgiveness. However, Jesus’ forgiveness strategy contradicts this premise. Let’s look at Jesus’ life. He was mocked, betrayed, and persecuted. Yet, Jesus even asked forgiveness for those who caused his death. Peter approached Jesus on this issue of forgiveness; Peter wanted to know how many times should someone be forgiven. Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times." Therefore, forgiveness is something that is measured by the heart, not the head.
The Path Forward
To take back one’s integrity from public shame requires a great amount of spiritual courage. Today, public apologies are rather common. Many public figures have used the public relations playbook by announcing their transgression with a contrite spirit in hopes of getting the story behind them. However, the person who caused the public humiliation does not get off free. In the Scarlett Letter, Rev. Dimmesdale’s secret sin haunts him in the form of deteriorating health. Likewise, Tiger will continue to be the center of tabloid news and late night talkshow banter. Many wonder if Elin can overcome her hurt and take Tiger back or move on with her own life. Unfortunately, some people can allow this shame to chew up their self-worth, thereby becoming a prisoner of their imperfections. Therefore, this courage must be developed through implementing the Jesus’ forgiveness strategy. It is a daily process to think like Jesus.
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Dr. Daryl D. Green writes on contemporary issues impacting emerging leaders across the globe. He is an ordained deacon, bible lecturer, and youth advisor at his church with over 10 years of leadership experience in religious environments. Dr. Green has written over 100 academic and popular press articles. For more information, you can reach him at www.darylgreen.org.
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In the Face of Shame — free online bible study
Posted by: | CommentsThe following is a post from my wife’s blog. I thought it contains a lot of material that will enable you to minister to your people concerning an issue with which every human being will struggle at one time or another.
In the Face of Shame
by Mikki Lawrence
Have you ever felt ashamed of something you did? Have you ever been embarrassed to look people in the eyes?
On Sunday I began to ponder the effects of shame. I was praying for a beautiful young woman whom I had not seen in a couple of years. The last time I saw her, she asked for prayer because of her marital situation. I had counseled with her, prayed with her and had given her a book as a resource. And here she was again, having a hard time looking into my eyes. The longer I spoke with her, the more obvious it was that she was very ashamed. I knew something of her story. An abusive husband whom she just literally
caught in the act of being unfaithful. Not a new story with her. As she cried to me for help, she said, “I don’t want to leave him.” My heart was heavy for her. How I wished I could have taken her troubles away! I wished I could have made her marriage whole. But deep within, I knew that aside from a work of the Spirit of God, things were not going to change in this marriage. She was going to continue to be beaten and betrayed. If she continued to be a prisoner of her shame, she was never going to take the steps she needed to in order to experience acceptance and freedom.
I thought of the shame in her eyes. It was haunting. The tears. The grief. The heartache. I thought of the shame Christ experienced on the cross. The Word says that he despised the shame of the cross while focusing on the joy which was set before him.Why was Christ ashamed on the cross? What brings shame into a human life?
My mind kept going to Romans 5.
Today, I did a little study on the original meanings of the words in Romans 5. Here is
my translation: (MV – Mikki’s version!)
Since we have been made just and innocent by faith, we have peace with God. This peace flows through the channel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This channel of access gives us admission by faith into the grace where we stand. We have confidence in the hope of the very apparent glory of God. Not only that, but we can also be confident during the pressures and trials of our life knowing that they will accomplish the purpose of teaching us to endure. This endurance brings to a maturity our trust in Christ. This trust helps us hope with anticipation, expecting and confidently believing. And hope does not make us ashamed. It does not disgrace us or cause us to be dishonored because God’s love is poured out in our hearts, in our feelings and thoughts, and our minds, by God’s Holy Spirit who has been given to us. The hope we have in God through Jesus Christ will never make us ashamed because the love of God pours into our hearts and minds.
Can you visualize having water poured over you –covering you from your head down? If God’s love is poured over us and we find
hope in Christ, we will never have to be disgraced or dishonored in our relationship with Christ. Isn’t that the source of shame –pain that comes from relationships? This young woman I prayed with was so ashamed – not because of what she had done but because of what had been done to her. She was never intended to be put to that shame in her marriage relationship. What was intended was for her husband to minister to her in such a way that one day he would present her to Christ as his bride who was beautiful – with no shame.
Shame makes us bow our heads in disgrace. We don’t want to look into anyone’s eyes.. We want to avoid everything that makes us think of our shame.
Shame causes us to hide. Adam and Eve hid from God because of their sin. But God came after them. He always comes after us. He calls us out of hiding and asks us to allow Him to cover our nakedness just as He did Adam and Eve’s. The first shame separated man and woman from each other and from God. But God called Adam and Eve into light and truth, and He covered them.
Christ became our ultimate covering. He covers us with his blood. His red blood washes us and makes us clean, and our life is in His blood.
As I studied the Greek word for shame, I found that one of the meanings is to disfigure. Dan Allender teaches that we can find the glory of God in the face of others. Is it any wonder that Satan would try to disfigure our faces with shame and the painful effects of sin?
This passage in Romans 5 talks about how we stand in grace. Shame or disgrace bends us low. Grace calls us to stand and look into Christ’s eyes. When we do that, he promises that his hope will not disappoint us because he will fill our hearts with his love. A heart that understands God’s love doesn’t have a lot of room for shame. His love pours over us.
On the cross, Christ took our sins into his heart so that our hearts can be whole. We can know that when our hearts are broken, Christ has felt our brokenness. He has felt our shame, our disgrace. He has experienced the ultimate shame. Our sins on his sinless body. His body hanging naked as a public display so that our sins can be covered. Not excused, but covered. How
do we deal with shame in our lives?
Here is my simple list:
1. Identify it. Find the source of what makes you feel disgraced, dishonored, what makes you blush in shame.
2. Begin to think about the fact that Christ was “put to an open shame” so you could be free from shame. When he paid for our sins, he literally took onto his own body all the things that make you and me ashamed. Although he had never committed sin, he embraced our sins. He took them upon himself – into his heart and he bore them. He carried them all. Then he paid for them. He took their penalty.
3. Realize that God does not want you or me to live in shame. He doesn’t want us to live in avoidance. He wants us to live in freedom. Not as a prisoner who is condemned because of his or her wrongdoing, but as one released from the prison of our own condemnation and the condemnation of others.
4. Take the first step of offering your shame to God and exchanging it for His acceptance and glory.
5. Do the hard work that is necessary to live free of shame. Enlist the help of those who can guide you in that work.
Christ always draws us to him. He always invites us to look into his eyes. He always pursues us. He always calls us to
stand in his love unashamed. Satan always condemns us. He always bows our heads down in shame. He always pushes us away from the One who loves us most.
I guess my favorite Bible story is of the Samaritan woman. Some of you know that already. You are probably saying, “Does she know another story?” No, not really. I don’t. The only story I know is that in my shame, he accepted me. He called me out of hiding and asked me to look into his eyes of love. Then he paid for my shame. Just as the woman came to Jesus in desperation, I found him the same way. I couldn’t resist one who would offer me that kind of love.
Is there anything more irresistible than love? Is there anything that makes us feel safer than experiencing unconditional love? Is there anything more beautiful than feeling that we are loved in our weakness? In our imperfection? In our sin?
Our earthly relationships are designed to give us a glimpse of this kind of love. They will always fail us at some point. I don’t say that to be discouraging. It is just that we humans are imperfect, and we all fail one another in many ways.
But God invites us into a place of hope that will never disappoint us. A hope that calls us to stand. A hope that gives us peace. A hope that will take us through troubles and trying times. A hope that will birth in us the character of God. A hope that pours His love on us.
I once heard that called “Living drenched”.
The hope still pours out today. Will you stand under the flow? Lift your face to the One who will take all your shame. As his love pours over you, everything else will wash away.
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God is Still God — free sermon outline
Posted by: | CommentsGOD IS STILL GOD!
Through the Holy Spirit
Through Circumstances
Through His People
Through Prayer
Through the prayer of the Elders
Sovereignly
With Joy
With Peace
With the Holy Spirit
Prayed in Faith
Prayed according to His Will
Prayed with the right heart motive
Prayed in desperation
Through the Truth of His Word (John 8:31-31)
Through the Spirit of Adoption (Romans 8:14)
By using you as a witness
By preaching and teaching about Jesus
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Wineskinology 101 (pt.4) Sermon Series
Posted by: | CommentsWineskinology 101 (Pt. 4)
Review of Pt. 3
THE PURPOSE OF THE WINE
Matthew 9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Review: The Purpose of the Wineskin
The wineskin is a container to hold, carry, and pour out wine deliberately.
The Wine is to be drank by people.
The Wine is drank for a reason.
The Pupose of the Wine:
Look at N.T. uses of wine in the natural and compare to wine in the spiritual. Represents the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Eph.5:18)
1. Celebration
2. Fellowship
3. Comfort (Easing Pain)
THE PURPOSE OF THE WINE (Continued–Part 4)
Today we will see three more purposes of the wine:
4. Cleansing and Healing
Luke 10:34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
-He went to him (We often expect people to drag themselves to church. We even commend people when they come sick)
-He bandaged him—Bandaging means he covered his wounds. This is one way we stop the bleeding. Keeps more dirt from being added to the wound.
-He poured oil and wine (Took what he had and used it to help. We all have oil and wine)
-He set him on his own animal (He set him implies that he had to lift and carry him in order for him to recover) Remember the religious guys left him in the ditch to die. He was willing to be seen with the wounded one.
-When you help the wounded you often get blood and dirt on yourself. You have to risk being accused onr criticize because of your association with the person. Jesus was accused of being the friend of sinners.
-brought him to an inn (got him to a place where he could get help and recover)
-took care of him (continued to help him and even paid for what others did)
it is interesting to note that nothing is mentioned of looking for the guys that beat him up. The mission was to help the wounded.
1 Timothy 5:23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES TO BE POURED INTO WOUNDS AND TO MEND THE BROKEN
-Cleansing removes the dirt—no longer feel guilty and dirty
-hurts but it is necessary ( I remember as a little guy when Mom would pour alcohol over my skinned knees. It was painful but necessary.
-Keeps you from becoming infected. Deals with those foreign things that are not good for you.
5. Boldness
-Day of Pentecost
The same people who ran now took a stand. The wine did it. It made them brave.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GIVE COURAGE AND BOLDNESS TO ACCOMPLISH GOD-SIZED ASSIGNMENTS
-Note it was outside where the boldness was needed
-Out side the temple
-outside the gate called beautiful
-In the natural as people drink, they become uninhibited and the walls come down and they tell you everything they think. The new wine also causes all kinds of walls to come down and we have the courage to face things and do things we would not normally face or do.
6. Affects Judgment
Rev, 14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs. Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
-The winepress is a symbol of a place of wrath. This is the meaning of the term in Steinbeck’s novel and the Scripture in Revelation THE GRAPES OF WRATH.
-The wine that flows out of the such a winepress represents something that has been judged.
-We drink the new wine (represented in the New Covenant when we partake communcion) that has already been through the winepress of God’s wrath. In other words, we do not carry God’s condemnation on our lives and therefore will not pass it off to others. This is an awesome quality of the new wine.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LEAD US TO OPERATE FROM A PLACE OF NO JUDGMENT OR CONDEMNATION
THERE ARE TWO BASIC CAMPS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE—
1.The church needs to be more holy. Meaning—more separated—meaning detached from the world.
2.The church needs to be more holy. Meaning so full of love and grace that she can wade into the worst of places the world has to offer and release the fragrance of grace and forgiveness.
1. Results in finger pointing, accusing, condemning, criticizing, hating, discriminating and judging
2. Results in becoming more broken over people’s sin, more compassion, more desire to touch them, more desire to understand them in order to reach them, willing to bear reproach to get to them.
1. Results in building our own fortress cities where we can live our lives more unaffected by the everyday world. We spend all our time together talking about how the world needs what we got. For the most part, it is a private party.
2. Results in building an open-house where people constantly come and go in order to get bread and drink to carry to the hungry and thirsty. Spend a lot of time going to the people who don’t yet know about the good stuff you have found. Wants everyone at the party.
Which one would Jesus join?
Conclusion—Imagine with me for a moment such a place, such a people. We choose to allow the Holy Spirit to move us away from all our religious baggage and become vessels through which the new wine can be poured out.
Across this city the wounded, bruised, bad, and broken cross our paths each day. Through pouring giving them a drink of the new wine and pouring it into their wounds we begin to see a people and place:
celebration, fellowship, comfort, cleansing and healing, boldness, and no judgement.
We must become this way with each other and then pour it out all over this city!
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Power Principles for God’s People
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Power Principles for God’s People
Acts 3–4:4 (selected verses)
This looks at the occasion when Peter and John experience God’s power at the Gate called Beautiful where a lame man was healed.
1.THEY DID NOT ALLOW THEIR WORSHIP TO REPLACE THEIR WITNESS. “LOOK ON US”
They realized they had been given access to a power that hurting people desperately needed.
The two commandments deal with worship (love God) and witness (love people). Through the
Holy Spirit we are able to touch people with God’s love and power.
2.WHAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE DID NOT KEEP THEM FROM SHARING WHAT THEY DID HAVE.
They did not have silver and gold. So they focused on what they did have. The man needed
healing but he had probably given up long ago. Money could not buy what he really needed and
it still can’t buy what people need most.
3. IN GOD’S ECONOMY GOD USES WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE CANNOT DO. "Such as I have I give to you."
When we begin to look at what people need that we already have, we can see miracles. Each of you
believers have the greatest counselor and most powerful person there is living in you!
When you make what you have available God will use it. It is not your ability; it is His.
As we have all heard–It is our availability that God is looking for. God will use YOU!
We must be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit if we would see God move powerfully.
Those little nudges may lead you to explosive results.
4. IN GOD’S ECONOMY 2+1=5000
Your obedience to touch the one may result in reaching the multitude.
Many churches have used the EACH ONE REACH ONE strategy. This is very biblical.
If we look at the multitudes, we can become overwhelmed but you can touch one.
Let God’s math kick into your life. Peter and John touched one and reached 5000.
Think of someone you could team with to touch an individual. Jesus sent them out by 2.
Other Sermon Ideas:
God’s Miracle Math
Each One Reach One
The Power of the One within You
The Gate Incident
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Seven Gifts You Get When You Team Up With Jesus!
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Seven Gifts You Get When You Team Up With Jesus!
1 Timothy 1: 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
When you read the above passage you discover that:
1. He gives us strength (Are you discouraged by how weak you are?)
2. He considers us faithful (Do you need someone who sees potential in you?)
3. He appoints us to his service (Do you struggle with a sense of purpose?)
4. He shows us mercy (Does your heart yearn to be released from guilt?)
5. He pours grace upon us (Do you need God’s power to do His will?)
6. He pours faith upon us (Could you use help in believing what you need to believe?)
7. He pours love upon us (Could you use a push in the love direction toward those who have hurt you?)
Now think about what His giving the above things to us says about His heart toward us:
1. He knows we are weak
2. He knows we need to be believed in
3. He knows we were created to serve
4. He knows we deserve judgment
5. He knows we struggle being gracious
6. He knows we struggle being trustworthy
7. He knows we struggle being loving
Do the above things that Jesus knows about you cause you to view him as a compassionate Savior who is for you and not against you? Do you tend to view Jesus as a taskmaster or a loving friend?
Paul’s focus is on what Jesus did for him, not vice versa. In case you think Paul was suggesting he was not really that bad, so Jesus chose him, read the next two verses 15 and 16. He testifies that he was the chief of all sinners and that God saved him to show people that there is hope for anyone.
Other Title Ideas for this sermon:
What You Need that Jesus will Give You
What Does God See in You?
What A Struggling Man Needs!
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Living The Thanks Filled Life!
Posted by: | CommentsThanksgiving is just around the corner so these thoughts could be used for a stand alone message for Thanksgiving as well as the third message in the three part series the last three posts have referenced. Let’s jump in and I’ll give you some bullet points to mull over for inclusion in the sermon idea Living the Thanks Filled Life.
- Illustration of a water balloon. If you gouge it, what pops out? WATER of course. When someone gouges you, what pops out? Is it thanksgiving? Paul said in everything give thanks….1 Thess. 5:18
- We give thanks in every circumstance not necessarily for every circumstance.
- True thanksgiving is really thanksliving.
- Think of one person you looked in the eye today and really expressed thanks to them for something they did or have done. Can you think of someone? If so, good for you. If not, ……
- Being thankful is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- An attitude of gratitude is a sign of humility.
- Never being thankful is a sign of pride.
- A pig eating acorns in the pigpen never thinks about looking up at the tree where the acorns came from.
- Challenge your people to try the thanksgiving test. Wherever they work, or with their family, or at school, etc., encourage them to purposely express thanksgiving to three people tomorrow and see how it affects the atmosphere (office, home school,etc.).
- Think of the most under-appreciated person at your job and go to them and plant some seeds of appreciation in their lives.
- Let’s take the second mile thanksgiving test—Think of something bad that has happened to you, now try really hard on this one, think of what there is that you can thank God for in that circumstance.
- Some questions for you to ponder as you work on this message….What is it about giving thanks that so affects us? What does giving thanks change? What dos it do in our relationship with God?
- The Bible says the plowing of the wicked is sin. Could it be because that person is using God,s dirt, rain, seed, and sunshine and never says “Thanks”?
- In the Old Testament they gave “Thanks” offerings. What could we do to make our giving more meaningful?
A simple outline I suggest to you is:
I. The Sphere of Thanksgiving (In everything….)
II. The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving (give thanks… It is a gift we give. It acknowledges we have received something and we appreciate it. It demonstrates our dependence on another)
III. The Seriousness of Thanksgiving (It is God’s will)
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