Thanksgiving Today, Tomorrow, Every Moment and Forever!
(Mid-week message for House Church and individual use: preached 11/22 – 11/28/2020)
Losers complain. Winners celebrate!
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
I. Thanksgiving is today!
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
II. Thanksgiving is tomorrow!
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” (Matthew 6:33-34)
III. Thanksgiving is every moment!
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20)
IV. Thanksgiving is forever!
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20)
Conclusion
Amen!
“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20)
- “Definition of amen – used to express solemn ratification (as of an expression of faith) or hearty approval (as of an assertion).” (“Wake up and smell the coffee/roses.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wake%20up%20and%20smell%20the%20coffee%2Froses. Accessed 21 Oct. 2020.)
- “Amen is…
- “a declaration of affirmation first found in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently in the New Testament.
- “It is used in Jewish, Christian and Islamic worship, as a concluding word, or as a response to a prayer.
- “Common English translations of the word amen include “verily”, “truly”, and “so be it”.
- “It is also used colloquially, to express strong agreement.” (“Amen.” Wikipedia.com, Wikipeida: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen. Accessed 27 Nov. 2020.)
According to “The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible”, there are two different meanings for the word amen. *
- Amen – “a term meaning “so be it.”
- Amen – “a title of Christ”; as found only in the following passage.
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;” (Revelation 3:14)
* “Amen.” The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, by James Strong, LL.D., S.T.D., Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1990, p. 58.
OUTLINE:
Thanksgiving Today, Tomorrow, Every Moment and Forever!
(A Message to Members of the Body of Christ)
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
Thanksgiving today!
Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Thanksgiving every moment!
Thanksgiving forever!
“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20)
WORSHIP:
Opening:
Thanksgiving Hymn: “Come Ye Thankful People Come”
Now Thank We All Our God – Classic Christian Hymns Choir / Lyrics
Message: