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God Is Great, God Is Good, Give Him Thanks! Series
Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 26, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: God is Great, God is Good, Give HIM Thanks! Making it Personal - Prayer part 4. Prayer is our communication and more importantly our conversation with our Creator and Redeemer. This Thanksgiving Day, we need 1st to give HIM our Thanks.
God is Great, God is Good, Give HIM Thanks!
Making it Personal
Prayer of Thanksgiving part 4
Prayer is our communication and more importantly our conversation with our Creator and Redeemer. This Thanksgiving Day, we need to give HIM our First Thanks.
The past 3 weeks we have been taking a look at prayer, and tonight, this thanksgiving eve, I believe we are to continue with that study. Although, my next look at prayer was to be about FASTING and prayer, but somehow, I don’t think I would get very far with the FASTING part with tomorrow being Thanksgiving day.
As a child, we learned to say Grace before we ate.
God is Great, God is Good, Now we thank HIM for our food. By HIS hands, we all are fed, Thank you LORD for our daily bread. Amen.
Then if we had already started to eat, and realized we hadn’t prayed yet
God is Good, God is Great, Thank you for the food we ate.
Such a simple prayer.
1. God is Great
2. God is Good
3. Thank Him
GREAT
Psalm 86:10 For You are GREAT, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
Psalm 95:3 For the LORD is the GREAT God, And the GREAT King above all gods.
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
32 He will be GREAT, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.
13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our GREAT God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
GOOD
Psalm 107:1 says, Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is GOOD! For His mercy endures forever.
Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is GOOD. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is GOOD; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Psalm 25:8 GOOD and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is GOOD; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 106:1 Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is GOOD! For His mercy endures forever.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is GOOD, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
Romans 2:4 the GOODness of God leads you to repentance!
How simple a prayer yet how important it is that we give thanks.
THANKS
Psalm 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.O LORD my God, I will give THANKS to You forever.
Psalm 50:14 Offer to God THANKSgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.
I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with THANKSgiving.
Psalm 75:1 We give THANKS to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.
What is it that you have to be thankful for?
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
1 Corinthians 1:4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! [The Gospel of Christ]
Ephesians 5:20 WE ARE TO BE...
giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
Revelation 7:12 saying: Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 11:17 We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
