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I JUST CAME BACK TO SAY THANKS

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Luke 17:11-17


I Just Came Back to Say Thanks
Donald Cantrell
Luke 17:11-17


This is a sermon about gratitude and how to be thankful.

I - The Place that was Visited (11)
II - The People that were Victimized (12)
III - The Plea that was Vocalized (13)
IV - The Plan that was Verified (14)
V - The Praise that was Verbalized (15 - 16)
VI - The Party that was Vacated (17 - 19)

This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.

Theme: ''We can all learn lessons from the leper about saying thanks''

Shenandoah

Charlie Anderson's Prayer

Lord,

We cleared this land;

We plowed it, sowed it, and harvested it.

We cooked the harvest.

It wouldn't be here-we wouldn't be eating it-if we hadn't done it all ourselves.

We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel.

But we thank you just the same anyway, Lord, for this food we're about to eat.

Amen.
Shenandoah Un-Thanksgiving Prayer

Expressions of Thanksgiving

The Masai tribe in West Africa has an unusual way of saying ''thank you.'' Translators tell us that when the Masai express thanks, they bow, put their forehead on the ground and say, ''My head is in the dirt.'' When members of another African tribe want to express thanks, they sit for a long time in front of the hut of the person who did the favor and literally say, ''I sit on the ground before you.'' Those Africans understand well what Thanksgiving is and why it is different for us: at its core, thanksgiving is an act of humility.''

We Can Always Be Thankful

It's Thanksgiving Day and the aroma of roast turkey fills Charlie Brown's house. Snoopy, outside, lying on top of his doghouse, smells that aroma of the turkey, and he is thinking, ''It's Thanksgiving Day. Everybody eats turkey on Thanksgiving Day.'' So he lies there, watching the back door, eagerly awaiting his Thanksgiving dinner.

Finally, the door opens and here comes Charlie Brown with a bowl of dog food, and he puts it on the ground. Snoopy gets off ...

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