The Benefits of a Thankful Heart
Fenton Moorhead
1 Thessalonians 5:15-19
1 Thes. 5:15-19 Make sure that nobody PAYS BACK wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks IN all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit's fire.
For a follower of Jesus Christ life has a new set of imperatives:
Not retaliation (pay backs), but kindness.
Not worldly circumstantial happiness, but inner joy from God.
Not stressed out, but prayed up.
A thankful heart is a sweet aroma that pleases God instead of the stench of self-centered complaints.
A refusal to throw water on God's fire in your heart.
Thankfulness...
I. Refocuses my perspective
Phi. 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
It is easy to focus on what I do not have, rather than what I do have.
I have permission from God not to live a life full of stress, worry and anxiety.
I can approach his throne of grace and mercy because he cares for me.
I can focus on him rather than my lack.
Worry assassinates every promise that God has given me.
Prosperity can lull us to sleep, but when a crisis comes you must determine what is of importance.
How often do you grumble about finances?
There's not enough money at the end of the paycheck to cover expenses?
What's lacking in perspective? The first mission trip I did to Africa was back in the summer of 1988.
My wife and daughter, who is an RN, went on that trip and worked on the medical team. The medical team saw over 200 people a day, most of whom had never seen a real doctor in person before. They met incredible needs. God used them to help the sick and even save the dying.
One little baby had pneumonia and was terribly dehydrated. They worked for a long time trying to get an IV started, but it was impossible to get ...
Fenton Moorhead
1 Thessalonians 5:15-19
1 Thes. 5:15-19 Make sure that nobody PAYS BACK wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks IN all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit's fire.
For a follower of Jesus Christ life has a new set of imperatives:
Not retaliation (pay backs), but kindness.
Not worldly circumstantial happiness, but inner joy from God.
Not stressed out, but prayed up.
A thankful heart is a sweet aroma that pleases God instead of the stench of self-centered complaints.
A refusal to throw water on God's fire in your heart.
Thankfulness...
I. Refocuses my perspective
Phi. 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
It is easy to focus on what I do not have, rather than what I do have.
I have permission from God not to live a life full of stress, worry and anxiety.
I can approach his throne of grace and mercy because he cares for me.
I can focus on him rather than my lack.
Worry assassinates every promise that God has given me.
Prosperity can lull us to sleep, but when a crisis comes you must determine what is of importance.
How often do you grumble about finances?
There's not enough money at the end of the paycheck to cover expenses?
What's lacking in perspective? The first mission trip I did to Africa was back in the summer of 1988.
My wife and daughter, who is an RN, went on that trip and worked on the medical team. The medical team saw over 200 people a day, most of whom had never seen a real doctor in person before. They met incredible needs. God used them to help the sick and even save the dying.
One little baby had pneumonia and was terribly dehydrated. They worked for a long time trying to get an IV started, but it was impossible to get ...
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