LET US BE THANKFUL AND WORSHIP GOD! (10 OF 12)
Scripture: Hebrews 12:28-29
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Let Us Be Thankful and Worship God! (10 of 12)
Series: Let Us
Dennis Marquardt
Hebrews 12:28-29
INTRO: This invitation is pregnant with powerful thanksgiving! It is a call to be thankful AND worship God, for He alone has an eternal Kingdom and He is forever the eternal King! When we live thankful it affects others as well as ourselves!
ILLUS: A mother took her three children to a restaurant to eat breakfast one morning. The smallest of the three children sat at the very end of the row. She saw other people being served and eating right away without stopping to say thanks. It surprised her. When the food was served to her, she shouted out to her mother: ''Mommy, don't people ask the blessing in this place?'' You can well imagine the embarrassment of those present. Her mother tried to hush her. But, the waitress said to little Mary, ''Yes, we do, sister! You give thanks!'' Amazingly, at that very moment everybody else also bowed their heads and offered thanks. Embarrass them and maybe you will bring them to their senses to say ''Thank you, God.'' - Source Unknown
With this in mind the writer of Hebrews is communicating that the believer can be in a state of joy and thanksgiving even when the worst of things seem to be happening around them. Our identity and future is not hinged on what this temporary world is able to provide. It is not based on the hope of things here and now. Our thankfulness and worship is possible because of a truth that God will supplant anything this world now knows - we are members of a Kingdom that cannot fail, and a King that will not be overthrown!
So, we can be thankful, and worship God in the very midst of a nightmare reality on this planet! Our praise to God is not based on this current world and its hopes. Our praise to God is based on the fact that His kingdom is never failing, and our King will never fail - and that we are members of that Kingdom forever! We have a guaranteed future!
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us ...
Series: Let Us
Dennis Marquardt
Hebrews 12:28-29
INTRO: This invitation is pregnant with powerful thanksgiving! It is a call to be thankful AND worship God, for He alone has an eternal Kingdom and He is forever the eternal King! When we live thankful it affects others as well as ourselves!
ILLUS: A mother took her three children to a restaurant to eat breakfast one morning. The smallest of the three children sat at the very end of the row. She saw other people being served and eating right away without stopping to say thanks. It surprised her. When the food was served to her, she shouted out to her mother: ''Mommy, don't people ask the blessing in this place?'' You can well imagine the embarrassment of those present. Her mother tried to hush her. But, the waitress said to little Mary, ''Yes, we do, sister! You give thanks!'' Amazingly, at that very moment everybody else also bowed their heads and offered thanks. Embarrass them and maybe you will bring them to their senses to say ''Thank you, God.'' - Source Unknown
With this in mind the writer of Hebrews is communicating that the believer can be in a state of joy and thanksgiving even when the worst of things seem to be happening around them. Our identity and future is not hinged on what this temporary world is able to provide. It is not based on the hope of things here and now. Our thankfulness and worship is possible because of a truth that God will supplant anything this world now knows - we are members of a Kingdom that cannot fail, and a King that will not be overthrown!
So, we can be thankful, and worship God in the very midst of a nightmare reality on this planet! Our praise to God is not based on this current world and its hopes. Our praise to God is based on the fact that His kingdom is never failing, and our King will never fail - and that we are members of that Kingdom forever! We have a guaranteed future!
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us ...
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