Title: Jesus is Your Reason to Be Thankful
Author: Jerry Watts
Text: Mark 10:32-34
We are just a few days in front of that ONE DAY called, "Thanksgiving Day". I've often wondered why it's only ONE DAY instead of 365. I know that this time was "Celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. That event, with 53 Pilgrims (survivor of the Mayflower) and some 90 Natives, lasted 3 days." It's true that we view Thanksgiving Day different than many others do, but I prefer to say, over 400 years ago, those 150 people put aside their difference for this expression of thanks. They were thankful.
Why are you thankful today? Please consider the 'reason above all reasons' to be thankful. OUR Title tells us and our TEXT shows us. READ.
What kind of message is this on the Sunday before Thanksgiving day? My prayer is this; we will deeply consider what it is we are most thankful for? If I ask you this question, without thinking, you will give me a laundry list of things that you are thankful for - and rightly so. But today, my heart is to implant in everyone's (groups) mind, something deeper than we think.
From our text, I offer you Jesus as your reason to be thankful. There are 3 truths here that should capture our heart.
1. His Direction -Jesus came to earth 'headed' somewhere and He knew where He was headed. Think, "Who wants to serve a god that is not headed anywhere?" That'd be like the story of an atheist's funeral. They put a 3-piece suit on the man (which was something he never wore) and one of his friends walks up and said, "All dressed up and no place to go."
Aren't you glad that Jesus had and has a clear direction. People who have no direction wind up simply 'wandering' with no purpose. This is not Jesus. He didn't just come to earth and make it up as He went, His life was filled with direction, purpose, and a goal. He knew and He knows where He's going and where He goes, He calls us to go also.
He w ...
Author: Jerry Watts
Text: Mark 10:32-34
We are just a few days in front of that ONE DAY called, "Thanksgiving Day". I've often wondered why it's only ONE DAY instead of 365. I know that this time was "Celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. That event, with 53 Pilgrims (survivor of the Mayflower) and some 90 Natives, lasted 3 days." It's true that we view Thanksgiving Day different than many others do, but I prefer to say, over 400 years ago, those 150 people put aside their difference for this expression of thanks. They were thankful.
Why are you thankful today? Please consider the 'reason above all reasons' to be thankful. OUR Title tells us and our TEXT shows us. READ.
What kind of message is this on the Sunday before Thanksgiving day? My prayer is this; we will deeply consider what it is we are most thankful for? If I ask you this question, without thinking, you will give me a laundry list of things that you are thankful for - and rightly so. But today, my heart is to implant in everyone's (groups) mind, something deeper than we think.
From our text, I offer you Jesus as your reason to be thankful. There are 3 truths here that should capture our heart.
1. His Direction -Jesus came to earth 'headed' somewhere and He knew where He was headed. Think, "Who wants to serve a god that is not headed anywhere?" That'd be like the story of an atheist's funeral. They put a 3-piece suit on the man (which was something he never wore) and one of his friends walks up and said, "All dressed up and no place to go."
Aren't you glad that Jesus had and has a clear direction. People who have no direction wind up simply 'wandering' with no purpose. This is not Jesus. He didn't just come to earth and make it up as He went, His life was filled with direction, purpose, and a goal. He knew and He knows where He's going and where He goes, He calls us to go also.
He w ...
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