It is Good to Give Thanks
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1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, And to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Why is it good?
Why is it good?
1. It gives the Lord the glory due unto Him
1. It gives the Lord the glory due unto Him
Psalm 96:8 “8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.”
2. It makes us glad
2. It makes us glad
Psalm 92:4 “4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.”
There are biblical commands to pursue our joy in God.
There are biblical commands to pursue our joy in God.
Psalm 37:4 “4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
Psalm 33:1 “1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: For praise is comely for the upright.”
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: For praise is comely for the upright.
There is a biblical threat if we will not pursue our joy in God.
There is a biblical threat if we will not pursue our joy in God.
Deut 28:47-48 “47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.”
3. It captures our imagination and causes us to wonder
3. It captures our imagination and causes us to wonder
Psalm 92:5-6 “5 O Lord, how great are thy works! And thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this.”
The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.
We are told to deny ourselves and to take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ; and nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so contains an appeal to desire.
4. Giving thinks keeps you from giving up
4. Giving thinks keeps you from giving up
2 Cor 4:16 “16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
Paul is being renewed by something he can’t see. 2 Cor 4:18 “18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
5. We will never properly value anything until we are grateful to God
5. We will never properly value anything until we are grateful to God
2 Corinthians 8:1 “1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;”
1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
Without gratitude for God our gratitude for everything else is only valuing how it makes us feel. This is not love.
Simply: An ungrateful dad is a grumpy dad and a grumpy dad is not a godly dad
Love for people is the overflow of gladness in God.
Love for people is the overflow of gladness in God.