Giving Thanks Comes from the Heart based on Luke 17:11-19

I. Thanksgiving thoughts?

II. Thanksgiving prayers tomorrow?

III. Many like nine lepers in Luke 17:13 “(They) lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.””

IV. Jesus told them to go to priests in Luke 17:14 “When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”

V. Naaman, the Syrian, and Elisha in 2 Kings 5:1-16.

VI. Naaman convinced to wash seven times in Jordan.

VII. Naaman was like the Samaritan man.

VIII. Thanksgiving Day in Jerusalem about 30 years ago and Psalm 103:1-3, 8-12. Psalm 103.1-3 “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,” Psalm 103:8-12 “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.”

IX. Tonight, we receive God’s mercy in a special way.