Gratitude in Anxiety

Intro

Time of thanksgiving

Challenge

New angle

Something new that will inspire greater gratitude from us

Philippians 4:6 ESV

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

When we worry, when we are anxious

Paul tells us to pray

Pray with thanksgiving

How do we pray with thanksgiving when we are anxious

When we worry

And that weighs on us?

Three Sources for Gratitude when You are Anxious:

1. Scripture

Thank God For What He Did in Scripture

A. The God Moments in the Old Testament

Abraham

Jacob

Joseph

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Moses

Joshua

Gideon

David

Elijah

Jehoshaphat

Hezekiah

The Three

Daniel

Result

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ______ IN THE LIFE OF ________ SO THAT I MIGHT BETTER KNOW YOU AND THE POWER YOU DISPLAY

B. The God Moments in the New Testament

All of Jesus’ miracles

All of Jesus’ parables

Crucifixion/Resurrection

Peter delivered from prison

Paul and Silas delivered from prison

The promise of everlasting life

That is abundant, with meaning and purpose

Result

THANK YOU, LORD JESUS FOR _________ SO THAT I MIGHT KNOW YOU AND THE GOODNESS YOU SHOW

2. Hard Things

Thank God For the Hard Things

A. They are but for a season

B. God can work good out of it

Romans 8:28 ESV

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Result

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR PROMISING TO WORK THIS INTO SOMETHING GOOD, SO THAT I MIGHT BETTER KNOW YOUR LOVE AND GOODNESS FOR ME

3. Your God Moments

Thank God For The God-Moments in Your Life

A. Importance of Memorials

Joshua 4:1–7 (ESV)

1 When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

2 “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’ ”

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

5 And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’

7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

Memory Box

Include memorials of the God-moments that have happened over the course of your life

Review it with your children

Review it with your grandchildren

What you will discover when you do

Is that you can’t help but thank Him

Is that this chorus becomes your song (chorus)

And all my life you have been faithful

And all my life You have been so, so good

With every breath that I am able

Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God