The Value of Thankfulness

Lou travelled for work to England last week and her company was very generous and said I could tag along too.

As Lou was planning for the trip she realised that we were going to visit England a few days before ANZAC DAY and that this year is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It was also the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Villas

So Lou and I decided to attend the Anzac Day memorial service after Lou finished work in Norwich and London. We arrived at 1am on a very cold morning at the Australian memorial just outside the town Of Villas Bretenu on the very battle field those young soldiers fought across 100 years ago to the day.

We were mindful of the sacrifice and really wanted to show our thankfulness to the young men and women who lost their lives all those years ago in the First World War.

Slide 1: photo of battle of Villas

It is also the first 100 year anniversary of the end of one of the biggest allied victories of the war where the Australians stopped the final German advance and began the rout of the German army after years of stalemate on the western front the town of VILLAS BRETENU.

Slide 1: photo of battle of Villas

This battle was the beginning of the end of the First World War. The battle is so significant in our history that this is where the Australian government decided to build the AUSTRALIAN MEMORIAL to all Australians who lost their lives in the First World War at VILLAS BRETENU

The battle to take the town was desperate because if it was lost, nothing would stop the Germans marching to paris and we very well could have lost the war. The battle for villas bretenu began 3 years to the day to the first landings at Gallipoli. This fact was not lost on the soldiers who lined up behind the white tape in the dark before the attack. They fought desperately knowing the consequences of defeat. Many died …. but they won a major victory and more importantly gave back the town to its people.

Slide 2: Slide show of Lou and I at the Ceromony.

Slide 3: the ceremony crowd maybe?

We were mindful of the sacrifice and really wanted to show our thankfulness to the young men and women who lost their lives all those years ago in the First World War.

Slide 3: the ceremony crowd maybe?

Lou and I were struck by the thankfulness of the people AT THE CEREMONY.

There were at least 9000 Australians there among others. It was the most aussies in the town of villas bretenu since the day the AIF attacked on 25 April 1918.

The prime minister was at the ceremony. Our ex prime minister Tony Abbot

Slide 4: Me and Tony

and Prince Charles representing the queen.

Slide 5: Lou and Charles

The thankfulness expressed that morning was very moving.

But what struck Me the most was not the speeches of the dignatories. It was the French young people from the village of villas bretenu who had come to say thank you

Slide 4: Young person speaking at Ceremony

They represented the French people from the Somme river valley. The people there are still mindful of the sacrifice of the Aussies who gave their lives to win them the peace the enjoy today and they are thankful. As a result we experienced nothing but generosity from the French people’s met for the whole of our time there. As soon as they realised we were Aussies and that we had taavelled to join them in remembering they could not do enough for us.

Slide 5: photos of flag in village

As we drove through the region the day before we had been struck by the outpouring of thankfulness from the people of France to Australia. We saw flags and statutes and memorials. But prehaps the most moving was the school in villas bretenei itself. The school has the saying never forget Australia in bold letters painted in their main quad.

Slide 6: Never forget Australia at school in village

After the war the people of Victoria were so moved by the poverty of the towns people of villas bretenu who were struggling to rebuild their lives after the war children from Victoria held a fund raising drive to rebuild the school. The aussies did not just rescue the village they also wanted to build a better life for the people. So the people of villas breteneu are doubly thankful. They are now living prosperous peaceful and happy lives in part due to a country from the other side of the World.

This thankfulness is deep and abiding and shows itself as more than just mere words . In …. the Victorian town of … was burnt down in the black ….. bushfires. When the school children of villas bretenu heard about the fire and they held a fund raiser to build a new school for the Victorian town. Now the town has a written plaque at its school never forget France. This thankfulness has only made the bonds of friendship between our two countries stronger.

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

Thankfulness with generosity is one of the core values of Sr that gives us our culture. We may not always achieve it but each week we seek to build warm and lasting relationships. We are mindful that Christ gave his life for us and we are so thankful for the benefits we have that we want to try to be generous to others.

The Bible teaches me that Thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness makes your life better. In fact thankfulness is a central value of the Bible and is a personal response of someone who has been captivated by he titanic generous of God to me and you.

It is well summed up in the words of Jesus when he says he who has been forgiven much lives much.

More and more people are understanding the importance of thankfulness. But if we leave god out of thankfulness we miss the true power it holds. Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

There are many passages in The Bible that explore different aspects of thankfulness but tonight we are going to dive into just one. It is the verse we have chosen on our values page that you can find on our website on the beliefs section. The

Just like Lou and I were mindful of the sacrifice of the diggers and responded in thankfulness so Paul in our passage tonight reminds the Thessalonians and reminds all Christians what Christ has done for them so that they may be mindful of who they are as Christians and be thankful.

Can you see evidence of this kind of thankfulness in your life?

As Lou was planning for the trip she realised that we were going to visit England a few days before ANZAC Day and that this year is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. It is also the first 100 year anniversary of the Australian victory at the Battle of Villas Bretenoux.

As Lou was planning for the trip she realised that we were going to visit England a few days before ANZAC Day and that this year is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. This year is also the 100 year anniversary of the Australian victory at the Battle of Villas Bretennoux on the western front.

It is also the first 100 year anniversary of the Australian victory at the Battle of Villas Bretenoux.

Slide 1: The Battle Of Villas Bretenoux

Slide 1: photo of battle of Villas

was the beginning of the end of the First World War. Villas Bretenoux was so important, that this is where the Australian government decided to build the Australian Memorial in France.

Slide 2: The Battle to take the town

This battle was also very symbolic as it occurred 3 years to the day after the first Gallipoli landings on the 25th of April 1915. This day was already being remembered as ANZAC Day. The fact that the Battle of Villas Bretenneoux took place on the 3rd Anzac day was close to the minds of the soldiers at Villas Bretenoux. Many of them were vertrons of the Gallipoli landings themselves.

The battle began 3 years to the day to the first landings at Gallipoli. This fact was not lost on the soldiers who lined up behind the white tape in the dark before the attack. They fought desperately knowing the consequences of defeat.

Slide 3: The Australians suffered 2,473 casualties.

but they won a major victory and more importantly the gave back the town to its people.

Slide 4: So Lou and I decided to go to the Anzac Day Service on Wednesday

After Lou finished work in Norwich and London we travelled to western France. On Anzac day we got to Villas Bretenoux at 1am on a very cold morning and joined the crowd at the Australian memorial.

We were mindful of the sacrifice and really wanted to show our thankfulness to the young men and women who lost their lives all those years ago in the First World War.

Slide 5: There were around 8000 Australians at the Anzac Day Service.

What struck me the most during the ceremony was the speeches of two young people from the village of Villas Bretennoux who had come to say thank you to Australia.

At the Ceremony we saw Malcom Turnbull, Tony Abbot, and Prince Charles.

The prime minister was at the ceremony. Our ex prime minister Tony Abbot

Slide 6: Here’s a pic of Tony and Me

and Prince Charles representing the queen.

Slide 7: Here’s Lou with Malcom and Charles

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Lou and I were struck by the thankfulness of the 8000 plus people who were there with us at the service. What struck Me the most during the ceremony was the speeches of two young people from the village of Villas Bretennoux who had come to say thank you to Australia.

What struck Me the most was not the speeches of the dignitaries at the service. It was the speeches of two young people from the village of Villas Bretennoux who had come to say thank you to Australia.

But what struck Me the most was not the speeches of the dignitaries. It was the young boy and girl from the village of Villas Bretennoux who had come to say thank you and both made a speech.

The French people from the Somme river valley are still mindful of the sacrifice of the Aussies who gave their lives to win them the peace the enjoy today and they are thankful for what Australians did during and after the war.

Slide 4: Young person speaking at Ceremony

Slide 8: Amien tower

The French people from the Somme river valley are still mindful of the sacrifice of the Aussies who gave their lives to win them the peace the enjoy today and they are thankful for what Australians did during and after the war.

Slide 5: photos of flag in village

Slide 9: They Do Not forget Australia

After the war the people of Victoria were moved by the poverty of the towns people of Villas Bretenoux who were struggling to rebuild their lives after war. Children from Victoria wanted to be generous and so they held a fund raising drive to rebuild the school at Villas Bretenoux. The Aussies did not just rescue the village they also wanted to build a better life for the people. So the people of villas breteneu are doubly thankful for the generousity of Australia.

Thankfulness with generosity is one of the core values of Soul Revival. As a community we value being mindful of the fact that Christ gave his life for us and we value being thankful for the benefits we have in Christ and as a result we value being generous to others.

The Bible teaches me that Thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness makes your life better.

More and more people in Australia today are understanding the importance of thankfulness

In fact thankfulness is a central value of the Bible and is a personal response of someone who has been captivated by he titanic generous of God to me and you.

More and more people are understanding the importance of thankfulness. But if we leave god out of thankfulness we miss the true power it holds. Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

Just like those of us at the Anzac Day services this week were mindful of the sacrifice of the diggers and responded in thankfulness, so Paul in our passage tonight reminds us tonight to be :

Paul in our passage tonight reminds us tonight to be

mindful of who we are in Christ and be thankful for the grace given us and he encourages us to be generous to others.

So with this in mind lets turn to and look first of all at Paul’s teaching on generosity. We will only touch on being generous briefly tonight because Matt will unpack this in more detail for us next week.

lets look first at his encouragement for us to be generous to our leaders. Lets read vv12-13

Tonights passage begins with Paul calling on us to be generous people. Here he says Christians should first be generous toward our leaders and second Christians should be generous toward other people.

lets look first at his encouragement for us to be generous to our leaders.

Lets read vv12-13

Please read with me vv 12-13

1 Thessalonians 5:12–13 NIV

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

1 Thes

It is easy to be suspicious of our leaders, it is easy to resent and get frustrated by them. Australians are generally known around the world for having a lack of respect for leadership.

In verse 12 Paul encourages us to acknowledge those who work hard among us because they are caring for us in the name of the Lord.

the flip side of this is

So the next day as they walked down for their morning constitutional they walked passed the same officer wearing shoes. But they were not wearing anything else.

We laugh at that kind of disrespect but Paul points out that we should be generous to our leaders.

In verse 12 he says we should acknowledge those who work hard among us because they are caring for us in the name of the Lord.

If a leader is not caring out the work of the Lord they do not deserve our respect. If a leader abuses their position Paul teaches us to call them to account. For example Paul calls some of the self appointed leaders of the Galation church who lead the people astray and abuse them wolves.

In contrast the leaders of the Thessalonians are due respect.

However if a leader abuses the position Paul teaches us to call them to account. While the leaders of the Thessalonians are due respect. He calls some of the self appointed leaders of the Galation church who lead the people astray and abuse them wolves.

In verse 13 he goes on to say that the Thessalonian Christians are encouraged to hold their leaders in high regard in love. The ESV actually translates this as respect them.

It is definitely an attitude that our media today perpetuates. It is rare to hear the medai praise our leaders. They are much more likely to find fault in almost every news story.

Our leadership at Soul Revival is a team that works hard in caring out the work of the Lord and I am hearted that the team is shown so much generosity, love and respect.

Being generous to our leaders will help them to better serve the Lord and us. It will help the kingdom work to grow faster if we respect and love our leaders.

Just like the people of Villas Brenennoux love and respect the Australians who liberated them so we should love and respect our leaders who are seeking to help liberate us from sin and help us to grow to become more joyful and mature. That is the work of our leaders.

Being generous to them will help them to better serve the Lord and us. It will help the kingdom work to grow faster if we respect and love our leader.

Like other Anglican churches we regularily refer to the PSU each year. This is another work that your leaders do in the Lord to keep the Church safe.

Constantly getting upset and frustrated at your leaders who will never be perfect can effects us and can make us miserable. If you want to be more peaceful and happy, look to be generous to your leaders. Look for the good in them first instead of just concentrating on the negatives.

We can still hold our leaders to account while also loving and respecting them. If a leader falls into sin and neglects the duty of leadership it is actually the duty of a loving respectful member of the church to admonish them or if they have wronged you our church has reporting pathways to get help, like the Professional Standards unit that you can use to report abuseive leaders.

this is te same when it comes to each other. Getting frustrated at your leaders or at others hurst you a lot more than it does them.

Like other Anglican churches we regularily refer to the PSU each year. This is another work that your leaders do in the Lord to keep the Church safe.

This is both religious and state appointed.

But at the same time in verse 12 Paul says we should be generous to your Godly leaders even when they need to admonish us and call us to stop sinning.

If you have a problem

Here is a little test for you. Some of you will like this leader I am about to mention and some don’t. He however is a

But Paul knows that churches are not just built up by the leadership. We all serve together. Let’s look at how working together with generosity also builds the knigdom

But at the same time in verse 12 Paul says we should be generous to your Godly leaders even when they need to admonish us and call us to stop sinning.

this photo will make some happy some angry, but whether you like him, love him or hate him. how do you feel when you see this photo.

So how can you be generous to

some will feel happier seeing it some will feel bad,no don’t ;like him or the fact that stu does. but I want to gove an encouragement every time you see a hated leader. be mindful that God is in control he allowe dthe appoint ment, thanful for good things do even if small and thankful that God is in control, then offer generosity and judgemnt.

this is te same when it comes to each other. Getting frustrated at your leaders or at others hurst you a lot more than it does them.

lets look first at his encouragement for us to be generous to our leaders. Lets read vv12-13

Lets look at vv 14-15

1 Thessalonians 5:14–15 NIV

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

: 14-15

How do we put this generosity towards our leaders and other people into practice?

Just as we can get frustrated with leaders we can get frustrated with each other at church.

Like Paul encourages us to be generous to our leaders so he also encourages us to be generous to each other in verse 13. It is of course not always easy but Paul encourages us to “Live in peace with each other.”

Here Paul is really helpful. He shows us how to live at peace with each other.

He encourages us to show generosity to each other by talking about our problems and not just avoiding people who irritate us.

In verse 14 he says to “warn the idle and disruptive.” In other words being generious can mean talking through hard truths with one another.

The reason some bad cultures develop in churches is that people who see them don’t admonish the person.

At Soul Revival we value talking about problems before they get to big to fix. By talking to a person who needs warning you are actually being generous to them if you are hoping they will grow from your feedback.

At Soul Revival we like to talk about problems before they get to big to fix. By talking to a person who needs warning you are actually being generous to them if you are hoping they will grow from your feedback.

Good example: last year alerted to a problem

Now we need to be gentle with each other and as much as we can we try to build a relationship of encouragement with eachother and not condem each other.

Or be generous with your money by making sure you don’t just leave it up to a few people to help keep the Church budget on track.

In verse 14 Paul shows us what generosity looks like.

Have a look with me at verse 14

Generosity involves encouraging the disheartened, helping the weak, being patient with everyone, not being interested in payback but striving to good by everyone.

Someone I met on my trip to england how lives a generous life is Baz. Chaplain to boxers, rugby league and Sheffield Wednesday.

This generosity needs to spill out of our church so that we can learn more and more to be generous to people outside our church as well as inside oour church.

Giving to and getting involved in the work of our ministry partners at Brewarrina.

Giving to and getting involved in ministries outside Soul Revivals ministry partners too.

How do we put this generosity towards our leaders and other people into practice?

It is of course not always easy but Paul encourages us to “Live in peace with each other.”

when we are generous to our leaders we can all work together

A number of families and individuals are involved in ministries outside of Soul Revival.

It is not always easy to have a heart of generosity. Paul shows us how to be generous in vv 16-18. Especially when we are tired and over streched already.

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Now that we have unpacked Paul’s teaching about thankfulness lets turn breifly to see howjust before Paul teaches about thankfulness in vv 16-18 he has instructed us to have a healthy generosity toward our leaders in vv12-13 and to have generosity to other brothers and sisters at church in vv14-15. Now that could be simply written as another in

The great thing about

How do we put this generosity towards our leaders and other people into practice?

As i have already pointed out it is not always easy to have a heart of generosity. Paul shows us how to be generous in vv 16-18. We first must practice Thankfulness if we are to have genuine generosity toward our leaders and other people.

Paul shows us in this passage how we can grow in our generosity. The way to grow generosity in your life is to first practice Thankfulness.

This thankfulness is deep and abiding and shows itself as more than just mere words . In …. the Victorian town of … was burnt down in the black ….. bushfires. When the school children of villas bretenu heard about the fire and they held a fund raiser to build a new school for the Victorian town. Now the town has a written plaque at its school never forget France. This thankfulness has only made the bonds of friendship between our two countries stronger.

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

Please look at 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

As we develop our thankfulness at church, in what ways can we become more generous, to the people of the shire who do not yet know Jesus by giving and getting involved at Soul Revival Church.

Giving and getting involved in the work in Brewarrina,

Thankfulness with generosity is one of the core values of Sr that gives us our culture. We may not always achieve it but each week we seek to build warm and lasting relationships. We are mindful that Christ gave his life for us and we are so thankful for the benefits we have that we want to try to be generous to others.

Key sentence in our passage tonight is

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 NIV

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

lets unpack this sentence to see what practicing thankfulness in your life looks like and how you do it

Explain:

Rejoice Always

When you are mindful of who you are you and what you have in Christ you will grow in your thankfulness and rejoice. Becoming thankful helps you to rise above challanges and difficulties and have strenght to deal with lifes trials. This helps you be in the moment not worrying about tomoorrw or regretting yesterday.

No matter how bad life gets for Paul is is always thankful for God’s saving power. Have a look at verse 23-24

1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 NIV

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

1 Thess

how:

God is at work in you even when you dont have the strength to work for him.

How do you develop this kind of focused thankfulness?

One way I have found really helpful is to start each day and end each day by writing down 3 things you are thankful for.

Pray Continually:

What does that look like: let Jesus change your thinking here. This is not an unfair expectation, or a job to do but an exciting way to grow in your thankfulness.

the practice of praying all day will be bringing you into God’s precence all Day. You will be not alone but mindful that you are partnering with God, God is working through, you will be thankful all day trough. prayer reinforces this positivity, as it takes you lut of your small little world and sweeps you up into God’s plans. This will help you practice thankfulness.

how do you pray continuously: let Jesus change your thinking here too. Prayer is not a job to do. Dont be motived to pray out of guilt but out of joy. spontanious and planned prayer.

the practice of praying all day will be bringing you into God’s precence all Day. You will be not alone but mindful that you are partnering with God, God is working through, you will be thankful all day trough

This practicing of thanfulness is known as Christian piety. Now piety gets a bad reputation these days. Piece people are seen as party poopers fun police, dower, boring not having any joy. This repretation is because pious people avoid sin. And in our society today sin is seen as fun. Christians try not to indulge in sin so they have no fun worse they make other people stop having fun too.

But as you can see here this piety has a positive side too. If the negative is avoid sin then the positive is to live a great thankful life. How does this make your life better. Well paul says it does in three ways. It makes you generous.

Give Thanks in All Situations

By practicing thankfulness every day and praying all through the day you will build a Thankfull heart that will be consitent.

The danger of poverty and the danger of wealth.

how do you pray continuously:

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Rejoicing every day, praying every day and having a consistent thankfulness, is known as Christian piety.

How to Grow Thankfulness in Your Life:

This practicing of thanfulness is known as Christian piety. Now piety gets a bad reputation these days. Pious people are seen as party poopers fun police, boring not having any joy. This repretation is because pious people seek to avoid sin. And in our society today sin is seen as fun. Christians try not to indulge in sin so they have no fun worse they make other people stop having fun too.

But as you can see here this piety has a positive side too which is to live a great thankful life. How does this make your life better. It makes you generous.

If you develop the habits of Christian piety that include Thankfulness you will be able to put into practice the other encouragements in this passage.

what happens if you develop the habits of thankfulness this you will be able to put into practice the other encouragements in this passage.

It is a form of rebellion

This is both religious and state appointed.

Here is a little test for you. Some of you will like this leader I am about to mention and some don’t. He however is a

this photo will make some happy some angry, but whether you like him, love him or hate him. how do you feel when you see this photo.

some will feel happier seeing it some will feel bad,no don’t ;like him or the fact that stu does. but I want to gove an encouragement every time you see a hated leader. be mindful that God is in control he allowe dthe appoint ment, thanful for good things do even if small and thankful that God is in control, then offer generosity and judgemnt.

this is te same when it comes to each other. Getting frustrated at your leaders or at others hurst you a lot more than it does them.

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Thankfulness to our leaders produces generosity to one another .

Now that we have unpacked Paul’s teaching about thankfulness lets turn breifly to see howjust before Paul teaches about thankfulness in vv 16-18 he has instructed us to have a healthy generosity toward our leaders in vv12-13 and to have generosity to other brothers and sisters at church in vv14-15. Now that could be simply written as another in

Giving and getting involved in other Christian Kingdom Building outside our Church.

Thankfulness is a central value of the Bible and is a personal response of someone who has been captivated by he titanic generous of God to me and you.

It is well summed up in the words of Jesus when he says he who has been forgiven much lives much.

I posted some of this stuff on face book and my friend roger posted a story of his grandfather.

Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

This thankfulness is deep and abiding and shows itself as more than just mere words . In …. the Victorian town of … was burnt down in the black ….. bushfires. When the school children of villas bretenu heard about the fire and they held a fund raiser to build a new school for the Victorian town. Now the town has a written plaque at its school never forget France. This thankfulness has only made the bonds of friendship between our two countries stronger.

It is well summed up in the words of Jesus when he says he who has been forgiven much lives much.

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

More and more people are understanding the importance of thankfulness. But if we leave god out of thankfulness we miss the true power it holds. Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

Thankfulness and genrosity can really change peoples lives

As we develop our thankfulness at church, in what ways can we become more generous, to the people of the shire who do not yet know Jesus by giving and getting involved at Soul Revival Church.

During the Black Saturday Bush fires in 2009 a small Country town’s school burnt down. When the school children of villas bretenu heard about the fire in Victoria and they held a fund raiser to build a new school for the Victorian town of Strathewen. They raised $20,000 in 2009 out of thankfulness to the Victorian school kids who raised money for Villers Bretonneux school in 1920. Now the new Strathewen Public School has a written plaque at its school never forget France. This generosity and thankfulness has only made the bonds of friendship between our two countries stronger.

News reports on the fires have been stuck up in the classrooms, where they sit among maps of Australia, drawings of koalas and even posters of cricketers Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee. Two stuffed kangaroos sit beside a slouch hat on a ledge in the classroom, and a full cricket set is packed into the corner cupboard.

"This is not just a thing we do once a year for Anzac Day," Ms Macrez says. "Australia is always alive for us."

There are many passages in The Bible that explore different aspects of thankfulness but tonight we are going to dive into just one. It is the verse we have chosen on our values page that you can find on our website on the beliefs section. The

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

Giving and getting involved in the work in Brewarrina,

Just like Lou and I were mindful of the sacrifice of the diggers and responded in thankfulness so Paul in our passage tonight reminds the Thessalonians and reminds all Christians what Christ has done for them so that they may be mindful of who they are as Christians and be thankful.

As we develop our thankfulness at church, in what ways can we become more generous, to the people of the shire who do not yet know Jesus by giving and getting involved at Soul Revival Church.

and

Giving and getting involved in the work in Brewarrina,

Giving and getting involved in other Christian Kingdom Building outside our Church.

This thankfulness is deep and abiding and shows itself as more than just mere words . In …. the Victorian town of … was burnt down in the black ….. bushfires. When the school children of villas bretenu heard about the fire and they held a fund raiser to build a new school for the Victorian town. Now the town has a written plaque at its school never forget France. This thankfulness has only made the bonds of friendship between our two countries stronger.

and

Thankfulness is a central value of the Bible and is a personal response of someone who has been captivated by he titanic generous of God to me and you.

thankfulness longs to be generous. Not out of a sense of duty or just because there is a debt but a desire to be generous because of love and relationship.

Giving and getting involved in other Christian Kingdom Building outside our Church.

It is well summed up in the words of Jesus when he says he who has been forgiven much lives much.

As we develop our thankfulness at church, in what ways can we become more generous, to the people of the shire who do not yet know Jesus by giving and getting involved at Soul Revival Church.

Giving and getting involved in the work in Brewarrina,

and

Giving and getting involved in other Christian Kingdom Building outside our Church.

Thankfulness is a central value of the Bible and is a personal response of someone who has been captivated by he titanic generous of God to me and you.

I posted some of this stuff on face book and my friend roger posted a story of his grandfather.

It is well summed up in the words of Jesus when he says he who has been forgiven much lives much.

Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

I posted some of this stuff on face book and my friend roger posted a story of his grandfather.

Thankfulness motivates ordinary people to contribute to the greatest cause the world has ever seen or will ever see, a cause that is not, that of partnering with God as he builds the Kingdom of God person by person, generation to generation, culture to culture and place to place all over the earth. How can I cultivate thankfulness in my spiritual life?

Thankfulness is One Of Our Core Values

Thankfulness with generosity is one of the core values of Soul Revival. As a community we value being mindful of the fact that Christ gave his life for us and we value being thankful for the benefits we have in Christ and as a result we value being generous to others.

Slide 6: Here’s a pic of Tony and Me

Slide 7: Here’s Lou with Malcom and Charles

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The Value of Thankfulness

Introduction

A Quick Trip

The Battle of Villas Bretennoux

The Anzac Day Service

Thankfulness is One Of Our Core Values

Thankfulness

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better

Mindful of who we are in Christ, thankful for Gods blessings to us and generous to others

Practice Generosity

Be Generous Your Leaders vv. 12-13

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Be Generous to Each Other vv. 14-15

Practice Thankfulness

Conclusion

Conclusion

Rejoice Always vv. 16

Pray Continuously vv.17

Give Thanks in All Situations vv.18

Piety

Thankfulness leads to Generosity

Thankfulness leads to generosity to others at church ()

Thankfulness and generousity is a gift to you from God ()

Thankfulness Longs to Be Generous

Conclusion

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better

The Value of Thankfulness

Introduction

A Quick Trip

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The Battle of Villas Bretennoux

The Anzac Day Service

Thankfulness is One Of Our Core Values

Thankfulness

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better

Mindful of who we are in Christ, thankful for Gods blessings to us and generous to others

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Practice Generosity

Be Generous Your Leaders vv. 12-13

1800 774 945

Be Generous to Each Other vv. 14-15

Practice Thankfulness

Conclusion

Conclusion

Rejoice Always vv. 16

Pray Continuously vv.17

Give Thanks in All Situations vv.18

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Piety

Thankfulness leads to Generosity

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Thankfulness leads to generosity to others at church ()

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Thankfulness and generousity is a gift to you from God ()

Thankfulness Longs to Be Generous

Conclusion

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better

The Bible teaches me that thankfulness makes my life better and my thankfulness leads to generosity which makes your life better