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THE RESPONSE OF THE THANKFUL HEART
INTRODUCTION:
THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR AS A PASTOR:
- A CHURCH THAT EMBRACES CHANGE.
o WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF CHANGE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND I THANK YOU BEING WILLING TO DO SO.
o BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS BE GOING THROUGH CHANGE.
§ ORGANIZATIONS THAT REFUSE TO CONSTANTLY EVALUATE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS ARE DOOMED TO MEDIOCRITY AT BEST, AND DEATH AT WORST.
§ LOOK UP THE STORY OF BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO.
- I’M THANKFUL FOR A CHURCH THAT LOVES PEOPLE AND EMBRACES MISSIONS.
o AND WE EXPRESS THAT LOVE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS…FROM BACKPACKS TO BETHEL KIDS, FROM GUATEMALA SCHOLARSHIPS, TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD, AND FROM THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE TO BETHEL GROUPS.
- I’M THANKFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GOSPEL THAN ABOUT THEIR OWN PREFERENCES.
o EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T ALWAYS AGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING, WE PULL OUR BOOTS ON EVERY DAY TO DO THE WORK GOD HAS CALLED US TO.
I LIKEN THIS TO A STORY I READ ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS ASKED TO PRAY FOR DINNER.
BEFORE HE BOWED HIS HEAD TO PRAY, HE LOOKED AT THE DISH.
THEN, CLOSING HIS EYES HE PRAYED, “LORD, I DON’T LIKE THE LOOKS OF IT, BUT I’LL THANK YOU AND EAT IT ANYWAY.”
THAT’S THE RESPONSE OF A THANKFUL HEART.
AS WE ENTER THANKSGIVING WEEK, I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS MORNING TO REMIND US OF THE RESPONSES OF THE THANKFUL HEART…
BECAUSE UNEXPRESSED THANKFULNESS IS NO THANKFULNESS AT ALL.
AND FOR THE CHRIST-FOLLOWER, THANKFULNESS, LIKE MANY OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, IS NOT TO ONLY BE EXPERIENCED, IT IS TO BE EXPRESSED.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS?
HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THE GOODNESS OF GOD; TO HIS CARE FOR US, IN A WAY THAT EXPRESSES THANKFULNESS?
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A THANKFUL PERSON SERVES THE LORD.
a. VERSE 2 SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS!
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YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF A MAN NAMED PROTHER LAWRENCE.
c. BROTHER LAWRENCE WAS A FRENCH LAY BROTHER IN PARISIAN MONASTERY.
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BROTHER LAWRENCE PROMOTED WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS “THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD,” AND THERE IS A BOOK WITH THAT TITLE THAT CAPTURES SOME OF HIS TEACHINGS.
e. HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS THAT WHATEVER SERVICE A BELIEVER RENDERS, IT SHOULD BE RENDERED WITH EXCELLENCE AND WITHOUT COMPLAINT, BECAUSE IT IS RENDERED TO THE LORD.
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FOR 55 YEARS, BROTHER LAWRENCE SERVED THE LORD AND THE MONASTERY BY WORKING IN THE KITCHEN, THEN IN HIS LATER YEARS, BY REPAIRING SANDALS.
i. BROTHER LAWRENCE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE A MONK, SO FOR 55 YEARS, THIS WAS HIS SERVICE.
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