Thanksgiving

Thanks Giving 2019 Service

It is the changing work of the Holy Spirit that leads us to a changed life:

It also leads us to Worship

Joy

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Today I want us to celebrate all we have to be thankful for.

I want us to worship

I want us to sing out to the Lord

I want us to think back on all God has done in our lives

(NKJV): A Psalm of Thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

Today I want us to:

Share what God has done in our lives together.

With that let me read to you a verse:

(NKJV)

(NKJV) 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

How do we overcome the accusations of Satan

First we need to remember they are true

We are that not good -but if not for Jesus.

It was His sacrifice that made us clean

We are hopeless without Him

We cannot think we are good for that is a lie in and of it self.

It is by His blood that we overcome

We will talk about this more in a moment

By our testimony

This is where I want to spend our time today.

It is when we remember the experiences we have in Him that reminds us that He has overcome Satan.

It reminds us God will always be faithful as He always has

says this: “Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”

To know God, as we read here in verse three, is to know God through experience.

How do we know God will love us, yes He saved us, but experiences reminds us His love is real

It reminds us that He will continue to love us and carry us through all things

We know the Word says He will never leave us nor forsake us

Yet it is the experiences that reminds us that HE IS GOD.

Ant this is true

Today let’s overcome the lies of the Devil and we share what God has been doing in us.

Let us by the word of our testimony overcome Him

Revelation 3. A Joyful Declaration in Heaven (10–12)

“these saints used the doctrine of atonement not as a pillow to rest their weariness, but as a weapon to subdue their sin.” (Spurgeon)

Revelation 3. A Joyful Declaration in Heaven (10–12)

“First, you are to regard Satan this day as being already literally and truly overcome through the death of the Lord Jesus. Satan is already a vanquished enemy. By faith grasp your Lord’s victory as your own, since he triumphed in your nature and on your behalf … Come, my soul, thou hast conquered Satan by thy Lord’s victory. Wilt thou not be brave enough to fight a vanquished foe, and trample down the enemy whom thy Lord has already thrust down? Thou needest not be afraid, but say, ‘Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’ ” (Spurgeon)

Communion

Revelation 12:11 NKJV

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Revelation

The other way we will overcome the lies of the Satan is by the Blood of the Lamb.

His sacrifice is what saves us and today we also celebrate that as well

: And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

Each of us are sinners.

I know a lot of us know that

Yet Satan is the accuser of the brethren

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Revelation 12:10 NKJV

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

He makes us to feel a guilt that is not of God

Yet that is all overcome by the power of the blood of Jesus

Romans 8:1 NKJV

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans

In Christ we are not condemned

We are set free by His Spirit.

The conviction leads us to repentance

That is how we overcome the sin in our life

It is not by any work

Punishment

Avoidance of sin

Life

It is by His sacrifice

None of us can give that sacrifice

we are not able to stand before God in sacrifice

God knew that

That is why He sent His Son

That is the only perfect life

It was His life that allows us to live free in Him

He was willing to take our punishment

The Blood of Christ

It is not the physical blood

It is a symbol

Of what really happened on the cross

It is not just believing

Or the demons would be saved

: You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!

It is not the action

We are not saved by works

But by faith For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

It is the acceptance of Him as our Savior

That is the faith

That is the heart that says I am Yours

I accept I am a sinner

I accept I am in need of you

I surrender all to you

Let us give thanks to our Lord as we accept His sacrifice for our sin

And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.