Posts Tagged ‘gratitude’
God Conscious
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/God-Conscious.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalms 139 I. A truly godly man lives with a constant realization of God’s divine presence A. He is God conscious B. When he awakes in the morning, there is God. C. As he dresses for work, there is God. D. As he goes in to breakfast with his family, as he drives…
Read MoreIn Everything Give Thanks
by Terry Wane Benton Paul says, “this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (I Thessalonians 5:18). This is what God wants. He doesn’t want us to spend our time complaining and griping. Such a negative disposition! His will is that we spend our time “giving thanks” but doing so “in everything.”…
Read MoreGive Us Our Daily Bread
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Give-Us-Our-Daily-Bread.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Matthew 6:9-13 I. When God created man, he was placed in a garden that provided his needs – Genesis 2:8-9 A. But man sinned and was driven from the Garden – Genesis 3:17-19 B. The basics of sustenance was no longer provided. It had to be worked for – II Thessalonians…
Read MoreNow Thank We All Our God
by Cloyce Sutton II The “Thirty Years’ War” (1618-1648) was a devastating European conflict centered in what’s now Germany. It began as a power struggle between Protestant and Catholic forces within the Holy Roman Empire but spread among various factions throughout Europe, eventually drawing in much of Central Europe, including Spanish, Swedish, French, Dutch, Croatian,…
Read MoreRecent Evidence Shows?
by Warren E. Berkley Several years ago scientists (especially in the behavior field) formed a research team. The simple question to be studied was: What can be done for people who are depressed? Not severe depression that has some physiological cause. Just people who visit a therapist and they present symptoms of depression; functional but…
Read MoreThankfulness and Remembrance
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ThankfulnessAndRemembrance.mp3 by Clint Crosier
Read MorePeople of Thankfulness
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/PeopleOfThankfulness.mp3 by Brett Bowen
Read MoreNotes on Gratitude
II Chronicles 32:24-26 – Hezekiah gave no benefit in return for being healed Psalm 30:4 – Sing and give thanks Psalm 34:1-2 – Thankfulness spreads to others Psalm 50:14 – Offer God thanksgiving Psalm 50:23 – Offering thanksgiving honors God Psalm 68:19 – God loads us down with blessings Psalm 95:2 – Come into His…
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