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Many great aspects of Thanksgiving
Leftovers are oneof the best!
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What if the spirit of thanksgiving, of
gratitude could thrive in us all year long?
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2 Corinthians 4:13-18
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is
written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also
believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He
who raised…
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…up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus,
and will present us with you. 15 For all things are
for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the
many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to
the glory of God. 16 Therefore we…
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…do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward
man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory…
THANKSGIVING Leftovers18 …while we do not look
at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For
the things which are seen are temporary, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.”
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“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal
more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life
becomes rich.” Deitrich Bonhoeffer
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Paul’s Observation of Life
It Can Be Tough!
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7 But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellence of the power
may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed
on every side, yet not crushed; we are
perplexed, but not in despair…
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9 …persecuted but not forsaken struck down, but not destroyed 10 always
carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord
Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who
live are always…
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…delivered to death for Jesus’ sake that the life of
Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal
flesh.”2 Corinthians 4:7-11
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Paul’s Observationof Gratitude
It Only ExistsWhere There is Grace!
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Paul’s Observationof Gratitude
A ‘play on words’ occurs in this passage of Paul’s
writing…
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Paul says, “It is all for your sake, so that as
charis (grace) extends to more and more
people it may increase eucharistian
(thanksgiving) to the glory of God.”
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This could have been preserved in English by the use of ‘grace’ and ‘gratitude’ which show the same original root.
THANKSGIVING LeftoversSo the verse should be translated: “It is all for your sake, so that as
grace extends to more and more people it may
increase gratitude to the glory of God.”
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Gratitude will only Exist where there is Grace!
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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!
Gratitude to God
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“...giving thanks always for all things to God the
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 5:20
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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!
Gratitude for People
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“We have so much joy before our God because of
you.”1 Thessalonians 3:9a NCV
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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!
Gratitude in Your Circumstances
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“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known
to God.”Philippians 4:6
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Like the Manna in the wilderness, Grace
doesn’t keep very well!
It has to be dispersed, extended in the same moment, day or time!
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The more we extend grace, the greater will
be our sense of thanksgiving or
gratitude!
So be quick to bea grace giver!
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