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Good morning to everyone. 
And it is, it is wonderful to be

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with you. 
It's wonderful to worship and 

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it's just good to be together. 
Even though nowadays, it's just 

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one time a week. 
It just makes these moments even

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more special to be able to 
gather as God's children and 

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give him praise, and give him 
glory and honor. 

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And what a blessed time we have 
right now to be able to do that,

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we're in the month of November. 
The month of November, of 

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course, coming up this week is 
Thanksgiving that we celebrate 

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some people. 
Celebrate the entire month of 

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November as a month of 
Thanksgiving. 

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Sometimes, some people have 
taken a day of each month and 

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they focus on something that 
they're thankful for for that 

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particular day. 
Maybe it's maybe it's a family 

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one day and then you go on to 
the next day maybe you're 

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thankful for your income. 
And and so on with each day, Day

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of the month of November. 
And in here, where we have 

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generally thought things to be 
bad or we have generally thought

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things to be very unpleasant. 
It gives us even more reasons to

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focus on things, which we really
are thankful for. 

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And my goal in this study this 
morning is to stir up our minds 

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in a way where we consider the 
blessings that we really have in

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our lives and show our thanks 
for those things. 

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And for those people that we 
have in our lives, and as we 

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begin, I want to use an occasion
where Jesus encounters tinman as

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a springboard for our study this
morning, and that's found here 

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in Luke chapter 17 with these 
ten lepers, It says, beginning 

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in verse number 11, now it 
happened. 

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As he went to Jerusalem that he 
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Samaria and Galilee, then as he 
entered a certain Village there.

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Met him, ten men who were lepers
who stood afar off and they 

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lifted up their voices and said 
Jesus Master have mercy on us. 

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So when he saw them he said to 
them go show yourselves to the 

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priests. 
And so it was that as they went,

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they were cleansed. 
And one of them when he saw that

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he was healed returned. 
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glorified, God and fell down on 
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thanks. 
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Jesus answered and said, were 
there not ten cleansed where are

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the nine? 
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Who returned to give glory to 
God except this Foreigner and he

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said to him arise go your way 
your faith has made you. 

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Well, So we have here on this 
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setting, he's heading south now 
to Jerusalem. 

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And he makes the decision to 
pass through Samaria and Galilee

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and as he is in the one of those
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these Ten Men approached him. 
In fact loose, Luke says if as 

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you see here they kind of 
standoff at a distance from 

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Jesus. 
Yes, they even practice social 

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distancing back then. 
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condition that these men had 
that they were doing such a 

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thing. 
Luke says these men had leprosy.

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They had leprosy. 
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wide variety of skin diseases, 
but whatever specific skin 

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disease that these men had. 
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because of that they knew to 
keep their distance from other 

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people. 
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their distance from Jesus on 
this occasion yet. 

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Even though at a distance, they 
still were able to get his 

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attention by calling him out a 
master and Getting him to have 

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mercy upon them. 
Will these men, these leopards? 

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They've been outcasts because of
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They were deemed as unclean 
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Their lives had changed for the 
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Perhaps they were feeling 
hopeless because of their 

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condition, but you know what? 
Jesus. 

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Oh, he always took the time to 
show compassion upon the people,

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especially, when they reached 
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matter who they were, it didn't 
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people were it in a matter of 
their sickness, it didn't matter

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their, about their disease or or
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these men knew That they could 
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their family or their friends or
for a professionals like Jesus 

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would be able to show them 
regarding their leprosy. and so 

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Jesus, he told them simply you 
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when they did a miracle 
happened, That which had altered

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their lives for the worse. 
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And this was huge for these men.
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Where once they were unable to 
hug their loved ones now, they 

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could embrace them in their 
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We're once they had to be 
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and Proclaim to others that they
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Now, they're able to walk among 
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with a peace of mind. 
Knowing the others were not at 

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risk of getting this disease 
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And so they went on their way. 
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their loved ones to show them 
the and to tell them of the 

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wonderful news that they they 
didn't, they didn't have leprosy

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anymore. so they went on their 
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on this account, And that man 
that one man he came back to 

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Jesus and man this guy had a 
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He had a spirit of gratitude and
he had a spirit of worship from 

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the one who was able to cleanse 
him or to heal him of this 

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leprosy and he fell down on his 
face at the feet of Jesus and he

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began to thank him and he began 
to praise him for healing him of

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his leprosy. 
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out here and you'll see here at 
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notice that phrase this man was 
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What do you think? 
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Is it important? 
Is there anything in that 

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detail? 
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historically, Samaritans were 
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They suffered from racial 
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the Jews. 
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mean. 
That they deserve to be treated 

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that way. 
It was not a reflection on their

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character. 
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In fact, this Samaritan. 
This Gentile was the only one 

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who came back to show his 
gratitude to Jesus and the other

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nine you don't see anymore. 
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others were not Gentiles or they
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Jesus referred to them. 
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He referred to this one man as a
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And so this Outcast, he outshine
the others with a heart full of,

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thanks to Jesus and Jesus simply
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in those other nine who didn't 
come back to give his, their 

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thanks unto him because of the 
huge change that had happened in

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their life. 
What About Us? 

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I can tell you that there have 
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I've been, one of those nine who
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Thank the one who should receive
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Not being mindful the, thank the
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upon me. 
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Like the one here in Luke, that 
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me to always be thankful for the
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Goodness always. 
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great. 
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life-changing. 
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maybe, maybe it's a relief from 
stress. 

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Maybe it's a change for the 
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but whatever it is. 
We are shown to have the faith 

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that this Samaritan had when he 
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And when he had come back and we
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For the Lord's, goodness upon 
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whatever way and whatever 
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There's something that David 
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he wrote this back in the 107th 
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And it says, in the first two 
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to the Lord for he is good for 
his Mercy endures forever, let 

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the redeemed of the Lord say so 
whom he has redeemed from the 

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hand of the enemy. 
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alone, we see that David gives a
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thankful to God. 
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you see at here in verse number 
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God is good. 
God is good, don't forget that. 

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God is full of goodness, and he 
shows that in many ways and in 

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various circumstances Among Us, 
you could think of very you 

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could just see the things maybe 
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One. 
For example, is the this covid 

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virus. 
It's still with us, it's still 

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here. 
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will help everything, but even 
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God is good, he is still good. 
and because of this pandemic, I 

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don't know about you but at 
least were I were we're at their

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dope till it has brought us 
closer as a congregation because

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we're reaching out to one. 
Another were talking to each 

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other more were checking in with
each other even though we only 

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see each other one time a week. 
Now, we have become stronger and

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closer together because of this 
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That's a blessing and that's 
something to be thankful for God

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is good in that regard, God is 
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And because of this David said, 
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redeemed. 
Say so, Let us Proclaim. 

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Yes, God is good. 
He is David mentioned the second

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thing to be thankful for and 
that's because of the Lord's 

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Mercy. 
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without God's mercy, we would 
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We would still be in our sins 
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So because of this reason, we 
should be so thankful and again,

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let us who are the redeemed of 
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So, David Goes On, Let's skip on
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against here. 
Saw 1070 that man would give 

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thanks to the Lord for his 
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Works to the children of men. 
So we see more things for his 

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goodness but also for the great 
works that God has done for the 

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people and for us too. 
And you could probably count 

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many things that the Lord has 
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Your life and has blessed you in
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But going on, down to verse 
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sacrifice the sacrifices of 
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And declare his works with 
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I think that's a key word here. 
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rejoicing, he's saying and I 
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He say don't just be thankful 
Proclaim. 

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It be joyous about it. 
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way. 
Give him praise because of it, 

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because of your things. 
It's a great sense of emotion 

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and this gratitude that's 
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And when that kind of excitement
and when that kind of Joy builds

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up inside of you, it is going to
bring forth. 

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Great praise to his one, a 
wonderful name. 

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And when that happens, I want 
you to do something. 

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Bring it here. 
Bring it to worship. 

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Because when you do that, you're
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you're not just coming to 
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What you're doing is you're 
coming to worship. 

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You're coming to praise because 
you're thankful for what God has

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done for you. 
And he deserves it. 

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And your worship will change for
the better when you bring that 

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excitement with you and that 
type of gratitude with you as we

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assemble together. 
And that's a wonderful 

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experience. 
It is I want to move to another 

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passage regarding more reasons 
to be thankful and that's found 

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in Colossians. 
Chapter 1. 

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Specifically verses 12 through 
14 here. 

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Paul writes he says giving 
thanks to the father who has 

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qualified US to be partakers of 
the inheritance of the Saints. 

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In the light he says, he has 
delivered us from the power of 

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darkness and conveyed us into 
the kingdom of the son of his 

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love in whom we have Redemption 
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Forgiveness of sins, within 
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in Colossians chapter 1, Paul 
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thankful. 
And the first reason is this, he

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says he has qualified US to be 
to be partakers of the 

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inheritance of Heaven. 
That's reason number one. 

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And so God has allowed us a way 
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He wants us with their he wants 
us there with him when this race

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is over. 
Now understand this, there is 

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nothing that we did to deserve 
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All the more reason to be 
thankful that God wants us with 

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us and he provides us a way for 
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And that leads to the second 
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mentions forced to be thankful 
for because God has delivered us

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or rescued us from the power of 
darkness and he's talking about 

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the world, he's delivered us 
from that. 

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And the Christian Life, it's the
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path in regards to not having to
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much as if we were to make poor 
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lead to those consequences, but 
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and God has provided a way of 
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that and it leads us to the next
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That Paul says that we should be
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three were brought from the 
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the church, the kingdom of God. 
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we find so many blessings, don't
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We find a support group to help 
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We find others to encourage us 
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We find close Bonds in the 
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We find great love for one 
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could go on and on about how 
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reminds us be thankful for your 
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Be thankful for the congregation
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the strength that you can find 
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blessings to everyone of us. 
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mentions, we should be thankful 
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receive. 
Again, we're guilty of our sins 

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but because of Jesus our savior.
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applied to our souls so that we 
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sins and for God to allow that 
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That's amazing to me. 
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Why you why? 
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We don't deserve it. 
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I'm going to forgive you. 
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We give him, thanks and 
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Because we need it. 
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That's what Paul said. 
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As we move on, I want to take a 
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morning and gave written by 
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And that's in 1st Thessalonians,
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He says, in verse number 16 
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ceasing in everything. 
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This is, the will of God in 
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Whenever you can list, whatever 
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and things in your life, he says
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And what's striking to me is 
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he says. 
This is God's will, this is what

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he wants for us to do. 
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optional, his will is for us to 
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everything. 
Give thanks. 

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Sometimes that's difficult. 
Sometimes it might be hard to be

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thankful when things aren't 
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So maybe, something, there, 
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happen. 
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sometimes it's hard to be 
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But one thing we can be thankful
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tough time is thankful for 
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there for us and to comfort us 
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though circumstances might not 
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So he said in everything, give 
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I want to end this morning with 
the poem written by George 

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Herbert. 
He says, Thou that has given me 

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so much, give one more thing, a 
give give one thing more, a 

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grateful heart, not thankful 
when it pleases me as If thy 

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blessings had spare days. 
But such a heart, whose pulse 

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may be thy praise. 
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In everything that we do, 
remember in whatever 

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circumstances good or bad. 
Remember how good God is? 

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Remember how good he's been to 
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Lord say? 
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And give him the things for 
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And in turn, be thankful for one
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Because God has blessed us and 
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And so these are the things that
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focused on and I get ba not get 
sidetracked with with negativity

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or things out there. 
Stay focused on what really is 

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important be thankful that 
you're a child of God, be 

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thankful that God has allowed 
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Be thankful that you have an 
inheritance of heaven when all, 

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this is over, be thankful. 
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If you haven't become a child of
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wants you to be his child. 
Take advantage of that. 

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Today if you've never done that 
to believe in Jesus Christ and 

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what he did for you, he came to 
this world and died for you, so 

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that you can have a newness of 
life that you could be in the 

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church. 
You could have your sins 

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forgiven. 
And he died was buried, and was 

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resurrected on the third day. 
You must change your life. 

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Repent of your life confess. 
That Jesus Christ is the Son of 

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God as well, and be baptized for
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And when those people did that 
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scriptures say that, the Lord 
had of those people to his 

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church, and the Lord will add 
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Today if you obey that gospel. 
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