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I want to hear from you today.
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This is just one of the
greatest of all subjects.
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The topic today is
"The Gratitude Attitude,"
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the gratitude attitude.
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I'm going to
tell you how your life
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can be turned around by
an attitude of gratitude.
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We have with us today
from the Disney family,
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a very beautiful person,
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she sung for us
before, Melissa Disney.
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And as somebody said to me
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she is going to
really do a duet today.
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And when she comes up
you gonna find out why.
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So we're so glad to
have from the Disney family,
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where they're famous around
the world, Melissa Disney.
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O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
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Consider all the
worlds Thy Hands have made
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I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder
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Thy power throughout
the universe displayed
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great Thou
art, how great thou art
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great Thou
art, how great thou art
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When Christ shall come
with shout of acclamation
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And take me home- what
joy shall fill my heart
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Then I shall bow
in humble adoration
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And then proclaim my
God, how great thou art
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great thou
art, how great thou art
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great thou
art, how great thou art
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great thou
art, how great thou art
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Then sings my soul,
My Savior God to thee
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How great thou
art, how great thou art
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How great thou
art, how great thou art
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A woman, a friend of mine
was dying of her awful sickness.
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Some of you know
of whom I'm speaking.
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And the time came
when she was facing death.
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She didn't think she
would last through the night.
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And in the
depths of her darkness
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she prayed and she said God,
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medication doesn't seem to be
working over normal procedures
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and she started to open
herself up to God and say,
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God, I--I want You to
forgive me for all of my sins.
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And then she said, I
want to pray for the people
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who've sinned against me.
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The people that
I feel have hurt me
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and she started to
pray a prayer of forgiveness
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for people who would hurt her.
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And then she said,
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she made up her mind
there on her death bed,
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but she didn't die,
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that she would develop
an attitude of gratitude,
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or the gratitude attitude.
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And she started to thank
God for all the good things
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that were happening to her.
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Could you imagine?
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She started to thank
God for all the good things
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that had happened in the past.
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She told me personally,
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I interviewed her
and talked to her.
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She told me, from
that moment onward
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she started to get better.
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I want you to know
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there is a tremendous
positive healing force
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if you have, what
we've got written over here
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on these blackboards, if
you have a gratitude attitude.
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Here in this great
country the United States,
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we celebrate a beautiful
day, it's called Thanksgiving.
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And it is a day
when we try to develop
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an attitude of gratitude.
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I want you to take your
Bibles and turn to a text
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that I think is one of the most
wonderful texts in the Bible.
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In fact it is the high point,
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some would say of
all the sacred scripture.
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It is Romans Chapter 8
and verse 28 and onwards.
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And the great Jewish scholar,
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St. Paul writes these words
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under
inspiration of God, Romans 8.
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You folks doing
okay here today? Yes.
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Is everybody
happy here today? Yes.
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I want you to do something
before we go any further.
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Would you hold
up your Bible now?
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Want the world
to see the Bibles,
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and say, this is my Bible.
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This is my Bible.
This is God's word.
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This is God's word.
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God is going to
bless me here today.
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God is going to
bless me here today.
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I'm going to ask
God to open up my heart.
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I'm going to ask
God to open up my heart.
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So I can listen to His voice.
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So I can listen to His voice.
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And His word is going
to make me a better person.
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And His word is going
to make me a better person.
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And His word is going to
give me everlasting life.
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And His word is going to
give me everlasting life.
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I now open my
heart. I now open my heart.
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To receive God's
word. To receive God's word.
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In Jesus name. In Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
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And amen, thank you.
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Would you please notice
Romans Chapter 8, verse 28.
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Paul says, "And
we know good thing
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to know something and to
be absolutely certain of it.
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"And we know that in all things
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God works for the
good of those who love him,
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who have been called
according to his purpose."
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That's one reason we can
have the gratitude attitude.
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"For those God
foreknew he also predestined
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to be conformed to
the likeness of his Son,
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that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers.
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Also those he
predestined, he also called,
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those he called,
he also justified,
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those he
justified, he also glorified.
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What, then, shall we
say in response to this?"
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Say it with me.
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"If God is for us,
who can be against us?
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He who did not
spare his own Son,
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but gave him up for us
all-how will he not also,
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along with him,
graciously give us all things?"
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These are reasons
for this attitude,
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the gratitude attitude.
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"Who will bring any
charge against those
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whom God has chosen?
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It is God who justifies.
Who is he that condemns?
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Christ Jesus, who
died more than that,
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who was raised to life
is at the right hand of God
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and is also interceding for us.
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Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ?
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Shall trouble or hardship
or persecution or famine
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or nakedness or danger or sword?
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As it is written, 'For your sake
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we face death all day long,
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we are considered as
sheep to be slaughtered.'
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No, in all these things"
What does it say my, friend.
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"We are more than
conquerors through him
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who loved us.
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For I am convinced
that neither death nor life,
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neither angels nor demons,
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neither the present nor
the future, nor any powers,
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neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation,
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will be able to
separate us from the love of God
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that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
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Amen. Hallelujah, praise God.
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And this tells us why we gonna
have our gratitude attitude.
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This tells us why our
souls can be filled with
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thankfulness and joy
and peace and happiness
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and how we can go
home to the Kingdom of God
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laughing and singing as we go.
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Listen to me, such an attitude
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which is largely
missing in today's world,
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such an attitude is
possible only to the soul
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that knows the reality of God
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and the meaningfulness
of human existence.
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Listen to this
tremendous statement
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which is not original with me.
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This is the great choice
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and this is the great divide
between gratitude and despair,
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hope and
hopelessness, life and death,
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the great choice that
divides all of humanity
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and that divides the church.
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"Am I meaningless clot
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of coincidental molecules"
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as Richard Dawkins teaches.
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"Or am I a child of
God, of infinite worth."
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Am I just a mass of
molecules that arrived
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on the earth by chance
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or am I like the
pilgrim father's taught,
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am I a child of God
made in the image of God
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with a glorious destiny.
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See, if a person that is--
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that he is the
product of blind chance
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and that nothing really counts.
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How can he have
the gratitude attitude?
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Therefore I say to you
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we're children of a
God of infinite worth.
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Therefore, be thankful,
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be grateful,
have confidence seeing
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and rejoice and
today and everyday
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by the grace of God, let us
have the gratitude attitude.
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Like--yeah I'm
enjoying this today, thank you.
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It's nice to get
a little feedback
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even if it's from some
person who is going like this.
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Like the early American
founders who were not atheist,
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not atheistic evolutionist.
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They were not people
who had taught themselves
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that there is no God
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and had killed every
bright dream in their minds.
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The early Americans
had the gratitude attitude
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like so many people in other
countries around the world.
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But this country was
founded by not by atheist
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and not by communist.
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It was founded by people
who had a resolute faith in God.
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And thus they
set aside a whole day
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for the express
purpose of showing
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gratitude and
thankfulness to God.
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We are not unique in this.
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Canada has a day of gratitude
and some other countries,
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but I think
Americans just loves this day
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because to them it's
the best day in the year.
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The Puritans came over
here in that tiny little boat
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which was called
what, the Mayflower.
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They came to this country
seeking religious liberty.
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They came to this country
because of the persecutions
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that they found in Great Britain
and in the rest of Europe.
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They came here because
they were Bible Christians,
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they believed in
salvation by grace alone.
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They were Christians who
believed in soul of Christ
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is only Christ, soul of
scripture only scripture,
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only grace and only faith.
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And when they came
here it was not easy.
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They had a dreadful winter.
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And many of the
early Americans died
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because of the
severity of that winter.
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But in 1621 after good harvest
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they had a celebration at
Plymouth in Massachusetts.
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They had been
helped by the Indians
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who provided seeds and
taught them how to fish.
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And thus, and this was
later made into something
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even bigger and better by
that great man Abraham Lincoln.
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In the midst of the
bloody war, he proclaimed
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that there would
be a day in which
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we would give thanks to God,
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and that every
person would try to develop
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a spirit of thankfulness
or as we call it today
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an attitude of thankfulness,
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an attitude of
gratitude to almighty God.
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Why should we be thankful?
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I would like to
suggest there are many reasons.
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The text Romans 8:28 says
with God life has meaning.
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I believe this with all my
soul that life has meaning.
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I could not go
on for another day
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if I did not believe in
the infinite providence of God.
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I'm going to tell
Pastor Venegas, a story now,
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some of you have
heard this story.
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But I'm going to
tell him the story.
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After we had run a
campaign in Russia,
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we came back via London.
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It's a huge city, one of the
greatest cities in the world.
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And Beverley has always been
00:19:09.08\00:19:10.78
a fan of Princess Dye.
00:19:10.79\00:19:13.35
She was a
remarkable young woman,
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would have made a great queen
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but we know the tragic end.
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But down at Kensington Palace,
00:19:22.16\00:19:23.86
where she used
to live on occasions
00:19:23.87\00:19:25.99
they were celebrating
her life and Beverley said
00:19:26.00\00:19:30.95
let's go down to
Kensington Palace,
00:19:30.96\00:19:33.61
because there were thousands
of people bringing flowers.
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This was ten
years after her death.
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So we went down
to Kensington Palace,
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and Javier and Suzy
Piraino came with us.
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And they went inside the museum,
00:19:46.74\00:19:49.35
because inside the palace.
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But I've just
been running a campaign
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preaching every night and after
00:19:55.71\00:19:59.83
you've done this night
after night after night,
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you got to have some quite.
00:20:02.89\00:20:05.55
You can't just
keep up the pressure.
00:20:05.56\00:20:08.48
They said come inside.
00:20:08.49\00:20:11.53
I said no I-- I
don't want to go inside
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another palace
or another museum.
00:20:12.68\00:20:15.29
I've seen so many
palaces and museums.
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I don't want to
see another crown.
00:20:17.79\00:20:20.80
And so I went around
the back of the palace
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and I sat down under
a tree all by myself,
00:20:23.71\00:20:28.14
all by myself alone
in splendid isolation
00:20:28.15\00:20:35.59
until I heard my name
called Pastor John Carter.
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Oh, goodness, and
a couple came to me.
00:20:42.92\00:20:48.26
Not only did they come to me
00:20:48.27\00:20:50.48
but they came and
embraced me and they kissed me.
00:20:50.49\00:20:54.57
They said, we came
to London to see you.
00:20:54.58\00:20:59.58
I said nobody knows I'm here.
00:20:59.59\00:21:02.97
Somebody knew, the Lord knew.
00:21:02.98\00:21:07.16
They said we've watched
your television program.
00:21:07.17\00:21:11.03
This is why we continue here,
00:21:11.04\00:21:12.70
this is why we do this work.
00:21:12.71\00:21:14.09
They said we were
atheists living in England.
00:21:14.10\00:21:18.39
Our television set broke down,
00:21:18.40\00:21:20.87
something broke
down and the only channel
00:21:20.88\00:21:23.91
we could get was 3ABN.
00:21:23.92\00:21:28.04
They said we could
not look at anything else
00:21:28.05\00:21:31.79
but 3ABN and we saw you
week after week after week.
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And we gave our lives to
Christ and we were baptized
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and we joined the church.
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Isn't this amazing?
00:21:44.55\00:21:45.62
They said we have
relatives in Australia
00:21:47.18\00:21:54.48
and somehow somebody had heard
00:21:54.49\00:21:58.40
that you might be
passing through England
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on your way home
to the United States,
00:22:03.76\00:22:05.57
you might be
passing through England.
00:22:05.58\00:22:07.69
And so we prayed that God
would help us to meet you.
00:22:07.70\00:22:12.11
So we have been they said
00:22:15.34\00:22:17.15
and they thought
this was not true.
00:22:17.16\00:22:20.35
They said we've
been much in prayer
00:22:20.36\00:22:21.66
and the Lord impressed
us to come to London today.
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We don't live in
London, we live a hundred miles
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outside of
London and my family--
00:22:28.99\00:22:31.30
we were all praying
00:22:31.31\00:22:32.39
because we're all
believers like you are.
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And therefore we
travel up on the train today
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and we came to London
00:22:38.90\00:22:40.30
and we felt moved to
go to Kensington Palace.
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Now, we felt mpressed
to go to Kensington Palace
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not at eight in the morning,
not at 10 o'clock at night,
00:22:52.61\00:22:55.59
not at three in the afternoon
00:22:55.60\00:22:57.15
but 11 o'clock this
morning and here you are.
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I say to the
unbeliever listen carefully,
00:23:04.89\00:23:08.23
what chance is
there of that happening.
00:23:08.24\00:23:11.60
We've go 65 million
people in England alone,
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there are 365 days in the year,
00:23:15.75\00:23:19.39
and there are
24 hours in the day
00:23:19.40\00:23:25.21
and there are literally
hundreds of thousands of places,
00:23:25.22\00:23:29.39
maybe millions of places
where you could meet in England
00:23:29.40\00:23:33.46
besides under a tree at
the back of Kensington Palace.
00:23:33.47\00:23:39.30
The chance of that
happening my friend,
00:23:39.31\00:23:41.99
is not in a thousand billion.
00:23:42.00\00:23:44.90
It is evidence that
in all things God works
00:23:44.91\00:23:48.37
for the good of
His people. Amen.
00:23:48.38\00:23:50.26
This is evidence that there
is a God in heaven, praise God.
00:23:50.27\00:23:54.44
Can you say
Hallelujah? Hallelujah.
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That is why, you and I ought
to have a gratitude attitude,
00:23:56.63\00:24:01.38
because God knows
about us and He loves us
00:24:01.39\00:24:04.15
and He has a plan for us. Amen.
00:24:04.16\00:24:07.39
I just received a message
from Pastor Harold Hawker.
00:24:07.40\00:24:10.67
There's a man, he is a
knight of the British order.
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He is so and so in
the Solomon Islands.
00:24:16.48\00:24:20.38
I don't meet too many knights
00:24:20.39\00:24:23.13
but he came to our meetings
00:24:23.14\00:24:24.90
and he came to our
meetings listen to this,
00:24:24.91\00:24:28.24
he came to the
meetings carried as a cripple
00:24:28.25\00:24:33.33
because he could not walk.
00:24:33.34\00:24:37.35
And one night during
the appeal for people
00:24:37.36\00:24:40.34
to come down to front as
10,000 out of 35,000 people
00:24:40.35\00:24:47.20
would come down the front.
00:24:47.21\00:24:49.47
He raised his
hand unable to walk
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and I read the story
of the woman who reached
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.54
at the finger the
trembling finger of faith
00:24:55.55\00:24:59.22
and Christ said your
faith has healed you,
00:24:59.23\00:25:02.06
go in peace.
00:25:02.07\00:25:03.57
And he said, well if it
had happened to that woman
00:25:03.58\00:25:06.41
it can happen to me.
00:25:06.42\00:25:08.10
I won't tell you his name
00:25:08.11\00:25:09.13
but sir so and so said I
will put my faith in Christ
00:25:09.14\00:25:14.92
and he rose up and he walked
00:25:14.93\00:25:17.20
and he has been
walking every since.
00:25:17.21\00:25:21.90
Now, we would tell you
we're not faith healers.
00:25:21.91\00:25:25.76
I am not a faith healer
00:25:25.77\00:25:27.78
but I believe in a
God who can heal, you see.
00:25:27.79\00:25:32.07
And they have got moral
faith at in those places
00:25:32.08\00:25:35.04
than they have here in
the churches in North America.
00:25:35.05\00:25:38.78
Because all things
worked together for good,
00:25:42.48\00:25:46.40
because God has a plan
and a purpose for every life,
00:25:46.41\00:25:50.47
for your life and my life.
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We need to have in our
souls the gratitude attitude.
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Can you say, amen?
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Amen. Yes.
00:26:01.28\00:26:02.27
We can be thankful
because God supplies our needs.
00:26:04.55\00:26:09.36
Come over here to Matthew
Chapter 6: 25 and onwards.
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God supplies our needs
sometimes in spite of us.
00:26:13.05\00:26:18.04
Matthew Chapter 6:25 to 30
the words of our blessed Lord.
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Matthew 6:25 and onwards.
00:26:25.59\00:26:28.23
"Therefore I
tell you, " Jesus said
00:26:28.24\00:26:31.49
"do not worry about your life,
00:26:31.50\00:26:34.37
what you will eat or
drink, or about your body,
00:26:34.38\00:26:38.00
what you will wear.
00:26:38.01\00:26:41.58
Is not life more
important than food,
00:26:41.59\00:26:44.54
and the body more
important than clothes?
00:26:44.55\00:26:48.62
Look at the birds of the
air. " We'll stop for a moment.
00:26:48.63\00:26:53.33
Last night I
called out to Beverley
00:26:53.34\00:26:55.65
at 10 o'clock at night.
00:26:55.66\00:26:56.84
I said, listen that amazing
bird singing outside the window.
00:26:56.85\00:27:00.59
She said it's on
the computer. Okay.
00:27:00.60\00:27:04.19
I'm telling you folks,
00:27:04.20\00:27:06.07
it's hard to have
attitude of gratitude
00:27:06.08\00:27:09.56
all the time but, okay.
00:27:09.57\00:27:11.31
"Look at the birds of the air,
00:27:11.32\00:27:13.25
they do not sow or
reap or store away in barns,
00:27:13.26\00:27:17.90
and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them.
00:27:17.91\00:27:20.53
Are you not much
more valuable than they?
00:27:20.54\00:27:25.15
Who of you by worrying can add
00:27:25.16\00:27:26.89
a single hour to his life?"
00:27:26.90\00:27:30.53
And then "Why do
you worry about clothes?
00:27:30.54\00:27:34.45
See how the
lilies of the field grow.
00:27:34.46\00:27:37.12
They do not labor or spin.
00:27:37.13\00:27:39.22
Yet I tell you
that not even Solomon
00:27:39.23\00:27:41.62
in all his splendor was
dressed like one of these.
00:27:41.63\00:27:46.29
If that is how God
clothes the grass of the field,
00:27:46.30\00:27:48.85
which is here today and tomorrow
is thrown into the fire,
00:27:48.86\00:27:52.63
will he not
much more clothe you,
00:27:52.64\00:27:55.07
O you of little faith?"
00:27:55.08\00:27:57.04
Because of the
certainty of the fact
00:27:57.05\00:27:59.29
that God supplies our needs,
00:27:59.30\00:28:01.60
we need to have
the gratitude attitude.
00:28:01.61\00:28:05.25
He gives us food,
He gives us clothing,
00:28:05.26\00:28:09.31
He gives us a
roof over our heads,
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.58
He gives us family and friends,
00:28:12.59\00:28:15.45
and He gives us the
church of the living God.
00:28:15.46\00:28:19.60
Now a person
who's got a testimony,
00:28:19.61\00:28:21.73
she told me about it.
That touched my heart.
00:28:21.74\00:28:24.31
I've never heard it
before is Susan Piraino.
00:28:24.32\00:28:27.75
I am going to ask her to come.
00:28:27.76\00:28:31.07
She told me this
story happened sometime ago
00:28:31.08\00:28:34.44
but it just sort of
touched me and amazed me.
00:28:34.45\00:28:39.81
Good morning, Susan.
00:28:39.82\00:28:41.40
Good morning, Pastor Carter.
00:28:41.41\00:28:42.84
How are you this morning?
00:28:42.85\00:28:44.21
I am doing fine, thank you.
00:28:44.22\00:28:45.84
Have you have
gratitude attitude.
00:28:45.85\00:28:49.04
I definitely
do. Now tell me why?
00:28:49.05\00:28:52.47
Well, as most
importantly church know,
00:28:52.48\00:28:54.84
we came to know the gospel
00:28:54.85\00:28:57.05
through your ministry
in the Shrine Auditorium.
00:28:57.06\00:28:59.59
Javier and I
attended every night
00:28:59.60\00:29:01.23
and I was out of the church
and Javier was not a Christian.
00:29:01.24\00:29:04.89
So after the meetings
00:29:04.90\00:29:06.98
we were
baptized into your church
00:29:06.99\00:29:09.10
and we started attending.
00:29:09.11\00:29:10.76
And of course like most couples
00:29:10.77\00:29:12.82
we were very much in debt
00:29:12.83\00:29:14.48
and I wasn't working so Javier
was the only working person.
00:29:14.49\00:29:18.74
And we learned about tithing,
00:29:18.75\00:29:21.54
we hadn't been doing that.
00:29:21.55\00:29:23.14
And so we thought
we need to do this.
00:29:23.15\00:29:26.23
But I was doing it backwards.
00:29:26.24\00:29:28.02
I was paying the
bills and then at the end
00:29:28.03\00:29:30.88
seeing if I had anything
leftover for the tithing.
00:29:30.89\00:29:33.65
And we didn't
seem to go anywhere.
00:29:33.66\00:29:36.07
Our finances were
very, very limited.
00:29:36.08\00:29:38.82
And finally I thought, I
kept reading and studying
00:29:38.83\00:29:42.01
I heard a sermon that
you preached on giving
00:29:42.02\00:29:44.42
to the Lord and
putting God first.
00:29:44.43\00:29:47.01
And I thought, you know, what
are we doing this backwards.
00:29:47.02\00:29:49.24
I need to pay the tithe
first and then pay the bills.
00:29:49.25\00:29:53.45
So I started to do
that and it came up
00:29:53.46\00:29:56.39
where one day I
was paying the bills,
00:29:56.40\00:29:58.74
I did the tithe check first
00:29:58.75\00:30:01.06
but I didn't have
enough for our car insurance
00:30:01.07\00:30:03.26
which I'll
never forget was $221.
00:30:03.27\00:30:06.22
but I thought,
I'll let Xavier know,
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.14
he can work extra hours
00:30:08.15\00:30:09.37
and when he makes the money
00:30:09.38\00:30:10.81
then I will pay it
and we'll pay the fine.
00:30:10.82\00:30:13.47
So, I did that and I didn't
send the bill, the payment.
00:30:13.50\00:30:17.58
So I went to the post
office box the next day.
00:30:17.59\00:30:20.34
And I got the mail
and I look through it.
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.49
And I was about to throw
it away and I thought wait,
00:30:22.50\00:30:24.04
this looks like a check.
00:30:24.05\00:30:25.59
So I opened it
up and sure enough,
00:30:25.60\00:30:28.36
it was a letter from
our insurance company
00:30:28.37\00:30:30.73
back when the boys were born,
00:30:30.76\00:30:32.20
which have been three
or four years before that.
00:30:32.21\00:30:35.05
We had over paid some money
00:30:35.06\00:30:37.45
and there was a check for $222.
00:30:37.46\00:30:42.01
It was a dollar more
than my insurance need.
00:30:42.02\00:30:44.43
Hallelujah. Read us a text.
00:30:44.44\00:30:47.23
So this text
really comes to heart.
00:30:47.24\00:30:50.02
It says, "Bring the whole
tithe into the storehouse,
00:30:50.03\00:30:53.44
that there may
be food in my house.
00:30:53.45\00:30:55.93
Test me in this,
says the Lord Almighty,
00:30:55.94\00:30:58.30
and see if I will not throw
open the floodgates of heaven
00:30:58.31\00:31:01.80
and pour out so much blessing
00:31:01.81\00:31:03.38
that you will not
have room enough for it."
00:31:03.39\00:31:05.58
And I'm a testament to this text
00:31:05.59\00:31:08.78
because God proved to me
that He did open the gates.
00:31:08.79\00:31:12.00
And ever since then,
our income has never been,
00:31:12.01\00:31:16.28
you know, huge but all
our bills have been paid,
00:31:16.29\00:31:19.77
we got out of debt.
00:31:19.78\00:31:21.16
We put our kids in the academy,
00:31:21.18\00:31:22.76
which we didn't
know we could do.
00:31:22.77\00:31:24.47
And God continues to bless
us and provide all our needs.
00:31:24.48\00:31:27.67
Thank God. Thank God Susan.
00:31:28.31\00:31:30.33
Wonderful testimony.
00:31:30.34\00:31:32.82
Why we can have an
attitude of gratitude.
00:31:32.83\00:31:36.07
Now very special
person in this church
00:31:36.08\00:31:39.21
is Mr. Jose Sulgatti he is
a very dear friend of mine.
00:31:39.22\00:31:44.64
I'm going to
ask him now to come.
00:31:44.65\00:31:48.26
I don't know a
harder working person,
00:31:48.27\00:31:51.28
I don't know a better family.
00:31:51.29\00:31:53.83
And I don't know
a better builder,
00:31:53.84\00:31:57.53
he builds the best houses.
00:31:57.54\00:32:00.87
You've got always
the gratitude attitude.
00:32:00.88\00:32:05.57
Tell me some things why
you were grateful my brother?
00:32:05.58\00:32:09.42
Pastor Carter,
there are many scene
00:32:09.43\00:32:12.10
for what reason I need to say,
00:32:12.11\00:32:13.58
"Lord, obey to God,"
00:32:13.59\00:32:15.40
because He blessed
me everyday, everyday.
00:32:15.44\00:32:19.38
But you know
something two years,
00:32:19.39\00:32:21.59
two and half years ago
I had been in the worse,
00:32:21.60\00:32:24.67
very hard time in my life.
00:32:24.68\00:32:27.33
The recession.
00:32:27.34\00:32:28.35
The recession
time, for 14 months
00:32:28.36\00:32:31.71
I couldn't work
any days, any day.
00:32:31.72\00:32:34.70
You know very well the situation
00:32:34.71\00:32:36.24
because you were
very close to me.
00:32:36.25\00:32:37.90
Praying for me,
many people in the church
00:32:37.91\00:32:40.05
were praying for me also.
00:32:40.06\00:32:42.09
You know, but I
remember slightly Pastor Carter,
00:32:42.10\00:32:45.25
was very hard time, but I never,
00:32:45.26\00:32:47.63
never I forgot God's promises.
00:32:47.64\00:32:51.29
You know what,
because I knew God
00:32:51.30\00:32:55.07
"He loved me," I say to myself.
00:32:55.08\00:32:57.68
Because He sent His son to,
00:32:57.69\00:33:00.79
to go the cross and
die for me for one reason,
00:33:00.80\00:33:04.47
because He loved me,
He never leaved me alone.
00:33:04.48\00:33:07.82
For that reason Pastor
Carter, I'm very happy.
00:33:07.83\00:33:10.52
Thank you, thank
you God for every scene.
00:33:10.53\00:33:13.04
Every scene is good for me.
00:33:13.05\00:33:14.49
It doesn't matter
what is the problem,
00:33:14.50\00:33:16.20
I know the
solution is coming soon.
00:33:16.21\00:33:18.03
And from that hard time,
00:33:18.04\00:33:20.31
I learnt a lot scene, God love.
00:33:20.32\00:33:23.75
Pastor Carter, thank
you for this opportunity
00:33:23.76\00:33:25.99
to be my real testimony.
00:33:26.00\00:33:28.71
God bless you my
brother. God bless you.
00:33:28.72\00:33:30.45
Just a special man with a
special relationship with God.
00:33:39.62\00:33:44.56
You know folks it's easy to,
00:33:44.57\00:33:48.00
easy to have faith in God
00:33:48.01\00:33:51.25
when everything
is easy, isn't it?
00:33:51.26\00:33:53.91
But when things
are falling apart
00:33:53.92\00:33:55.96
and the recession is
knocked at your business.
00:33:55.97\00:33:58.98
But I want you to know,
00:33:58.99\00:34:00.12
we gonna have this
gratitude attitude,
00:34:00.13\00:34:03.02
because God
always comes through.
00:34:03.03\00:34:05.71
We can be grateful because
of Christ and the Gospel.
00:34:05.72\00:34:09.91
I want you to come over now to
00:34:09.92\00:34:10.91
John Chapter 3 in verse 16.
00:34:10.92\00:34:14.16
Now you shouldn't
have to turn to that text.
00:34:14.17\00:34:16.26
We gonna turn to it just
because we're gonna turn to it.
00:34:16.27\00:34:20.01
Come over here to John
Chapter 3 and verse 16,
00:34:20.02\00:34:24.85
John Chapter 3, verse 16.
00:34:24.86\00:34:28.47
This is the greatest
text in all the Bible.
00:34:28.48\00:34:31.32
John Chapter 3, verse 16,
you say it with me together,
00:34:31.33\00:34:37.50
"For God so loved the world
00:34:37.51\00:34:40.19
that he gave his
one and only Son,
00:34:40.20\00:34:42.70
that whoever believes in him
00:34:42.71\00:34:44.17
shall not perish but
have everlasting life."
00:34:44.18\00:34:48.29
My friend you and I can be glad
00:34:48.32\00:34:51.87
as Mr. Sulgatti said
that we've got a Father
00:34:51.88\00:34:55.44
who send His Son.
00:34:55.45\00:34:58.10
God knows about us.
00:34:58.11\00:34:59.66
You'll have a down days.
00:34:59.67\00:35:01.96
You wonder what
is going to happen.
00:35:01.97\00:35:03.72
Now for the folks
watching the telecast
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.77
in other parts of the world
00:35:05.78\00:35:07.64
and we've a great
audience around the world.
00:35:07.65\00:35:09.84
But here in
America, it's been tough,
00:35:09.85\00:35:13.58
but God has supplied our needs
00:35:13.59\00:35:16.61
and as Jose told to
he supplied our needs,
00:35:16.62\00:35:19.29
because we've got a Father
00:35:19.30\00:35:21.03
and He has send His
Son and His Son died for us
00:35:21.04\00:35:24.59
and if His Son died for us
He's going to see us through.
00:35:24.60\00:35:28.37
Now I want you to come
over now to another text
00:35:28.38\00:35:30.80
that talks about the Gospel.
00:35:30.81\00:35:32.71
I want you to come over here to
00:35:32.72\00:35:33.88
Luke, Chapter
15, verses 1 and 2.
00:35:33.89\00:35:38.35
Luke, Chapter 15
and verses 1 and 2.
00:35:38.36\00:35:43.00
You got it Luke,
Chapter 15, verses 1 and 2,
00:35:43.01\00:35:45.73
"Now the tax
collectors and sinners
00:35:45.74\00:35:48.47
were all gathering
around to hear him.
00:35:48.48\00:35:51.85
But the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law muttered.
00:35:51.86\00:35:55.22
'This man welcomes
sinners and eats with them."'
00:35:55.23\00:35:58.89
And Jesus said to the Pharisees
00:35:58.90\00:36:01.15
you're wrong on everything,
00:36:01.16\00:36:02.86
but on this you're right.
00:36:02.87\00:36:05.07
This man does receive signet.
00:36:05.08\00:36:08.57
That's the gospel and
then Jesus told three stories
00:36:08.58\00:36:12.67
to illustrate the glory of
the gospel in verses 3 and 4.
00:36:12.68\00:36:18.09
"Then Jesus told
them this parable,
00:36:18.10\00:36:20.13
suppose one of you
has a hundred sheep
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.74
and loses one of them.
00:36:22.75\00:36:24.51
Does he not leave the ninety
and nine in the open country
00:36:24.52\00:36:29.03
and go after the lost
sheep until he finds it"
00:36:29.04\00:36:32.44
And when he finds it,
00:36:32.45\00:36:33.46
"he joyfully puts
it on his shoulders."
00:36:33.47\00:36:36.30
This tells me that God loves us
00:36:36.31\00:36:38.88
and that Jesus
is the good shepherd
00:36:38.89\00:36:41.27
and He's searching for us.
00:36:41.28\00:36:42.99
This tells us why
we can be thankful.
00:36:43.00\00:36:45.71
I want you to come
down a little bit further,
00:36:45.72\00:36:48.49
come down to verse 8,
00:36:48.50\00:36:50.93
"Or suppose a woman has
00:36:50.94\00:36:53.65
ten silver coins and loses one.
00:36:53.66\00:36:59.47
Does she not light a
lamp, sweep the house,
00:36:59.87\00:37:02.98
and search
carefully until she finds it?
00:37:02.99\00:37:05.85
And when she finds
it she calls her friend
00:37:05.86\00:37:08.35
sand neighbors
together and says,
00:37:08.36\00:37:09.93
Rejoice with me, I
have found my lost coin.
00:37:09.94\00:37:14.48
In the same way I tell you,
00:37:14.49\00:37:16.59
there is
rejoicing in the presence of
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.99
the angels of God over
one sinner who repents."
00:37:19.00\00:37:24.37
This tells me, He loves me,
00:37:24.38\00:37:26.11
He cares for me,
He is searching for me
00:37:26.12\00:37:29.21
and then Jesus tells
a story of the lost boy.
00:37:29.22\00:37:33.78
I want you to notice this.
00:37:33.79\00:37:35.64
Verse 11, Jesus continued,
00:37:35.65\00:37:37.87
"There was a man
who had two sons.
00:37:37.88\00:37:40.62
The younger one
said to his father,
00:37:40.63\00:37:42.43
Father give me my
share of the estate.
00:37:42.44\00:37:45.43
So, he divided his
property between them.
00:37:45.44\00:37:47.83
You know the story.
00:37:47.84\00:37:50.41
We call him the prodigal son.
00:37:50.42\00:37:52.98
He's the waster, he goes out
00:37:52.99\00:37:55.27
and he spends
his father's wealth,
00:37:55.28\00:37:58.23
he spends it on harlots
and alcohol and tobacco,
00:37:58.24\00:38:04.66
cocaine, and everything
and then he's right down
00:38:04.67\00:38:08.03
at the bottom of the
pit, but he comes to himself.
00:38:08.04\00:38:12.41
You know the story,
and when he goes home,
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.21
he's moved by the
spirit of God to go home.
00:38:15.22\00:38:18.82
And the old
father is standing there
00:38:18.83\00:38:21.09
at the gate and is looking down
00:38:21.10\00:38:23.00
the road looking for the boy,
00:38:23.01\00:38:26.04
and the boy covered with
the filth of the pig pen.
00:38:26.05\00:38:32.08
Wonders is my
father going to kick me up.
00:38:32.09\00:38:36.26
But when his father
sees the boy coming,
00:38:36.27\00:38:38.88
the Bible tells me the
father runs down the road,
00:38:38.89\00:38:42.21
grabs the boy, and he hugs him,
00:38:42.22\00:38:44.66
he doesn't kick
him, he kisses him.
00:38:44.67\00:38:48.05
And then they
have a tremendous party
00:38:48.06\00:38:50.22
and they kill the fattened calf
00:38:50.23\00:38:52.44
and the father says rejoice
00:38:52.45\00:38:54.79
because my son was dead,
00:38:54.80\00:38:58.94
I want you to
know, I was that boy.
00:38:58.95\00:39:04.81
You know, what
we're talking about,
00:39:04.82\00:39:07.37
but we've a father
and the father loves us
00:39:07.38\00:39:12.50
and I want you to know today
00:39:12.51\00:39:14.26
that we're gonna have
an attitude of gratitude,
00:39:14.27\00:39:17.71
the gratitude
attitude, because of the father.
00:39:17.72\00:39:23.33
Because of forgiveness.
00:39:23.34\00:39:26.52
We can thank God
for the welcome home.
00:39:26.53\00:39:29.60
We thank God
for the restoration.
00:39:29.61\00:39:32.55
We can thank God for
the robe and the party.
00:39:32.56\00:39:36.05
We can thank God for the gospel,
00:39:36.06\00:39:40.76
which is a good news of God.
00:39:40.77\00:39:44.13
Now, I've got some folks
here today in this church
00:39:44.14\00:39:47.46
and I love them so much.
00:39:47.47\00:39:50.63
And I'm going to ask
them to come up to front
00:39:50.64\00:39:53.17
and tell me why they've
got a gratitude attitude
00:39:53.18\00:39:58.82
and why they can
give thanks to God.
00:39:58.83\00:40:01.51
Going to ask Alan
De Leon to come up.
00:40:01.52\00:40:05.19
Alan, welcome
Alan to church folks.
00:40:05.20\00:40:08.86
We're glad to have
Alan in church today.
00:40:08.87\00:40:11.86
What do you-- Alan, tell me
00:40:11.87\00:40:14.68
what are you thankful about?
00:40:14.69\00:40:17.13
I'm thankful for the
fact that God has guided me
00:40:17.14\00:40:19.32
throughout my life in
all decisions big and small.
00:40:19.33\00:40:22.90
He is always
constant and I can always
00:40:22.91\00:40:24.97
count on Him for
anything no matter what it is.
00:40:24.98\00:40:27.89
I know that in recent months
00:40:27.90\00:40:30.41
that God has been
doing a special work for you.
00:40:30.42\00:40:35.10
Do you feel the
love of the Savior?
00:40:35.11\00:40:37.71
I always, and I'm
always reminded of it
00:40:37.72\00:40:40.15
and its always constant everyday
00:40:40.16\00:40:42.62
I wakeup and I
just see all of the ways
00:40:42.63\00:40:44.92
that He blesses me and
He continues to bless me
00:40:44.93\00:40:47.18
and it's hard to ignore
00:40:47.19\00:40:48.65
and which is why
I'm so thankful for Him
00:40:48.66\00:40:50.94
because He does
everything for me.
00:40:50.95\00:40:53.05
And we're
thankful to God for you.
00:40:53.06\00:40:54.73
God bless you Alan.
00:40:54.74\00:40:55.97
We're glad you're a
member of our church.
00:40:55.98\00:40:59.45
Another special member of
our church is Sydney Wexler.
00:40:59.46\00:41:04.96
The wonderful parents,
the great little brother
00:41:04.97\00:41:08.08
by the name of Benjamin,
not doing too bad this memory.
00:41:08.09\00:41:12.71
Okay, hello Sydney.
00:41:12.72\00:41:15.20
Hello Pastor
Carter, Happy Sabbath.
00:41:15.21\00:41:16.91
Oh, Happy Sabbath, you
look really cute today.
00:41:16.92\00:41:20.28
Tell me have you
got a gratitude attitude
00:41:20.29\00:41:24.28
and why are you so thankful.
00:41:24.29\00:41:27.39
Yes, very much so Pastor Carter.
00:41:27.40\00:41:29.39
There are so many ways that
God has blessed me in my life.
00:41:29.40\00:41:32.31
The first thing that
comes to my mind is my school,
00:41:32.32\00:41:34.82
because I go to a
Christian school that offers
00:41:34.83\00:41:37.37
such unique classical education.
00:41:37.38\00:41:40.63
I'm also thankful for my friends
who are always by my side
00:41:40.64\00:41:44.50
and always want to
help and support me.
00:41:44.51\00:41:47.46
I'm also thankful that
God has given me my family,
00:41:47.47\00:41:50.33
my friends,
this wonderful church
00:41:50.34\00:41:52.63
and the salvation that I have
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:41:52.64\00:41:55.82
Oh that's great, would
you like, would like a kiss.
00:41:55.83\00:41:59.19
You're not too much into kisses.
00:41:59.20\00:42:00.99
Well, I'm gonna
give you just a, just a--
00:42:01.00\00:42:03.44
you're ready for it.
00:42:03.45\00:42:04.57
Okay, you're waiting for it.
00:42:04.58\00:42:06.38
Okay, she doesn't
usually like too may kiss,
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.77
but you're ready for
it and here it comes.
00:42:08.78\00:42:11.68
Thank you Sydney.
Thank you sweetie.
00:42:11.69\00:42:14.40
It's really, really good.
00:42:14.41\00:42:16.05
Another great family is
the Molina family with Maylink,
00:42:17.60\00:42:21.15
just great folks Leilani.
00:42:21.16\00:42:23.25
What a pretty name? Come
up Leilani, Leilani Molina.
00:42:23.26\00:42:28.19
Hmmm, come over
here sweetie pie.
00:42:28.20\00:42:30.07
How are you?
00:42:32.10\00:42:33.10
I am good, thank
you Pastor Carter.
00:42:33.11\00:42:34.87
Are you thankful
today? Yes, I am.
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.71
There's many reasons that
I'm thankful to the Lord for.
00:42:37.72\00:42:40.40
But one of the main reasons is
00:42:40.41\00:42:41.51
for my family and friends,
00:42:41.52\00:42:42.88
because they're
always there for me
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.33
and they can always
deal with me in anything
00:42:44.34\00:42:47.38
that I need and I'm also
thankful for my good health
00:42:47.39\00:42:51.68
and a good school that I go to.
00:42:51.69\00:42:54.52
I'm thankful to have a home
00:42:54.53\00:42:55.78
where I can always feel secure
00:42:55.79\00:42:57.59
and at home and just to
have a roof over my head
00:42:57.60\00:43:01.28
and food on the table
everyday is a huge blessing.
00:43:01.29\00:43:04.67
But above everything
else I'm grateful to have
00:43:04.68\00:43:07.74
the Lord as my
Savior and just to know
00:43:07.75\00:43:11.57
that He is always
there for me no matter
00:43:11.58\00:43:13.12
what is the greatest
blessing I can ask for.
00:43:13.13\00:43:15.69
You're a blessing to us
now, get to ready for it,
00:43:15.70\00:43:18.60
you're ready for.
00:43:18.61\00:43:19.65
Where do you--
which side you wanted on,
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.72
this side because
its easiest for me,
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.15
then I don't have go
around the other side.
00:43:23.16\00:43:24.55
You're ready?
Okay, you're ready now.
00:43:24.56\00:43:27.85
God bless you
Leilani. God bless you sweetie.
00:43:27.86\00:43:31.17
Yeah what beautiful,
beautiful young people.
00:43:31.18\00:43:34.43
Fine young man in our
church is David Mercado.
00:43:34.44\00:43:36.91
David, we're proud of
you, just proud of you.
00:43:40.05\00:43:43.58
David, welcome to church.
Tell me are you thankful?
00:43:46.74\00:43:50.03
Yes for the
peace I have in my Lord
00:43:50.04\00:43:52.44
and Savior Jesus
Christ, having the assurance
00:43:52.45\00:43:54.99
that no matter what I go through
00:43:55.00\00:43:56.63
He'll never fail me and I
can truly say in everything
00:43:56.64\00:43:59.19
that I've gone
through whether bad or good,
00:43:59.20\00:44:01.70
He's always been by my side.
00:44:01.71\00:44:02.84
That's a great testimony, David.
00:44:03.70\00:44:05.98
We're proud of
you and we thank you.
00:44:05.99\00:44:08.05
We're glad you're a
member of this church.
00:44:08.06\00:44:10.12
We're gonna
part a little bit now
00:44:14.06\00:44:15.36
from the young
people of the church.
00:44:15.37\00:44:17.27
But I want you to welcome
00:44:17.28\00:44:18.47
a special guest
Pastor James Venegas.
00:44:18.48\00:44:20.92
Now Pastor Venegas,
we're glad that you're with us
00:44:28.46\00:44:30.74
from the land down under.
00:44:30.75\00:44:33.12
Tell us have you got
the gratitude attitude,
00:44:33.13\00:44:37.25
what are you grateful for?
00:44:37.26\00:44:39.67
Absolutely Pastor
Carter, my gratitude of attitude
00:44:39.68\00:44:42.46
is because God has called
me to serve Him amongst people.
00:44:42.47\00:44:47.40
But also that He sustain
me through the toughest times
00:44:47.41\00:44:49.90
in my life in particular,
having lost my father
00:44:49.91\00:44:53.90
a few years ago very dark time
00:44:53.91\00:44:56.43
just when I started to
study theology at college.
00:44:56.44\00:45:00.07
It did threatened to drown me,
00:45:00.08\00:45:01.44
there were times
where things were so tough
00:45:01.45\00:45:03.76
that I would just
cry myself to sleep,
00:45:03.77\00:45:06.13
my wife knows this.
00:45:06.14\00:45:08.19
I lost confidence that God
would bring me back on track
00:45:08.20\00:45:12.18
and yet through
door God was always there
00:45:12.19\00:45:14.29
and from the
deepest part of my soul,
00:45:14.30\00:45:16.32
I'm just so thankful
that He has sustained me
00:45:16.33\00:45:18.70
and now I can help other people
00:45:18.71\00:45:19.97
going through similar
things that I went through.
00:45:19.98\00:45:23.39
We're thankful to God for you
00:45:23.40\00:45:25.67
and we want to
thank you for traveling
00:45:25.68\00:45:28.24
all that
distance that 8000 miles
00:45:28.25\00:45:31.34
and coming to
visit us at our church
00:45:31.35\00:45:33.95
and we hope we gonna
see much more of you.
00:45:33.96\00:45:36.12
God bless you, my
brother. Thank you, thank you.
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.70
Now we have Mathew Cruz.
00:45:44.22\00:45:47.11
Now he comes from
just a great family.
00:45:47.12\00:45:50.73
He's got his
grandmother there Jonnie,
00:45:50.74\00:45:53.18
and she is
routing for him today.
00:45:53.19\00:45:55.35
Good morning,
Mathew. Good morning.
00:45:58.70\00:46:01.00
How you're doing
this morning? Good.
00:46:01.01\00:46:02.82
Now what are you thankful for?
00:46:05.74\00:46:08.06
Well, Pastor Carter,
00:46:08.07\00:46:09.08
well, I'm thankful for
is my loving church family.
00:46:09.09\00:46:12.42
The reason why is
because they encourage me
00:46:12.43\00:46:15.27
to come to church and
encourage me reading my Bible.
00:46:15.28\00:46:20.81
Well, I'm just thankful
00:46:20.82\00:46:22.08
I have such a fine
young man in our church,
00:46:22.09\00:46:25.12
I really am and
you've got just the nice
00:46:25.13\00:46:28.52
beautiful little
sister her name is Arlene
00:46:28.53\00:46:31.06
and she's here today
00:46:31.07\00:46:33.40
with your mom and
your grandparents,
00:46:33.41\00:46:36.47
so we're proud to have
you as a member of our church.
00:46:36.48\00:46:41.91
God bless you, Mathew.
00:46:41.92\00:46:43.79
Now we want the congregation
to take their Bibles
00:46:49.63\00:46:52.78
and turn to Psalm
107 verses 1 to 15.
00:46:52.79\00:46:58.04
Psalm 107 verses 1 to 15.
00:46:58.05\00:47:01.61
Now we're gonna do
something different,
00:47:01.62\00:47:03.99
we're gonna do
something different.
00:47:04.00\00:47:05.89
Psalm 107, we're going to do
00:47:05.90\00:47:08.42
what the early Christians
used to do in this great land.
00:47:08.43\00:47:12.04
When they read the scripture
you know what they did?
00:47:12.05\00:47:14.93
They stood up when they read.
00:47:14.94\00:47:16.83
So we're going to have to do
00:47:16.84\00:47:19.64
little bit of work
with these cameras.
00:47:19.65\00:47:22.88
We want you all to stand up now?
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Stand up we're
gonna read together
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every verse Psalm
107 down to verse 15.
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You folks ready to go.
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Did you enjoy this table?
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Mrs. Eunice
Fletcher prepare this.
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This is the thanksgiving table,
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is that a beautiful
symbol of the gospel
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or our blessed Lord.
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Here we go, all together
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"Give thanks to the
Lord for he is good,
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his love endures forever.
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Let the redeemed
of the Lord say this--
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those he redeemed
from the hand of the foe,
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those he
gathered from the lands,
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from east and west,
from north and south.
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Some wandered in
desert wastelands,
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finding no way to a
city where they could settle.
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They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
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Then they cried out to
the Lord in their trouble,
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and he delivered
them from their distress.
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He led them by a
straight way to a city
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where they could settle.
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Let them give thanks to the Lord
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for his unfailing love and
his wonderful deeds for men,
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for he satisfies the thirsty
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and fills the
hungry with good things.
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Some sat in darkness
and the deepest gloom,
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prisoners
suffering in iron chains,
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for they had rebelled
against the words of God
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and despised the
counsel of the Most High.
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So he subjected
them to bitter labor,
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they stumbled, and
there was no one to help.
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Then they cried to
the Lord in their trouble,
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and he saved them
from their distress.
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He brought them out of darkness
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and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains."
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Together now.
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"Let them give
thanks to the Lord
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for his unfailing love and
his wonderful deeds for men..."
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May the Lord bless us.
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As together we give
thanks to the Lord. Amen.
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Let us kneel now as we pray.
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Have you been
blessed today? Yes.
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Have you all got this
gratitude attitude now?
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Amen. Okay, that
gratitude attitude
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is got to last longer
than the close of the sermon.
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So when go out
of the doors today
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and when mother [50:05]
plays the Greg pipe organ
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and you disperse
take with you an attitude
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of gratitude and let us
give thanks, let us pray.
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Our Father, we thank you today
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for the
greatness of who you are.
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We thank you that you are a God
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of indefinite
capacity and love and mercy.
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We thank you that
this man receive sinners
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and goes to eat with them.
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We thank you that you came down
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looking for the lost sheep,
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and the lost
coin, and the lost boy.
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We thank you that
God so love the world
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that He gave His only Son.
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We thank you our Father
we're hoping Xavier and Suzy
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when they couldn't pay
the insurance on the car
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and the check came
because you fulfill
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the promise of Malachi Chapter 3
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which is given to all those
who pay their tithes to God.
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We thank you for
our brother Hosea
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during the time of
darkness and almost despair,
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You kept him at his family
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and now sun is
starting to shine again
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and the work has opened up.
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We thank you
for the young people
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and the children
who in their hearts
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have got an attitude
of thankfulness to God
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for parents and loved ones,
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for Jesus most of all,
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for good schools and
for this blessed church.
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Our Father, on our
knees today we thank you.
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How many today will raise
a hand and a heart and say,
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I thank you Lord.
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Can you raise your
hand and say today,
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I thank you Lord.
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I thank you that today
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I have this gratitude attitude
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because of all the good things.
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We raise a hand and a
heart, hands and hearts to you.
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We praise you
today, we thank you,
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we bless you, we give you glory,
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in Jesus precious name. Amen.
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Like most of us I'm
thankful for many things.
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Family, friends,
work that I love,
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but today I'd
like to talk to you
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about God's precious promises
and for some specific ones.
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Nearly 20 years ago I developed
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a very
debilitating health problem
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for which the
doctors have never been
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able to find a
cause or a killer.
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And over these
years I've studied prayer
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and promises from the Bible
such as Mark 11:24 which says
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"Therefore I tell you,
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whatever you ask for in prayer,
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believe that you
have received it,
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and it will be yours."
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Now I have
prayed, I have believed
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but this promise still hasn't
been fulfilled in my life.
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Now I know many
of you who are here
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and also watching this telecast
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have had unanswered prayers.
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Many of us had
prayed for loved once
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to be healed only
to see them pass away.
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I've learned many
lessons during these years.
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I'd like to share just
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a couple with you this morning.
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Firstly for the Christian
God's know is only seemingly
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so rather it is God's delay.
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Some years ago I came
upon a wonderful quote
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which I wrote in my Bible
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and it says
"Delays in God's promises
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do not weaken the
strength of the divine promise."
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When God's promised
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to physically
heal seems to be no,
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it is but a delay.
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Sometimes it's a
short delay in this life,
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other times it's
delayed until the second coming.
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Ultimately every
promise to God's children
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of restoration will be
fulfilled at Christ return.
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The second lesson I've
learned is to be thankful
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for the spiritual
promises that God has fulfilled
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in my life during
this difficult years.
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Jeremiah 29:12 "I
will listen to you."
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And of course
this is God speaking.
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Isaiah 66:13 "I
will comfort you".
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Isaiah 41:10 "I
will strengthen you".
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And John 14:27 "I
will give you peace."
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Now these promises
are for the benefit
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all they ask spiritual
health, a spiritual lives.
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And as long as we trust God,
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He will always
readily fulfill them.
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He's done it for me
and for millions of others.
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And so today lets
thank our heavenly Father
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for His glorious promises,
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thy will never fail while
our lives are in His hands.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Amen.
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How precious did
that grace appear
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The hour I first believed
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Through many
dangers, toils and snares
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I have already come
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'Tis grace hath
brought me safe thus far
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And grace will lead me home
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When we've been
there ten thousand years
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Bright shining as the sun
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We've no less days
to sing God's praise
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Than when we'd first begun
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We've no less days
to sing God's praise
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Than when we'd first begun
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