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Thankful for God's Instructions, Blessings, and Holy Spirit

In Part Three, we express gratitude for God's guidance, blessings, and empowerment through the Holy Spirit. Reflecting on Matthew 6:25-34, we learn to trust in God's provision and seek His kingdom first. Let us strive to be blessed by bowing the knee and obeying His commandments.

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Thankful for God's Instructions, Blessings, and Holy Spirit

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  1. Part Three

  2. Thankful • Family • Friends • Health / Healthcare • A good job • A warm bed

  3. Thankful • Good food to eat • Clean water to drink • Nice clothes to wear • Access to transportation • Access to technology

  4. Thankful • Jesus • Salvation • The Church • The Word of God • The Holy Spirit

  5. Thankful • Prayer • Baptism • The Lord’s Supper • Pastors / Teachers • Deacons / Committees

  6. In Part One, we focused on God the Father, His Son Jesus, and the precious gift of salvation.

  7. In Part Two, we honored our armed forces and thanked them for the physical freedoms and security we enjoy.

  8. In Part Three, we’re thankful for God’s instructions, His blessings and His Holy Spirit who empowers us to live abundantly.

  9. Please stand with me for the reading of the Word of God.

  10. Matthew 6:25-32 Do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than

  11. Matthew 6:25-32 clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

  12. Matthew 6:25-32 Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life span? And why are you anxious about clothing?

  13. Matthew 6:25-32 Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these.

  14. Matthew 6:25-32 But if God so arrays the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you, O men of little faith?

  15. Matthew 6:25-32 Do not be anxious then, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “With what shall we clothe ourselves?”

  16. Matthew 6:25-32 For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

  17. Matthew 6:33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

  18. Matthew 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  19. Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

  20. Let’s pray!

  21. What does it mean to be blessed?

  22. H835אשׁר'esher / eh'-sherFrom H833; happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!: - blessed, happy.

  23. G3107μακάριοςmakarios / mak-ar'-ee-osSupremely blest; by extension fortunate, welloff: - blessed, happy.

  24. H1288בּרךbârak / baw-rak'To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); abundantly bless, congratulate, praise, salute, thank.

  25. Why is a nation blessed whose God is the LORD?

  26. Is it simply because of His protection and power?

  27. Is it because of His character or abilities?

  28. Is it because of His constant presence?

  29. Let’s think about the example of an earthly father who is Godly and present in the home.

  30. Statistics are screaming that the largest crisis we face in society is the lack of Godly male leadership in the home.

  31. The Hallmark example!

  32. Love, structure and consistency are so very important.

  33. One God,one people,one set of rules.

  34. How can we intentionally position ourselves to be happy?

  35. Bow the knee!

  36. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 Now it shall be, if you will diligently obey the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD your God will set

  37. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the LORD your God.

  38. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of

  39. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come

  40. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 in and blessed shall you be when you go out. The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out

  41. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways. The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will

  42. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you will keep the commandments

  43. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 of the LORD your God, and walk in His ways. So all the people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you.

  44. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beasts and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the

  45. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 LORD swore to your fathers to give you. The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the

  46. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the LORD shall make you the head and not the tail, and you only shall be above,

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