THANKSGIVING

1.    PRAYER

Ø  Romans 8:28-29

·         Do without ceasing like breathing

·         Wait on The Lord

·         Have a burden

·         Pray continually

·         Pray all the time: 24/7

·         Prayer is God talking to you

·         Prayer should be more listening then talking 

·         God talks to you through scripture

·         Predestination- God has a destination for you: your final destination is to be transform in Christ likeliness

2.    THANKSGIVING

Ø  Psalms 138:2

·         God is in total control

Ø  Why Thanks?

Ø  Psalms 118: 1, 28; Isaiah 6:1-3

·         The worst thing happen in the human history, when people put Christ on the cross, and the best thing happen in the human history was crucifixion that open the door for the people - God is in total control & make the worst thing into a best thing in your life.

·         Thanksgiving is what God has done for you.

·         Thanksgiving for:

v  For His love & faithfulness 

v  For He heard my prayer

v  For He is my God

v  For He can turn everything good or bad for his glory as he is holy

·         Thank heaven and thank one another

3.    PRAISE

Ø  Psalms 8:2 compare with Matthew 21:15-16

·         Jesus had substituted the word STRENGTH to PRAISE

·         Praising mean, asking God for nothing but meditate on is it difficult, we need to train to praise 

·         Praise is strength

·         Praise Him for He who He is

·         Desire relationship with him always

4.    WORSHIP

Ø  Worship mean, in awe of The Lord, bow down before The Lord

Ø  Worship is Life style

Ø  Worship is letting go our agenda

Ø  First worship in Bible mentioned when Abraham  went to sacrifice his son

Ø  Worship regards to possession 

Ø  Matthew 3:11: :Minimum requirement is repent

Ø  God is consuming fire but Adam & Eve had fellowship with God before the sin entered.

Ø  Genesis 3:23-24, fire was not placed in front of the tree of knowledge but placed in front of the tree of life

Ø  Characteristic of fire:

·         Consuming everything, but for metal it would purify it.

Ø  To gain knowledge you don't need holy fire but to understand life you need Holy Spirit 

Ø  When you baptize nobody need to tell you to go to church, to praise, and to worship, it’s a Holy Spirit who guide you to do.

Ø  Genesis 4:25; :John 4:23, in OT nobody worship God in Spirit

Burnt Offering: God wants everything on to the Altar, complete surrender then the fire come down

Thanksgiving Sermon from www.intlcog.org, Date: 11/28/2013

Paul's social network

Communion è Come and Union with the Lord.

·         Old Testament Alter

                       i.        Alter of Sacrifice

                      ii.        Alter of Thanksgiving 

·         New Testament Alter è We have an alter that is erected by God: (Hebrew 13:10; Revelation 6:11)

                      i.        Alter of Prayer

                    ii.        Alter of Encouragement

                   iii.        Alter of Inheritance

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Paul's social network

·         Acts 26:15-19

·         Who was Paul?
1 Corinthians 15:9, Paul was a murder; he was a real threat to the church.

·         We need people like:

                      i.        Ananias > the man who prayed for Paul.

                    ii.        Barnabas > "son of encouragement", he was a bridge builder.

                   iii.        Silas, the man who worshiped God in prison, Acts 16:25-26- we need people like Silas who will encourage us to worship God at all times.

                   iv.        Timothy > 2 Timothy 2:1-2, Philippians 2:19-22, Apostle Paul mentored Timothy as his son in the faith. We need to be leaders for people who will follow us. 

                    v.        Eutychus > Acts 20:9-12: the man who will never sleep again during a sermon. We need people who think we are boring. There are people who are incompatible with you. You need them & they need you.

                   vi.        Paul's sister Son > Acts 23-12:14-16: Apostle Paul's nephew, he help protect Paul, we need family members who will look out for us and for our welfare.

                  vii.        Jason > Acts 17:5-9, the man who harbored Paul: we need friends like Jason: we can trust our lives with them, they can carry our burdens, and we can be ourselves when we are around them.

Sermon Outline from www.intlcog.org, Dt: 11/3/2013