The Sermon Thy Will Be Done by David McGee
Nov 24, 2013
Thy Will Be Done (35:14)
Referenced Scriptures: Psalm 19:13-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Psalm 28:7; Philippians 4;4; Psalm 92:1; Psalm 105; Psalm 106
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Psalm 19:13-14
13) Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright, I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
14) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. Psalm 20 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
18) In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Psalm 28:7
7) Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
Philippians 4
1) Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
2) I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.
3) Yes, I beg you also, true yoke-fellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
4) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, Rejoice!
5) Let your mildness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6) In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
7) The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
8) Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
9) The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
10) But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.
11) Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
12) I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
13) I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
14) However you did well that you had fellowship with my affliction.
15) You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.
16) For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
17) Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
18) But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
19) My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
20) Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
21) Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
22) All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar‘s household.
23) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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Psalm 92:1
1) It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
Psalm 105
1) Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
2) Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3) Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
4) Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
5) Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
6) You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7) He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8) He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9) The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
10) And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11) Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"
12) When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
13) They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
14) He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15) "Don‘t touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm."
16) He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
17) He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18) They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19) Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh‘s word proved him true.
20) The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21) He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;
22) To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.
23) Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24) He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
25) He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants.
26) He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27) They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
28) He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn‘t rebel against his words.
29) He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
30) Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.
31) He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders.
32) He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.
33) He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
34) He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,
35) Ate up every plant in their land; Ate up the fruit of their ground.
36) He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.
37) He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
38) Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.
39) He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
40) They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
41) He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
42) For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
43) He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing.
44) He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
45) That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah! Psalm 106
Psalm 106
1) Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever.
2) Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, Or fully declare all his praise?
3) Blessed are those who keep justice, He who does righteousness at all times.
4) Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
5) That I may see the prosperity of your chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
6) We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.
7) Our fathers didn‘t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn‘t remember the multitude of your lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8) Nevertheless he saved them for his name‘s sake, That he might make his mighty power known.
9) He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
10) He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11) The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
12) Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.
13) They soon forgot his works. They didn‘t wait for his counsel,
14) But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.
15) He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
16) They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron, Yahweh‘s saint.
17) The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
18) A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
19) They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
20) Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
21) They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
22) Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
23) Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn‘t destroy them.
24) Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn‘t believe his word,
25) But murmured in their tents, And didn‘t listen to the voice of Yahweh.
26) Therefore he swore to them That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27) That he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
28) They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29) Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
30) Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, So the plague was stopped.
31) That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.
32) They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
33) Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
34) They didn‘t destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
35) But mingled themselves with the nations, Learned their works.
36) They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
37) Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38) They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
39) Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their deeds.
40) Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
41) He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
42) Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
43) Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
44) Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry.
45) He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
46) He made them also to be pitied By all those who carried them captive.
47) Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
48) Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah! BOOK V Psalm 107
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As a couple. Every time you write a sermon or your writing things you think of different messages different themes and today of course it's thanks giving and but also it goes along with this is the power to choose, or I will be done. Say got three topics. Here are three titles that we could look at an establishment which which of these is the most appropriate book will think about it afterwards. You can see which ones wrote right now I some of the ladies to give me some direction so that was in Sunday school eligible joking funds so that it is now thanks giving thanks he only put the day we put the two words together in our habits. How on this holiday, the celebration called Thanksgiving while in reality it is the giving of thanks and also it is the power to choose the power to choose a compliment. Left unsaid is a waste of thought, a complement left unsaid unstated is a waste of the so whenever we think of something guide, we should say it will rethink on something that is positive. We should declare while I don't want to embarrass them embarrass them to him. And if people are embarrassed by complement. Okay, that's okay. Would they be more embarrassed by something derogatory. We think of thoughts and we have all these things are presented to us, so we are choosing how were going to say were choosing what were going to say are choosing the attitude and the expression that we have whatever we say so is difficult to connect that we determine our attitude. Now we are. I determine my attitude the events of the day, you can say amen at battered this point, the semi- things difficult to that in our no, I had I ever tell you how long and how you change your attitude and so I choose are chosen method is José even if it's whether this or my cell phone below a God oh my God yes this okay I'll tell him thank you he said to be thankful that we are to be thankful so getting thanks those is often dismissal idea that there's a disconnect between our responsibility to choose correctly, and how that we are going to respond to the situation. So, if the developer is a difficult the connection that we determine our choices and that we determine our directions and we determine how we are going to handle the events of every day. These are determined by us, not by others, and you knows it is today. Mister Morrow noted the day Lord. but what happens. Doesn't matter what happens is this afternoon W good afternoon is lunch or dinner going to be good today isn't going to make any answer is, what will you choose while depends on how it tastes. Now what you choose James see if there is a difficult the connection that we determined to give thanks that we determined not to give thanks we will discover the value on being thankful we will discover the value being a right were brown and that's a challenge and I read this this week it was. There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who say to God, thy will be done, and there are the ones that God says to them to us by will be done is only two kinds of people who want to say yes to God, and those whom God says yes to them. You see all that we are all the we ever hope to be is in our choosing of the direction were going to go and visit, and as we praying as were asking God for guidance. We are asking God to teach us to help us to let us see things in a manner that well that we will understand and will make choices and the most difficult choices are that that we may are the ones that we don't see the outcomes and don't feel that the outcomes are are the ones that we want, but yet we still know that it's the right thing to do, and that's where our values come in and asked for our values of what God has given us are so important because they set up parameters they are guide rails in Jan and I get on the highway. Those are guardrails were actually there. Guide rails because they're not going to argue they're going to guide you. Should you go off course. But if you know there are plenty people go over regarding the guide rails is there whatever. But anyhow, we see that their guide rails along the road of life, and so we are determined then to follow the guidance of God 's laws, because in those guidelines that God gives us. They offer to us freedom to choose to choose directions in our life that will eventually take us places in our life so those who seek to those who knock the door is open to those that desire peace. They pursue its in our lives. It's surprising that sometimes after long conflicts within it within individuals or families or groups that you know the desires you know, I just want peace. I don't want to be writes that no one be wrong. I just want peace and the challenges that we pursue peace, we will find it in the idea of a loving and caring if we pursue it. We will find it. If we are grateful. We will find things to be thankful for Psalm one, Psalm nineteen, verse fourteen. It says let's let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Thanksgiving begins with words Thanksgiving begins with words what the words of my mouth and the meditation you see what we're doing is looking to God for the acceptance of our words were looking to God for the acceptance of our thoughts. Meditation is spending time in a quiet reflection, spending time in quiet thought so let my words the things that I say and my quiet thoughts. The quiet thoughts of my heart. The things that I think old you ever find yourself angry because of your thoughts in our nephew listen to certain individuals speak if you listen to or think over certain events that have happened and we start using over things that that creates attitudes in anger and frustration. But what were gone over the Scripture saying here, but my words the things I say and the thoughts be approved out in God 's sight. So we are asking God 's approval upon what were saying or asking God 's approval upon what we are thinking over and he is my strength and I looked this up, and I would get one being strength is strong with the abstract is the one that provides me with qualities to deal with all difficulties, qualities to deal with all difficulties that the wetness Merriam-Webster, the dictionary object got in right. I didn't write that when I the one that provides me with the qualities to deal with all difficulties, so the Lord is my strength. The wanted provides me with the qualities to deal with all difficulties with determination, the Lord is my strength. I have the quality to deal with it isn't something that's above my pay grade. It isn't something that's above my skill level. It is God has given me the qualities and determination and the decisiveness and a desire that's what strengthens the qualities to deal with difficulties, determination, decisiveness desire for service to my Redeemer. So the Redeemer, my lord is my Redeemer. My strength and my Redeemer and Redeemer, and has the one who has taken that which was unpleasant that Rob and made it better. So, the Lord is my strength, my rate gamer so he gives me the ability the quality to be able to look at this to be able to deal with it to be able to make the determination decisiveness, the desire and the readiness to serve and taking that which is unpleasant, but which is corrupt and making it better. The Lord is my strength and my Redeemer. But the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be extensible and by side. Oh Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Thanks Jimmy, thanks is a good feeling towards someone who has helped me so I am developing a attitude of gratefulness to God, who is helping me some I didn't give you these things are not of the upper Psalm ninety two one song ninety two one says it is good to give thanks unto the Lord to sing praises unto his name almost high so it is a good thing to give thanks. Psalm one oh five. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name Psalm one oh six. O give thanks the Lord for he is good for his mercies endure or ever give thanks is to appreciate what God has done to appreciate and to give thanks to God, so to be like being very specific that I have been thankful to God for the good things he has brought into my life. First Thessalonians five eighteen and everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Giving thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines what the outcome will be one. Write that one down in the tongue twister is that still working on the first lanai that is the wagoner tweeting on the stuff of my golf. My phone will be jumbled by but give thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines the outcome giving thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines the outcome got that giving thanks for an outcome is it says in everything give thanks. Okay, forward a date for the next few moments were to list a list of everything that if I were to list a list of everything. What is everything everything everything everything I and everything and everything and everything to do overtime and everything I thought we would have a list of what everything is give facts, there, and everything give thanks well, but I don't see how this is going to be any good, exactly. That's the whole purpose. When God is telling us to give thanks when the Scriptures or decline cross to give thanks. It isn't that I can see if it is a problem with this. This sentence. I do not see how this is not to be any good. The problem is with the first letter of the sentence. I now it's not the evil, i.e. it's the high I'm my heart. The self-centeredness of what I with my thinking and my logic in my perception of my understanding and everything that I've done not done will do all that I don't see this cognitive person hasn't got a clue about how it's going to happen now if you had a dollar or a million dollars to invest and you and that was all you had to invest with your following time you told life savings with the dollar, while you had a million dollars but you were restricted with what this this this this cash that you are you are restricted if you had to invest it in the stock market again. Now what would be our. My first reaction is, I don't see any good and I don't understand I said again, and I don't understand therefore I don't see how investing is going to bring a return, I met someone who is responsible for fourteen billion dollars, fourteen billion they oversee fourteen billion dollars investing now evidently they see how to do it very well because company, corporation, or whatever that they own work with is doing very well and continue people continue to place money under their care. So they have fourteen billion dollars that they are investing and were looking at our dollar or are million, whatever it is. And were wondering, I don't see any good in it, but there is good there see there is good there, there's a way to do this if you know how to approach it, and if you know that in the market works and how to invest and when to sell or not sell all the river are our district superintendent. Years ago he was the one who started up to his fund and investment sport for the church in ill humor. They were hoping to maybe get a million dollars and I think they have like fifteen twenty million hour more than that and he said in his flock was is that if you're going to invest in the stock market. He said you can have one ounce of greed, because if you have one ounce of greed, you can lose everything you have, because great will not allow you to sell when you should, or to invest where you showed her where you feel you should because grade will hold on too long or hold back too long and see whatever we are looking at giving thanks well, we're basically saying, should I invest myself in this, should I deposit what I am who I am by my giving of thanks. Should I deposit, who I am in this or should I withhold well because it's almost like if I give it to someplace that doesn't belong on going to lose. But when does giving thanks ever lose its value when does giving thanks diminish an interest. It's surprising how many people go for around that with school then other teachers know that the students will come up. The next year or many years later and said, I remember and I always appreciated when I gave you little investments that we do that dollar than two dollars smile. The little investments. The young, you're right it's going to be okay. You'll make it both singly and significant investments have brought back great to have it into people 's lives by will be done when we say that God, by will be done. It's I'm surrendering this whole thing to you, God, and I'm asking for your wisdom and your guidance in my life, but you see, sometimes in my greed in my hurts in my reserves. Let's say anything because I'll look pretty foolish if I think thank you if I give thanks and see how that we turn that around. Don't need to turn let it be let go. The young but God I didn't see it that way. I see any good in this issue. That's the whole purpose of thy will be done is because I can't see it. I the I and I looked through the eyes. It is my personality beyond that is my abilities and things that I know that the cognitive me the logical me that puts all this stuff together. I don't see it, but this is where our faith comes in and says that, then I have to see beyond my blurred vision, Psalm twenty eight seven. The Lord is my strength and my shield. The Lord is my strength and my shield in battle in life we need strength we need to hold up physically, emotionally, spiritually, the Lord is my strength in the Lord is giving me providing the strength for this, the Lord is my strength and my shield my protector, my shield of faith that part of me that is enabling out if it's archiving is interesting. Sometimes what what robs us of our strength. What robs us of our joy, sometimes it can be this winter. Sometimes it can be Monday sometimes it can be an individual. I still something doesn't work the way will it go. I liken it to you. Some of those movies gay watching the heavy archers in the background. The latest pool appeared in a minute. Anyone person they're just pulling back and letting the role to a certain location and I think that doubts and fears and dismay, and all that stuff is like a continual barrage of arrows coming at us in our bar shield. They were watched the Romans. They had shields that were about body length body height and they were to split them up and didn't matter how many arrows. They sent over. They were protected when you see the letter people run around the little shields like this never like this. They get stuck all over and die. Now while you are alive. I think all these arrows are flying overhead. I think Donaldson things a lot sent us and get us off course. The Bible says in everything give thanks what's everything everything, but is everything. Everything is everything and everything give thanks on my face is protecting me that their adults of my life and the dogs that are hurled all grabbed me. It'll indiscriminately know we can do one day and find it very drive home the next day very discouraging. I happen on their euros, and where's our faith. Faith is our shield to quench all the fiery darts of the enemy. It protects us all this is that this is this bad today is that day. It's real that day will visit what makes a bad day, but you know I was done I would. I was going on the driveway. There is ice on it, my eyes slid. And it's bad day know it's winter. My faith stops the arrows you see everything give thanks the Lord is my strength and my shield my heart trusts in him. My heart greatly rejoices my heart trusts my heart rejoices save it it it saw its a heart thing. It's a very good thing. I feel thankful towards God who is at work in all things God is at work in all things, so you do not discard everything in all things that it pretty much pertains to everything, and all things everything give thanks in all things. This is the will of God in Christ. Everything are all things okay. Any leftovers. Anything left out of that everything in all things. Philippians four four rejoice in the Lord always. So there's everything all things, and always everything everything, all things, and always are with nothing are we including everything all things always rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say, rejoice why does God is coming back, but until he comes, we will look to God. We will look to God in all things seem rejoicing is that in necessarily we look at life. We look at the bad things of life. All I need to be happy in those bad things. I rejoice in God because God can help me go through all things are it isn't that I'm looking at the difficulties I know there are. This was bad that when that while I'm looking to God is my provision in all things. Now I am happy that I smashed my car. I didn't smash of the argument. Why just had rectal glory to God, I'm so grateful you have rights in other send them to the emergency room. He needs help. So while, but the idea is, I don't understand why this happened, but saying God. He is with me to go through all things. So, in my giving of thanks. I'm giving thanks to God for being with me and he has my provider and he is the one who will sustain his the one who will guide me as though I am thankful to God that in the difficulty he is there and that his hand will be there in his protection will be there and whenever I need will be there, so rejoicing the Lord always is rejoicing in God, and everything. One of the three everything always all things everything all ways all things, so, God is my strength is my Redeemer. He is my shield. I will greatly rejoice in him busy and him and the and one other thing the and in the Lords prayer that says I will be done where on earth as what is in heaven. Okay fine will be done on earth as it is in heaven and heaven. There are no objections, and there are no questions. Why, because God rules with an iron fist. When does it ever say that God rules with an iron fist. Never God is love, and there was a divine trust those who didn't trust God got kicked out devils, fallen Angels, but there is a divine trust the divine love which leads to obedience in the following of God 's will, not because there was a study done that love is an overriding factor to loss to bitterness, the forgiveness of the love is an overriding factor in arm out in our emotions and our mind. Love is an overriding factor to everything else. So where our greatest lobby is our greatest love overrides all these other things and are God 's love for us override seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. So you first the kingdom of God. Why, because God loves us. God allows us to put things straight in our life. By forgiving and letting go of all the garbage once all the garbage is gone. We now have a clear slate bricklayer managed God loves me about everything else. And this pentacle am Lovin my life holds all things together. So when I am thankful for all things I'm thankful for God being with me as I handle all the things in the pyramid. The dissents from him in everything give thanks to see God in everything. Think it isn't that I am focused on the weather. The house with the job. The governments being whatever I am focused on God in everything give thanks to see God in everything. I'm giving thanks because God is with me. Don't ever leave me nor forsake in giving thanks. I want to see the hand of God in those difficulties. I give thanks because God. He is not the originator of everything but God is the one who will give me strength to go through everything no matter who originates. Give thanks God, let thy will be done by will be done in earth in me, as it is in heaven. Let there not be anything in me that opposes the will of God. What the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, let what I am thinking what I am saying what I am going over my, my heart in my mind what I will be done, then I have a divine trust, may I express a divine trust that I will give thanks in everything always for all things there is a divine trust not in the things that I see. But in an outcome that is beyond what I can see I have a divine trust. I believe that God will make a difference in me, so that what I do will have an outcome that is according to his will, so therefore I give thanks that I might see the hand of God in the difficulty I don't like the difficulty, but I trust God in everything give thanks for all things always there is a divine right. There is a divine purpose so that the words of my mouth reflect the divine purpose both the thoughts, the meditations of my heart reflect a trust that God is at work in all things. I will start thinking God now for the accomplishments of a divine purpose, as I face all things give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the holy one, give thanks because he's given Jesus Christ his son, and now let the weak say I am strong, but the poor say I'm rich because of what the Lord has done for us I am giving thanks everything always for what God is because I see the hand of God theirs the divine trust. No, I don't see it. I believe it and there is an outcome that's coming because of my trust in God. So let everything everything, all things always give thanks to Mister would like me to sing this for you. Yeah, okay, you really want to give thanks for that right at that number guessing, but give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the holy one, give thanks because he given Jesus Christ his son. He's the one who makes of all good for me but you, not what we see and now let the weak say I am strong. Let the poor say because of what the Lord has done thing. So when were giving thanks the poor say we are rich and the weak say they are strong, God is going to bring good to this one because of Jesus Christ. Father, I thank you that this is a special holiday season is a time to give thanks gift hangers. It reminds us to be people for the people of the hearts for the people who live to be thankful Ron, I think you that you love us, you forgive us of our sins. You look beyond our fall to see our needs. Let us establish this divine trust lording you that when I am weak, I will find strength when I am poor. I know that I am rich when I know that I am in need. I am thankful because of your provision when I see things that need done. I'm thankful for your strength and your wisdom to do log when I am aware of the impossibilities. I am grateful for the possibilities that existed when I find myself in difficult places. I'm grateful because you are the one who gives strength and direction in difficult times. God, I thank you. I think you I think for these your people for each one for their heart, their life. I'm thankful for your touch upon their lives in the great things that you have done for us, the men they met Titus, I was thinking along thankful you're here. This isAs a couple. Every time you write a sermon or your writing things you think of different messages different themes and today of course it's thanks giving and but also it goes along with this is the power to choose, or I will be done. Say got three topics. Here are three titles that we could look at an establishment which which of these is the most appropriate book will think about it afterwards. You can see which ones wrote right now I some of the ladies to give me some direction so that was in Sunday school eligible joking funds so that it is now thanks giving thanks he only put the day we put the two words together in our habits. How on this holiday, the celebration called Thanksgiving while in reality it is the giving of thanks and also it is the power to choose the power to choose a compliment. Left unsaid is a waste of thought, a complement left unsaid unstated is a waste of the so whenever we think of something guide, we should say it will rethink on something that is positive. We should declare while I don't want to embarrass them embarrass them to him. And if people are embarrassed by complement. Okay, that's okay. Would they be more embarrassed by something derogatory. We think of thoughts and we have all these things are presented to us, so we are choosing how were going to say were choosing what were going to say are choosing the attitude and the expression that we have whatever we say so is difficult to connect that we determine our attitude. Now we are. I determine my attitude the events of the day, you can say amen at battered this point, the semi- things difficult to that in our no, I had I ever tell you how long and how you change your attitude and so I choose are chosen method is José even if it's whether this or my cell phone below a God oh my God yes this okay I'll tell him thank you he said to be thankful that we are to be thankful so getting thanks those is often dismissal idea that there's a disconnect between our responsibility to choose correctly, and how that we are going to respond to the situation. So, if the developer is a difficult the connection that we determine our choices and that we determine our directions and we determine how we are going to handle the events of every day. These are determined by us, not by others, and you knows it is today. Mister Morrow noted the day Lord. but what happens. Doesn't matter what happens is this afternoon W good afternoon is lunch or dinner going to be good today isn't going to make any answer is, what will you choose while depends on how it tastes. Now what you choose James see if there is a difficult the connection that we determined to give thanks that we determined not to give thanks we will discover the value on being thankful we will discover the value being a right were brown and that's a challenge and I read this this week it was. There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who say to God, thy will be done, and there are the ones that God says to them to us by will be done is only two kinds of people who want to say yes to God, and those whom God says yes to them. You see all that we are all the we ever hope to be is in our choosing of the direction were going to go and visit, and as we praying as were asking God for guidance. We are asking God to teach us to help us to let us see things in a manner that well that we will understand and will make choices and the most difficult choices are that that we may are the ones that we don't see the outcomes and don't feel that the outcomes are are the ones that we want, but yet we still know that it's the right thing to do, and that's where our values come in and asked for our values of what God has given us are so important because they set up parameters they are guide rails in Jan and I get on the highway. Those are guardrails were actually there. Guide rails because they're not going to argue they're going to guide you. Should you go off course. But if you know there are plenty people go over regarding the guide rails is there whatever. But anyhow, we see that their guide rails along the road of life, and so we are determined then to follow the guidance of God 's laws, because in those guidelines that God gives us. They offer to us freedom to choose to choose directions in our life that will eventually take us places in our life so those who seek to those who knock the door is open to those that desire peace. They pursue its in our lives. It's surprising that sometimes after long conflicts within it within individuals or families or groups that you know the desires you know, I just want peace. I don't want to be writes that no one be wrong. I just want peace and the challenges that we pursue peace, we will find it in the idea of a loving and caring if we pursue it. We will find it. If we are grateful. We will find things to be thankful for Psalm one, Psalm nineteen, verse fourteen. It says let's let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Thanksgiving begins with words Thanksgiving begins with words what the words of my mouth and the meditation you see what we're doing is looking to God for the acceptance of our words were looking to God for the acceptance of our thoughts. Meditation is spending time in a quiet reflection, spending time in quiet thought so let my words the things that I say and my quiet thoughts. The quiet thoughts of my heart. The things that I think old you ever find yourself angry because of your thoughts in our nephew listen to certain individuals speak if you listen to or think over certain events that have happened and we start using over things that that creates attitudes in anger and frustration. But what were gone over the Scripture saying here, but my words the things I say and the thoughts be approved out in God 's sight. So we are asking God 's approval upon what were saying or asking God 's approval upon what we are thinking over and he is my strength and I looked this up, and I would get one being strength is strong with the abstract is the one that provides me with qualities to deal with all difficulties, qualities to deal with all difficulties that the wetness Merriam-Webster, the dictionary object got in right. I didn't write that when I the one that provides me with the qualities to deal with all difficulties, so the Lord is my strength. The wanted provides me with the qualities to deal with all difficulties with determination, the Lord is my strength. I have the quality to deal with it isn't something that's above my pay grade. It isn't something that's above my skill level. It is God has given me the qualities and determination and the decisiveness and a desire that's what strengthens the qualities to deal with difficulties, determination, decisiveness desire for service to my Redeemer. So the Redeemer, my lord is my Redeemer. My strength and my Redeemer and Redeemer, and has the one who has taken that which was unpleasant that Rob and made it better. So, the Lord is my strength, my rate gamer so he gives me the ability the quality to be able to look at this to be able to deal with it to be able to make the determination decisiveness, the desire and the readiness to serve and taking that which is unpleasant, but which is corrupt and making it better. The Lord is my strength and my Redeemer. But the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be extensible and by side. Oh Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Thanks Jimmy, thanks is a good feeling towards someone who has helped me so I am developing a attitude of gratefulness to God, who is helping me some I didn't give you these things are not of the upper Psalm ninety two one song ninety two one says it is good to give thanks unto the Lord to sing praises unto his name almost high so it is a good thing to give thanks. Psalm one oh five. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name Psalm one oh six. O give thanks the Lord for he is good for his mercies endure or ever give thanks is to appreciate what God has done to appreciate and to give thanks to God, so to be like being very specific that I have been thankful to God for the good things he has brought into my life. First Thessalonians five eighteen and everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Giving thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines what the outcome will be one. Write that one down in the tongue twister is that still working on the first lanai that is the wagoner tweeting on the stuff of my golf. My phone will be jumbled by but give thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines the outcome giving thanks for an outcome before there is an outcome determines the outcome got that giving thanks for an outcome is it says in everything give thanks. Okay, forward a date for the next few moments were to list a list of everything that if I were to list a list of everything. What is everything everything everything everything I and everything and everything and everything to do overtime and everything I thought we would have a list of what everything is give facts, there, and everything give thanks well, but I don't see how this is going to be any good, exactly. That's the whole purpose. When God is telling us to give thanks when the Scriptures or decline cross to give thanks. It isn't that I can see if it is a problem with this. This sentence. I do not see how this is not to be any good. The problem is with the first letter of the sentence. I now it's not the evil, i.e. it's the high I'm my heart. The self-centeredness of what I with my thinking and my logic in my perception of my understanding and everything that I've done not done will do all that I don't see this cognitive person hasn't got a clue about how it's going to happen now if you had a dollar or a million dollars to invest and you and that was all you had to invest with your following time you told life savings with the dollar, while you had a million dollars but you were restricted with what this this this this cash that you are you are restricted if you had to invest it in the stock market again. Now what would be our. My first reaction is, I don't see any good and I don't understand I said again, and I don't understand therefore I don't see how investing is going to bring a return, I met someone who is responsible for fourteen billion dollars, fourteen billion they oversee fourteen billion dollars investing now evidently they see how to do it very well because company, corporation, or whatever that they own work with is doing very well and continue people continue to place money under their care. So they have fourteen billion dollars that they are investing and were looking at our dollar or are million, whatever it is. And were wondering, I don't see any good in it, but there is good there see there is good there, there's a way to do this if you know how to approach it, and if you know that in the market works and how to invest and when to sell or not sell all the river are our district superintendent. Years ago he was the one who started up to his fund and investment sport for the church in ill humor. They were hoping to maybe get a million dollars and I think they have like fifteen twenty million hour more than that and he said in his flock was is that if you're going to invest in the stock market. He said you can have one ounce of greed, because if you have one ounce of greed, you can lose everything you have, because great will not allow you to sell when you should, or to invest where you showed her where you feel you should because grade will hold on too long or hold back too long and see whatever we are looking at giving thanks well, we're basically saying, should I invest myself in this, should I deposit what I am who I am by my giving of thanks. Should I deposit, who I am in this or should I withhold well because it's almost like if I give it to someplace that doesn't belong on going to lose. But when does giving thanks ever lose its value when does giving thanks diminish an interest. It's surprising how many people go for around that with school then other teachers know that the students will come up. The next year or many years later and said, I remember and I always appreciated when I gave you little investments that we do that dollar than two dollars smile. The little investments. The young, you're right it's going to be okay. You'll make it both singly and significant investments have brought back great to have it into people 's lives by will be done when we say that God, by will be done. It's I'm surrendering this whole thing to you, God, and I'm asking for your wisdom and your guidance in my life, but you see, sometimes in my greed in my hurts in my reserves. Let's say anything because I'll look pretty foolish if I think thank you if I give thanks and see how that we turn that around. Don't need to turn let it be let go. The young but God I didn't see it that way. I see any good in this issue. That's the whole purpose of thy will be done is because I can't see it. I the I and I looked through the eyes. It is my personality beyond that is my abilities and things that I know that the cognitive me the logical me that puts all this stuff together. I don't see it, but this is where our faith comes in and says that, then I have to see beyond my blurred vision, Psalm twenty eight seven. The Lord is my strength and my shield. The Lord is my strength and my shield in battle in life we need strength we need to hold up physically, emotionally, spiritually, the Lord is my strength in the Lord is giving me providing the strength for this, the Lord is my strength and my shield my protector, my shield of faith that part of me that is enabling out if it's archiving is interesting. Sometimes what what robs us of our strength. What robs us of our joy, sometimes it can be this winter. Sometimes it can be Monday sometimes it can be an individual. I still something doesn't work the way will it go. I liken it to you. Some of those movies gay watching the heavy archers in the background. The latest pool appeared in a minute. Anyone person they're just pulling back and letting the role to a certain location and I think that doubts and fears and dismay, and all that stuff is like a continual barrage of arrows coming at us in our bar shield. They were watched the Romans. They had shields that were about body length body height and they were to split them up and didn't matter how many arrows. They sent over. They were protected when you see the letter people run around the little shields like this never like this. They get stuck all over and die. Now while you are alive. I think all these arrows are flying overhead. I think Donaldson things a lot sent us and get us off course. The Bible says in everything give thanks what's everything everything, but is everything. Everything is everything and everything give thanks on my face is protecting me that their adults of my life and the dogs that are hurled all grabbed me. It'll indiscriminately know we can do one day and find it very drive home the next day very discouraging. I happen on their euros, and where's our faith. Faith is our shield to quench all the fiery darts of the enemy. It protects us all this is that this is this bad today is that day. It's real that day will visit what makes a bad day, but you know I was done I would. I was going on the driveway. There is ice on it, my eyes slid. And it's bad day know it's winter. My faith stops the arrows you see everything give thanks the Lord is my strength and my shield my heart trusts in him. My heart greatly rejoices my heart trusts my heart rejoices save it it it saw its a heart thing. It's a very good thing. I feel thankful towards God who is at work in all things God is at work in all things, so you do not discard everything in all things that it pretty much pertains to everything, and all things everything give thanks in all things. This is the will of God in Christ. Everything are all things okay. Any leftovers. Anything left out of that everything in all things. Philippians four four rejoice in the Lord always. So there's everything all things, and always everything everything, all things, and always are with nothing are we including everything all things always rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say, rejoice why does God is coming back, but until he comes, we will look to God. We will look to God in all things seem rejoicing is that in necessarily we look at life. We look at the bad things of life. All I need to be happy in those bad things. I rejoice in God because God can help me go through all things are it isn't that I'm looking at the difficulties I know there are. This was bad that when that while I'm looking to God is my provision in all things. Now I am happy that I smashed my car. I didn't smash of the argument. Why just had rectal glory to God, I'm so grateful you have rights in other send them to the emergency room. He needs help. So while, but the idea is, I don't understand why this happened, but saying God. He is with me to go through all things. So, in my giving of thanks. I'm giving thanks to God for being with me and he has my provider and he is the one who will sustain his the one who will guide me as though I am thankful to God that in the difficulty he is there and that his hand will be there in his protection will be there and whenever I need will be there, so rejoicing the Lord always is rejoicing in God, and everything. One of the three everything always all things everything all ways all things, so, God is my strength is my Redeemer. He is my shield. I will greatly rejoice in him busy and him and the and one other thing the and in the Lords prayer that says I will be done where on earth as what is in heaven. Okay fine will be done on earth as it is in heaven and heaven. There are no objections, and there are no questions. Why, because God rules with an iron fist. When does it ever say that God rules with an iron fist. Never God is love, and there was a divine trust those who didn't trust God got kicked out devils, fallen Angels, but there is a divine trust the divine love which leads to obedience in the following of God 's will, not because there was a study done that love is an overriding factor to loss to bitterness, the forgiveness of the love is an overriding factor in arm out in our emotions and our mind. Love is an overriding factor to everything else. So where our greatest lobby is our greatest love overrides all these other things and are God 's love for us override seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. So you first the kingdom of God. Why, because God loves us. God allows us to put things straight in our life. By forgiving and letting go of all the garbage once all the garbage is gone. We now have a clear slate bricklayer managed God loves me about everything else. And this pentacle am Lovin my life holds all things together. So when I am thankful for all things I'm thankful for God being with me as I handle all the things in the pyramid. The dissents from him in everything give thanks to see God in everything. Think it isn't that I am focused on the weather. The house with the job. The governments being whatever I am focused on God in everything give thanks to see God in everything. I'm giving thanks because God is with me. Don't ever leave me nor forsake in giving thanks. I want to see the hand of God in those difficulties. I give thanks because God. He is not the originator of everything but God is the one who will give me strength to go through everything no matter who originates. Give thanks God, let thy will be done by will be done in earth in me, as it is in heaven. Let there not be anything in me that opposes the will of God. What the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, let what I am thinking what I am saying what I am going over my, my heart in my mind what I will be done, then I have a divine trust, may I express a divine trust that I will give thanks in everything always for all things there is a divine trust not in the things that I see. But in an outcome that is beyond what I can see I have a divine trust. I believe that God will make a difference in me, so that what I do will have an outcome that is according to his will, so therefore I give thanks that I might see the hand of God in the difficulty I don't like the difficulty, but I trust God in everything give thanks for all things always there is a divine right. There is a divine purpose so that the words of my mouth reflect the divine purpose both the thoughts, the meditations of my heart reflect a trust that God is at work in all things. I will start thinking God now for the accomplishments of a divine purpose, as I face all things give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the holy one, give thanks because he's given Jesus Christ his son, and now let the weak say I am strong, but the poor say I'm rich because of what the Lord has done for us I am giving thanks everything always for what God is because I see the hand of God theirs the divine trust. No, I don't see it. I believe it and there is an outcome that's coming because of my trust in God. So let everything everything, all things always give thanks to Mister would like me to sing this for you. Yeah, okay, you really want to give thanks for that right at that number guessing, but give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the holy one, give thanks because he given Jesus Christ his son. He's the one who makes of all good for me but you, not what we see and now let the weak say I am strong. Let the poor say because of what the Lord has done thing. So when were giving thanks the poor say we are rich and the weak say they are strong, God is going to bring good to this one because of Jesus Christ. Father, I thank you that this is a special holiday season is a time to give thanks gift hangers. It reminds us to be people for the people of the hearts for the people who live to be thankful Ron, I think you that you love us, you forgive us of our sins. You look beyond our fall to see our needs. Let us establish this divine trust lording you that when I am weak, I will find strength when I am poor. I know that I am rich when I know that I am in need. I am thankful because of your provision when I see things that need done. I'm thankful for your strength and your wisdom to do log when I am aware of the impossibilities. I am grateful for the possibilities that existed when I find myself in difficult places. I'm grateful because you are the one who gives strength and direction in difficult times. God, I thank you. I think you I think for these your people for each one for their heart, their life. I'm thankful for your touch upon their lives in the great things that you have done for us, the men they met Titus, I was thinking along thankful you're here. This is