1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

 

Romans 8:28; Philippians 2:12

 

  • People who struggle to serve God with thankfulness lack awareness of His goodness and privilege of prayer.

 

  • First and Second Chronicles are a “prophetic work.” That is, they represent God’s point of view on Israel’s past, and announce that disappointment and exile is not the end of the story. – The Bible Project

 

 Spirit of Thanksgiving God Blesses
1 Thessalonians 5:12-24

 

  • Honors those who work hard to train us in God’s ways.

(1 Thessalonians 5:12

 

  1. Holds God’s work in high regard. (1 Thessalonians 5:13)
  2. Holds us to God’s higher standards. (1 Thessalonians 5:14)
  3. Rejoice always. (1 Thessalonians 5:16)
  4. Pray continually. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
  5. Give thanks in all circumstances knowing it is God’s will. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
  6. Don’t quench the Holy Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
  7. Don’t hold prophecy in contempt. (1 Thessalonians 5:20-21)
  8. Reject all kinds of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22)
  9. Experience the faithfulness of God. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)

 

 

Substance of Thanksgiving God Blesses
1 Chronicles 16

 

1 Chronicles 16:8
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

 

1 Chronicles 16:9-12
9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 11 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 12 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

 

  • Adoption (1 Chronicles 16:13-18)

 

1 Chronicles 16:13-18
13 you his servants, the descendants of Israel, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob. 14 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, 16 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. 17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”

 

“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

  • Protection (1 Chronicles 16:19-27)

 

1 Chronicles 16:19-21
19 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, 20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 21 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

 

2 Timothy 3:1-3 (NASB)
1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving . . .

 

  • Redemption (1 Chronicles 16:28-36)

 

  • Redemption – God’s work He accomplishes through freeing us from sin’s presence and power and then restoring our life to our original intention

 

1 Chronicles 16:28-29
28 Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness

 

Questions:

  1. What did you hear from the Holy Spirit?
  2. What will you do because of it?
  3. How can we pray for you?

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