GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD

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GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good his love
endures forever. (1 Chronicles 1634)
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FOREVER

• LYRICS AND MUSIC
• BY CHRIS TOMLIN

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• Give thanks to the Lord
• Our God and King
• His love endures forever
• For He is good, He is above all things
• His love endures forever
• Sing praise, sing praise
• With a mighty hand
• and outstretched arm
• His love endures forever
• For the life that's been reborn
• His love endures forever
• Sing praise, sing praise (2)

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Yeah Forever God is faithfulForever God is
strongForever God is with us Forever, Forever
From the rising to the setting sunHis love
endures foreverBy the grace of GodWe will carry
onHis love endures foreverSing praise, sing
praise (2)
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Yeah Forever God is faithfulForever God is
strongForever God is with us
Forever, Forever
Forever God is faithfulForever God is
strongForever God is with us
Forever, Forever, Forever
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Give thanks to the Lord for He is good (2) His
love endures forever (3)ForeverSing praise,
sing praise (2)
Repeat (2) Yeah Forever You are faithfulForever
You are strongForever You are with us Forever
and ever and ever
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Yeah Forever You are faithfulForever You are
strong You are great . Forever and ever and
everYou are God . Forever You are
faithfulForever You are strong Forever You are
with us Forever and ever and ever and ever and
ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.
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WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?
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The Traditional Thanksgiving?
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What does it mean to give thanks?

• As we express our
• gratitude, we must
• never forget that the
• highest appreciation
• is not to utter words,
• but to live by them.
• - John F. Kennedy

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For the Christian, a heart of thanksgiving arises
naturally out of a heart of worship.
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good His love
endures forever. (1 Chronicles 1634)
The anthem of the church.
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The Church has entered a crucial time in the
history of this nation.
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The temple of Jerusalem symbolically reminds
the people of Israel that regardless of how
things change in the world, Gods goodness and
love never changes.
"And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in His name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem." (Luke 2447)
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We must realize that the freedom to worship a
good and loving God and work for the
establishment of Gods perfect Will for the world
are gifts that can never be taken away from us.
For this, we as Christian disciples give thanks
to the Lord.
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Reflection Points

• 1. Remember that God is the source of all
  blessings.
• 2. Claim Gods goodness and love for the world.
• 3. Rejoice in the fact that God never changes.

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Reflection Point 1

• Remember that God is the source of all blessings.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good His love
endures forever. (1 Chronicles 1634)
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Psalm 106
We've sinned a lot, both we and our parents
we've fallen short, hurt a lot of people.   After
our parents left Egypt, they took your
wonders for granted, FORGOT your great and
wonderful love. They were barely beyond the Red
Sea when they defied the High God - the very
place he saved them the place he revealed his
amazing power!   But it wasn't long before they
forgot the whole thing, wouldn't wait to be told
what to do. They only cared about pleasing
themselves in that desert, provoked God with
their insistent demands.   They cast in metal a
bull calf at Horeb and worshiped the statue
they'd made. They traded the Glory for a cheap
piece of sculpturea grass-chewing bull!   They
angered God again at Meribah Springs this time
Moses got mixed up in their evil because they
defied God yet again, Moses exploded and lost his
temper.
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They didn't wipe out those godless cultures as
ordered by God instead they intermarried with
the heathen, and in time became just like them.
They worshiped their idols, were caught in the
trap of idols. They sacrificed their sons and
daughters at the altars of demon gods. They slit
the throats of their babies, murdered their
infant girls and boys. They offered their babies
to Canaan's gods the blood of their babies
stained the land.
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Reflection Point 2

• Claim Gods goodness and love for the world.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good His love
endures forever. (1 Chronicles 1634)
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Repentance Salvation
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among
the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name,
and to triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting and let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye the LORD.
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Healing of broken hearts
Give thanks in all circumstances (brokenness),
for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
(1 Thes 518)
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Reflection Point 3

• Rejoice in the fact that God never changes.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good His love
endures forever. (1 Chronicles 1634)
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
(Phil 46)