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The Safeguard of Thankfulness

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The Safeguard of Thankfulness
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Randy Losee’s sermon focuses on the critical role of thankfulness in the Christian life, arguing that it is a key safeguard against forgetting God and falling into sin. He explains that thankfulness is not merely a feeling but a commanded discipline that protects us by keeping God in the right place in our hearts and minds.

  • [00:00:46] Deuteronomy 4:9 warns us to diligently keep our souls so we do not forget what God has done and to teach these things to our children and grandchildren.
  • [00:01:33] Thankfulness is presented as a major safeguard that helps protect us and future generations from forsaking God.
  • [00:03:36] 1. We should always be thanking God, as commanded in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, which links rejoicing, prayer, and thankfulness as God’s will.
  • [00:05:30] 2. Thankfulness to God protects us from sin by putting God in the right place in our life, as seen in Romans 1.
    • [00:05:56] The root sin in Romans 1 is not thanking God, which leads to futile thinking, idolatry, and God giving people over to sinful desires.
    • [00:12:01] A sub-point from Romans 1:24-25 is to worship and serve the Creator, not His creation, to avoid idolatry.
    • [00:13:54] We should retain God in our knowledge and acknowledge Him, as failing to do so leads to a debased mind (Romans 1:28).
  • [00:14:50] 3. Giving thanks isn’t a feeling; it’s something we are told to do, as exemplified in Psalm 100.
    • [00:17:30] Based on personal experience, the discipline of giving thanks can change how we feel, helping with stress and anxiety.
    • [00:21:25] It can be a challenging discipline to give thanks in prayer without immediately asking for something.
    • [00:21:42] Thankfulness takes time; practical disciplines include pausing to thank God when leaving work, arriving home, or finishing a task.
  • [00:23:44] Psalm 107 repeatedly calls us to thank the Lord for His steadfast love and wondrous works, concluding that the wise will consider God’s love.
  • [00:26:44] The ultimate reasons for thankfulness are the cross, which demonstrates God’s steadfast love, and the resurrection, which gives us hope and enables us to give thanks in all circumstances.

Scripture References

  • Deuteronomy 4:9
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
  • Psalm 107:21-22
  • Romans 1:16-32
  • Psalm 100
  • Psalm 107

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