Encountering God Through Thanksgiving - Sep 19
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 19 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Expressing gratitude and thanks to God has a miraculous way of opening and changing our hearts. Today we’ll explore the discipline of thanksgiving, and encounter God in response. May you take away from our time today, timeless principles that quickly get your heart in the right place despite your season or circumstances.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 100:4, and today's worship is Grateful by Elevation Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | Expressing gratitude and thanks to God has a miraculous way of opening and |
| 0:09.4 | changing our hearts. Today we'll explore the discipline of Thanksgiving and encounter God in response. |
| 0:16.0 | May you take away from our time today timeless principles that quickly get your heart in the right place despite your season or circumstances. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. You're going to be. Our verse for today comes from Psal 100 verse for |
| 0:45.0 | today comes from Psal 100 verse 4. |
| 0:49.0 | Scripture says, |
| 0:50.0 | Enter his gates with Thanksgiving |
| 0:52.0 | and his courts with praise. |
| 0:54.0 | Give thanks to him and bless his name. |
| 1:00.0 | Thanksgiving is a gift given to us by the good and loving nature of our Heavenly Father. |
| 1:06.0 | In and out of every season of life, we have a reason to give thanks, |
| 1:11.0 | because we serve a holy faithful good and loving God. We serve the |
| 1:18.4 | only king who would lay down his life for his unworthy rebellious servants. |
| 1:25.2 | We serve a God perfectly worthy of all the Thanksgiving and praise that we could possibly |
| 1:31.0 | give. |
| 1:36.0 | In using the incredible gift of Thanksgiving, we remind ourselves of how truly good our father is. |
| 1:41.0 | In Thanksgiving, we experience the joy of a proper perspective and have our hearts |
| 1:46.8 | stirred by the renewing of our minds. |
| 1:51.2 | Psal 100 verse 4 says, |
| 1:53.0 | Enter his gates with Thanksgiving, |
| 1:55.0 | and his courts with praise, |
| 1:57.0 | Give thanks to him and bless his name. |
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