I just want to talk to us today about appreciating every area of our life.

You know, when we appreciate something, we bring awareness to it.

We bring value to it.

And we are less likely to take it for granted.

In Deuteronomy 10 through 12, God was taking the children of Israel to cities they had not built.

He said, I am giving you homes filled with great treasure.

He said, I am giving you vineyards, you didn't plow, but I am giving them to you so that you

can work them.

I am giving you homes with great treasure in them so that you can live in them.

And he went on and on to tell all the wonderful gifts that he was giving them.

But then he warned them.

He said, I have to warn you.

I am giving you all of these things, but don't take them for granted.

He said, don't take them for granted and don't forget who gave them to you.

Don't take them for granted and not honor me.

See, the same thing is happening today.

God has given us things a great country to live in.

He's given us homes.

He's given us family, friends, jobs.

And he is saying, don't forget who gave it to you.

And honor me in it.

You see, I believe when we appreciate God, when we appreciate the things that God has

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