The message centered on Acts 14:27, where the early church gathered to rehearse all that God had done, and Brother Jessie used that moment to paint a vivid tapestry of gratitude. He imagined the saints of Scripture standing in Antioch, each rising to testify: the delivered man from Gadara clothed and in his right mind; the woman healed after twelve years of suffering; the man with the withered hand restored; the cripple at Bethesda walking after thirty‑eight years; the widow of Nain rejoicing as her dead son rose; blind Bartimaeus seeing for the first time; Zacchaeus transformed from a cheating tax collector into a joyful giver; the leper who returned to give thanks; and even Barabbas, stunned that Jesus took his place on the cross. Finally, the apostle Paul stood, scarred and humbled, remembering how Christ stopped him on the Damascus road and turned a persecutor into a preacher. Each testimony echoed the same refrain: I’ve got so much to thank Him for. Brother Jessie reminded the church that this same Jesus has done no less for us — forgiven our sins, changed our lives, and given us a place in the family of God — and that gratitude ought to rise in us just as it did in them.

Whitwell, Tennessee — Fairview Union Church