Today we conclude our series on the protection of gratitude. Gratitude, that protects our outlook on life, our relationship with others, and even with God. Now, does our relationship with God need protecting. I don’t know. Have you ever asked, *What is God doing? Where is He? Why doesn’t He answer?* These are very real and very tough questions. They are the questions than can make Thanksgiving difficult. And they are questions dealt with by some of the greatest people of faith. As a matter of fact, maybe the greatest person of faith ever.

We are continuing today our series on the incredible importance of gratitude for our lives and well-being. It protects our relationships with others, our outlook on life, and our relationship with God. Today our focus is on how it protects our outlook on life.

We are continuing today our series on the incredible importance of gratitude for our lives and well-being. It protects our relationships with others, our outlook on life, and our relationship with God. Today our focus is on how it protects our outlook on life.

Gratefulness is what keeps you from building a horde of hate. Gratefulness is what keeps you from trapping yourself in an asylum of anger. Gratefulness is the only path to loving and forgiving which is crucial to living in and enjoying relationship.

Gratefulness is what keeps you from building a horde of hate. Gratefulness is what keeps you from trapping yourself in an asylum of anger. Gratefulness is the only path to loving and forgiving which is crucial to living in and enjoying relationship.

Prayer is our priority activity. It is our primary initiative and response. We don’t post or tweet first, we pray first. We don’t unfriend first, we pray first. We don’t vote first, we pray first. Prayer is our breathing. It is how we stay alive.

Sermon Notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?doc=glgimqN0KB

Prayer is our priority activity. It is our primary initiative and response. We don’t post or tweet first, we pray first. We don’t unfriend first, we pray first. We don’t vote first, we pray first. Prayer is our breathing. It is how we stay alive.

Sermon Notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?doc=glgimqN0KB

A topic like this one challenges us because the Bible does not speak to movies or R-rated movies per se, AND it is a very new thing in human history. So we are challenged with applying the wisdom and requirements of scripture to new frontiers.

A topic like this one challenges us because the Bible does not speak to movies or R-rated movies per se, AND it is a very new thing in human history. So we are challenged with applying the wisdom and requirements of scripture to new frontiers.

God loves you. Your baggage is a problem. The sin, the failure makes you very much not like God, not like His heaven. And we can’t unload it like it was never there. That is why there is a heaviness in our soul. It is why we can be unsatisfied when we should be satisfied, unhappy when we should be happy. But God loves you and it says here that it pleased Him to send Jesus to unpack the sin, carry what we could not, pay the penalty.