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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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