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Title: “God Has Been Good To Me And I’m Gonna Give Him Thanks”
Ps. 136:1-3 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord
of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Intro. As a child of God I acknowledge, without reservation, that I have what I have, I am blessed with what I am blessed with, not because of any great talents, abilities, or even because I deserve it. I am blessed because of God’s goodness. I want each here to know that “God Has Been Good To Me And I’m Gonna Give Him Thanks!”
In the busyness of our world we sometimes forget to thank God for His unmatchable goodness.
Consider these blessings that we often overlook...
*If you have just one Bible, your are abundantly blessed. Most people in the world do not.
*If you awoke this morning more healthy than ill you are more blessed than one million people who will not survive the week.
*If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of more than five hundred million people around the world.
*If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% if this world.
*If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish somewhere, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.
*If you prayed yesterday and today, you are in the minority because you believe in God’s willingness to hear and answer prayer.
*If you have the ability to choose between churches where you may freely worship, you have a blessing many people in the world do not.
*If you are a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, you live with the daily assurance that you will have eternal life, and that you Savior has gone to prepare a mansion for you in glory. Millions of people believe this sad life is all there is.
God's Been Good To Me & I’m Gonna Give Him Thanks Because He Is....
My Redeemer - Redeem/Redeemer = Redeem by payment of a price to recover from the power of another, to ransom
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:13-14
My Savior - Savior = to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction (from injury or peril)
- to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
- to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ” II Tim. 7-10
My Healer - Healer = One that makes whole.
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” I Pet. 2:24
My Baptizer - Baptize = to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk)
*to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, *to overwhelm
“John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:” Lk. 3:16 ,
My Supplier - Supply = to fill up, make full
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:19
My Hope - Hope = expectation of good
“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;” I Tim. 1:1
In truth He is my everything. What is so awesome about it is He willingly did what He did that you and I might become what we are and have what we have. I want you, I want everyone to know today, that “ God Has Been Good To Me And I’m Gonna Give Him Thanks“ ! I was lost but now I’m found! I was bound but now I’m free! I was blind but now I see! I was sick but now I’m healed! I was poor but now I’m rich! I was on a dead end street going no where but He pick me up turned me around and start me on a journey to a city Who’s Builder and Maker is God.......
Conc.“God Has Been Good To Me And I’m Gonna Give Him Thanks!! “
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