Living a Life of Thanksgiving

Living a Life of Thanksgiving

- December 08, 2019

"Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." Colossians 3:15-17

This is now the 9th message of thanksgiving* and we really need to get it down by now, especially this Advent Season.

The short passage above taken from the letter of Apostle Paul to the Colossians would really put this message of Thanksgiving and Advent (the coming of Jesus) down to a science, if not a recipe book.

So do we live a life of thanksgiving?

Here is the recipe list:

Peace - live in peace (God's peace) with everyone

Cooperation - live as if we live in one body

Gratitude - be thankful to everyone/everything/everytime

Scriptures - read it

Common Sense - learn God's wisdom and share it

Sing - sing and sing to the Lord, no really sing to Him, like you mean it with all your heart

Jesus - do things in Jesus' name

Thankfulness - take it with you step by step, yes thank God in every step

*Giving Thanks Series:

Giving Thanks

Thank You Theo

Thank You John

Thank You Mary, Mother of Jesus

Thank You Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes and Teachers of the Law

Thank You Zach

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The Shepherd and His Flock

“I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

John 10 (NIV 84)

Disclaimer

If you have issues with Hillsong or Bethel or Elevation or any of the so-called heretical churches or preachers, we are not condoning any false teachings. There is always something we can find wrong in all churches, including the one we call ours. But there is one faith, there is one baptism, there is One God, there is One Spirit and One Savior, Jesus Christ. If we agree on all these then let's all work together for good. The Lord is coming back. Let us stop wasting time with nitpicking, criticizing other believers because they wear strange clothes or sing weird songs, or read a version of the bible we don't, or speak in tongues or do or believe something which we don't, instead let us do what God has really called us to do. God has called each one of us to do something. Let's do that.