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It helps keep the ministry going. 42 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 5: Enjoy our son Jonathan. 43 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 6: Today tonight, I want to talk about the passwords. 44 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 4: We live in a digital age where everything has one. 45 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 4: Your phone, your computer, Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, they all require 46 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 4: a password, and without the Wi Fi password, you can't 47 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 4: even use some of them. You need a password for 48 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 4: your password. Some have to have a certain amount of 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 4: characters or numbers or capital letters. It can be a 50 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 4: lot to remember. My parents are always forgetting their password. 51 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 4: My mom has sticky notes all around her desk with 52 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 4: different passwords on them, and somehow it's even harder to 53 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 4: remember than if they weren't there. One Sunday night, my 54 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 4: dad texted me during our service and asked me to 55 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 4: order something for him because he didn't have his password. 56 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 4: Pastor Nick may or may not have been speaking when 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: I did that, but the point is my dad was 58 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: locked out. He didn't have his passwords, so he couldn't 59 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: make that order. It's not that he forgot, he's just 60 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 4: never known his password. You could have the most powerful 61 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: computer sitting right in front of you, but without the password, 62 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 4: it doesn't do anything. Spotify has all the music in 63 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 4: the world, but without the password, you can't listen to it. 64 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 4: You could even have millions of dollars in a bank account, 65 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 4: but unless you have the password, it's just gonna sit there. 66 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: A password gives you access. In this age of information, 67 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 4: I started thinking, what if God had a password? What 68 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 4: if there was something we could say that would give 69 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 4: us access to His presence. What if there is a 70 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: key that would unlock his blessing and favor in our lives? 71 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 4: What would be possible? How valuable would that be? Would 72 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 4: you want to know it? Thousands of years ago God 73 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 4: shared his password with a man named David, and it's 74 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 4: found here in some one hundred. He said, enter his 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 4: gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. The message 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: translation puts it this way. Enter with the password thank you. 77 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 4: This simple phrase gives us access to the creator of 78 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 4: the universe. These two words can unlock his blessing and 79 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: favor in our lives. God has given us his password, 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 4: and it's called gratitude and his love and kindness. God 81 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 4: has invited us into his house and given us a key. 82 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 4: When someone gives you a key, they're saying, come on in, 83 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: make yourself at home, have something to eat, And that's 84 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 4: what God is saying to us. Come on in, stay awhile, 85 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 4: have some of my peace joy protection. Enter with the 86 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 4: password thank you. We have a key, but it's our 87 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 4: job to use it. Could it be that we're not 88 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 4: seeing some prayers answered or dreams come to pass because 89 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 4: we're not using the password. Maybe we've told God everything 90 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 4: we want, but have we stopped to thank him for 91 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 4: what he's already done, for the times he showed us, mercy, 92 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 4: for the family we have, for the breath and our lungs. 93 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 4: When we express gratitude, we're using the password. We are 94 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 4: accessing his power. We're logging into his Amazon account, and 95 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 4: he's got prime instant delivery on whatever we could need. 96 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 4: Just like we can be locked out of a computer, 97 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: we can be locked out of God's favor. When we 98 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 4: are complaining, obsessing over our problems, focus on what's wrong. 99 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 4: That's an incorrect password. It won't get us anywhere. Instead 100 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 4: of looking at what we don't have, Let's thank God 101 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 4: for what we do have. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, 102 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 4: let's thank God for what's right. It's a simple thought, 103 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 4: but it won't just happen to us. Gratitude is a 104 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 4: choice we have to make. God sees when we choose 105 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: to thank him, even when we're frustrated by our job 106 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 4: or struggling in our finances. He's waiting to open the 107 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 4: windows of heaven and give us access to everything we need. 108 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 4: But we have to use the password. David knew that 109 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 4: he said, give thanks to the Lord, for he is 110 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,559 Speaker 4: good and his love endures forever. What if we lived 111 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 4: our lives with the password on our lips, constantly access 112 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 4: in God's goodness. We'd wake up thanking Him for another 113 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 4: day of life, for his mercy that's new every morning, 114 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 4: for the strength to get out of bed. We'd thank 115 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 4: him for our family, for our friends, for watching over 116 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 4: us the day before. We might even thank him for 117 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 4: that car that's a little old but still gets us 118 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 4: to where we need to be, or the apartment that's 119 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 4: small but has a heater for the winter. What kind 120 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 4: of life would that be? We'd find ourselves in the 121 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 4: presence of God all throughout the day, with constant access 122 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 4: to his favor, creativity, wisdom, protection. With the simple thank you, 123 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 4: we're unlocking the greatest force in the universe. When we're thankful, 124 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: dreams come to pass. When we're thankful, doors begin to open. 125 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 4: When we're thankful, the right people show up. That's what 126 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: allows God to move in our lives. That's the power 127 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: of the password. Keep it on your lips, store it 128 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 4: in your heart. May it be the theme of your life. 129 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 4: Sometimes we think we have to feel grateful to be grateful. 130 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 4: But the truth is gratitude isn't a feeling, it's an expression. 131 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 4: If someone gives you a gift, there's no gratitude until 132 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 4: you say thank you. It could be a new car 133 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 4: or an ugly pair of socks. The gratitude is in 134 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: the expression. Why is this important Because when I wake 135 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 4: up on a Monday morning, I don't always feel grateful. 136 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 4: I don't have this warm, fuzzy sense of God's goodness 137 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 4: when I hear my alarm clock. But that doesn't mean 138 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 4: I can't be grateful on a Monday. That doesn't mean 139 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 4: I can't thank God for a great weekend at church. 140 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 4: That doesn't mean I can't thank and forgiving me things 141 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: to do that day. Our feelings don't have to determine 142 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 4: our expression. We can be frustrated by traffic on the 143 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 4: way to work, or we can thank God that we 144 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 4: have a job. We can complain about the mess we 145 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 4: have to clean up, or we can be grateful for 146 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 4: the friends that made it. We can be stressed by 147 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 4: the class that's difficult, or we can be thanking God 148 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 4: that we got an education. It's a powerful expression to 149 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 4: thank God even when we don't feel it. One of 150 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 4: the best ways to cultivate this kind of life is 151 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 4: to write down what we have to be grateful for. 152 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 4: Make a daily list of God's blessings in your life 153 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 4: and keep it on your phone or your bathroom mirror 154 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 4: to read over as often as you can. When we 155 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 4: do this, it creates an awareness of God's goodness in 156 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 4: our lives. We can write down the time He showed 157 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 4: up and made away when it seemed like there was 158 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 4: no way, the time he protected us from an accident 159 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 4: or gave us a promotion, the time he healed someone 160 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: we love or set us free. We can write down 161 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 4: the fact that we have a roof over our head 162 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 4: and go to a church where we can worship freely. 163 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 4: When we do this daily, we develop a habit of thanksgiving. 164 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 4: Maybe at first it's just one thing a day, God, 165 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 4: thank you for keeping me safe. But when we know 166 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 4: we need to write something for today, We'll start looking 167 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 4: for things to be grateful for. We'll start noticing what 168 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 4: God's doing in our lives. Before we know it, it 169 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 4: may be two, three, ten things a day. When you 170 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 4: go to the grocery store, you can write thank you 171 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 4: for a good parking spot when you pass an exam. 172 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 4: Thank you for helping me. When you get a paycheck. 173 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 4: Thank you for my job. When the Texans win, Thank 174 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: you that we're still going to the playoffs. Write it 175 00:09:55,280 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 4: all down. Make thanksgiving a priority in your day. I 176 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 4: think our lives are so routine. We get up, go 177 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 4: to school, go to work, come home, and do the 178 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: same thing again the next day. It's ordinary, it's routine. 179 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 4: The truth is, there's nothing ordinary about waking up and 180 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 4: being able to walk and breathe and see. There's nothing 181 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 4: routine about being healthy, going to work, having a meal. 182 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 4: These are gifts from God. Let's not take them for granted. 183 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 4: Thank Him for the ordinary because it's so much more. 184 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 4: How many ordinary blessings can you give thanks for today? 185 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 4: You're alive, you're healthy, you can hear, you can see, 186 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: you can walk, you can breathe. You have a family, 187 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 4: you have friends, you have a place to live. What 188 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 4: about this? God's mercy is new every morning. He loves you, 189 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 4: he has a plan for your life. He'll never leave 190 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 4: you or forsake you. Thank God for the ordinary when 191 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 4: we have the right perspective, even thank God for what 192 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 4: didn't happen. A friend of mine says, thanks for nothing, God. 193 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: Thank you that I didn't have a problem with my 194 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 4: car today. Thank you that I didn't get laid off. 195 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 4: Thank you that I didn't give in to that temptation. 196 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 4: Thanks for nothing. When we begin to thank God for 197 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 4: the nothings in our lives, we'll never run out of 198 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 4: things to be grateful for. I heard about a man 199 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 4: who was diagnosed with cancer of the eye and had 200 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 4: a good chance of losing his vision. He was devastated. 201 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 4: During the surgery. To the doctor's surprise, they discovered it 202 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: wasn't cancer, but a minor issue they were able to 203 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 4: remove without affecting his sight. When the man woke up 204 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 4: and heard the news, he said it was the best 205 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 4: day of his entire life. He didn't get a big promotion, 206 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 4: he didn't win the lottery. He just got the news 207 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 4: that he would continue to see. Now he looks at 208 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 4: everything with completely new eyes. He sees the beauty in 209 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 4: the flowers, the wonder in the trees, the delight on 210 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 4: his wife and kid's face when they smile. He doesn't 211 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 4: take anything for granted. It's said, we don't know what 212 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 4: we have until it's gone. But a grateful person can 213 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 4: be the exception to that rule. When we're always thanking 214 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: God for the ordinary, for the routine, for what didn't happen, 215 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 4: we're taking the time to recognize His goodness in our 216 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: life throughout the day. Thank Him that you're alive, Thank 217 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 4: Him that you can see. Thank Him for the little 218 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 4: things like a cup of coffee in the morning or 219 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 4: a new pair of shoes. If we're always grateful, meditating 220 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 4: on God's goodness, we'll find that discouragement and misfortune just 221 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: can't seem to get a grip on us. That's because 222 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 4: we're accessing God's presence. He's giving us peace that goes 223 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 4: beyond understanding, joy that overshadows lack, blessings that we can't contain. 224 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 4: Our lives aren't complete without thanksgiving. Luke seventeen tells the 225 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: story of ten men with leprosy that came to Jesus 226 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 4: for healing. He said to them, go show yourselves to 227 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 4: the priests. While they were on their way, they became 228 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: completely clean. The leprosy was gone. One of the men 229 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: came running back and fell at Jesus's feet, so grateful 230 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 4: he couldn't thank him enough. Jesus looked at him and 231 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 4: asked weren't there ten healed? Where are the others? Then 232 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 4: he looked at the man and said, your faith has 233 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 4: made you whole. Ten men were healed that day. One 234 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 4: was made whole. That's what thankfulness does. God can answer 235 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 4: our prayer, he can fix our problem. But when we 236 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 4: say thank you, that's when the miracle happens. That's when 237 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 4: he makes us whole. You can be healed and miserable. 238 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: You can be healed and have a bad attitude. You 239 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 4: can even be healed and still hurting. Healing takes care 240 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 4: of an issue, men's things. We didn't even know we're broken. 241 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 4: It's a fullness on the inside that says I have 242 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 4: everything I need. I know the password. Nine of those 243 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 4: men were healed on the surface. The one who came 244 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 4: back realized Jesus didn't just heal skin, he could heal 245 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 4: his soul. He could give him peace fulfillment purpose. It's 246 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 4: no wonder he couldn't thank him enough. The others were 247 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 4: glad to have been healed. This man was grateful to 248 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 4: have met his savior, and with that expression of gratitude 249 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: he unlocked something so much greater. He was made whole. 250 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 4: It's one thing to get the job you want, it's 251 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 4: another to be fulfilled there. It's one thing to meet 252 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 4: someone great, it's another to have a great relationship. It's 253 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 4: one thing to get through a struggle, and it's another 254 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 4: to have peace. We're incomplete when we only receive the 255 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 4: external blessing. When we're thankful, the Bible says, God does 256 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 4: something on the inside that's so much more valuable. Will 257 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 4: experience a sense of His wholeness, and everything will come 258 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 4: together for good. When I was applying for college, there 259 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 4: was one particular school I really wanted to attend. To 260 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: be honest, I wasn't even interested in the others. When 261 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 4: I finally got that acceptance letter, I was so excited 262 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 4: God had answered my prayer. That could have been it. 263 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: I could have stopped there. But for the next four 264 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 4: years I continued to thank God for allowing me to 265 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 4: go to that university. I've graduated, and I still thank 266 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 4: Him almost every day. In response. He gave me so 267 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 4: much more than just an acceptance letter. He gave me peace, protection, 268 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 4: good friends, the right classes. It wasn't always easy, but 269 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 4: I had everything I needed on the inside. Some people 270 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 4: are successful but not whole. Others are blessed, but still 271 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 4: missing something. When we take time each day to thank 272 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 4: God for his goodness, when we take time to say 273 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: thank you for what he's done, we're like the one 274 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 4: man who came back and fell at Jesus's feet. We're 275 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 4: recognizing he hasn't just answered our prayer. He's saved our soul. 276 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 4: He's given us everything we need and him we have 277 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 4: a hope and a future. We won't just be healed, 278 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 4: we'll be made whole. Life isn't complete without thanksgiving. Even 279 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 4: our prayers aren't finished without it. Philippians four says, in 280 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 4: everything by prayer with thanksgiving, present your request to God. 281 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 4: Maybe some prayers haven't been answered because we didn't finish them. 282 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 4: We forgot to say thank you, We didn't use the password. 283 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 4: That's how the Bible tells us to pray with thanksgiving. 284 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 4: It's not about begging God or trying to convince him 285 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 4: to give us what we want. He already knows what 286 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 4: we need once we ask. From then on we can 287 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 4: thank him for it. There was a woman who came 288 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 4: to Jesus begging for him to heal her daughter. She 289 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: pleaded with him over and over, Please, she's sick. Help us. 290 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 4: We read so many times in scripture where Jesus went 291 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 4: out of his way to heal people, he was kind, compassionate, 292 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 4: but in this particular instance, he seemed to be ignoring her. Finally, 293 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,239 Speaker 4: the woman realized, my begging's not doing any good, and 294 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 4: she fell at his feet and began thanking him, worshiping, 295 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 4: giving him praise. All of a sudden, Jesus stopped, looked 296 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 4: at her and said, your daughter has been made whole. 297 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 4: What begging couldn't do, thanksgiving did. And like the man 298 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 4: with leprosy, she wasn't only healed, she was made whole. 299 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 4: Sometimes we wait until after we see the promise to 300 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 4: thank God. We think him after a situation turns around. 301 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 4: But if we'll be willing to thank Him in advance, 302 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 4: we're taking gratitude to the next level. God, I'm struggling 303 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 4: in my finances. I want to thank you that abundance 304 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 4: is coming. The medical report may not be good, but 305 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: I thank you the healing is on the way. Or 306 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 4: I'm battling discouragement, but God, I thank you that you're 307 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 4: giving me victory. Prayer and thanksgiving go hand in hand 308 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 4: when we ask God and thank him for it. There's 309 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 4: no limit to what he will do. It was late 310 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 4: in the evening and a large crowd was gathered when 311 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 4: the disciples came to Jesus and said, everyone's getting hungry. 312 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: There's nothing to eat. We need to send these people home. 313 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 4: Jesus looked at them and said, you give them something 314 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 4: to eat. The disciples probably looked at each other and thought, 315 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: we have five loaves of bread and two fish that 316 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 4: a little boy gave us. That's not even enough to 317 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 4: feed Peter. Jesus said, bring them to me, and in 318 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 4: verse nineteen, he took the five loaves two fish, held 319 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 4: them up to the heavens and gave thanks. Then the 320 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 4: disciples gave them to the people and everyone around fifteen 321 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 4: two thousand and eight, and we're satisfied. There were even leftovers. 322 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 4: Jesus gave thanks for what he had, for what was 323 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 4: not enough. He blessed what seemed to be too little, 324 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 4: and it multiplied. Maybe we think I can't thank God 325 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 4: for this apartment, it's too small. I can't thank him 326 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: for my finances. I'm barely getting by when what we 327 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 4: have is not enough. We're right where Jesus was. We've 328 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 4: got five loaves, two fish, and everybody's hungry. We could 329 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 4: get discouraged or think it's unfair, but that's not part 330 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 4: of the multiplication process. If we can learn to be 331 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: grateful for what's not enough, then one day God will 332 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 4: multiply it and give us more than enough. You might 333 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 4: not think you have enough talent, enough friends, enough resources, 334 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 4: but why don't you do what Jesus did and thank 335 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: God for what you do have. It may not be 336 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 4: enough now, but not enough with thanksgiving, can feed thousands 337 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 4: not enough. With a grateful attitude can become a miracle 338 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 4: like the Disciples. You'll even come out with some left over. 339 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 4: In nineteen fifty nine, God gave my grandfather a dream 340 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 4: to reach the world, but when they started liquid there 341 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 4: were only ninety people in an old feed store. He 342 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 4: could have gotten discouraged, thought, how is this going to 343 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 4: reach the world. The building's too small, there's not enough people. 344 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 4: It didn't seem like much. But my grandfather knew the password. 345 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 4: He had a dream for thousands, yet he thanked God 346 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: for the ninety. He thanked God for the feed store. 347 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 4: He was grateful for what he had. I'd like to 348 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 4: tell you the next week they had five hundred, then 349 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 4: five thousand people. But for the first thirteen years, the 350 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 4: church hardly grew. My grandfather had this dream to reach 351 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 4: the world, but there were no sign of things increasing yet. 352 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: My grandfather just kept thinking. It didn't happen overnight. But 353 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 4: eventually that thankfulness did lead to more than enough. Because 354 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 4: he was grateful for the ninety God multiplied it, and 355 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 4: he still multiplied it almost sixty years later. Sometimes we 356 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 4: don't think we have anything to be grateful for because 357 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 4: we're going through a difficulty, but it's in those times 358 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 4: that gratitude can bring us through the challenge. You probably 359 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 4: know the story of Jonah. God called him to go 360 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 4: one way, and he ran the other. During a storm, 361 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 4: he was thrown into the sea and swallowed by a whale. 362 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 4: It was dark, it smelled he was being digested alive. 363 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 4: Sitting there in darkness. Anyone could have complained there you 364 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 4: actually had a good reason. The problem was Jonah got 365 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: himself in this mess. It was his own fault. There 366 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 4: was no one else to blame. Sitting there in darkness, 367 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 4: in the belly of a whale, when it seemed there 368 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 4: was no reason to be grateful, Jonah said, I will 369 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 4: offer you the sacrifice of praise with the voice of Thanksgiving. 370 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 4: In his darkest moment, Jonah used the password and God 371 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 4: caused the whale to spit him out on dry land. 372 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: He went on to fulfill his destiny. A sacrifice of 373 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 4: praise means it costs you something. It's not easy. You 374 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 4: don't always feel like it. We all have moments where 375 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 4: it feels like we're in the belly of a whale. 376 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 4: A situation seems impossible, it's our fault. Everything in us 377 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 4: says we should be discouraged, depressed, maybe just give up. 378 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 4: Like Jonah, that's the time when we have to offer 379 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 4: a sacrifice of praise. That's when we can say, God, 380 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 4: the situation doesn't look good, but I want to thank 381 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 4: you that you are good and you can turn it around. 382 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 4: It seems like everything's coming against me, but I thank 383 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: you that you are for me and you can fight 384 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 4: my battles. Or it's my fault. I messed up, But God, 385 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 4: I thank you that your mercy is so much greater 386 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 4: than my mistakes. When you're grateful in the midst of darkness, 387 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 4: God will bring you out. It might not be easy, 388 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 4: but that's the sacrifice. This is what Paul and Silas did. 389 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 4: They were beaten and imprisoned for spreading the good news. 390 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 4: They hadn't done anything wrong. It was unfair. They found 391 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 4: themselves bloodied, bruised, and chained in a prison cell. They 392 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 4: could have gotten angry, bitter, thought God, why did this 393 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 4: happen to us? We were doing what you told us 394 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 4: to do. In their darkest moment, in the midnight hour, 395 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 4: when all hope seemed lost, they weren't defeated. They were singing. 396 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 4: They thanked God. They offered a sacrifice of praise. The 397 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 4: Bible says, at once all the prison doors flew open, 398 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 4: and everyone's chains came loose. When we used the password. 399 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 4: It opens prison doors, it breaks chain, It sets us free. 400 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 4: No matter how dark it gets, whether you're in the 401 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 4: belly of a whale or a prison cell, there is 402 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 4: power in thanksgiving. Nothing gets God's attention quite like a 403 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 4: song in the midnight hour, when you could be defeated, Instead, 404 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 4: you're thanking God that he's in control, that he's greater 405 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 4: than whatever you're facing. When most people would have given up. Instead, 406 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 4: you're giving thanks. If we're going to live this life 407 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 4: of gratitude, we have to learn to be grateful through 408 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 4: the pain, through the disappointment, through the difficulty. It's easy 409 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 4: to thank God on the mountaintop, but there's breakthrough when 410 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 4: we're thankful in the valley. Our attitude should be I'm 411 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 4: gonna thank Him through the highs and the lows. I'm 412 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 4: gonna thank him at noon and in the midnight hour. 413 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 4: I'm gonna thank Him when I feel like it and 414 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 4: when I don't. That's the sacrifice of praise. With the 415 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 4: voice of thanksgiving. Even when you don't see anything happening, 416 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 4: can be assured that God is working in your life. 417 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 4: He'll bring you out of trouble, onto dry land, out 418 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 4: of the prison, and into freedom. But our thankfulness doesn't 419 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 4: have to end with amen. We should thank God first. 420 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 4: But the password has one more purpose. It doesn't stop there. 421 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 4: It's about sharing it with others. When we're grateful to people, 422 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 4: we're grateful to God, we honor him. That kind of 423 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 4: thankfulness doesn't just have the power to change us, it 424 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 4: can change others. I read about an author who wrote 425 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: a letter to an English teacher that had taught him 426 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 4: years before. He thanked her for inspiring him to write. 427 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 4: One day, he received a reply that said, I can't 428 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 4: express how much your note meant to me. I taught 429 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 4: school for over fifty years, and yours is the first 430 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 4: note of appreciation I ever received. It came on a 431 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: cold winter's morning and cheered me up like nothing has 432 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 4: done in years. We all have people that have helped 433 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 4: us become who we are. None of us got here 434 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 4: on our own. Someone taught us, someone encouraged us, someone 435 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 4: cared for us, or gave us their time. It may 436 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 4: have been a teacher, or a grandparent, or a coworker. 437 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 4: When's the last time you told them you were grateful. 438 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 4: We may think it, but it's not gratitude until it's expressed. 439 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 4: We should take every opportunity to let those around us 440 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 4: know how much we appreciate them. It's a great habit 441 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 4: to be overflowing with thanksgiving. Whether it's the person that 442 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 4: raised you or someone you just met, Thanking them is 443 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 4: a way to say God, I recognize your goodness in 444 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 4: my life. It was my grandmother's eighty fifth birthday a 445 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 4: little over a month ago, and she knows that I 446 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 4: love her, But I realized I've never taken the time 447 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: to tell her just how grateful I am for all 448 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 4: that she's done, for encouraging me, for giving me a 449 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 4: great dad for being faithful in building this church. So 450 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 4: I wrote a note thanking her. It didn't take me 451 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 4: very long, but it's one of the best investments I've made. 452 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 4: Now she's always talking about it. She keeps thanking me 453 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 4: for thanking her. When you're grateful to people, you're grateful 454 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 4: to God. It's about a lifestyle of thanksgiving, being thankful 455 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: in all things, whether the sun shining or the rains falling. 456 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 4: We have a reason to be grateful. We'll find the 457 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 4: more we thank God, the more we have to be 458 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 4: thankful for. He's given us access to his presence, to 459 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 4: his resources. Enter with the password thank you. It opens 460 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 4: the door, it breaks chains, It makes us whole, It 461 00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 4: can feed thousands. That's the power of the password. God. 462 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 4: How could we ever thank you enough. You've been so 463 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 4: good to us. Tonight we come back like that one 464 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 4: man that was healed, to say thank you. Thank you 465 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 4: for life, thank you for family and friends, thank you 466 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 4: for the ordinary, thank you for the routine. Thank you 467 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 4: for what's not enough. God. We believe you can multiply 468 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: it and turn it into more than enough. We believe 469 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 4: you can set us free. We believe you can bring 470 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 4: us out of trouble onto dry land and God, We're 471 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: not just grateful to have been healed, We're grateful to 472 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 4: know our savior. Thank you Jesus God. 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