2023 THEME: Victory!

Series: More Than a Holiday

TITLE: Just Do It!

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19; James 2:14-17, 26

There is a profound difference between thankfulness as a (concept) and thankfulness as a (practice).

I.   THE EXAMPLE OF GRATITUDE

To practice thankfulness, you don’t just (feel) something; you (do) something. Thanks is something you (give).

Luke 17 and the leper:

1. 1. 1. 1. Begins (to glorify God) with a loud voice. (v.15)
         2. Fell on his face in (worship). (.v16)
         3. This man was a (foreigner).
         4. Jesus asks an obvious question: “Where are the other nine?”

II.   THE ENHANCEMENT OF GRATITUDE 

Why do people have trouble with thanksgiving?

1. 1. 1. 1. They have trouble seeing it as (more than a holiday).
         2. We have lost sight of (contentment).

The grateful person sees (the cup half full); the complainer (half empty).

Two things don’t coexist: (whining) and (gratitude).

Two final thoughts on contentment:

1. 1. 1. 1. Contentment is a (command)
         2. Contentment concludes that (what I have is enough).

NEXT WEEK: SERIES: More Than a Holiday

“When It’s All Said and Done”- Pr.16:18; 2 Cor. 9:8-11