WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.679 Hey guys, I'm gonna go ahead and start. 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:03.439 I know Pastor goes a little. 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:05.599 I'm gonna go ahead and get going, get you out quicker. 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:06.719 If you're eating, keep eating it. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:08.800 And I don't care if you get up and get a drink while we do it. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:10.880 We're just gonna uh have a good time together. 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:12.160 Thanks for being here. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:17.760 Um I uh I do want to uh start with prayer. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:38.880 Well, thank God for the food, but I do uh today's title is thankfulness, and um I will just say this before I pray that if I'm not careful, I can be going so fast in my own mind, you know what I'm saying? 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:59.600 I can be so wrapped up in my life and the things that I'm doing that I can quickly fast get into a pity party or a um not such a good place to be in, if you know what I mean. 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:20.560 And so about a month and a half ago, I was listening to something, and a guy was talking about thankfulness, and then he shared with me how thankfulness can heal all the things that I just told you about that is happening in my own life. 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.359 And um I got to practice it today. 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:35.920 So this morning I knew what I was gonna be talking about, and um I'm taking my kid to school, and you know, in my mind, I'm thinking this is my time to go through what I was gonna do in here, you know, just to practice. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:37.519 And so usually he sits there. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.159 This one day he wants to talk the whole way to school. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:02:13.039 And I'm getting a little, I don't want to say irritated because that's not the right word, but in my mind, I'm trying to form what I was gonna do here, and then he's just talking to me, and it's like, and I he gets out of the car, he walks in the door, you know, he's growing up, his birthday's Saturday, you know, it's just, and it was just, it took me to what I was like, I'm working on thankfulness, and I need to be thankful for him that he can get out of the car and walk into the deal with his own backpack. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:13.840 You know what I'm saying? 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:14.960 It changed. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.159 And then the smile came on my face and it's like, Lord, forgive me. 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.039 I should have stopped and had conversation, even though I did. 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:21.840 You know what I'm saying? 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:23.520 Then I get here to the church. 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:27.680 Again, I need him to come in, work on the PowerPoint, get everything ready. 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:32.879 And this guy calls me three times. 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:43.039 I'm thinking, does he realize I'm not I'm I'm I'm so I finally call back, he's asking all these questions, and I'm frustrated again. 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:45.280 And I'm like, really? 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:59.840 And then the Lord said, as I'm preparing, aren't you thankful that what you're teaching has nothing to do with you and it has everything to do with me? 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:01.680 You talk about humbling. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:02.879 You see what I'm saying? 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:04.319 And so that's my morning. 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.400 And so I just tell you this this is what I've been working on this morning. 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:10.400 I think it's something God's called us all to work on. 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:11.919 So that's what we're gonna get after today. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.439 Let me pray and we're gonna dive into it. 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.280 Dear God, thank you so much for your love. 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:16.719 Thank you for all that you do. 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:17.759 Thank you for these guys. 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:19.120 Thank you for just fellowship. 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.479 Lord, thank you for the food. 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.479 Thank you for the ladies that made the food. 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:27.919 And Lord, I'm just grateful that we have a time here to be challenged with your word. 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:34.639 And Lord, just help us as we hear your word, realize your word is what changes lives. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:35.840 In Jesus' name I pray. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:36.639 Amen. 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:41.919 So as we start, I do want, uh we're gonna look in uh Philippians. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.199 And Philippians, we we know that Paul wrote it with many times. 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.680 It's called the book of joy, okay? 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.199 And he's speaking in that. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.240 So look at this in Philippians 1, 1 through 3. 00:03:52.479 --> 00:04:00.960 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and the deacons. 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:06.159 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:13.120 And then he says, I give thanks to my God every time I remember you. 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:15.520 Think about that. 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:20.160 I mean, can you imagine the encouragement as this letter gets there? 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:21.519 They're reading that. 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:32.319 Not just he, even not that in verse 2 where he says, Grace and peace to you from God our Father, which that would be good too, but to say, when I remember you, I'm thankful that we have a relationship. 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:37.120 I'm thankful for who you are and are what we do together. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:40.079 And just how powerful that is. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:50.879 And then if we continue, look in Philippians 4, skipping over to 11, it says, I don't say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I find myself in. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:56.879 And really, honestly, if we look at contentment, that's being thankful, being just grateful for where you're at. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.639 And then it says, and then how powerful is this? 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:06.560 I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:19.920 In all circumstances, I have learned the secret of being content, whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need, I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength. 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.839 Now I want to stop for just a second. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.959 I think this verse is a lot of times misquoted. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.839 When an athlete says, I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength, I can get up and hit a home run. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:30.639 Christ is gonna get. 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:35.120 If we put it in context, what he's saying, Christ is gonna give me strength when I'm what? 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:42.399 When I'm come when I am content with who he made me to be and what the plan he has for me. 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.600 Then he's given strength to be used by him. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.160 And so many times, what do we do in life? 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:56.959 We say, you know what, I don't necessarily like where I'm at, you know, that feel-good deal, and I'm gonna look in the mirror and say, I'm gonna do better today. 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.360 And then what if we're not careful? 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:00.560 It's all about what? 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:02.879 I want to get better. 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:13.680 And sometimes we need to just be, Lord, I'm content with who you made me, and I'm gonna do the best that you made me be. 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:20.000 God doesn't want us to be more than he made us to be. 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:21.279 You understand what I'm saying? 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:24.800 Because think about the 12 disciples he went to find. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.959 The Lord doesn't need us to be good, to be used by him. 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.480 He needs us to be willing to let him make us good. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:34.160 See the difference? 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:40.000 Okay, so as we look in here, I think there's spiritual benefits of thankfulness. 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:41.519 Okay, the first one here. 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:46.000 First one, I think we can't move on without being thankful of salvation. 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:56.399 Okay, we see here in 2 Corinthians 5, he made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:04.240 The first thing about thankfulness, I think, is more important than anything, is realizing that I do not deserve what the Lord's given me. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:18.560 Salvation comes when I realize I am not worthy to be his, and I pray and ask God to forgive me of my sins, and he saves me because of what he did for me. 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.639 And that's the first step of being thankful. 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:26.639 If we leave that peace out, thankfulness is just a little bit of just an attitude. 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:27.279 Okay? 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.199 So then the next one. 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:32.560 Thankfulness is God's will. 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:39.600 We see in 1 Thessalonians 5.18, give thanks and everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:40.879 Now think about this. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:47.439 With all the things that Christ has done for us, why do you think it would be his will for us to be thankful? 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.759 Think about that just for a second. 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:54.000 If say it again, who said something? 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:11.759 Because if he's done all this for us and we stop and remember the things that he did for us, we should not be able to help to not be thankful. 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.000 You see what I'm saying? 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:24.240 And so it's his will, because when it's his will, we're in his will and we're realizing all the things he's done for us, and it makes us thankful. 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:41.039 I mean, when I'm thinking of all the things that the Lord's laid out in my life, which honestly it takes me back to what I'm talking about, many times we don't do that because we get going so fast and we're living right now today. 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:43.840 Okay, and we'll get we'll swing it. 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.320 Okay, another part of being thankful, it's a form of worship. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:55.120 Can you imagine if I showed up to church thanking the Lord who he is and what he's done in my life? 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.320 Do you think it would change my Sunday morning time in worship? 00:08:58.799 --> 00:08:59.679 Think about this. 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:04.960 If I'm thankful for what the Lord's done in my life, do you think it would change my time in the morning when I open up his word? 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:11.120 Instead of open his word to check a box, I'm opening his word because I'm thankful for what he's done in my life. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.480 And so we see this. 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:13.679 What a great song. 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:20.799 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, give thanks to him and bless his name. 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:25.919 You know, if I'm not careful, a lot of times when I'm praying, my prayer turns about me. 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.080 The things that I want. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:36.480 And when I stop for a second and just take time to say thank you on one thing, it changes my whole outlook of my prayer, even. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.600 Okay, so then it takes us to it brings disciplines to our thoughts. 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:52.960 Okay, in Philippians 4, it says this finally, brothers and sisters, whatever's true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:58.240 If there is any moral excellence, if there is anything praiseworthy, dwell on these things. 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.919 When I'm thankful, it changes what I'm dwelling on. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.240 You know what I'm saying? 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:09.840 When I am thankful, it changes my attitude. 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.759 Today, I gave you two examples. 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:18.960 When I thought about, okay, Lord, I'm gonna be thankful, it changed my appearance. 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:26.799 My son goes into the school and all of a sudden I'm driving away, and I'm not smiling because I dropped him off. 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:36.799 I'm smiling because the Lord has given me at the age of 51 a seven-year-old. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.799 You know what I'm saying? 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:41.919 But thank you, Lord. 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:48.159 Okay, then it humbles us, it humbles us. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:55.600 And I will say this is a word that we could probably need to do more of. 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:04.720 Humble yourself, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time. 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:12.000 When I'm putting my eyes on the Lord and thankful for who he is, it can't help but to humble me. 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:20.720 We see this, and I think in our day and age, this is a big one anxiety. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:29.120 I mean, they said depression right now is is out of the roof of in people's lives. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:37.919 And I still think it takes us back to a lot of our anxiety comes when we're trying to do it by ourselves, for ourselves. 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.120 You know what I'm saying? 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:50.639 And so look, in Philippians it says, Don't worry about anything, but in everything through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your request to God. 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:52.799 And then it's a great picture of this. 00:11:52.960 --> 00:12:02.000 When I get to the point of presenting my request, being thankful, does you think it changes my the way I request things? 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:04.799 You know what I mean? 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:11.600 And then when I get to that point of living this out, when I give the request to God, I can sit back and say, What? 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.879 Lord, I am so thankful I'm not in charge. 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:22.240 You know, you there's relief in knowing that I'm not in charge. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.360 No, no, no, I want to, I want it in our day and age. 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:31.759 That doesn't mean I don't work hard, I don't try, I'm not trying, but it gives me relief now that I can do what? 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.200 Just do the best I can, and I don't have to worry about the rest. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:50.960 When I was uh when I was in when I was in college, I played baseball and we were just a division two team, and we got we were running out of pitchers, and I pitched a little in high school, and so the coach one time said, Hey, we need, can you pitch some? 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.480 Oh, we're running out of arms, you know, and so it's like, can you pitch some? 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:55.840 I'm like, yeah, I'll pitch. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.480 So we so one game I'm pitching. 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.519 The catcher gives a sign, and I'm like, nah, I don't like that. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.960 I got a better pitch, you know. 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:10.639 And so he calls the other pitch, I throw the pitch, and it was hit harder that way than it was that I threw at him. 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:16.159 The guy hits it so far, it goes over the fence, and I'm like, golly, and I'm so disappointed. 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:17.279 I'll never forget this. 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.039 The coach goes, time out. 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:25.679 He comes walking out to me, and um, I instantly want to defend myself. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:27.279 Well, you know I'm not a pitcher. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.480 You know I'm defending myself. 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:30.799 You know, you we'll make excuses, right? 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.039 And the coach goes, I'll never forget this. 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:36.159 He says, I know you're not a pitcher. 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.919 I didn't have to say that to him. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.879 He said that to me. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:44.240 He said, All I need you to do is throw the pitch we tell you to throw. 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:48.799 And if they hit it over the fence, it's my fault, not your fault. 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:56.080 Now, the picture of that is what I'm saying is, all I did from then on, I have to worry about what pitch to throw. 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.159 He gave me a pitch, and what did I do? 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:00.000 Just did my best at throwing that pitch. 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.200 Do you see what I'm saying? 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.759 The Lord's taking all the pressure off of us. 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:11.039 If I fail today, doing what he's asked me to do, then guess what? 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.279 He's gonna get me through it, and tomorrow's gonna be better. 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:20.240 Because a lot of times through my failures, I'm better. 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:22.799 The Lord walks me through some failures. 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.600 Why? 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.080 He's getting me ready for what? 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.159 Something bigger. 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.320 Do you see? 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:32.720 And that's the part of being thankful. 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:42.960 When I learn to be thankful, it takes the pressure off of me and puts the, I don't want to say pressure on him, but there's because he has no pressure, but you understand what I'm saying? 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.279 It puts it on him, and now what can I do? 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.399 I can just live the life he called me to live. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.399 And I'll say this, we talked about this on Sunday. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:15:05.120 There's a verse in Psalms that talks about how how sleep, when when how sleep is so relaxing. 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:09.039 And when does anxiety hit most of the time? 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:12.799 When you're trying to sleep. 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.080 And here's the crazy thing is when you got it, you can't sleep. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.320 And isn't good sleep good? 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.480 There's something about when I can lay down in my bed and sleep, what? 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:24.559 I get a better day, I'm relaxed the next day. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:25.519 You see what I'm saying? 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:29.120 And so when I can give it to God, it's just gonna change a lot of things. 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:36.399 Okay, and then it prior, uh I think most importantly, it prioritizes our hearts. 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:42.480 Therefore, these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites. 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.320 And what this is the story of Joshua. 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:53.039 He's with the Israelites, they come up on the Red Sea, and they're thinking, How am I gonna get across the Red Sea? 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.200 Actually, I'm not the Red Sea, the Jordan. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.000 The Jordan. 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.200 They had already been across the Red Sea, so they should already know God can tag them apart. 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:14.240 But they're coming up to the Jordan, and they're at the Jordan, and Joshua tells them, he gets 12 different tribes, and he says, Pick up a rock that's in the middle, take it to the other side. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.320 Okay, remember, remember the story? 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.120 So they're coming across, they get the rock, they come across. 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.960 Why did he tell them to get a rock? 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:27.279 Okay, therefore, because when they get to the other side, they have a memorial. 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:33.120 Therefore, these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites to do what? 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:35.120 Remember. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:44.720 Do you know so many times we can get going so fast that we forget to look back on the things God has done in our lives? 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:54.000 And when we, I'll be honest, guys, maybe there's something in your life you need to go put a, I'm not saying an altar. 00:16:54.559 --> 00:17:02.159 I'm not even, but maybe you need to put a memorial out to remind you of something the Lord did years ago. 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:09.039 My dad, one Christmas, one Christmas, we were struggling. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.000 My dad's a preacher, and we were struggling. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:17.279 And normally the church would give him a couple hundred dollars at Christmas for Christmas. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:22.319 So he was counting on that couple hundred dollars so that we could have Christmas. 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:34.640 And um this particular year, they call him up at Christmas like they normally did, and they usually the guy that you know the deacon that's doing it reaches in and gives him. 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.640 I did not know any of this, okay? 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.599 So, but this is just later, and because I've always wondered. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:46.960 So, usually the guy gives him this little envelope, and it's you know, it's Christmas for Christmas, and and he was needing it this year. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:56.400 And um, the guy's up there, he's about to present something, and he goes, Hey, we got something special for you today. 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:03.279 The ladies in the church have put together and made you a quilt. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:10.319 And dad's like, and the quilt's beautiful. 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.359 Hear my heart. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.440 But dad was thinking, you know, how people, how men do, okay. 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.559 I've got this figured out, this is the way I'm gonna do it, right? 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:24.079 I'm gonna take this, they're gonna give me this money, we're gonna be good, and all this, and all of a sudden the quilt comes up. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:35.440 Dad takes the quilt, takes it home, and he said, you know, he's we it's still in our house, and it's in the area in our house because it's a reminder. 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:44.400 And dad went home the next day, you know, he's having his quiet time, and he's like, you know, he, Lord, I'm thankful for this quilt, but I don't know how we're gonna make it now. 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:57.440 He said he was going to work, guy met him at the office, and the guy said, Hey, I I don't I don't even really know you, but the Lord's told me that I need to help you. 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:59.759 And Dad's like, What do you mean I don't need any help? 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:04.240 And he goes, I've got this little thing I want to give you, but if you do this, you can sell it. 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.559 You know, you know what I'm saying, type deal. 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:12.880 And I think it was needing about$300, and that's usually what was given. 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:15.359 It was$400, this little deal that took place. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.599 And so it was this. 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:27.279 When we look at the that quilt now, Dad remembers the Christmas that he thought he had it all figured out. 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:32.400 And that Christmas, the Lord said, I got a better plan to show you how big I am. 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.640 And so that quilt stays in our house and it doesn't match anything now. 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:41.359 We don't, we're not even allowed to use it. 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.319 But it sets right there because why? 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:54.720 It reminds my family, myself included, now, when I see it, how big God is and how thankful I am for the things that He does. 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.559 So I want to challenge you today. 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:02.400 If there's something in your life that you just it's a thing you know the Lord did, I'd start putting them out there. 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:04.960 Put them in your, where you read your Bible, start listing them. 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:07.599 So every now and then you need to read that list. 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:09.359 I'll promise you one thing. 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:12.240 When you start doing it, there's gonna be more than you think there is. 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:21.279 And I think that's the important part about pride towards prioritizing our heart is this going back and finding those. 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.599 Because the Lord is good. 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.640 Let's pray. 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.400 Dear God, thank you so much for your love. 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.759 Thank you again for these guys. 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:39.519 Lord, I ask you to help us be men that are thankful, that are thankful for who you are, thankful that you are in charge, and thankful that you guide each one of us. 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:50.400 And Lord, we always want to offer this if there's someone here today that does not know you and they need to talk to someone, give them the boldness and the courage to talk to the person next to you about just giving their life to you. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.599 Thank you again for all that you do. 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.640 In Jesus' name I pray. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.200 Amen. 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.079 Thanks, guys. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:56.799 Have a great rest of the day.