WEBVTT 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:04.559 Bye buddy. 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:10.000 Anyway, I love being a parent. 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:15.759 Um Charlie Kirk lost his life, was martyred this year this year. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:16.800 It's very sad. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:23.280 He's in heaven now, but one of the things he really was trying to see restored was people having families. 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:26.399 Like men these days, it's it's very odd. 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:32.000 The dating scene, all this, like people, it's people who have this topic of body counts, they just sleep around. 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:35.679 They have no clue of what true fullness and happiness is of life. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:42.000 Like, and but he but Charlie was like, hey, like get married and have families. 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:42.640 Have kids. 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:45.439 Like the idea of having kids, like kids are a blessing. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:47.840 That's what my Bible says. 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:51.600 But I I before we had a kid, I was a little bit nervous about it. 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:57.439 If I could just be a little bit open with the guys here, I was a little bit nervous, you know, but I love it. 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:00.560 I cannot imagine life without it. 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:02.960 Like, I'd love it. 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.799 So, um, anyways, I let me get back to what I was saying. 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:08.719 I I told you I was gonna talk on discernment. 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:10.159 I'm preparing the message. 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:11.040 I had it. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.319 And and um I'm y'all know what this type of thing. 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.079 I'm I'm practicing, I'm praying, and all of a sudden I hear Thanksgiving. 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:19.280 And I'm like, what? 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.920 I'm like, Lord, one second, I'm trying to practice my message. 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:25.920 And it hits again. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:27.040 Thanksgiving. 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.319 I said, Okay, God, are you want me to change my message the day before? 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.480 And he goes, Yes. 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.359 And there's times that you hear from the Lord, and it's like a feeling. 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.280 Then there's times that you hear from the Lord. 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:41.439 It's like conviction, clarity. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.400 I did not want to change my message, okay? 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.280 I did not want to change up anything. 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:56.719 And I actually I had one of those Gethsemane moments, very different circumstances, but I was like, you know, Lord, can you please not have me have to change my message? 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:58.480 I really want to preach this. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:00.239 And I told him I was going to. 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.120 And he goes, I want you to talk on Thanksgiving. 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.959 And I said, Not my will, but your will be done. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:13.360 So we're gonna talk on this, but it's gonna be different because it's not just a message, but it's gonna be a participation. 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:17.759 Okay, and um let me go ahead and put a verse up here real quick. 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.280 This is Philippians 4 6. 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.120 It says, Do not be anxious about anything. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:28.000 Do you know that we live in a world where anxiety is higher in higher amounts than it's ever been for any generation? 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.800 We are the most blessed, we have the most commodities, we have the most information available. 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:39.439 Yes, yet we are the most fearful, we have anxiety, we are the most prescribed with drugs than any other generation. 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.919 Even cavemen were happier than we are. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:49.919 We uh in all of our riches and everything, we've somehow managed to figure out a way to become even more imprisoned and less happy than anything. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.719 He says, Don't be anxious about anything. 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:55.199 This is interesting. 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:56.879 Just I wasn't even gonna say this. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.759 He says, Do not be did you notice the command there? 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.479 The idea behind the command is that there's a choice, okay? 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:08.560 Now listen, I understand that there's people that have real issues that you you're prescribed medicine, and I'm not condemning that, okay? 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:15.199 But I also think there's issues where we have a little bit of the um what's that term where you think something's wrong with you all the time? 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:16.879 Hypochondriac. 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:17.840 Yeah. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:18.479 That. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:23.360 So do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.120 Everyone say thanksgiving. 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:29.919 When I'm looking, when I'm making, I'm gonna be making turkey for the first time this this year. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:31.280 My family's coming down here. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:32.400 This is the first time we've had it. 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:34.879 I have six sisters, they're bringing their husbands, their kids. 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:36.400 Our house is going to be full. 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.719 We have mom and dad coming over, and it's gonna be a wonderful time. 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:41.919 But we're making the turkey. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.400 And so when I'm making the turkey, I've asked my sister, give me your instructions, give me your ingredients. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.520 Understand when I'm making the turkey, I've asked dad to make the turkey. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:52.879 Um, is that what you're saying? 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.000 I asked dad how to make a turkey. 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:56.560 Yes. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:02.000 And um, but if I'm making it, anyone that's followed a recipe, you understand you don't just skip ingredients. 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.039 You can skip an ingredient and you're gonna get a very different outcome, right? 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:06.479 Look at the ingredients here. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.120 It says, You're gonna buy prayer and petition. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:10.159 Petition's asking. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:11.199 Lord, I'm asking you for something. 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:12.960 But then he says, with thanksgiving. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.639 Sometimes what we do, we know about how the power of thanksgiving. 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.639 We've heard the messages, we know that it's important. 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.199 But sometimes I this is what I found in my personal life. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:22.560 I just forget to do it. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.079 I've got the petitioning, the questioning died down. 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:27.439 Lord, I need help with this. 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:28.399 Come and do this, Lord. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.120 Sometimes what I forget is the thanksgiving. 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.079 Now he says, present your request to God. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.800 And then I want you to look at what it says in the second the next verse. 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:48.000 It says, And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ. 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:50.319 And I just want to propose this. 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:56.079 I want to propose that thanksgiving can be something that can actually really minister to us. 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.000 It's beautiful what you said, Stephanie. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:05.040 If she's still in here, it's it's beautiful what she said that we don't realize what this is doing to us, you know. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:11.040 That even just the acts of obedience, how that can produce thanksgiving, we don't understand what Thanksgiving can do. 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.439 It can restore peace in our life. 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:15.680 We're asking God, Lord, I need peace. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:21.279 And he's just saying, hey, start giving thanks, start having gratitude. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.800 In this season of going through a critical spirit, I I've it's it's amazing. 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:33.040 I've seen all these areas, and even on a daily basis, I find myself being overly critical on things. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:35.360 It I it's not peaceful. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:39.680 I'm aggravated, but this is one of the things, like the prescriptions for it. 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:45.519 I've started having gratitude in the moments, y'all know what I'm talking about, so don't act overly religious in here. 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:54.560 Those moments where you're frustrated with someone or something, and your peace is gone, I've started thanking God for them or that thing. 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.040 I'm not kidding, and it's working. 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.720 I get frustrated, I'm you know, I'm like, uh, what's what's this guy? 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:01.759 Is it Harry? 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:04.800 It's Harry on Home Alone, Harry and Marv. 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.240 You know how Harry would be like that's my wife's that's the thing we'll do. 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.079 But when we're aggravated at something, I've started thanking God for it. 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:15.759 Lord, I thank you for them. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:17.360 I thank you for the blessing they are. 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:20.959 I thank you, Lord, that you love them, that you have a plan for their life. 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.560 Lord, I thank you for this situation. 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:25.279 Even though it's hard, I thank you for what is developing in me. 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.680 And I'm telling y'all, my joy and my peace is coming back. 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.800 I'm not, it's like every day that it's like the enemy's like, let's try to rob him of peace and joy. 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:38.800 And I said, Ah! I get my lightsaber out. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.000 And I said, No, not today, Satan. 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:46.560 Thanksgiving. 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:53.199 So we're gonna we're gonna go into this, and what we're actually gonna do, we're gonna participate and we're just gonna give thanks today together. 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.519 Over a bunch of different areas of topics. 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:59.519 Sometimes we we think, oh God, you've abandoned me, God, you're not taking care of me. 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:06.240 But when we actually remember and we look back, look at his faithfulness, it will encourage us, Lord, you've been faithful yesterday. 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.480 I can be confident you're gonna be faithful tomorrow. 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.959 I'm thanking you for what you've done, and it it instills a peace inside of me. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:14.879 I mean it's right there in the Bible. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:15.759 Amen. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:17.360 Okay, okay, okay. 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:19.279 I want to hit just one more thing. 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.639 In Psalm 16, it says, In your presence there is fullness of joy. 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:23.839 We all know that verse. 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:29.040 But check out in Psalm 104, it says, Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:31.920 In his presence there's fullness of joy, okay? 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:33.600 How do you get into his presence? 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.399 You go through the gates and the courts. 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:38.879 Y'all catch that? 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:41.519 I want the fullness of joy. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.319 I don't want just a little bit of joy, I want the fullness of joy. 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:51.759 I'm telling you, listen, I I there's I'm I'm even experiencing this more and more in my life is there's a fullness of joy. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:57.360 I'm even finding myself doing weird things like walking outside looking at trees, and I'm like, wow. 00:07:59.279 --> 00:07:59.920 Wow. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:04.160 Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.959 I'm like, Pocahontas, that thing. 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:12.079 See back there, but she's like, Yes, that's not a Christian song, y'all. 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.240 That movie's demonic. 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:20.720 I know Rick and Tina are like, he's right. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:27.759 But seriously, the fullness of joy, thanksgiving. 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:30.720 We can praise God, but are we thanking him? 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:35.120 Or are we always complaining, making petitions without Thanksgiving? 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.399 So, what are things that we could be thankful for? 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:40.559 Jesus. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:56.159 Like if we had nothing, and our health was horrible, we had no friends, we had no church, everything's off, but we could still be thankful because of Jesus. 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.519 Luke 4 8, 19. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.200 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the poor. 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:10.320 He has sent me to proclaim the captives will be released, that the blind will see, and that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord's favor has come. 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.120 We are thankful for the ministry of Jesus. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:14.799 This is why he came. 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:25.279 We were all prisoners, we were all those oppressed, we were the ones spiritually blind, and some, and I'm even believing, I've even Rick doesn't even know us, I've been praying every day for him to get um to see again. 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.559 I'm praying for Pastor Pete for him to have eyesight restored in his eye. 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.480 I'm praying for Sharon to be fully restored from the effects of her stroke. 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:40.720 I'm praying for you, church, even just as a whole, the blood of Jesus, the healing of God, the protection of God, the ministry of Jesus. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:46.639 There was an agenda, and we're thankful for that because he's still doing that. 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.039 The high priest of ours understands our weakness. 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:56.559 This is Jesus, for he faced all the same testings we we did, um, yet he did not sin. 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:58.559 He did not sin. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:04.320 Not only did he have a ministry, but he was an example of holiness, righteousness. 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:07.519 He was the perfect lamb, spotless that was slain. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:13.120 The death of Jesus, Romans 5.8, but God shows his love for us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:22.240 It's one thing to say Christ died for me, it's one thing to say that while I was still a sinner, while I was still an enemy of God, like he rolled the dice. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:27.679 He does he it's not it's like I'm I don't know if you're gonna accept me, but I'm still gonna do it for you anyways. 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:29.759 I'm gonna put it all out there. 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.480 That's something to be thankful for. 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:42.879 Forgiveness, Colossians 1 13 through 14, for he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son, He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.440 Because of what we did, we have the forgiveness of sins. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:47.039 It's not by your works, okay? 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:49.840 You're not gonna outdo your sins and just do good works. 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:50.879 That's folly. 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:54.480 It's he's forgiven us, he's wiped us clean, washed us white or snow. 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:57.840 It even the Bible tells us that He He remembers our sins no more. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.159 Isn't that beautiful? 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:04.000 We remember our sins, but he's saying I don't. 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.720 Paul says, I no longer look behind me, I no longer look at the issues. 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:11.279 A lot of us we have issues in our past, we've had rough pasts. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:12.240 I've talked to some of you. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:16.720 I have rough stuff in my past, but that's not going to keep me down. 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:20.320 I'm looking forward because the blood of the Lamb has cleansed me. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.480 That's something to be thankful for. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:30.399 Colossians 2.14, he canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:34.159 I love this verse and I love doing this in sessions of deliverance. 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:39.759 You remind the demons, our their sins and our sins have been pierced to the cross. 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:44.000 The accuser wants you to stay condemned, stay guilty. 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.679 And one of the things that you do in warfare is you remind him, uh-uh. 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:54.080 My past, my history, my sins, that record of wrongdoing has been pierced to the cross. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.000 I'm thankful for that. 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.919 We're thankful for that. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:03.039 In resurrection, Romans 8.11, the Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:10.159 And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by the same spirit living within you. 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:12.480 We have a hope, church. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:22.240 It doesn't matter how bad things get here, it doesn't matter if the loss, the decay, the despair, the persecution, all the bad things, we are going to be in paradise with him. 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.840 We're going to be in heaven, and then we're going to be on a new earth. 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.879 That's something to be thankful for. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:34.799 So what we're going to do is we're just going to give a quick prayer of thanksgiving. 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.200 Lord, I thank you for sending your son. 00:12:37.440 --> 00:13:08.080 I thank you for the love of the Father that sent his son Jesus, who is a perfect Lamb, an example to us, who ministered and preached the kingdom of God, who showed us the new way, the better way, the new covenant, and who gave his life for our sins, who died on a cross selflessly, while we were still guilty, while we were the sinners, while while we were the enemies of God, the rebellious, who showed mercy on us and gave his perfect Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:09.279 Thank you for that payment. 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.639 Thank you for that blood that cleanses us, washes us white as snow. 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:14.000 Thank you for salvation. 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:16.559 Thank you for the restoration of relationship. 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:18.159 Thank you, Father. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:23.120 And thank you, Lord, that when we die, we will rise again into new life. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:27.039 Thank you for the hope that we have through Jesus. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:27.919 Amen. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.080 We can be thankful for the Holy Spirit's presence, power, and leading in our life. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:41.440 John 14, 16, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:44.799 One of the things is this is a reality of the holiday times. 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:49.279 Sometimes the holidays highlight our loneliness. 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:51.840 And sometimes we're lonely for different reasons. 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:53.679 Sometimes our families passed away. 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:55.759 My mother passed away this year. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.679 My father passed away a few years ago. 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:00.720 This is this is there's some sadness going on this Thanksgiving. 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.440 That's part of the reason my sisters are coming to our house. 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:04.799 There's some sadness. 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.759 There's a number of us may be lonely because we've had family that's moved on. 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.639 Maybe some of us we don't live close enough to family and friends. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:21.279 Maybe some of us have moved away and we're in a new area and we're trying to form a new family, but it's not happened yet, so we're going to feel lonely. 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.080 I love this. 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.559 It says the presence of God is with us. 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.240 We're never alone. 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.480 We're never truly alone. 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.600 It's beautiful. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:31.039 His presence is with us. 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.639 Also, his presence leads us. 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.960 Romans 8.14, for those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.720 God's Spirit desires to lead us and is leading us. 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.600 Even at times we don't realize that He's leading us. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:50.559 And then the power of the Holy Spirit, Acts 1.8, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:54.399 And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:56.240 These are things to be thankful for. 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:06.000 Lord, I thank you for sending your Spirit, your helper, your comforter, the one who leads us, the one who convicts the world of its sin, but also God's righteousness and coming judgment. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.399 We thank you for the leading of the Holy Spirit. 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:15.440 We thank you for the power that we don't deserve, but you give it to us to be able to accomplish your will, Father, that gives us abilities beyond what we can do. 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.399 Lord, we thank you for your presence that is with us. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.039 We thank you that you will never leave us nor forsake us, Lord. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:29.200 We thank you for the presence of your Holy Spirit, for the comforter that can comfort us when sometimes words won't do. 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:32.639 Thank you, Jesus. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:34.559 Thank you, Father. 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.360 Thank you, Lord. 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:38.320 Amen. 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.840 Family, friends, church, fellowship. 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.919 Something to be thankful for. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:54.480 Um Proverbs 18 22 says, Um, he who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.159 And she who finds a husband is one lucky lady. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.440 That's a new translation. 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.480 I've actually been developing that. 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.519 Remember the digit translation? 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:17.759 Psalm 127, children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring, a reward from Him. 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:23.919 Proverbs 17, 17, a friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:30.960 Acts 2 44, all the believers were together and had everything in common, praising God and enjoying the favor of all people. 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:36.240 We're thankful for fellowship, our family, our friends, our church. 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.240 This is a beautiful thing. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.480 This is a beautiful thing. 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:43.360 Lord, I thank you for the blessings of family. 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:49.600 I thank you, Lord, if we're married, we thank you, Lord, for our spouse, for the blessing that they are, Lord. 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:51.919 Thank you for the gift that they are to our life. 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:56.080 Thank you, Lord, that they help us grow, Lord, to become even more like Jesus. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:59.519 Thank you for the partnership, Lord, for the love and commitment of that. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.240 Forgive us, Lord, when we've not taken that seriously. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.160 Forgive them, forgive us when we've not treated them how we should according to your word. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.960 Forgive them when we've not seen them through your eyes, Lord. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.680 Thank you for the blessing that they are, Lord. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.400 Help us to love them better as you love them. 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.559 We thank you for our children. 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:20.079 We thank you for every minute of lost sleep. 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:24.799 That every cry is just a sign that there's life. 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:29.200 We thank you, Father, for the blessing of our children. 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.640 We thank you, Jesus. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.119 Help us to mold them into your image. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.359 Help us to raise them up in the way they should go. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.759 Help us be the example to them. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.480 We thank you for our friends. 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.039 The blessings of friends you put around us, Lord. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:45.039 Maybe we're not take that for granted. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:59.039 And we thank you for our church and the fellowship that we have, that we can encourage each other to good works, that we can come together, that we can minister together, that we can lock arms, that we can be laborers for the harvest, that we can be ministered to in times of need, Lord. 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:06.880 I thank you for the church that comes when we're in need, Lord, when we have emergencies, when we have trauma that circles around us, that comforts us, that walks alongside us, that covers us. 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.319 We thank you for that. 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:11.599 Thank you for the blessing of fellowship you put in our life, Lord. 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.799 And I thank you also for those who don't have that that are searching, Lord. 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:18.480 I thank you, Father, that your word says that you put the lonely in families. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:25.279 And I thank you, Lord, that you are leading them, that your plan is not to leave them alone, but to place them in family. 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:30.480 And for those who have lost family, that you're great at restoring family. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.160 Amen. 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.920 Thank you, Jesus. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.400 The next thing is provision. 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:38.559 God's blessing, God's provision. 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:44.559 The way I've started to view this is that everything I have comes from God, and that I would not be able to have anything on my own. 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.480 It's all a gift, it's all a blessing. 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:48.640 My ability to work a job comes from him. 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.559 My ability to have the job comes from him. 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:52.880 The doors that have opened in my life come from him. 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.920 My talents and my skills all come from him. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.680 Our provision is from him. 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.039 It's something to be thankful for. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:05.680 Sometimes what we do is that we don't have the provision we want, so we complain. 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.759 I've done that before. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.720 All the circumstances of my job are not what I want. 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.599 So I complain. 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:13.279 You know what I've started doing every day? 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.359 Lord, I thank you for this job. 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:17.119 Ooh, I thank you for this job. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.079 And I ask God that you would help me, Lord, just glorify you. 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:22.240 I ask that you would help me be the best worker there. 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.839 Even when my boss is not watching, that I'll be one of the best workers there. 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:28.160 Lord, thank you for this privilege. 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:36.480 Philippians 4.19 says, and my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:39.200 Do you know that it's not fully our responsibility just to make it happen? 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.079 It's just to be faithful when he opens the doors. 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:47.920 Sometimes men, especially, I'm going to speak to the men because we carry the weight of being breadwinners of our family. 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:54.559 And honestly, we live in a day where the women are working just as much as the men because they have to, because house prices are nuts. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:56.400 But I'm thankful. 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:01.359 God works in mysterious ways. 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:05.039 I forgot what I was saying there. 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.720 Oh, God will provide. 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:09.519 There's an element where we are just faithful. 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.400 We trust the Lord. 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.200 We're obedient. 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:13.759 We work hard, but we let him take care of the rest. 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.599 And I just want to give you permission to take that weight off your shoulders. 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.440 Does that make sense? 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.359 Like God's going to God is your ultimate provider. 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:27.119 And we can trust him and we can live in peace, even if things are tight. 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.720 Thank you, Jesus. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.599 You're going to provide. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:31.920 You're going to open up a door for me to work. 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:33.279 And I'm going to be faithful. 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.039 When that door's open, I'm going to work hard. 00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.160 I'm going to be faithful. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:38.079 I thank you that you're giving me strategy. 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:40.799 I thank you that you're giving us wisdom of how to budget our money. 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:43.839 So we're not always going to be living paycheck to paycheck to paycheck. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:46.319 I thank you, Father, that great times of need, you're supernatural. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.599 All of a sudden, someone's going to give us a gift. 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:52.160 You know how many times people coming up at a time of need, they're like, hey, the Lord just led me to give you this amount. 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.839 And it was what we needed. 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.599 He's so good at that. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.720 We can just have peace. 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:04.079 God will intentionally leave us in the time of lack to teach us to trust him. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.000 Y'all with me? 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:10.960 He'll intentionally lead us to times where things are tight so we can just learn to trust him. 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.000 He's faithful. 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:15.200 He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.960 That's symbolic for, hey, he's got all the resources needed. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.880 And if he doesn't, he'll just make it appear. 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.000 Matthew 6.31. 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:27.359 So do not worry, saying, What shall we eat or what shall we drink? 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.000 Jesus is trying to tell us, stop worrying, but it's so easy to. 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.880 I worry. 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.000 And I have to remind myself, don't worry. 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.279 He's faithful. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.720 We can be thankful for this. 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.599 This is what I do. 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:44.720 I look back and I see how faithful God has been to provide all every step of the way. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.440 That doesn't mean there's been times where things have been short. 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.079 Okay? 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.920 There's been some scary seasons. 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.599 But God is faithful. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.160 And then what I do is I thank him for his faithfulness tomorrow. 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:59.279 Lord, I thank you for your faithfulness yesterday. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.759 Today. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.359 But also tomorrow. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.480 In Psalm 23, it says, The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.440 The day of the holidays. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:16.319 Don't let fear rob you of the joy of celebration, the joy of family, the joy of fellowship. 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.039 Amen. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.960 Lord, I thank you for your wonderful provision through all of the years of our life, Lord. 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.759 I thank you, Lord, for all the bills that have been paid, Lord. 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:29.359 I thank you, God, for all the things that have come up that have been surprises over the years that you provided, you've taken care of us. 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:34.000 Lord, I thank you for all the doors that have opened for us to be able to have jobs, to be able to have blessings, God. 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:38.000 I thank you, God, just you're so faithful to take care of us. 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:44.640 I thank you for the peace that we get to have, Lord, of just knowing that you're our provider, that we don't have to worry. 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.359 We thank you that you're going to provide tomorrow. 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.039 We thank you for the bills that are going to be paid. 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:50.960 We thank you for the savings accounts, Lord. 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:55.680 We thank you even that our cups are going to overflow so that we're going to be able to operate in generosity. 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:58.720 We're going to be able to give out of abundance, Lord. 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.160 Thank you, Father. 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.960 I thank you for the new business ventures that they're going to open for people. 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:10.799 I thank you for the new jobs, Lord, with better hours, better times, Lord, benefits, Father, better schedules to accommodate the needs of their family and responsibilities. 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.839 Lord, we thank you for that. 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.640 We give that to you. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.119 And we thank you that we can trust you with all the details. 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:17.200 That nothing's impossible for you, Father. 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:22.160 If a major promotion is needed, you're the God that took a prisoner and made him a leader of a nation. 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:26.000 We trust you and we thank you for your provision. 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.720 Amen. 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.000 Let's go to the next one. 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.640 Trials. 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.000 This is an odd one. 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:38.000 This is something I've really cultivated in the last couple years, and it's amazing. 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.559 Okay? 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.039