“While Others Are Judging God Is Loving!
Pastor Jim Lowe III
Sunday Morning,
11/20/22 (3rd Sunday Message)
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{All scriptures are NIV84 unless stated}
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (MSG)
Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the
Be joyful always.
Pray continually.
Give thanks in all circumstances.
This is God’s will for you.
Give THANKS in all circumstances.
In All Things Give Thanks!
We are finishing the teaching this month.
This Month We Are Talking About 3 Categories To Give Thanks For:
1. Giving Thanks To God For Our Inner Being
2. Giving Thanks To God For Our Outer World
3. Giving Thanks To God For His Love
We
Our Inner Being
Our Inner Being is everything that makes us up as an individual.
The things that make us up as a person.
These are the things we can and SHOULD be giving thanks for AT ALL TIMES.
Giving
1. God Is Our Healer
2. God Is Our Protector
3. God Is Our Restorer
Check the message from first Sunday for a review.
Last week:
Giving Thanks To God For Our Outer World
Our Outer World are the things that influence the things we interact with.
Things that affect our lives but external things.
Giving Thanks To God For Our Outer World:
1. God Provides Constant Blessings
2. God Provides Provision For Us
3. God Gives Us Victory Over Our Battles
Today:
Giving Thanks To
Just like the last 2 weeks, we’re giving thanks for 3 categories:
Giving Thanks To God For His Love
1. God Loves Us
2. God Leads Us
3. God Forgives Us
Used last week:
Psalm 106:1
1
Give thanks to the Lord because he is good!
give thanks - because his love endures forever!
Endures - lasts…pushes through.
pushes through time.
You Can’t Outlive God’s Love!
Psalm 103:17-18
17
God’s Love For Us Will Never Go Away!
pushes through adversity and trials
God loves us with an unconditional love!
Isaiah 54:10
10
God
Let’s talk about unconditional love.
God’s Unconditional Love
While others may love us with a love that is based on conditions…
Many of us have lost love from our friends.
Many of us may not have a good relationship
God Is Consistent And Loves WITHOUT Conditions!
Psalm 27:10 (AMP)
Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the LORD will take me up [adopt me as His child].
that is conditional love.
it’s love…but based on
Here is how to explain what that means:
- God Loves Us Unconditionally
- We Didn’t Earn God’s Love
- We Can’t Separate Ourselves From God’s Love
God Loves Us!
Ephesians 3:18-19
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I
Paul’s prayer is that WE get ANY type of idea of what God’s love looks like.
To grasp how wide God’s love is.
To see how long and high God’s love is…
To do that…
Imagine the person/people you love more than anything.
“How much do you love them?”
Think that God loves you this much.
Verse 18-19
18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge…
then to
This means that “whatever you can describe can’t describe.”
God’s Love For You Is Greater Than You Imagine!
Whatever you think you know…you don’t know enough.
Be Thankful That You Have A God Who Loves You Through
That was #1, God Loves Us.
2. God Leads Us!
Isaiah 30:21
21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying,
As we live our lives…God will always be there to talk to us…to lead us…to guide us.
Whether you turn to the right or to the left…
If you are doing the right thing…
If you are doing the wrong thing…
God is saying you SHOULD be doing this!
Exodus 13:17-18
17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said,
God did NOT lead them on the shorter route…
Because he was looking out for his people.
God was trying to bring them out.
If the people changed their minds…all this is for
Sometimes God Doesn’t Lead Us On The Quick Path Because He Wants To Protect Us!
This is for people who want to be a millionaire overnight.
God doesn’t lead us to ways that will do that because we could lose it immediately.
Don’t Be In Such A
We also know that God lead them in other ways also.
Exodus 13:21-22
21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
God wants to lead us.
Psalm 23:2-3
2
He LEADS us…
We talked before about the significance of not JUST waters…but quiet.
Peaceful waters.
God Wants To Lead Us To Places Of Peace…Not
He guides in paths of righteousness…
He leads us to be holy…to be righteous!
Isaiah 42:16
16
God Will Either Lead Us Away From Trouble Or Love Us Through It!
If you haven’t been letting God lead you…it’s time to start!
Be Thankful For A God Who Leads Us!
That was number 2 God Leads Us
3. God Forgives Us!
Psalm 103:1-5
1
God forgives ALL our sins…
He redeems our lives from the pit.
We are forgiven!
The things that separated us from God are no more!
Psalm 86:5
5
Some things only you know about…
God knows…and he has forgiven!
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say:
God’s anger has turned…
He has forgiven.
Psalm 103:11-12
11
As far as the east is from the west…
It cannot be measured…
This is what the LORD has done with our sins!
The woman caught in adultery…
Jesus was the only one
Not only did he NOT condemn her…
He shamed anyone who tried to do that.
God Loves You…God Has Forgiven You…You Are Worth Everything To Him!
Christ DIED for us!
We are forgiven…
While Others Are Judging You, God Is Loving You!
God gave his all…
We should be thankful.
We Should Be Thankful For A God Who Loves Us!
Recap:
Giving Thanks
1. God Loves Us
2. God Leads Us
3. God Forgives Us
God is worthy of it.
If You Haven’t Said It Today, “God Thank You!”
