GOD; GOOD; GOODNESS; GRATITUDE
GOD’S GOODNESS: THINK ABOUT GOD’S GOODNESS
WE SAY IT OFTEN; WE SING ABOUT IT. BUT DO WE REALLY UNDERSTAND IT? CAN WE EXPLAIN IT TO OTHERS? GOODNESS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO EXPLAIN.
GOOD·NESS - /ˈꞬO͝ODNƏS/ NOUN
1. THE QUALITY OF BEING MORALLY GOOD OR VIRTUOUS.
2. THE BENEFICIAL OR NOURISHING ELEMENT OF FOOD.
GOD ALONE IS GOODNESS ITSELF.
- EXODUS 34:6
- 1 CHRONICLES 16:34
- EZRA 3:11
- PSALM 25:8
- PSALM 23:6
- PSALM 145:9
- PSALM 145:5-7
POINTS :
*GOD IS GOOD BY HIS VERY NATURE.
- PSALM 100:5
- PSALM 119:68
- PSALM 92:15
- MARK 10:8
*GOD IS GOOD BY HIS PROVIDENCE.
- PSALM 107:9
- PSALM 33:5
- ROMANS 8:28
- GENESIS: REPEATEDLY
*GOD’S GOODNESS IS THE SOURCE OF ALL GIFTS.
- JAMES 1:17
- PSALM 107:9
*GOD’S GOODNESS IS A GIFT TO BE RECEIVED.
- JOHN 10:10
- JOHN 3:16
HOW GRATITUDE CONNECTS TO GOD'S GOODNESS:
- PSALM 107:1
- PSALM 136:1
- COLOSSIANS 3:17
- PSALM 30:1-2
- PSALM 34:8
- HEBREWS 12:28-29
GRATITUDE OPENS SPIRITUAL EYES
GRATITUDE SHIFTS FOCUS AND SHAPES PERSPECTIVE
GRATITUDE STRENGTHENS FAITH
GRATITUDE ALSO BUILDS YOUR CONFIDENCE
GRATITUDE CAN LEAD TO A RENEWED MIND AND JOY
GRATITUDE IS DAILY ACT – NOT JUST AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
GRATITUDE CAN BE USED AS A SPIRITUAL WEAPON.
GRATITUDE IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, AND A COMMAND – NOT JUST AN EMOTION:
- I THESSALONIANS 5:16-18
~ LUKE 17: 11-19
TRUE GRATITUDE LEADS TO ACTION AND WORSHIP.
STORY TIME
GRATITUDE
