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Many great aspects of Thanksgiving

Leftovers are oneof the best!

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What if the spirit of thanksgiving, of

gratitude could thrive in us all year long?

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2 Corinthians 4:13-18

13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is

written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also

believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He

who raised…

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…up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus,

and will present us with you. 15 For all things are

for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the

many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to

the glory of God. 16 Therefore we…

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…do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward

man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light

affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory…

THANKSGIVING Leftovers18 …while we do not look

at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For

the things which are seen are temporary, but the

things which are not seen are eternal.”

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“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal

more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life

becomes rich.” Deitrich Bonhoeffer

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Paul’s Observation of Life

It Can Be Tough!

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7 But we have this treasure in earthen

vessels, that the excellence of the power

may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed

on every side, yet not crushed; we are

perplexed, but not in despair…

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9 …persecuted but not forsaken struck down, but not destroyed 10 always

carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord

Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who

live are always…

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…delivered to death for Jesus’ sake that the life of

Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal

flesh.”2 Corinthians 4:7-11

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Paul’s Observationof Gratitude

It Only ExistsWhere There is Grace!

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Paul’s Observationof Gratitude

A ‘play on words’ occurs in this passage of Paul’s

writing…

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Paul says, “It is all for your sake, so that as

charis (grace) extends to more and more

people it may increase eucharistian

(thanksgiving) to the glory of God.”

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This could have been preserved in English by the use of ‘grace’ and ‘gratitude’ which show the same original root.

THANKSGIVING LeftoversSo the verse should be translated: “It is all for your sake, so that as

grace extends to more and more people it may

increase gratitude to the glory of God.”

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Gratitude will only Exist where there is Grace!

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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!

Gratitude to God

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“...giving thanks always for all things to God the

Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Ephesians 5:20

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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!

Gratitude for People

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“We have so much joy before our God because of

you.”1 Thessalonians 3:9a NCV

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Opportunities for Thanksgiving Leftovers!

Gratitude in Your Circumstances

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“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by

prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known

to God.”Philippians 4:6

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Like the Manna in the wilderness, Grace

doesn’t keep very well!

It has to be dispersed, extended in the same moment, day or time!

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The more we extend grace, the greater will

be our sense of thanksgiving or

gratitude!

So be quick to bea grace giver!

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