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<v Speaker 1>Hi, this is Pastor Rick warrant on behalf of my

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<v Speaker 1>family and all of our staff here at Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 1>We wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Today, Rick brings his

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<v Speaker 2>special Thanksgiving message called How God Blesses Grateful Hearts to

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<v Speaker 2>a close. But first, in just a few moments, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to tell you how you can get a beautifully

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<v Speaker 2>illustrated devotional for children by Pastor Rick that will help

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<v Speaker 2>them discover how much God loves them and that He

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<v Speaker 2>has a special plan and purpose for their life. You

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<v Speaker 2>can find out more by going to Pastorick dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>word Hope to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of

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<v Speaker 2>a message called how God Blesses Grateful Hearts.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's the second habit of gratitude, giving back to God.

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<v Speaker 1>Write that down giving back to God. At Thanksgiving or

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<v Speaker 1>any other time, we give thanks by giving back to God.

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<v Speaker 1>We give thanks by giving, we give back the first

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<v Speaker 1>part of what He has given to us. Let's look

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<v Speaker 1>at some scripture on this Psalm fifty four, verse six

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<v Speaker 1>of this, I will offer a sacrificial offering as a

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<v Speaker 1>special gift to thank you Lord, because you are so good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a Thanksgiving offering. We talked about a Thanksgiving song,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Bible talks about a thanksgiving offering, an offering

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<v Speaker 1>where we give to give thanks. You know, about four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred years ago, a group of Christian believers who were

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<v Speaker 1>being persecuted for their faith left Europe and moved to

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<v Speaker 1>North America in order to establish a colony that allowed

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<v Speaker 1>religious liberty so they could worship God freely. And those

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<v Speaker 1>original people who came four hundred years ago from Europe

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<v Speaker 1>were called the Pilgrims. Four hundred years ago, they established

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<v Speaker 1>with the Native Americans in their area a Thanksgiving day

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<v Speaker 1>in the fall to give thanks to God. That's where

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<v Speaker 1>the whole Thanksgiving Day got started. Of the modern days,

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<v Speaker 1>now a lot of stations have Thanksgiving Days. One hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty years later, after the Pilgrims, America's first President,

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<v Speaker 1>George Washington, created, at the urging of Congress, the first

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<v Speaker 1>National Thanksgiving holiday. So that happened four hundred years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>the first modern Thanksgiving, and then one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>years later the first Thanksgiving holiday for a nation. But

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<v Speaker 1>did you know that three thousand years before that, three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand years before that, God had told the nation of

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<v Speaker 1>Israel to establish a Thanksgiving festival every year called the

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<v Speaker 1>Feast of Weeks, and they were to celebrate God's goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were to express their gratitude to God by

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<v Speaker 1>bringing him a special Thanksgiving offering. That's three thousand years

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<v Speaker 1>before the modern Thanksgiving Day. Deuteronomy chapter sixteen, verse ten,

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<v Speaker 1>and eleven says this, I love this. In the TeV version,

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate the harvest festival. To honor the Lord your God

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<v Speaker 1>by bringing him a free will offering in proportion to

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<v Speaker 1>the blessing He has given. You. Do this at the

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<v Speaker 1>place of worship. So in the original Thanksgiving Day, they

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<v Speaker 1>were to bring a gift of thanksgiving to the place

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<v Speaker 1>of Thanksgiving. That's the Temp's where they worshiped. Now, this

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving offering has been practiced by God's people for thousands

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<v Speaker 1>and thousands of years, and we've practice it here at

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<v Speaker 1>Saddleback since our church began forty two years ago. It

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<v Speaker 1>is mentioned many many times on the Bible, such as

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<v Speaker 1>in Psalm one sixteen seventeen, where King David says this,

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<v Speaker 1>I will sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to you. Now listen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is God's second favorite way of being thanked. He

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<v Speaker 1>talks about it over and over and over. The thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>offering is mentioned many times in scripture. In Psalm fifty,

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<v Speaker 1>verse twenty three, God says this, those people who truly

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<v Speaker 1>honor me are those who are they who bring me

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<v Speaker 1>offerings to show thanks. Those people who truly honor me,

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<v Speaker 1>God says, are those who bring the offerings to show thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>And I God save those who do that. It's one

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<v Speaker 1>of God's favorite love languages. Singing back to God and

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<v Speaker 1>giving back to God is our you know, examples and

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<v Speaker 1>illustrations of gratitude. Anytime we give an offering to God,

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<v Speaker 1>it actually represents three kinds of gratitude. It's a three

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<v Speaker 1>D gratitude past, present, in future. When I give an

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<v Speaker 1>offering to God, it represents I'm grateful for God's blessing

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<v Speaker 1>in the past, I'm grateful for God's blessing today, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm grateful in faith for God's continued blessing in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you for the past, I thank him for today,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thank him that he's going to keep on

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<v Speaker 1>taking care of me in the future. Three kinds of gratitude.

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<v Speaker 1>So what kind of offering are we to bring to

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<v Speaker 1>show our gratitude to God. Well, the Bible says over

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<v Speaker 1>and over and over and over, we are to give

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<v Speaker 1>God the first part of our income, not the leftovers.

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<v Speaker 1>Not well, I pay all my bills and whatever's laft,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give to God. We are to put God first

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<v Speaker 1>in our finances. Now, God knows this is a step

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<v Speaker 1>of faith, putting him first, which is why he tells

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<v Speaker 1>us to do it. Because it's a step of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>God is more interested in your faith. He certainly doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>need your money. God doesn't need your money. He owns it.

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<v Speaker 1>All the money you got in really yours, it with

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<v Speaker 1>somebody else. That's four years, that's yours right now. On

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<v Speaker 1>loan is be loaned to somebody else later. God just

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<v Speaker 1>wants to know if you trust him. Now, as I said,

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<v Speaker 1>with every principle God gives us that God gives us.

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<v Speaker 1>He also attaches a promise. There are more promises in

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible related to giving back to God than any

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<v Speaker 1>other promises in the scripture. Proverbs three nine and ten

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<v Speaker 1>is a good example. Proverbs three nine and ten says, this,

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<v Speaker 1>honor the Lord by giving him circle this the first part,

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<v Speaker 1>circle first part, by giving him the first part of

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<v Speaker 1>your income. And here's the promise. That was the premise.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the promise. He will fill your barns and beryls

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<v Speaker 1>to overflow with more. God says, giving him an offering

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<v Speaker 1>is not just an act of gratitude, it's an act

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<v Speaker 1>of faith. And God always honors faith, so he promises

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<v Speaker 1>to bless you back. That's why I said there are

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<v Speaker 1>more promises in the Bible attached to giving and generosity

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<v Speaker 1>than the other subject. What God wants his children to

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<v Speaker 1>be like him. God is a generous God. Everything you

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<v Speaker 1>have in life is a gift of God's love. God

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<v Speaker 1>is the number one giver. God so loved the world

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<v Speaker 1>that he gave. You can love, You can give without loving,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can't love without giving. God so loved that

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<v Speaker 1>he gave. And if you love God, you're gonna give.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you love others, you're gonna give. Now, he says,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the promise, give me the first part, and I'll

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<v Speaker 1>overflow your barns and your baryls. In other words, you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get back more than you could possibly give to me.

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<v Speaker 1>God is that you give to me, and I'll give

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<v Speaker 1>to you, and we'll see who wins. Now, Jesus expanded

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<v Speaker 1>and extended the promise we just read proverbse three by

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<v Speaker 1>saying it this way in Luke chapter six, verse thirty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Look up here on the screen. This from the New

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<v Speaker 1>Living Translation Luke six thirty eight. If you give, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Jesus talking. If you give, you will receive, and

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<v Speaker 1>your gift will return to you in full measure. And

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<v Speaker 1>then he says, press down, shaken together to make room

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<v Speaker 1>for more. Like you got a bag of beans. You

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<v Speaker 1>keep shaking it so it can hold more, Press down,

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<v Speaker 1>press down, shaken together to make room for more, and

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<v Speaker 1>running over. Whatever measure you use in giving larger from wall,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus is talking, it will be used to measure what

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<v Speaker 1>is given back to you.

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<v Speaker 2>This is pastor Rick's daily hope. Rick will be back

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<v Speaker 1>Do you believe that if you give, God will give

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<v Speaker 1>back more to you? How much do you trust God?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think Jesus is a liar? You know what

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<v Speaker 1>I've never understood, friends, I've never understood. Why do people

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<v Speaker 1>trust Jesus to forgive their sins and save their souls

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<v Speaker 1>and take them to heaven, but they don't trust the

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<v Speaker 1>same Jesus with their finances and the promises he makes

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<v Speaker 1>about that. It makes no sense at all if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't trust Jesus with your finances. Why do you trust

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<v Speaker 1>him for your salvation? Really, this is a faith issue.

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<v Speaker 1>How much do you trust God? What we're talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, giving the first part back to God is

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<v Speaker 1>called the principle of tithing. Tithing is the old English

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<v Speaker 1>word means ten percent. It's not twelve percent, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>twenty it's not one percent. Tithing means the first ten percent.

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<v Speaker 1>If I make ten dollars, the first dollar goes back

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<v Speaker 1>to God. If I make one hundred dollars, first ten

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<v Speaker 1>dollars go back to God. First, we give the first

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<v Speaker 1>ten percent of our income back to God in faith

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<v Speaker 1>and gratitude, and then He blesses the other ninety percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at these last two verses in this section Deuteronomy

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen twenty three Living Bible. Bring your tithe, that's the

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<v Speaker 1>first ten percent. Bring your tithe to the Lord, the

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<v Speaker 1>first of all you earn. The purpose of pithing is

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<v Speaker 1>to teach you to always put God first in your lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you may say, well God's first in my life. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let me see two things. Let me see your calendar

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<v Speaker 1>and let me see your checkbook. Because the way you

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<v Speaker 1>spend your time and the way you spend your money

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<v Speaker 1>tells me what's really first in your life. And then

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<v Speaker 1>one of the greatest promises of all. It's the only

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<v Speaker 1>promise in the Bible where God says, you can prove

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<v Speaker 1>that I exist. It's a good verse for atheist. You

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<v Speaker 1>want to prove God's exist pithe Here's what God says.

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<v Speaker 1>Malachi three ten. Bring your whole tithe that's ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>Is it act of worship? You bring it to my storehouse,

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<v Speaker 1>says the Lord. You don't give your tithe to your

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<v Speaker 1>It goes to his temple, It goes to his store house,

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<v Speaker 1>then he says this. Test me in this, God, dare

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<v Speaker 1>you try it? You like it? Test me? Here's the

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<v Speaker 1>Pepsi challenge verse. Test me in this and see if

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<v Speaker 1>out so much blessing you won't have enough room for it. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>God says, this is the way you can prove God exists.

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<v Speaker 1>Tithe all right, tithe put him first. And that is

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<v Speaker 1>God's second favorite way of being told you trust him,

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<v Speaker 1>of being told you're grateful. We sing songs of thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>and we give back to God in thanksgiving. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>said that the first of God's three favorite ways that

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<v Speaker 1>he loves to be shown gratitude is singing back to God.

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<v Speaker 1>And the second favorite way that God has is for

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<v Speaker 1>us to give back to God. And we've seen the

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving song, and we've seen the power of the Thanksgiving offering.

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<v Speaker 1>But now we come to what's called the Thanksgiving cup.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we're talking about is taking the Lord's Supper

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<v Speaker 1>together as an act of gratitude. God's third favorite way

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<v Speaker 1>of being told that we love him is through communion

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<v Speaker 1>through the Lord's Supper. The third habit of gratitude is this,

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<v Speaker 1>write it down communion with God. First Corinthians, chapter eleven,

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<v Speaker 1>verses twenty three to twenty seven. Look up here on

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<v Speaker 1>the screen. It's not on your outline. It says this.

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<v Speaker 1>On the night that he was betrayed, Jesus took bread,

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<v Speaker 1>and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and

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<v Speaker 1>he bro the bread, and he said, this is my body,

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<v Speaker 1>which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

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<v Speaker 1>Then in the same way, Jesus took the cup, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, this cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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<v Speaker 1>And whenever you drink it, do this and remembrance of me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I says it twice. Do this in remembrance of me.

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<v Speaker 1>Communion is to help us remember what's remembering for, so

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<v Speaker 1>we can be grateful. Whatever you remember, you can be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for. He says, I've given you this memory tool communion.

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<v Speaker 1>The bread and the wine, the juice and the wafer.

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<v Speaker 1>I've given you this communion tool to remember the good

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I did for you, the suffering that I

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<v Speaker 1>did for you, what it cost me to pay for

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<v Speaker 1>your salvation Jesus. The Bible says this, for whenever you

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<v Speaker 1>eat the bread and you drink the cup, you proclaim

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord's death. It's remembering of God's great gift on Calvary,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus death on the cross. You proclaim the Lord's death

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<v Speaker 1>until he comes again. He didn't stay dead. He's coming

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<v Speaker 1>back again. That's what Easter is all about. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible says Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks

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<v Speaker 1>the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will

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<v Speaker 1>be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord. What does that phrase mean? An unworthy manner?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, as a young Christian, I often wondered and

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<v Speaker 1>was even a little worried what that meant, to take

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord's supper, to take communion in an unworthy manner.

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<v Speaker 1>But I now believe that taking the Lord's supper in

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<v Speaker 1>an unworthy manner includes taking communion without truly being grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for all Jesus paid for with his death on the cross.

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<v Speaker 1>To take it in an unworthy man is to reject

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<v Speaker 1>the power of the cross. It is to take communion

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<v Speaker 1>without fully understanding and fully accepting and fully being grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for Jesus' sacrifice for me. This is Jesus's third favorite

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<v Speaker 1>way of us expressing our thanks to him. He gave

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<v Speaker 1>us the memory tool of communion. Now you've probably heard

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<v Speaker 1>that another name for the Lord's Supper, or another name

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<v Speaker 1>for communion is the Eucharist. Have you heard that word

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<v Speaker 1>the Eucharist. That's a Bible term. It's in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the New Testament was written in Greek. Eucharist

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<v Speaker 1>is a Greek word. Do you know what it means? Thanksgiving?

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<v Speaker 1>Eucharist is the Greek word for thanksgiving. The communion is

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<v Speaker 1>to be a model of thanksgiving. It's a way we

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<v Speaker 1>give thanks back to God, first through the thanksgiving song,

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<v Speaker 1>second through the thanksgiving offering, and third through the thanks

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<v Speaker 1>thanksgiving cup. One Corinthians ten sixteen says, this is not

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<v Speaker 1>the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a

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<v Speaker 1>participation in the blood of Christ, and it's not the

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<v Speaker 1>bread that we break participation in the body of Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>When we drink from a communion cup and we eat

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<v Speaker 1>the bread, we are participating in one another of God's

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<v Speaker 1>favorite ways to be told thank you God. By our eating,

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<v Speaker 1>we are saying Father, thank you, thank you, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for sacrificing yourself to send your son to come and

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<v Speaker 1>die on the cross for our sins so that we

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<v Speaker 1>can be forgiven. And we remind ourselves of the high

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<v Speaker 1>price that Jesus paid to save us. And our only

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<v Speaker 1>response is gratitude. Colossians two thirteen and fourteen says this

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<v Speaker 1>we were spiritually dead because of our sins and our

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<v Speaker 1>sinful nature. We were dead, separated from Christ. But God

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<v Speaker 1>gave us new life. We didn't turn over new lead.

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<v Speaker 1>He gave us a whole new life. God gave us

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<v Speaker 1>new life with Christ. He forgave all our sins, and

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<v Speaker 1>it counseled the record that contained all the charges against us,

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<v Speaker 1>and he took it and he destroyed it by nailing

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<v Speaker 1>it to Christ's cross. That's what the Bible says. What

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<v Speaker 1>is our response to such overwhelming love? It is one

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<v Speaker 1>Corinthians fifteen fifty seven which says this, how we thank

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<v Speaker 1>God who gives us victory over sin and over death

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<v Speaker 1>through Jesus Christ, our Lord. This is the Eucharist, This

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<v Speaker 1>is the cop of thanksgiving. So I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>bow your head right now, and with your head bowed,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to ask you, have you ever completely fully

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<v Speaker 1>accepted the gift of God's salvation by faith? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>accepted the grace of God in your life? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>accepted His forgiveness realizing you can't earn it, pay for it,

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<v Speaker 1>or deserve it. It's just a gift. And have you

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<v Speaker 1>expressed your gratitude back to God? If you haven't, saying

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<v Speaker 1>so right now in your heart, say dear God, thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, thank you, for dying for me. Say that

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for paying for my sins. Say that thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for dying on the cross so that I could

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<v Speaker 1>be forgiven and that I could go to heaven, and

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<v Speaker 1>so that I could have a purpose for living. Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>I opened my life to you, and I give myself

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<v Speaker 1>completely to you, and I want to develop these habits

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<v Speaker 1>of singing with gratitude, giving back in song, of giving

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<v Speaker 1>back financially, and of taking communion to remember your sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's so much we can be grateful for

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<v Speaker 1>during Thanksgiving. No matter how things go wrong in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>there's still something you can thank God for. But let's

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<v Speaker 1>remember those who are less fortunate. Reach out to somebody

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<v Speaker 1>with the love of God this Thanksgiving, maybe with a

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