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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the Week.

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Pastor Josh here.

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The word of the Week is Thanksgiving.

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I know that most of you that
are listening to this podcast, if

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you're listening to it on the
day that it comes out, are getting

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prepared for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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And we know that here in our
country, we're thankful for the opportunity

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to exercise our freedoms, and
we're thankful for the blessings

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that we have in our life.

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But as Christians, we are
called to give thanksgiving as well,

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and not just one time a year,
but throughout our lives.

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The Bible tells us that we
have many reasons to be thankful.

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The Bible tells us by way of
command to be thankful to the Lord

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for many reasons.

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We know that in multiple
passages of Scripture, God gives

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us, reasoning behind our thanksgiving.

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Psalm 118, verse 29 says, O
give thanks unto the Lord, for He

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is good, for his mercy
endureth forever.

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So one of the reasons why we
are called to give thanks is because

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of who God is.

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God is perfect, he is good, he
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forgiving, he is merciful.

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I mean, the list goes on and
on about all the things that we can

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thank the Lord for in his
goodness and his perfection and his

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character.

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So one of the things that I
would challenge you to do here as

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you come into the Thanksgiving
season is to think about who God

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is and thank him for his
character, thank him for his perfection,

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thank him for his love and his grace.

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But we also know that God has
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Romans chapter 5, verse 8
tells us that he demonstrated his

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love by giving us salvation,
by sending his only begotten son,

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Jesus Christ, to die for our sins.

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We know that we have a reason
to be thankful not only in who God

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is, but what he has done for
us by loving us, by sending Jesus

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Christ to die on the cross for
our sins, for allowing us to know

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what it means to have
everlasting life, allowing us to

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have faith in him, allowing us
to have a hope in a life that in

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many ways, when it comes to
the world's perspective, really there

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is no hope for the world's perspective.

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There's birth, a life, and all
the struggles that come therein.

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Then death, and then it's over.

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But for us as Christians, we
know that birth is the start physically.

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But in our spiritual rebirth,
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when we are born again, that's
the start to our everlasting life.

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And so this life that we live
on this earth is just the start of

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our everlasting life that we
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So we have a reason to be thankful.

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We have a reason to be
thankful in the concept of who God

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is.

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But we also have a reason to
be thankful for what God has done

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for us.

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And one of the psalms that
come to mind is Psalm 100.

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Make a joyful noise unto the
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Serve the Lord with gladness.

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Come before his presence with singing.

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So the Bible says one of the
ways that we can show our thankfulness

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to God is to make a joyful
noise, sing praises to his name.

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We're sometimes in church
singing songs that speak of who God

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is and what he has done for us.

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But many times we just go
through the motions of singing a

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song, but would encourage you
to think about and to meditate upon

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the truth that you are
praising him for.

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And so the Bible says, sing.

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And then we see in verse
number two of Psalm 100, Serve, serve

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the Lord with gladness.

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And so the Bible says that
there's a few different ways that

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we can show thanksgiving to
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We can.

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We can sing, we can serve.

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It says in verse three, know
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he that hath made us, and not
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And so it's putting it into
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it is not our wisdom that gets
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It's the strength of God, it's
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of God.

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It says, we are his people and
the sheep of his pasture.

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Enter into his gates with
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with praise.

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Be thankful unto him and bless
his name.

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For the Lord is good, his
mercy is everlasting, and his truth

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endureth to all generations.

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And so we're thankful for the
truth of God.

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We're thankful for the
salvation that he provides for us.

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We're thankful for all of
those wonderful, good gifts that

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God sends our way.

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We know that In James chapter
1, verse 17 says, Every good gift

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and every perfect gift is from
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of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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So every good thing that we
think about in our lives comes from

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God.

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And so we could sit here and
we could say, well, you know, I'm

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thankful for my family.

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And that gift of family is
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Maybe you're thankful for your health.

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That is a gift of God.

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Maybe you're thankful for your
job, maybe you're thankful for your

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home, maybe you're thankful
for your friends.

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Those are all good gifts that
God gives us.

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But there's the greatest gift
that God gives us, and that is the

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gift of salvation.

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And so I would encourage you
to think about that perfect gift,

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the perfect gift of salvation
and the fact that he offers us that

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gift of the gospel.

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The fact that Jesus came,
lived a perfect life, died on the

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cross for our sins, conquered
death through the resurrection, and

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now extends that gift of grace
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That's an amazing, beautiful thing.

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And that gift is available to
all those who call upon the name

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of the Lord.

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John 3:16.

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For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten Son,

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that whosoever believeth in
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life over and over again.

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We see in Scripture that we
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lord.

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Romans chapter 6, verse 23.

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For the wages of sin is death.

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That's what our own life
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But the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Romans chapter 10, verse 13.

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For whosoever shall call upon
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That's the greatest gift.

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Now we that live with freedoms
here in the United States, we're

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thankful for those freedoms
that we have.

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So there's a lot of reasons to
be thankful.

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Even with things that we have
on the day to day life that we have

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here in our country.

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Food on our table, clothes, a
home, transportation, all good things.

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But we must see that what
James chapter one says, these are

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all things from God.

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But the greatest gift that we
should give him things for is the

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gift of salvation extended to all.

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And so I would encourage you
to think about that, I would encourage

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you to put that into
perspective when it comes to your

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life.

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And I would even say and
challenge us here today, that the

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Bible actually says that we
are to live in the will of God by

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giving thanks first.

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Thessalonians, chapter 5,
verses 16 through 18 says this.

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Rejoice evermore.

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Rejoice in everything.

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That's what it's saying there.

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Sometimes it's easy to rejoice
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But he says, rejoice in everything.

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Pray without ceasing.

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That shows us how we can
rejoice, right?

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Our reliance on God, a
reliance on God brings us joy.

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Reliance on self brings us devastation.

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So he says, rejoice evermore.

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Pray without ceasing.

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And then verse 18 of 1st
Thessalonians, chapter 5.

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In everything, not necessarily
for everything, but in everything,

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in every season of our life,
give thanks.

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For this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus concerning you.

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So I don't know if you've ever
thought about this, but if you want

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to live in the will of God
according to Scripture, we must then

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live according to an attitude
of gratitude, giving thanks.

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He says, give thanks in
everything, for this is the will

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of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.

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So we can have this
thanksgiving in our lives.

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We can have that attitude of
gratitude in our lives because of

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our relationship with Jesus Christ.

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And so it's not saying that
everything's going our way, it's

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not saying that we're happy
with all the circumstances of our

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life, but there is an
overwhelming contentment that we

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can find in the truth of
knowing Jesus Christ.

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Philippians chapter 4, verse 6
says, Be careful or be anxious for

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nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication.

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So we see that the conduit to
this perspective is that communication

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with God, that fellowship with
God, but everything by prayer and

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supplication.

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And then we see our word here
with thanksgiving.

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So the spirit of our prayers,
the spirit of the communication to

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the Lord is the spirit of
thanksgiving by prayer and supplication,

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with thanksgiving, let your
request be made known unto God.

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Now you would say, well,
that's an interesting concept.

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How can we have this type of peace?

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How can we have this type of hope?

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Well, the type of peace and
hope comes from what the next verse

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says, verse number seven.

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It says, the peace of God
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And so when we live this life
of thanksgiving, when we live this

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life of contentment in the
Lord, we do have that sense of peace,

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a peace that passeth all
understanding that the world cannot

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understand.

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And so if you're looking for
that peace here in this thanksgiving

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season, what it is, is it's a
total reliance on God.

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It's a total reliance on his
guidance in our life and that perspective

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of where we were before we
came to Christ and where we are now

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in our transformation.

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So I.

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I encourage you to think about that.

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When it comes to that
perspective of thanksgiving, it's

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not necessarily a
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It's a peace that passes all understanding.

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Paul goes on to talk about
that in Philippians chapter four,

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about that complete
contentment that he has, that no

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matter what might be the case
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He can be content in Christ.

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And over and over again in the
New Testament, we see that exhortation,

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that challenge to give thanks,
to give thanks and everything.

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First Timothy, chapter two,
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I exhort, therefore, that
first of all supplications, prayers,

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intercessions, and giving of
thanks be made for all men.

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So the challenge is not just
to give thanks for certain things

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and for certain people, but as
it says there, obviously, it's for

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all things that God allows in
our life.

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And so we aren't necessarily
naturally inclined to be thankful

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for the difficult times, but
sometimes those difficult moments

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in our life, those closed
doors, that conviction can lead us

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to a place of contentment in Christ.

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And we even know that in
Second Corinthians, chapter 12, Paul

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mentions the idea that when we
are weak in our flesh, God is made

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strong in his spirit.

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And so we even know that in
Second Corinthians, chapter nine,

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he says, thanks be unto God
for this, for his unspeakable gift,

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unbelievable gift that God
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And that is this gift of grace.

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So I don't know what you do
for your Thanksgiving holiday.

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I don't know if you have any
traditions within your home, but

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I would encourage you to take
some time to recount what God has

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given you and ultimately
meditate upon, think about, dwell

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upon the gift of grace.

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If you're a believer in Jesus
Christ today, you have that reason

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to be thankful and that contentment.

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So give thanks.

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Go back to what it said in
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to his name, serve the Lord,
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with contentment, come before
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And then the idea is knowing
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he has done for us.

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So if you're looking for a
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season, think about who God is
in his goodness, in his character,

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and think about what he has
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And if you think about those
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the more reason to be thankful.

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And I think that that's
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be challenged with when it
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in a society that is very
discontent, never satisfied.

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But I will tell you that in
Christ, we can be satisfied.

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In Christ, there is sufficiency.

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In Christ there is complete
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As the Bible says, that
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So I hope that you have a
wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, looking

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forward to coming back next
week and continuing our study here

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and our words of the week.

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And I hope that you have a
time this week where you can just

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carve out a few moments to
meditate upon the goodness of God

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and the goodness of what he
has done for you.

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I'll be praying for you and
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I hope that you have a
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season.

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I pray that it's safe if
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And I look forward to hearing
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You can contact us on social
media, on Facebook, you can message

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us there or you can email me
at Josh Josh massaromiddletownbaptistchurch.org

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and we'd love to hear how
you're celebrating your Thanksgiving

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holiday.

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And we'd love to hear your
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And I would love to dissect
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are interesting you here in
the season of your life.

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Well, we look forward to
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when it comes to our Sunday
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But from here on out, I hope
that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving

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holiday.

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God bless you.

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We will talk to you soon.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listened to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
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Middletown Baptist Church, you
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Podcast podcast.org you can
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at middletown baptist
church.org Stay tuned for future

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Word of the Week episodes
where we dive deeper into words that

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impact our life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.