Sometimes we don't feel thankful, but don't know why. Only by choosing to give thanks can we at times begin to feel thankful.

1. Luke 17:11-13
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled
along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
As he was going into a village, ten men who had
leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and
called out in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, Master, have
pity on us!’
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2. Luke 17:14-16
When he saw them, he said, ‘Go, show
yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went,
they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw
he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud
voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and
thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
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3. Luke 17:17-19
Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where
are the other nine? Was no one found to return
and give praise to God except this foreigner?’
Then he said to him, ‘Rise and go; your faith has
made you well.’
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4. Some blessings can come in
DISGUISE
We can LEARN to give thanks.
To choose thanks is to be deliberate in
ACKNOWLEDGING what God has done for us.
They are so focused on the gift that they forgot the
GIVER

5. It is possible to receive grace and fall short of
entering into a RELATIONSHIP
God is big enough to run the universe, but cares
enough to TEND to your needs.

6. Choosing thanks is to acknowledge
what God has done and to live for
Him out of GRATITUDE not guilt or
obligation
Just because we act in OBEDIENCE doesn’t mean we
do so with gratefulness toward God.
The foreigner did what the religious failed to do; he
acknowledged the gift and the Giver. He
COMMITTED himself to Jesus.

7. When you choose to
acknowledge what God has
done and live for Him out of
gratitude, the vertical thanks is
expressed in PRAISE and
WORSHIP
The blessing of thanks is TWOFOLD both blessing
God and you.
Nine were declared clean; one was declared SAVED.

8. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Ask God to help me see the blessings in the hard
times.
( ) Take time to acknowledge what God has done.
( ) Examine my motives for obedience. Is it from a
grateful heart or something else?
( ) Be intentional in pausing to give God thanks and
praise.
( ) Other________________________