This document discusses offering sacrifices to God through praise, thanksgiving, trusting and obeying Him wholeheartedly. It provides several Bible verses explaining how Noah, as a righteous man who walked closely with God, offered his life sacrificially by faithfully building the ark and obeying God's commands. The document encourages offering one's body as a living sacrifice to God through spiritual worship and doing His will enthusiastically. It emphasizes continually praising and thanking God through song and sacrifice.

1. BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE 5
THANKS AND PRAISE

2. Deuteronomy 12:6 (NIV)
6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices,
your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed
to give and your freewill offerings, and the
firstborn of your herds and flocks.

3. Romans 12:1 (NIV)
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act
of worship.

4. Numbers 6:25 (NLT)
25 May the Lord smile on you
Psalm 119:135 (MSG)
135 Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right
way to live.

5. Genesis 6:8 (TLB)
8 But Noah was a pleasure to the Lord.

6. 1. WE OFFER OUR LIVES SACRIFICIALLY TO GOD
WE LOVE HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY
Genesis 6:9 (NLT)
9 … Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless
person living on earth at the time, and he walked
in close fellowship with God.

7. 2. WE OFFER OUR LIVES SACRIFICIALLY TO GOD WHEN
WE TRUST HIM COMPLETELY
Hebrews 11:7 (MSG)
7 By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry
land. He was warned about something he couldn't
see, and acted on what he was told. …. As a result,
Noah became intimate with God.

9. 3. WE OFFER OUR LIVES SACRIFICIALLY TO GOD WHEN
WE OBEY HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Genesis 6:22 (NLT)
22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had
commanded him.

10. Psalm 100:2 (TLB)
2 Obey him gladly; come before him, singing with joy.
Psalm 119:33 (TLB)
33 Just tell me what to do and I will do it, Lord. As long
as I live I’ll wholeheartedly obey.

11. 4. WE OFFER OUR LIVES SACRIFICIALLY TO GOD WHEN WE
PRAISE & THANK HIM CONTINUALLY
Psalm 116:17 (NKJV)
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.

12. Psalm 69:30-31 (NIV)
30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him
with thanksgiving. 31 This will please the Lord ….

13. 2 Corinthians 5:9 (TEV)
9 More than anything else, however, we want to
please him, whether in our home here or there.

14. Psalm 14:2 (TLB)
2The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind
to see if there are any who are wise, who want to
please God.

15. 1. IT’S MEANT TO BE A SACRIFICE AND YES, IT
DOES COST YOU
2 Samuel 24:24 (NIV)
24 … I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt
offerings that cost me nothing."

16. 2. YOU CAN ASK GOD TO ‘MAKE IT UP TO YOU’ IN
THE AREA HE SEES YOU NEED.
2 Corinthians 9:8 (TLB)
8 God is able to make it up to you by giving you
everything you need and more so that there will
not only be enough for your own needs but plenty
left over to give joyfully to others.

17. 3. USE THIS MOMENT TO KEEP MONEY IN ETERNAL
PERSPECTIVE
1 Timothy 6:19 (TLB)
19 By doing this they will be storing up real treasure
for themselves in heaven—it is the only safe
investment for eternity! And they will be living a
fruitful Christian life down here as well.

18. 4. MAKE YOUR SACRIFICIAL GIFT CHEERFULLY.
2 Corinthians 8:7-8 (TLB)
7 You people there are leaders in so many ways—you have so
much faith, so many good preachers, so much learning, so
much enthusiasm, so much love for us. Now I want you to be
leaders also in the spirit of cheerful giving. 8 I am not giving
you an order; I am not saying you must do it, but others are
eager for it. This is one way to prove that your love is real,
that it goes beyond mere words.

19. 5. YOUR OFFERING TODAY EXPRESSES YOUR
THANKS TO THE LORD.
Psalm 54:6 (NRSV)
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will
give thanks to your name, O Lord, …

20. 1 Chronicles 29:20 (NIV)
20 Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise
the Lord your God." So they all praised the Lord,
the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell
prostrate before the Lord and the king.