If you're free in the house, would you let the Lord know you're thankful today?
Hallelujah good to see you this morning in the house of the Lord. My lord. Look at that balcony
Wave at me folk
Hallelujah good to see y'all this morning
Do do this with me
Appreciate you shaking hands with the preacher today
Because I can't get up there and y'all won't come down here. Is that sister Anne?
What are you doing up there?
I thought they'd laid out the day and lo and behold behind the white light there she stands
Huh
Y'all try to keep me on my toes where I have to keep looking for you to make sure you're here now
I'm here
You have your Bibles turned with me to the book of first Thessalonians chapter 5. I
Don't know if you can tell or not, but I feel good today
Rested hadn't had been getting up so early to let Travis into work. So I'm rested
I'm finally about to stick a fork in that job. Hallelujah. Oh
I
Feel good this morning. So get ready
Ain't no telling what's coming our way today
Y'all don't be putting on airs. We got company from Dallas today
Don't pay no attention to them they'll be alright
First Thessalonians chapter 5 beginning at verse 1
But of the times and the seasons brethren you have no need
That I write unto you
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night
For when they shall say peace and safety then sudden destruction come upon them
as travail upon a woman with child and they shall
not escape but you brethren are not in darkness that
That day should overtake you as a thief
You are all the children of light and the children of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness
Therefore let us not sleep as do others
Let us watch and be sober
For that for they that sleep sleep in the night and they that be drunketh are drunk
But let us who are of the day be sober putting on the breastplate of faith and love
And for in hellman the hope of salvation
For God hath not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ
Who died for us
That whether we wake or sleep
We should live together with him
Wherefore comfort
Yourselves together and edify one another even as also you do now skip over to verse 16
rejoice evermore
Pray without ceasing
In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
Concerning you with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus concerning you with the help of the Lord for just a little while this morning on speak on this topic
ingredients for a thankful life
Ingredients for a thankful life now this morning is probably gonna be a little more pastoral than normal
So you pray for me because that's a gear that I
Have a trouble getting in sometimes to slow down a bit
So you pray for me and I'll pray for you and we'll leave here lifted in his grace father
We love you. We thank you for your goodness and your mercy
Lord for your faithfulness, which is unwavering. I'm so grateful this morning beautiful household of faith today
Thank you Lord for each one
It's here in this house that we may together hear and receive what the spirit would say to the church
That we leave enriched by your grace and empowered through your word
Lord go with us all be with us all we that have ears to hear may we hear in Jesus name the church said
Amen ingredients for a thankful life
The instruction to rejoice and to pray and to give thanks
Come in regard to to the time of that glorious event when believers
Whether dead or living will be gathered together to meet Christ
Consequently the Thessalonians had just prior to our text
They had been instructed about that glorious occasion to come
Paul wrote to him in that fourth chapter beautiful fourth chapter
Amen about the shout the angel and our coming together the dead rising and the living to be changed
He gives them that instruction and that hope before he follows up with what we now have labeled as the fifth chapter
And they had just heard and received that glorious instruction to come
They knew well that the Lord would come suddenly
That he would come unexpectedly and he would be surprising an ungodly world
But it would be no surprise to them if they are watchful and they are waiting
But for their understanding they were not in darkness so as to be taken by surprise
Amen
But still however, they must exercise
Constant watchfulness. That's the instruction for you and I today
We must constantly be watching that is the instruction of the church for we know not the day nor the hour
When the Son of Man cometh, but as we are watchers of the times and the events of our day
I'm telling you the alarms about to sound what alarm are you referring pastor?
I'm referring to that last trump that's going to echo through the eternal waves of glory and it's going to shake this old earth
It's going to quiver graves and and people are going to begin to shake
And the bodies are going to arise and there's this glorification going to take place
Amen, and I'm ready for that and it's not going to be a surprise for those of us who love the Lord's appearing
He instructs them to be watchful and to be sober and to be armed with the Christian
Graces of faith hope and love and we are to be comforted with the assurance
That God had not appointed them nor has he appointed us to his wrath
But to the attainment of salvation through his son Jesus Christ
I don't know how much tribulation we're going to have to go through
I do know Jesus said we're going to have to deal with some things
I do know we're going to have to deal with a lot of Matthew 24
I know that wars and rumors of wars and these pestilence and all these things are going to be taking place in different portions of the world
All simultaneously and if you'll start looking I think if you'll do a little research
That's the day in time in which we are living
But the words he said after that gives me hope for the time in which we are living
He said because when you begin to see all these things come to pass the end is not yet, but it's on its way
My my that causes an excitement within me
I know there are a lot of believers in the world who are frightened by the time in which we are living
I'm not frightened by the time in which we are living I am excited because I am anticipating the fourth chapter of the instruction to the church of Thessalonica
I am expecting that I am anxious and I am awaiting the return of the Lord Jesus
The only ones who should be in fear are those who are not ready if you're not ready to meet him if you're harboring sin in your life
If you're not serving God loving God and living for God then you have a lot to be afraid of
But I'm here to tell you this morning I don't have anything to be in fear of because I've not been given that spirit of fear
But I've been given power I've been given love and I've been given a soundness of my mind
And the soundness of my mind is wrapped around the hope and the instruction that Paul was given to this church of Thessalonica
That you are to hold on the trumpet will sound amen and you are going to leave this old world when he calls you to himself
And that's the same encouragement that we are living in today that the day is coming the time is nigh
Oh you say I've heard it all of my life so have I but in the span of eternity what is my life
It's not even a drop in the bucket amen and neither is yours in the span of eternity
Because on the timetable of God when the fullness of time comes then Jesus will come again as he did on the first occasion
When the fullness of time came Mary gave birth and the hope of the world had been released upon creation
And my God we're living in the extension of that hope today he ascended but one day he will descend again
Isn't that the hope that was given to those Galilean believers on the day of his ascension
You men of Galilee why stand you gazing this same Jesus this same Jesus this same Jesus
This same Jesus in like manner shall come again oh I'm here to encourage somebody today
The ingredients of a faithful life is the hope in his return and the hope of his coming again
I don't know about you but I'm ready for it oh don't get me wrong I love life as much as the next person
I love living I enjoy what life has to offer I'm not talking about the hardship I'm not talking about
crises and sickness but I'm talking about just every day life I love living but my mind cannot
wrap around the concept of living in an eternal glorified uncorruptible body hallelujah my mind
can't wrap around not walking on gravel and asphalt but yet to walk on the transparency of the heavenly
streets of gold my mind can't get around the walls of Jasper and the gate of pearl I can't get a hold
of that but honey it's a longing in my soul it's a longing in my heart and I'm longing for that experience
hallelujah when we think about this attainment of our salvation through Jesus Christ
this alone should steady our hearts this one I've just went over for the last five minutes
should settle our hearts it should cause you to be established in life and in your faith and cause
a thankfulness to begin to arise out of your soul first Thessalonians 5 and 18 gives us that great
instruction on how to live the ingredients for a thankful life he says it clearly in everything give
thanks this is the will of God people are struggling for the will of God in their life let me point you
the point number one give thanks be thankful for whatever is coming into your life that doesn't
make sense there's some hardships coming there's some trouble coming there's sickness and disease
and my kids aren't safe how am I supposed to be thankful because it's the will of God for your life
because we know according to Romans 828 all things work together for good to those who love him and
those who are the called according to his purpose and it's going to work out for your good you
you fail to realize at a certain point in life people are accountable for themselves with God
and their relationship with God oh I've turned mine over a long time ago I had to it was beginning
to torment my mind it was beginning to torment my soul loved ones not serving God loved ones not
wanting to go to heaven and it was tormenting me why I couldn't understand I couldn't get a grab
a wrap and get a good grip on why they have experienced what I've experienced they've known
what I know currently but yet they refuse to serve him and it began to make my heart heavy
and I had to just turn them over to the Lord I had to turn them over to God said God I can't save
them only you can I can't convict them Holy Ghost only you can so I'm turning them over to you
and I'm giving thanks for what you do it becomes your responsibility their responsibility and not
our responsibility I've got a responsibility for myself you've got a responsibility for yourself
and in everything give thanks hallelujah because you serve a good holy righteous just God and when
we give him thanks and everything it turns the table oh I still pray but I don't pray with the
heaviness that I did be because of the feeling of the guilt and the responsibility but I pray with
the anticipation of God's grace and God's delivery and the expectation I have of the Holy Ghost
gripping their soul because I want them to experience everything that I experience and
the hope and the love and the faith that I have in Jesus Christ that's the hope and if you need
the ingredient number one ingredient to having a blessed life is that you have a thankful life
hallelujah whoo I'm preaching some stuff off of me today
and everything give thanks you think about everything there's a lot of stuff goes on in
everything amen you know some of those aches and pains you got am I supposed to be thankful for
that well while I can still feel them yes thank you Lord I can still get up and everything it
takes to get to up hello I'm thankful and everything it takes think about who he's speaking
into our text today think about that church at Thessalonica a persecuted church a misunderstood
church a church that was filled with people who were one newly and freshly to the kingdom of God
and are just experiencing the goodness of God and getting to know who God is if you will their
families lost undone and not hearing and ostracizing them because of their faith a church that is
involved in many who were in poverty and those who were less fortunate amen isn't that where the
message needs to go that all are blessed at the foot of the cross amen the equality of man is at
the foot of the cross of calvary because bank accounts don't matter or the lack thereof has no
consequence because we all are in need of the free gift of salvation that's the whole point
is ascertaining the eternal life that we get through Jesus Christ through the hope that we
have in him and that's the whole message Paul is trying to get across to these Greeks and those
Jews who accepted in Thessalonica that the hope that you have now is in Jesus Christ who is the
fulfillment of the prophecy of old he is the lamb amen he is the scapegoat he was the all in all
he was a true sacrifice and he's getting them the point so that they would understand that yes it's
hard here below yes you're being persecuted but hold on in verse 24 further down in our text it
is as faithful as God he is faithful he is he who hath called you he is faithful and he will always
remain faithful so he begins to give them the ingredients to have that thankful life he said
rejoice evermore he said pray without ceasing and he said giving thanks because this is the will of
God for your life by Christ Jesus let's invert that today so we begin by giving thanks I give God
thanks for what he does I give God thanks for what he doesn't do that I've told him to do
I know how you pray you pray like I do I tell God what I want him to do
yeah tell him how I want people saved how he can deliver them if he if he'd take my advice
just like if he'd take your advice your life would be better and so would theirs
but he's God and he don't need my advice amen and I don't know about you but he's informed me of
that in my lifespan I don't need your two cents I've got this okay God you want to pull that God
card he'll pull it amen don't you think you know better for other people than they know for
themselves come on what's the point of that I'm not going to give you that advice I'm going to give
you that amen don't you think you know better for other people than they know for themselves come on
where you at hypocrites thank you brother Mike I got one that on up to it my Lord you know if
they live the way you wanted them to live they'd be a whole lot better off
that's just plain and simple that's what I used to tell me if you'll just do what I tell you to do
it things would go much better for you well I'm preaching to the wrong crowd this was for down
the road somewhere Lord we missed it this morning you didn't have any idea
he tells them and whatever they are facing to be continuanced in their prayer life
to continue in their rejoicing and to continue in their thanksgiving in spite of what we are coming
up against in the circumstances of life somebody needs to look at yourself in a pocket mirror or
in the rear view going home and turn it towards yourself and say self you got to be thankful no
matter what we got to keep praising no matter what we got to keep praying no matter what
it's got to be a continuance in our life we have to continue praying why because prayer changes
thing can I tell you the number one thing that prayer changes it's not God it's not God's mind
it's you it's me prayer changes me it changes my perception because the longer I pray and God's not
doing what I've told him to do and then I begin to see what he's doing without what I've told him oh
it lets me be more thankful God I'm so glad how many of you have ever prayed and got something
that you asked for exactly and about a weekend you're thinking God why did you answer that one
huh I prayed like that and it come to pass I thought oops should not ask for that I learned
about 30 years ago never pray for patience and if you're praying that now stop
why because all hell breaks loose trouble and trials and persecutions these things tribulations
they bring forth patience I got enough anybody with me I got enough
but when patience has her perfect work there's a reason the feminine interjection is there
when patience has her perfect work don't turn your head sideways
and all the men said amen and all the ladies say move on so I'm gonna move on
because I almost said it's because I heard that my patience is what it is today
yeah it's better than it was I hadn't cracked a steering wheel and I don't know how many years
oh lord help us Jesus ingredients to a thankful life moving right along oh hallelujah he tells
them whatever you're facing to be continued in and to remain faithful and to remain thankful
because of the hope and the love and the joy that you have in him it's the same thing that
you have in him it's the same thing that you have in him it's the same thing that you have in him
it's the same thing that you have in him even though persecution comes your way we ought to know
and to realize we are persecuted because they persecuted him amen he said they hated me and
they're going to hate you if you'll stop and invite and do a little evaluation about what's
coming against you if people are persecuting you you ought to thank God there's enough Jesus
in your life that they recognize him above you and they're persecuting you amen because the devil
will tell you oh who do you think you are what do you think you're trying to prove doesn't he do
that oh you're not you're not a good Christian at all but if the world is persecuting you because
of your faith you're doing a pretty good job brother and sister so you ought to be thankful
thank you lord that there's enough witness in my life there's enough testimony in my life that
others see you somehow they hear you somehow my life is emulating your hope and it rubs the world
only and it rubs them raw and I'm thankful today that your witness in my life brings about this
persecution we don't like to think about it that way maybe we should to be thankful why because
it's the will of God in Christ Jesus for life as we're approaching these holiday seasons and
thanksgiving is upon us a season these seasons that are coming up they are they are filled with
warmth they're filled with family they're filled with closeness and they're filled with good food
we've already mentioned that somewhere around the room this morning thanksgiving's coming
and we're all thinking about the food on Thursday amen I mean that's the highlight of the day
it's the meal that hits the table it's those favorite recipes that you only get once a year
I never understood that why do we always just get the really really good stuff once a year
I don't get that I called my mama I said mama sis told me to call you because sis thought that I
had more favor with mother than she did she I want tater salad and coleslaw huh I said well
what's that mean huh well I ain't making it I said well you're gonna make something well I
might make the coleslaw then she throws a tater salad off on one of my nieces well she's got
pretty good at it I said my mother it's not your tater salad well you'll just have to do without
so that's one recipe I won't get mama's tater salad I'll go with the coleslaw but I was wanting
both yeah so we get those good recipes the good desserts that a lot of times you'll only get these
thanksgiving and christmas desserts at this time of year they I don't know why patients won't go
ahead and do it I don't know why patients won't go ahead and do it some other time throughout the
year oh lord I'm gonna shut this thing down we go home I told you all I felt good this morning
uh patients need to cook more of those things throughout the year
those favorite recipes think about this have you ever asked someone the ingredients in a recipe
and then they begin to tell you what's in it and the more you think about what they said is in
there you think well that ain't right well that can't be good that's not in here case in point
who does not like mustard whatsoever you can't taste it on smoked barbecue
people slipped in while I'm doing that saying is that mustard yeah that's mustard well I don't like
mustard I don't like mustard on my barbecue I said have you eaten my barbecue before well yeah was it
good yeah it's good until now you didn't know there was mustard in it but old french is there
that's the way it is sometimes with life you think some of the ingredients that are coming
your way it don't make any sense at all the things that are coming into our lives have
absolutely nothing to do with one another mustard and barbecue doesn't make a lot of sense but it
works paul gives a list of ingredients that to many doesn't seem right and for many it is offensive
that in the middle of tribulation and in the middle of trial in the middle of these persecutions
he said I want you to rejoice evermore you got to put your praise on in spite of everything
in the middle of it all that's when god wants your praise everybody knows and understanders
should know and understand that your praise is a purest form of your faith because you praise god
for who he is not what he's doing nor what he has done or not what you hope he will do it's just
because of who he is and because he is good and his mercy endures forever in that mercy do you
realize that term is repeated 44 times throughout scripture lord you are good and your mercy endures
forever oh give thanks unto the lord for he is good and his mercy endures forever oh give that
over and over and over that repetitive phrase oh give thanks unto the lord for he is good and his
mercy endures forever in the middle of a crisis in the middle of a situation when the world's turned
topsy-turvy and upside down the church ought to be in attention every opportunity that we have not
just sunday morning not just times we corporately gather but every morning we get up and after you
watch the news you ought to give the lord to praise well there's nothing to praise him for there
oh yes there is because his mercy is good and it's new every morning and give god thanks for his
mercy because he is good amen he is good and that goodness is expressed toward humanity because that
mercy has given humanity one more day to receive the glorious good news of the gospel and the
salvation of jesus one more day and we ought to give him thanks for every day we have to think
about how can you give thanks in difficult time when you think about job's comforters in the midst
of his crisis when you think about how trouble trials and tribulations make their way into our
hearts and lives how can we rejoice it's simple look at what she began to say as she began to talk
to job about everything that's going on in his life she began to tell him you have got to give
up we have got to give in we've got to turn around you've got to just curse god and let's die we got
to give up all of our hope we got to give up everything in our life because it's not going
the way that it should go and when you begin to hear the response that she kills oh lord you have
to know her life was in agony but joe would say what is it how can we say that we give god praise
for the good things and what can we not expect some evil to enter into our life as well and not be
thankful to god are we just going to be thankful whenever things going good can we not thank god
when the enemy comes against us can we thank god not when the devil comes against us he said woman
you sound like you've been talking to the foolish women around town we can't do that and the bible
says that joe he did not lose his integrity and he did not speak evil against god with his lip
oh even when the comforters come around to watch him when they came against him it would be a
response though the skin worms devour this whole body yet i know that my redeemer lives and with my
eyes i shall see him it begins to echo the praise that he gave to her blessed be the name of the
lord what do you say when god is good we can give him glory what do you say when god is good
we can praise him and be thankful but what happens when the enemy invades our life can we not say
the lord giveth and the lord taketh away but blessed be the name of the lord can we not understand
that the life that we have is the most valued commodity that we have the breath that he gives
you every day things come things go money will leave you faltered and floundering with or without
but god will never leave you faltering god will never leave you floundering he'll be with you always
and forever can we not be grateful and thankful
oh
paul's trying to do is instruct them in sound doctrine for understanding that a thankful life
is because of a blessed life amen ecclesiastes three and one says to everything there is a
season a time for every purpose under the heaven yet in every season we are to give thanks in every
circumstance to give thanks in joy and in sorrow we give thanks for everything we give thanks to god
prosperity and adversity in every place whether it's in the house of god or on our sick bed
we are to give god thanks as believers we should not only be engaged in constant prayer
constant thanksgiving but indeed we understand that those prayers should partake
largely of the nature of thanksgiving rejoice pray be thankful always evermore the emphasis keep on
keeping on rejoicing amen i know that we're coming upon a season that for many it ushers in a dark
cloud of depression if we're not careful we'll be with the he-hall gang and own despair and agony
because of the holidays and the lack of what we can do for the expectations of others
let pastor help you and instruct you this morning forget about others and concentrate on him
and you won't be depressed in the seasons that are upcoming you won't get down you won't get cast out
i know the enemy's going to try to come in and when our emotions are at their best he's going
to try to play on the harp strings of your soul and your sympathies and he's going to bring up
every fond member of who it is that's absent in your christmas season this year but i'm here to
tell you today don't let him play on your emotion you give god the thanks for the time that you had
with them and refuse the enemy to attempt to drain you down into a place of depression and cast it
off and you rejoice ever more especially if those loved ones are in heaven today my god it should be
a joyful season oh joy to the world amen we should be giving glory and honor oh you say that so
flippantly no i do not say that with all the empathy that i can in my heart today because i've
seen it i've seen what happens i've seen how the enemy works it what should be the most joy-filled
season of the year how he can drag depression and this oppressive case over people and pull them down
that they can express themselves in giving thanks for the greatest gift to humanity
because situationally we may not be where we want to be so that we could give everything we would
like to give let me instruct you this morning if you'll give him the very best praise that you can
offer if you rejoice and give thanks and you pray you will have the greatest christmas season and
holiday season that you've experienced and encountered for many a year because our focal is on him
amen amen all the devil wants to do is get you concentrated on the negative
amen it's got commercialized way too much anyway i'm about to preach myself into not
letting sister kathy go christmas shopping and rejoice
i felt that spirit from there that ain't happening i tried you can't i mean you can't even preach it
to everybody they won't have it a dedicated prayer life is an empowered and reinforcement with a
thankful and joyous spirit a committed prayer life reinforces our rejoicing
and it reinforces and really emphasizes our thankfulness a committed prayer life a dedicated
devoted prayer life it brings about rejoicing always with this praying without ceasing and
giving thanks and everything as we are learned these are learned spiritual disciplines
you have to practice them you have to learn them and when you do the walk that you have with god
the walk that you have with god will go to a completely different level because it'll get
you to the place where you understand truly that things of and in life are not as important
as many make them out to be but the most important thing is your relationship with god
through his son jesus christ through the enabling power of the holy ghost amen listen he said that
our motivation is the desire to please our father in all our ways of service and obedience there are
many times when we find it difficult to form listen to this we find it difficult to form our worries
into prayer much less rejoice or offer thanks for them we find it difficult to form our worries into
prayer let alone reform them into rejoicing and thankfulness
it gets very complex it may be that the most important time to rejoice and give thanks
is when we feel discouraged and hopeless the most
time doesn't afford us to go to first samuel 30 at a place called sick lag
as the families of david's army have all been carried off i reread that again this morning and
there was a there was a sentence half a sentence there that i never noticed before
it said and they slew none of them but carried them all away i don't know how many times i've
seen that i don't have any times i've read it i don't know how many different times i've preached
it but this morning was the first time that i saw that emphasis on that phrase in that scripture
i always had in my mind when they come back the whole place is burned
i know some were carried away some were taken captive and i thought many were left there dead
but no they were all carried away you stop and think just for a moment as david is in this deep
depression in his own army's turned on him threatening to stone him the scripture says he
encouraged himself in the lord and the only way you can encourage yourself in the lord is to be
mindful of god's faithfulness and if you're mindful of god's faithfulness it will turn to a state of
thanksgiving because you can't help think but how good god has been and when his mind turned to that
he turned to prayer he said have this faith in you and you will be able to do it and you will be
able to do it he said have them bring me the ephod and he inquired of the lord shall i rise and go
get them he said get up go and i'll give you a bonus you shall recover all
huh then he came out praising and they went to war
at times our hearts are burdened with circumstances beyond our control and we can't think
What to pray or how to pray but it's then that the Holy Ghost comes to our rescue
And he gives us the courage to obey the one who loves us unconditionally and he helps us
to pray
He helps us to rejoice
And he helps us to remain thankful
Stand with me. I'm closing this morning
Ephesians 5 20 reads giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
We do so because of the continued blessings that flow from God
A thankful life is a blessed life
We understand how good God is Psalm 106 and 1
Praise the Lord. Oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his mercy endures forever
Every day that we live involves the mercy of God in and around our lives
It's because God is good
Even when we haven't gotten the answer even when you haven't seen the situation change
Even when life doesn't make sense
God is good
One man said we are never thankful for what we think we deserve
We are always deeply thankful for great kindness we know we don't deserve
Charles Finney said a state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace
And a thankful heart
Paul wrote to Colossus 3rd chapter 17 verse and he said in whatever you do in word or deed
Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus
Giving thanks to God the Father
Through him
Father I love you this morning
So grateful so thankful today
Father I love you this morning so grateful so thankful today
For your goodness abounds and your mercies are new every morning
Such a beautiful congregation today
Brand new infants in the room
We are so thankful
So thankful for your kindness and your mercy
Over the household of faith today Lord I pray
I pray for each one Lord
As we are coming up on these holiday seasons
That we continue to pray
We continue to rejoice
And we abound in thankfulness
For you are good
Over the household of faith I pray your blessing
Strengthen hearts today
Strengthen lives this morning
Lord if they be in this congregation this gathering today
One that does not know you and free part of sin I pray God
They hear this invitation and receive
If you're here today and you do not know Jesus no one's looking around heads bowed all over the house
I'm going to pray the sinners prayer
And if you feel the spirit of God knocking at your heart's door
I want you to pray it with me in sincerity
Father I repent today of my sins
As I feel the drawing of your spirit
Cleanse me
Purify me
Forgive me
For I believe
That Jesus is the son of God
Died and rose again
That I might be saved
Thank you for hearing that prayer
And answering
Now be Lord of my life
Be Lord of my life
Lead me
Guide me
To all good things
In Jesus name
So pastor I need a little encouragement coming on this season
I've heard the word of the Lord this morning but I need a touch from him would you just slip your hand up
Amen all over this house all over this house my my my
I'm going to pray for you this morning father
You have witnessed every hand that has been raised in this room
People needing encouragement people needing your strength
For the next six to eight weeks that are ahead
So father I pray a rebuking authority through your word
And through the name of your son over the voice of the enemy
From their life and from their hearing
And I pray that through your word by faith hope and joy
That this is the best holiday season
That they have experienced
Ever
Help them focus help them see you
In every situation in every circumstance
Empower us all through that enabling of the Holy Spirit
To rejoice to pray
And to give thanks
In Jesus holy
In Jesus holy in mighty name