"The Transformative Power of Thanksgiving" takes listeners on a spiritual journey exploring the importance of gratitude and thanksgiving in challenging times. Creflo Dollar shares powerful examples from biblical stories like Job and David to illustrate how choosing to praise and thank God can transform negative emotions, overcome envy, and catalyze joy. Through relatable anecdotes and practical advice, listeners are encouraged to cultivate a spirit of thankfulness in their everyday lives, unlocking a deeper connection to God's grace and experiencing the transformative impact of gratitude.
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Creflo Dollar | Creflo Dollar - The Transformative Power Of Thanksgiving | November 18, 2025
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- In it, you got to find a reason to thank god.
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- You might be wondering where the money is gonna pay the rent.
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- In it, you gotta learn how to thank god.
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- He says this is my will for you.
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- See, we're thinking well god, in isn't your will for you to give
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- Me the money to pay this, in it for your will to go ahead and
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- Heal me like in two hours in it for you--no he says, you know
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- What, you know what i know what i'm doing, but here's what i
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- Need you to do while i'm doing what i'm doing.
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- I need you to go ahead and thank me while you're in it.
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- He says, in the midst of some crazy situations, i double dog,
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- Dino dare you to thank me.
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- Creflo: hello, i'm creflo dollar, and welcome to
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- Today's broadcast.
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- You know, thanksgiving is a season that makes us slow down,
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- Take a step back, and remember just how good god has been.
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- And maybe this year didn't look exactly how you wanted it
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- To look.
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- Maybe you don't see where some prayers have been answered, or
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- You've walked through a few storms that left you wondering
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- What's next.
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- Here's what i've learned about thanksgiving.
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- It's not about what's missing.
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- It's about recognizing where grace has positioned you.
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- Let's look at four perspectives on what it means to live in a
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- Spirit of thanksgiving.
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- You know, when i think about thanksgiving, a few words come
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- To mind.
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- Gratitude, thankfulness, appreciation,
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- And acknowledgement.
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- But here's the truth.
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- Real gratitude isn't about everything going the way
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- We planned.
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- Real gratitude is when right in the middle of ups and downs and
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- Circumstances and situations, we can pause and whisper, "god,
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- You've still been good to me."
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- You know, 1 thessalonians chapter 5 and 18, he says, "in
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- Every thing give thanks: for this is the will of god in
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- Christ jesus concerning you."
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- It doesn't say for everything, it says in every thing.
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- Now, that means in the waiting, in the questions, even in the
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- Uncomfortable places, we can still choose to give
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- Thanks, why?
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- Because grace is at work behind the scenes of life.
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- You may not see it just yet, but god is arranging things for
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- Your good.
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- He's shielding you, strengthening you, and preparing
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- You for something far greater than anything you've lost.
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- That's the power of thanksgiving.
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- It shifts our focus from what we see as missing and reminds us of
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- All that we have been and all the things that have been given
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- To us.
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- Think about it for a moment.
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- Where would you be if it weren't for the grace of god?
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- Grace positions you in places your own strength never could.
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- Grace carried you when your faith was weak.
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- Grace opened doors you didn't even know existed.
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- Now, i don't know about you, but when i look back over my life, i
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- Can see moments where god's hand was all over me, even when i
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- Didn't recognize it.
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- So, maybe this thanksgiving, you don't have everything you hoped
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- For, but you do have undeniable evidence that god has been
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- Faithful and you're standing in the middle of his goodness.
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- I want you to remember this.
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- Remember that gratitude isn't just good manners.
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- It's a revelation of grace.
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- And when you truly understand what jesus has done for you,
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- Thanksgiving becomes your natural response.
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- It's not forced.
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- It flows.
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- You realize everything you are and everything you have comes
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- From his unearned, undeserved, unmerited favor.
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- Thanksgiving becomes a form of worship.
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- It's saying, "lord, i didn't make it on my own.
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- You brought me here."
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- When you live from that place, worry loses its power, because
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- Grace reminds you, if god has already been this faithful, he's
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- Not about to stop now.
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- When you see life through the lens of grace, even the small
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- Things become sacred.
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- The meal on your table isn't just food, it's provision.
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- The laughter of your children isn't just noise, it's joy.
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- The breath in your lungs isn't just survival, it is god's
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- Mercy, renewed every morning.
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- Philippians 4:11 through 12 says, "i have learned, in
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- Whatever state i am, therewith to be content."
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- Contentment doesn't mean you've given up on your dreams.
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- It means you've learned to rest in the one who holds
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- Your future.
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- So, in this season, instead of complaining about what you don't
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- Have, thank god for what you do have and for the grace that got
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- You here.
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- This thanksgiving season, i wanna challenge you to take a
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- Few moments to just thank god for who he is, thank him for
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- Being faithful in your weakness, thank him for carrying you and
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- You couldn't carry yourself, thank him for positioning you
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- For what's coming next.
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- Now, stay tuned into this message i'm about to share with
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- You today.
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- I call it "the transformative power of thanksgiving."
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- Creflo: consider the story of job.
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- Despite losing everything, including his family, his
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- Possessions, job chose to give thanks and praise to god.
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- Now, i recognize in job if you'll turn there, job chapter 1
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- And 21, and in the nlt we have a doctrinal argument about, you
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- Know, whether god brought the bad thing to him.
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- I want to go a little further than that.
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- He said in verse 21, '"i came naked from my mother's womb, and
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- I will be naked when i leave, the lord gave me what i had, and
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- The lord has taken it away."'
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- Now i'm not here to argue about whether that was god that took
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- It away.
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- I am saying that from a, from a human perspective, he thought
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- God gave it, and he felt like, well maybe god took it away.
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- So we're not arguing about that.
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- But i want to show you what he was doing in the midst of
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- The dilemma.
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- Praise the name of the lord.
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- He had lost everything, and he says in the midst of this,
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- Whether my thinking is right or wrong, i've lost everything.
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- I've lost all my possession, and i choose to be transformed from
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- Misery and hopelessness by praising god and being
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- Transformed in a place where i need to be job's gratitude in
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- The midst of extreme suffering, demonstrated the power of
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- Thanksgiving to overcome negative emotions.
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- He could have been depressed, he could have been suicidal.
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- I mean, he lost everything.
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- But he says, i'm gonna praise the name of the lord.
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- I realize i done lost everything.
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- I realize i done lost everybody.
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- I realize i--but i'm, i think i'm gonna go ahead and praise
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- The lord, amen.
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- Oh my god.
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- I don't know what your day look like today, but i think you
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- Ought to go ahead and praise the lord, amen.
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- Oh my god.
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- I'm gonna feel something up here now, you know.
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- Secondly, thanksgiving is a weapon against--now this is
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- Interesting, but it shows up, didn't even realize it.
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- Thanksgiving is a weapon against envy.
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- A lot of things you receive from other people is as a result of
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- Envy, envy and comparison can be sources of great discontentment
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- And negative emotions.
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- Negative emotions come from this.
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- However, when we, when we practice thanksgiving, we
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- Redirect our attention to the blessings we have rather than
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- What others possess.
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- We start thanking god--you will, you will literally block
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- Envy by thanking god for what you got, instead of looking
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- Around noticing what somebody else got.
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- Oh, y'all don't hear what i'm saying.
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- Let's get a witness is this-- in this, in 1 thessalonians
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- Chapter 5 and verse 18.
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- 1 thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 18, and notice what he
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- Says, "be thankful in all circumstances, for this is god's
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- Will for you who belong to christ."
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- How many of you belong to christ?
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- He says no matter what you go through, be thankful in it.
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- He didn't say be thankful for it, be thankful in it.
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- You might be fighting a sickness and disease.
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- In it, you got to find a reason to thank god.
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- You might be wondering where the money is gonna pay the rent.
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- In it, you gotta learn how to thank god.
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- He says this is my will for you.
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- See, we're thinking, well god, isn't it your will for you to
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- Give me the money to pay this, in it for your will to go ahead
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- And heal me like in two hours in it for you--no he says, you know
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- What, you know what i know what i'm doing, but here's what i
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- Need you to do while i'm doing what i'm doing.
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- I need you to go ahead and thank me while you're in it.
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- He says, in the midst of some crazy situations, i double dog,
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- Dino dare you to thank me.
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- In the middle of things that you might not understand.
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- Stop trying to be the big intellectual and just thank god
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- In the middle of it.
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- Hey, you might not ever understand it.
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- But what you do understand is i can be transformed out of this
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- Emotional attack if i'll just thank god while i'm in it.
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- No, i don't know how the bill gonna get paid!
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- Yes, i mismanaged my money!
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- No, i don't know if they're gonna put me out today or
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- Next week.
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- But i tell you what, between monday and saturday, i'm gonna
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- Praise god, i'm gonna thank god, and he's gonna transform me so
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- My emotions won't get the best of me.
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- The story of david and saul shows the importance of
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- Thanksgiving and overcoming envy.
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- You see, despite saul's jealousy and attempt to really kill him,
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- David responded with gratitude towards god.
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- Look at psalms 34 and verse 1, in the middle of all of what he
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- Was going through.
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- That was stressful because he's trying to honor the dude and the
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- Dude's searching for him to kill him.
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- And verse 1 and he says, "i will praise the lord at all times."
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- Oh, now i see the secret to david winning all of
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- His battles.
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- "i will praise the lord at all times."
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- See, we just read that like it's cute.
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- But when you've been through some stuff and you've made your
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- Mind up, you know, here's what i'm gonna do, i'm gonna set my
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- Thermostat and i'm gonna praise the lord at all times.
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- I'm not taking my temperature to see how i feel.
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- I'm gonna set my thermostat so that these emotions won't
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- Overcome me.
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- "i will praise the lord at all times.
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- I will constantly speak his praises."
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- See, i don't know if we forgot or what, but there's power
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- In praise.
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- There's power in praise.
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- I ain't waiting till i come to church to get the praise of
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- The lord.
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- I'm gonna weaponize my praise.
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- I'm gonna weaponize my thanksgiving.
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- I'm gonna weaponize my gratitude.
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- I'm gonna let the devil know if you come messing with me, you're
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- Messing with an atomic bomb.
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- I'm about to blow up some praise on you right now.
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- I'm about to blow up some shout on you right now.
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- I'm about to blow up some dancing of you right now.
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- I will praise the lord.
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- I will constantly speak of his praise.
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- I'm gonna praise him at all times.
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- I'm gonna praise him when i'm up and i'm gonna praise him when
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- I'm down.
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- I'm gonna praise him when i have provision and i'm gonna praise
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- Him when i don't know where the provision is gonna come from.
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- But i will yet praise the lord.
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- You need to let the devil know that you are not tired of
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- Praising god.
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- You need to let him know, i'm a praiser.
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- I don't know if you got the memo or not, but i'm a praiser.
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- You better watch out.
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- From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, i'm
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- Gonna praise the lord, my god, my god.
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- Number three, number three, thanksgiving.
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- Thanksgiving is a catalyst for joy.
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- Thanksgiving has the power to transform our perspective and it
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- Has the power to foster a heart of joy.
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- Oh glory, look at psalms 100 and verse 4, a catalyst for joy.
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- My god, you get to thanking god and all of a sudden the tempted
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- Depression has got to be put on hold.
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- And you start--as you start thanking him, you start thinking
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- About stuff you have forgotten that god has done for you,
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- My goodness.
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- Verse 4 says, "enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his
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- Courts with praise.
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- Give thanks to him and praise his name."
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- So when we enter god's presence, that's what he's talking about.
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- When we enter his presence with thanksgiving, we open ourselves
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- Up to experience his joy and to find strength in our god.
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- When we enter in with thanksgiving and praise.
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- I tell you, there's no better example than the example of paul
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- And silas when they were in prison unjustly.
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- They chose to express their thanksgiving through wisdom
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- For--through worship and praise, excuse me.
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- And despite their chains, the bible says, they begin to sing
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- Hymns, and let's look at it.
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- Acts chapter 16 in verse 25, they begin to sing hymns and
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- Psalms, and in prison, joy came.
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- Oh, you better listen to me.
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- Watch this, verse 25, "around midnight--" and i'm gonna read
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- On down a little bit, "around midnight paul and silas were
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- Praying and singing hymns to god," what.
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- Watch this, somebody said they must have been singing
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- To themselves.
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- The bible says, "and the other prisoners were listening."
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- So they were singing out loud.
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- I know sometimes you wanna, you wanna do that little silent
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- Treatment praise.
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- But i'm telling you, when you realize what god has done for
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- You, you don't mind other people hearing your praise.
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- And in this day and time, i think it's about time for
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- Somebody to hear our praise, amen.
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- They're hearing everything else but they, they're not hearing
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- Praise and i believe that something will happen
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- When people can start hearing our praise.
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- When you show up in a restaurant, just for a little
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- Bit, i ain't trying to bother nobody, but i might come in and
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- Sing a little praise on my way to the seat.
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- You understand what i'm saying.
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- He says, and he says, they start--the prisoners were
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- Listening to the praise.
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- And look what happened here.
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- In verse 26, "suddenly--" are you ready for some suddenlies?
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- See that, that's why i didn't mind putting the turkey on
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- The side to come and give god praise because i don't know in
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- My life when i'm gonna need some suddenlies.
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- "suddenly there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was
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- Shaken to its foundation."
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- Now watch this, "and all the doors immediately flew open,
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- And the chains of every prisoner fell off!"
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- I don't know what kind of symbolic change you might have
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- On, but i do have an idea of how we can get them off, hallelujah.
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- I got an idea how we can open up the prison doors.
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- I don't know what bondage you might be in, but i got an idea
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- How to open the door and get the chains to fall off, and i
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- Dare you, i dare you to put a praise in your mouth.
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- I dare you to put a song in your mouth.
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- I dare you to put a hymn in your mouth.
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- I dare to sing something that nobody else sings no more.
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- I dare you to say amazing grace, how sweet the sound.
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- I tell you those chains will fall off you and a supernatural
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- Power will show up and open the door in your life.
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- So, three ways to practice an attitude of thankfulness in your
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- Everyday life.
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- Number one, thank and praise god for everything in your life.
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- Thank him for it.
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- Look around, just do a 360 and look what god has done.
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- Do you look at--step in your house today and thank god you
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- Got one, hallelujah.
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- Whatever you eat today, whether it's a popsicle or a drumstick,
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- Thank god that you got it.
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- Hebrews chapter 13:15 in the nlt, here's what it says--
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- And this is for every and every--begin to do this.
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- How do i, how do i, how do i practice this attitude of
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- Thankfulness--and it keeps the emotions at bay.
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- He says, "therefore, let us offer through jesus a continual,
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- Continual sacrifice--" don't feel like doing it, but i do it
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- Anyway--"of praise to god, proclaiming our," watch this,
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- "allegiance to his name."
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- Proclaiming my loyalty and my commitment to his name.
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- Number two, how do i practice this attitude of thanksgiving
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- Every day?
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- Don't allow yourself to complain about anything, watch
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- Your mouth.
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- You can go home today and start complaining about stuff,
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- But don't do it.
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- 1 peter 3:10 in the nlt, don't allow yourself to complain
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- About anything.
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- Complaining wants to paralyze the voice of thanksgiving
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- Because while you're complaining, you're not
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- Being thankful.
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- And he says, "if you want to enjoy life--" i tell you what
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- Boy, how many of ya wanna enjoy life?
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- And if you wanna see happy days, how many want some happy days?
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- I'm not talking about the one that the fonz was on.
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- I'm talking about some happy days in your life, all right.
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- He says, here's how you do it.
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- "keep your tongue from speaking evil," and i tell you what evil
- 00:19:55.374 --> 00:19:59.077
- Is, it's complaining.
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- It's complaining and here's the last one.
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- Don't compare yourself with others.
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- Don't wish that your life was different.
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- You by looking at other people.
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- You're looking at other people and you're comparing yourself
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- With them and see when you compare, you belittle what god
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- Has done for you.
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- And this is why we should not compare.
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- Galatians chapter 6 and 4 in the nlt, and then 2 corinthians 10
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- And 12, we shouldn't compare.
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- Don't compare your car with somebody else because you'll
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- End up belittling the blessing of god in your life.
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- Your car might not look as pretty as theirs, but it gets
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- You where you need to go, praise god.
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- And you need to start praising god that you got a reliable car
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- That'll get you where you need to go rather than a pretty car
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- That break down every three months, amen.
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- He said, "pay careful attention to your own work, for then you
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- Will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won't
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- Need to compare yourself to anyone else."
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- And then in 2 corinthians chapter 10 verse 12 he says,
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- "oh, don't worry; we wouldn't dare say that we are as
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- Wonderful as these other men who tell you how important
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- They are!"
- 00:21:07.546 --> 00:21:08.914
- You ever met somebody, they tell you how important they are.
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- "but they are only comparing themselves with each other,
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- Using themselves as the standard of measurement."
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- And it ends by saying, "how ignorant!"
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- "how ignorant," praise god.
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- So we understand today.
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- Oh, it just does something in my heart to know that a few of us
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- Decided to come here today to say thank you jesus,
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- Oh my goodness.
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- And i guess, i guess you might wonder, well what do we have,
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- What do we have to thank god for?
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- And i'm gonna tell you something folks y'all just li--i thank
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- Him because, i think because he died on calvary.
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- He died on calvary's cross.
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- I thank him because he bore the sins of a whole world.
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- I thank him because he went to hell for three days and for
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- Three nights so i wouldn't have to go.
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- I thank him because he got up early sunday morning and
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- With all power in his hands, you don't hear me.
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- I thank him because he-- oh, glory to god.
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- He ascended on high and he took his seat on the right hand of
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- God, the father almighty.
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- And i thank him, because when he died, hallelujah,
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- He died to sin.
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- I thank him because he was raised from the dead.
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- And when he was raised from the dead, i was raised under
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- The righteousness.
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- You don't hear me.
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- I thank him because he sat down on the right hand of god,
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- The father almighty.
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- And when he sat down on god, the father almighty, i sat down on
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- The right hand of god, the father almighty, oh lord.
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- I thank him because he's coming back again, with all power
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- Wrapped up in his hands.
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- I thank you, lord, because you kept me, and i thank you, lord,
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- Because you never left me.
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- I thank you, lord, for being my rock in a weary land.
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- Creflo: i pray that the message you have just heard really
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- Ministered to you and helps you to live every day with eyes that
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- See god's goodness in everything and with an attitude
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- Of thanksgiving.
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- I wanna take a moment to invite anyone who is watching to make
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- Jesus the lord of your life.
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- Today can be the day everything changes for you.
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- If that's you, pray this simple prayer from your heart.
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- Repeat after me, "lord jesus, i believe you are the son of god.
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- I believe you died for my sins and rose again so i could live a
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- Brand new life.
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- Today i received your love, i received your forgiveness, i
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- Received your grace.
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- I confess you as my lord and my savior.
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- Thank you for saving me.
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- In jesus's name, amen.
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- Father, we thank you that every person who prayed that prayer is
- 00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:51.736
- Now a new creation in christ.
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- The old life is gone and the new life has begun.
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- We give you all the glory, and we thank you for the gift of
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- This grace-filled life.
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- In jesus's name, amen.
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