Title: The Power & Practice of Thanksgiving
Speaker: Rev. Ronnie Chin
Text: Eph 5:20, 1 Thess 5:18
Date: 29 November 2009

3 habits of  thanksgiving we need to cultivate:

I.     THE HABIT OF THANKFUL THINKING.

• Thanksgiving of begins with thoughtfulness. Phil 1:3
• Thoughtfulness…
  • Is the foundation of relationships.
  • Liberates from self-deception.
  • Helps see circumstances through God’s eyes.

II.   THE HABIT OF THANKFUL SPEAKING.

• Singing “thanks”
• Testifying “thanks.” (Mk 5:19)
• Thank offerings. (Ps 116:17)

III. THE HABIT OF THANKFUL SERVING.
Thankful thinking ->Thankful speaking->thankful living

• Ps 116:12 “how can I repay the Lord…”
• Ps 116:16 “…truly I am your servant…”
• Col 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,giving thanks to God the Father through him”