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Feel Thankful Gap Ingratitude The recipient is always aware. The culprit is rarely aware. Not feeling something. Unexpressed gratitude is experienced as ingratitude. Luke 17:11-19  //  Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him He went back to thank the one who enabled him to move forward. Luke 17:11-19  //  He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? The nine… where? Luke 17:11-19  //  Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”

Top 7 Stressors: Job Money Health Relationships Poor Diet Media Overload Lack of Sleep Being a Cowboys Fan John 16:33  //  “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Philippians 4:7 (LB)  //  If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. Refuse to Worry Philippians 4:6  //  Don’t worry about anything… Worry: To strangle or choke Things Jesus said: Worry is Unreasonable Matthew 6:25  //  “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Things Jesus said Worry is Unnatural If worry is learned, it can be un-learned. Matthew 6:26, 28-29  //  Look at the birds. They don

Get Yours Secure the Bag Look Out for Number 1 If you want to know what has your heart, look at your money. God is generous Generosity is the heart of God. John 3:16  //  For God so loved the world that He GAVE... Romans 8:32  //   Since he did not spare even his own Son but GAVE him up for us all, won’t he also GIVE us everything else? Matthew 7:11  //  “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven GIVE good things to those who ask him!” James 1:17  //  Every good and perfect GIFT is from above. God owns it all Matthew 25:14-15  //  “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. Owners have rights. Managers have responsibilities. Deuteronomy 10:14  //  To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heav

Matthew 13:19-23  //  When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Path Rocky Place Among Thorns Good Soil Hebrews 2:1  //  We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. How to drift from God Neglect yo

"Figure It Out" God Helps Those Who Help Themselves 80% 52% Ora et Labora Colossians 3:23-24  //  “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Proverbs 6:10-11  //  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. God is a helping God. Cannot help themselves Ephesians 2:4-5  //  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Romans 5:6-8  //  You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were

Beanie Babies are a GREAT investment! Don’t waste your money on Bitcoin. Work for the weekend UPGRADE Karoshi Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)  //  “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out? God’s plan for supernatural rest is sabbath. Sabbath means to cease. Exodus 16:23-30 (NIV)  //  He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’” 24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is

Question: Have you ever gotten bad advice? Follow your heart Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV)  //  The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it? Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)  //  Above all else, Guard your heart, For everything you do flows from it Feelings aren't a fruit of the Spirit. Psalm 22:1-2  //  My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest. Scripture calls David the “man after God’s own heart.” YET Psalm 22:3-5 (NIV)  //  Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame. The goal isn’t to NOT FEEL, but to remember the YET in the midst of the feelings. The heart to follow is the Heart of God Psalm 51:10  //  Create in me a pure heart, O God Acknow

Exodus 6:6-7  //  Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. The Cup of Sanctification — Weekend Services The Cup of Deliverance — Access Groups The Cup of Redemption — Next Steps Class The Cup of Praise — Team Access OUR GOALS FOR YOU: Know God. Find Freedom. Discover Purpose. Make a Difference. John 10:10 (TLB)  //  The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. We let our past paralyze us. Psalm 38:4, 6  //  My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear… I am bowed down and brought low. We let culture define us. Galatians 1:10  //  Am I now trying to win th