{"id":6952,"date":"2021-12-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=6952"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:23:44","slug":"give-thanks-to-the-lord-for-he-is-good","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?ctc_sermon=give-thanks-to-the-lord-for-he-is-good","title":{"rendered":"GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GIVE THANKS TO<br>THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAIN TEXT<br>PSALMS 118:1-24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The theme of Psalm 118 is thanksgiving to God and reliance on God rather than on human strength.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David summarizes the reasons for giving thanks to God into two Vs 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. For the Lord is Good:<br>This is enough reason to give thanks to the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. For His Love\/mercy endures forever<br>The psalmist learned that God \u00eds love to his people has no end\/limitation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Israelites many times broke the covenant with God, yet the Lord forgave them and His love continued.<\/li><li>When we became sinners through Adam and deserved eternal punishment, He sent His begotten Son to save us.<\/li><li>God has been good to us and he continues to be good to us.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Call to Give Thanks<br>Psalms 118:2 &amp; 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three groups are called to give thanks<br>I. All Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. The house of Aaron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. All people who fear the Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many reasons to give thanks<br>Psalms 145:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He satisfies the desires of your heart<br>Ephessians 3:20<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He provides beyond your expectations<\/li><li>He gives life, material things<br>families, jobs etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He answers your prayers<br>Psalms 145:18<br>Psalms 118:5<br>Psalms 34: 4<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How many times you called<br>and he answered? Give thanks to the Lord!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He protects you<br>Psalms 145:20<br>Psalms 121:5<br>Psalms 18:2<\/li><li>The Lord is your Helper<br>Psalms 118:5-9<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psalms 118:5-9 is a confession of total dependence on God \u00eds help<br>Psalms 46:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li><strong>He gives you victory Psalms 118:10-14<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. Thank God for the victory he has given<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How many victories the Lord has given you?<br>Psalms 124:1\u00f16<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Confess the victory the Lord is going to give you.<br>Romans 8:37<\/li><li>Confess that the present challenges will not lead you to death as David did.<br>Psalms 118:17<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIVE THANKS TOTHE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD MAIN TEXTPSALMS 118:1-24 Introduction The theme of Psalm 118 is thanksgiving to God and reliance on God rather than on human strength&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[273],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6952","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-getrude-majaliwa-thomas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6953,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6952\/revisions\/6953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_topic&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_book&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_series&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_speaker&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_tag&post=6952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}