{"id":9089,"date":"2025-02-06T19:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=9089"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:56:44","slug":"give-thanks-to-the-lord-with-all-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?ctc_sermon=give-thanks-to-the-lord-with-all-your-heart","title":{"rendered":"GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.\u00a0PSALM 9:1 \u2013 2; 103: 1 – 6 (NIV\/Swahili Translation)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasons to give thanks to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 103: 1 \u2013 6\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protection, Deliverance, forgiveness, Salvation, healing, peace, and many other blessings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. PRAISE\/GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. Psalm 9:1 – 2; Psalm103:1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Key verse: Psalm 9:1a <\/strong>\u201c I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart\u201d  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Seven Hebrew words with different ways of praising the Lord:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • \u201cBarak\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 to bless the Lord while kneeling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

       Psalm 95:6<\/strong> \u201cO come, let us worship and kneel down; let us kneel (barak)<\/strong> before the Lord, our maker\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • \u201cHalal\/tehillah\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 to praise with loud music, noise and dance like a crazy person\/shout\u00a0Hallelujah<\/strong>\u00a0to the Lord.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Psalm 149: 3 Let them praise (halal<\/strong>) his name in the dance; let them sing praise with timbrel and harps.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • \u201cYadah\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 to give thanks to the Lord while lifting hands\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          2Chr. 20:21<\/strong> \u201cI will bless the Lord as long as I live; I will (yadah<\/strong>) lift up my hands in your name.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • \u201cShabach\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 to shout, clap and make noise of joy.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Psalm 47:1\u00a0\u201cClap your hands,\u00a0all you nations; shout(shabach)<\/strong>\u00a0to God with cries of joy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • Zamar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 praise the Lord with music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Psalm 33:2 Praise (zamar)<\/strong> the Lord with harp; make  music to him on the ten-stringd lyre …play skillfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              • Towdah<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Thanksging associated with offerings and redeeming vows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Psalm 50: 15<\/strong> \u201cSacrifice thank offerings (towdah)<\/strong> to God,
                    fulfill your vows to the Most High,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                2. THANKSGIVING INVOLVES GIVING TESTIMONIES. Psalm 9:1b; Psalm 66: 5; 1Chronicles 16:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Key verse: Psalm 9:1b <\/strong>\u201cI will tell of your wonders<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                3. THANKSGIVING INVOLVES GIVING.\u00a0Psalm 50:14 -15; Psalm 116: 12 \u2013 14; Deuteronomy 16:16 \u2013 17\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Key verse …<\/em>Deuteronomy 16: 16 \u2013 17\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                \u201c…. <\/em>No one should appear before the <\/u><\/em><\/strong>Lord<\/u><\/em><\/strong> empty-handed<\/u><\/em><\/strong>:<\/em> 17 <\/sup>Each of you <\/strong><\/em>must bring <\/u><\/em><\/strong>a gift <\/u><\/em><\/strong>in proportion<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>to the way the <\/u><\/em><\/strong>Lord<\/u><\/em><\/strong> your God has blessed you<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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