2. Thank You

3. ABOUND IN THANKSGIVING A.Giving Thanks Is Often Taken For Granted. B.We Have Many Reasons To Be Thankful. C.What Are Some Of Our Reasons To Be Thankful?

4. 2 Corinthians 4: 13 - 18 13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

5. 2 Corinthians 4: 13 - 18 15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

6. 2 Corinthians 4: 13 - 18 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

7. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God." (2 Corinthians 4: 15 NKJV)

8. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift." (Ephesians 4: 7 NKJV)

9. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich." (2 Corinthians 8: 9 NKJV)

10. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2: 8 NKJV) B.Grace has made us who we are.

11. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift." (Ephesians 4: 7 NKJV) B.Grace has made us who we are.

12. I.Thankful For God's Grace. A.Grace should cause thanksgiving to abound. "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (1 Corinthians 15: 10 NKJV) B.Grace has made us who we are.

13. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men." (Titus 2: 11 NKJV)

14. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. "For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5: 9 NKJV)

15. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. "And those who heard it said, 'Who then can be saved?' 27 But He said, 'The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.'" (Luke 18: 26, 27 NKJV)

16. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. "Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed." (1 Peter 2: 24 NKJV) B.Christ paid the price for our salvation.

17. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. B.Christ paid the price for our salvation. "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4: 12 NKJV)

18. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. "So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation." (Hebrews 9: 28 NKJV) B.Christ paid the price for our salvation. C.We now have hope.

19. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. B.Christ paid the price for our salvation. C.We now have hope. "Knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you." (2 Corinthians 4: 14 NKJV)

20. II.Thankful For Salvation. A.God has provided salvation to us. B.Christ paid the price for our salvation. C.We now have hope. "And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed." (Romans 13: 11 NKJV)

21. III. Thankful For Suffering. A.Suffering which comes from persecution. "For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil." (1 Peter 3:17 NKJV)

22. III. Thankful For Suffering. A.Suffering which comes from persecution. B.Suffering which comes from discipline. "And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: 'My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.'" (Hebrews 12: 5, 6 NKJV)

23. III. Thankful For Suffering. A.Suffering which comes from persecution. B.Suffering which comes from discipline. C.Suffering which comes from growth. "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." (James 1: 2 - 4 NKJV)

24. III. Thankful For Suffering. A.Suffering which comes from persecution. B.Suffering which comes from discipline. C.Suffering which comes from growth. D.Suffering which comes from service.

25. ABOUND IN THANKSGIVING Are You Abounding In Thanksgiving? "While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4: 18 NKJV)