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Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.
Our Father in heaven, we do give thanks to you anew this day
For every opportunity we have to praise your name
And above all to come together and do it
Rejoicing as one body with one heart
Lifting up our voices to you in unity
To praise you as our Lord and as our God
And we thank you for this, your day
We thank you for all that is ours in a new day
For all the food that we have
For the clothes that we wear
For the warmth we enjoy
The homes that we have
The many blessings that you give to us day by day
And may you fill our hearts with thankfulness today
And may all our praise be towards you
May you bless us in our time around your word today
As we worship you
As we hear from the Bible your word
As we learn about your goodness and your glory
We thank you for every way that you speak to us
We pray that as we are together around your word
Here in the church and also as the young ones go out
For the Sunday school and tweenies
We pray, Lord, for you to watch over them
And the creche as well
And all of us together, Lord, to know your peace with us today
For we thank you that you are a God who is near
And that you are with us
For that is your promise
So continue with us today, Lord
Go before us
Pardoning us in all our sin
As we ask it all in Jesus' name
Amen
Just a word to the children before you go out to your classes
It's good to be together as always
To worship God
And to sing praise to him
And to hear his word
And how often do we come and give thanks to God?
Do we do it just when we come to church?
Or do we do it just on certain days?
Or do we do it every day?
Is every day a day when we give thanks to God?
As you read the Bible
As we sing from the Bible, from the Psalms
Very often we hear the phrase
Give thanks to God
In Psalm 118 it says
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good
His love endures forever
So how often then do we give thanks?
How often do we give thanks to people?
When people do kind things to us
Do we say thank you to them?
Do we maybe send a little thank you note
Or a thank you card for people
Who have been good to us in different ways
Remembering us maybe at a birthday time
A happy time
A wedding
Or maybe at a sad time
When we've experienced loss
People remember us
And do we give thanks to them
For remembering us?
Or just little things that we do for people
I got two thank you cards recently
Just little notes with a few words inside
Handmade, homemade
And just a few words inside you
Inside them
But what an encouragement it was
To get them
For someone to say thank you
It's great when people remember us
But what about God?
God who has given us everything in life
How often do we give thanks to him?
There's a story in the Bible about ten lepers
And leprosy is a disease
And if you have this disease
Nobody wants to be near you
Because it's very contagious
You can easily catch it
So everybody keeps away from lepers
But Jesus came and met with ten lepers
And he made them well
He healed them
And they went away from him
And as they went away
They were healed
How many do you think came back
And said thank you to Jesus?
Ten lepers were healed
How many came back
And said thank you to Jesus?
Ten you would think wouldn't you?
No
Eight?
No
Five?
No
Just one
Just one leper came back
And said thank you to Jesus
For making him well
Isn't that sad?
Jesus had made them all well
But only one came back
To say thank you to Jesus
And that's the way we are
Sometimes ourselves
The Lord is good to us
His love towards us
As the psalm says
Endures forever
But how often do we come and say
Thank you Lord
For everything that we have
Today we're going to be focusing
On that theme
Of thankfulness to God
And may it be today
That we are thankful
For all that he has done for us
But may it be that every day
As we start the day anew
We give thanks to God
For all of his goodness to us
For all of his love
Towards us
We don't forget him
Like the nine lepers
Who never came back
But we be like the one
Who did
And come back
And say thank you Lord
For all that you do
For us
Well let's say now
The Lord's prayer together
Our Father
Which art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth
As it is in heaven
Give us this day
Our daily bread
And forgive us our debts
As we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
The power and the glory forever
Amen
We're going to sing again
To God's praise
This time in Psalm 8
In the Sing Psalms version
It's on page 8
Of the Psalm books
Psalm 8 on page 8
We'll sing from verse 3
Down to the end of the Psalm
And the tune is Winchester
Psalm 8 at verse 3
When I regard the heavens you made
Your fingers work I trace
I see the moon and shining stars
Which you have set in place
We'll sing from verse 3
Down to the end of the Psalm
To God's praise
When I regard the heavens you made
Your fingers work I trace
I see the moon and shining stars
Which you have set in place
I ask myself
What then is man
That you should give him thought
The son of man that you do him
Such gracious care of God
You made him little less than those
Who dwell in heaven above
And you have crowned and honoured him
With glory and with love
You gave him charge of all the works
Created by your hand
And everything that you had made
You gave him to the hand
All flocks and birds and birds and fish
All beasts both wild and tame
In all the earth
O Lord our Lord
And glorious is your name
We'll turn to read in God's Word
Now in the Old Testament
And in 1 Chronicles
We're reading in chapter 29
So at the end of 1 Chronicles
You'll find this around page 4 to 6
Of the Bibles
1 Chronicles chapter 29
We're going to read from verse 10
Here we read about
Offerings that were made
To build the temple
The temple that David
Had a vision to build
But ultimately it would be
Solomon whose son
Who would build it
But we find that they had
David and his people
Had given much
Much of their own wealth
To the rebuilding
Of the temple
And here they're giving thanks
To God
For the provision
That was made for that
And what's interesting about this
Is although it's speaking
About David and the people
Before they built the temple
In the first place
The writer to the Chronicles
Is speaking many hundreds
Of years later
And it's at a time
When that first temple
Was in ruin
And they were about
To rebuild
Or encouraged
To rebuild
The temple
So that's a little background
As we come
To this book
1 Chronicles chapter 29
Reading at verse 10
Therefore David
Blessed the Lord
In the presence
Of all the assembly
And David said
Blessed are you O Lord
The God of Israel
Our Father
Forever and ever
Yours O Lord
Is the greatness
And the power
And the glory
And the victory
And the majesty
For all that is in the heavens
And in the earth
Is yours
Yours is the kingdom O Lord
And you are exalted
As head above all
Both riches
And honour
Come from you
And you rule
Over all
In your hand
Are power and might
And in your hand
It is to make great
And to give strength
To all
And now
We thank you
Our God
And praise
Your glorious name
But who am I
And what is my people
That we should be able
Thus to offer willingly
For all things
Come from you
And of your own
Have we given you
For we are strangers
Before you
And sojourners
As all our fathers were
Our days on earth
Are like a shadow
And there is no abiding
O Lord our God
All this abundance
That we have provided
For building you a house
For your holy name
Comes from your hand
And is all your own
I know my God
That you test the heart
And have pleasure
In uprightness
In the uprightness
Of my heart
I have freely offered
All these things
And now I have seen
Your people
Who are present here
Offering freely
And joyously
To you
O Lord
The God of Abraham
Isaac and Isaiah
Our fathers
Keep forever
Such purposes
And thoughts
In the hearts
Of your people
And direct their hearts
Towards you
Grant to Solomon
My son
A whole heart
That he may keep
Your commandments
Your testimonies
And your statutes
Performing all
And that he may build
The palace
For which I have made provision
Then David said
To all the assembly
Bless the Lord
Your God
And all the assembly
Blessed the Lord
The God of their fathers
And bowed their heads
And paid homage
To the Lord
And to the king
And they offered
Sacrifices to the Lord
And on the next day
Offered burnt offerings
To the Lord
A thousand bulls
A thousand rams
And a thousand lambs
With their drink offerings
And sacrifices
In abundance
For all Israel
And they ate
And drank
Before the Lord
On that day
With great gladness
And they made Solomon
The son of David
King
The second time
And they anointed him
As prince for the Lord
And Sadok
As priest
Then Solomon
Then Solomon sat
On the throne
Of the Lord
As king
In place of David
His father
And he prospered
And all Israel
Obeyed him
All the leaders
And the mighty men
And also
All the sons
Of king David
Pledged their allegiance
To king Solomon
And the Lord
Made Solomon
Very great
In the sight
Of all Israel
And bestowed on him
Such royal majesty
As had not been
On any king
Before him
In Israel
Thus David
The son of Jesse
Reigned over all Israel
The time that he reigned
Over Israel
Was forty years
He reigned for seven years
In Hebron
And thirty-three years
In Jerusalem
Then he died
At a good age
Full of days
Riches
And honour
And Solomon
His son
Reigned in his place
Now the acts
Of king David
From first to last
Are written
In the chronicles
Of Samuel the seer
And the chronicles
Of Nathan the prophet
And in the chronicles
Of Gad the seer
With accounts
Of all his rule
And his might
And of the circumstances
That came upon him
And upon Israel
And upon all the kingdoms
Of the countries
Amen
And may God bless
That reading
From his word
As again
Unite our hearts
In prayer
Let us pray
Lord our gracious God
We do thank you
For your word
And we thank you
For every reason
It gives to us
To come before you
With thanksgiving
And especially
That you are a God
Who remembers
Your people
That you remember
Our frailties
That you remember
That we are dust
And that you have made us
In your image
And with a purpose
We thank you
For every remembrance
You have towards us
And that you have given us
Your word
You have given us
Your truth
That we might live by it
That you have given us
Your son
Jesus Christ
The one who came
To be the light
Of the world
And to show us
The way
To salvation
We thank you
That you have given us
Your own spirit
The Holy Spirit
To dwell with us
To be alongside us
To be within us
To be the one
Who prompts us
And leads us
In your paths
And we thank you
Together
For all your goodness
Towards us
And we pray Lord
That we will remember you
With much thanksgiving
That we will remember you
With all our hearts
Even as we have read
In your word there
That we will be a people
Who in our hearts
Are devoted to you
Who treasure you
And your word
And who honour you
With all that we are
And all that we have
And so we thank you
Lord today
That you are with us
That you are near
And that we know that
In so many different ways
Even like the psalmist
In Psalm 8
Which we sung together
As he lifted his eyes up
And as he regarded
The heavens
That your fingers
Had made
All of your creation
All around
Even as we see it today
In all its glory
And splendour
As we think of
This time of year
When the days get longer
And when growth
Comes once again
We marvel at it
And we marvel at the beauty
Of your creation
But we can feel like
The psalmist
When we say
What is man
That you are mindful of him
How you remember us
Lord
In the midst of all things
But yet we thank you
That even though
We are unworthy of it
That your love
Is still poured out upon us
And we pray Lord
Today for
Ourselves as a people here
And a people
All around us today
Throughout our land
Throughout our world
That people would hear
Of your love
People would hear
Of your mercy
Towards us
People would hear
Of your goodness
That even as creation
Speaks to all
We pray that through that
That your voice
Would be heard
That they would see
That there is a creator
Behind it all
One who is Lord
And God
One who has provided
For us
A way
To salvation
A way to peace
A way to enjoy
Blessings beyond
All our imagination
Even when there are
Darkest of days
In this world
When things seem
To be going
Away from us
When we are
As it were
Assailed by so many
Troubles
When we feel
Overwhelmed by
The troubles
Of this world
When we are fearful
For all that goes on
May you draw near to us
And remind us
That you are with us
That you are the one
Who many
Decades ago
Many generations ago
Spoke with the disciples
A word of peace
In the midst of the storm
When the waves
Raged upon their boat
Peace
Be still
We pray Lord
That your voice
Will go out
In our midst today
That your voice
Will be heard
Far and wide
A voice that would
Bring that peace
And stillness
To our world
And to our people
Lord
Remember
As we pray
Remember us
In our homes
And in our families
We thank you Lord
For one another
And pray
That in our different needs
That you will surround us
That you will uphold us
That you will strengthen us
That you will hear our prayers
For one another
That you will hear our prayers
For loved ones
And all around us
People who are going through
Difficult trials
And tests just now
Those who are unwell
Those who are awaiting
Treatment of various kinds
Those who are mourning
The loss of loved ones
Those who are anxious
And afraid
Of many different things
Those who are struggling
In life
Struggling with addiction
Struggling with
Financial insecurity
Struggling with
All kinds of different problems
Lord
We know
The troubles are many
But Lord
We thank you
That you are able to help
And may
We call upon your name
All the more
As we see and hear
Of all the different needs
Around us
Lord
We commit ourselves
Into your hands
We pray Lord
Your blessing on your word
Today as it goes out
Here and far and wide
That it will be blessed
To many
Remember those who gather
For the sacrament
Of the Lord's Supper
Today
We pray your blessing
On those who minister
In our own presbytery
Today around the Lord's Supper
We pray that you will bless
Each one
And be with them
We pray Lord
For ministers of the gospel
Near and far
That you will uphold
And strengthen each one
We know Lord
That there are many
Who feel downcast
And dismayed
In these days
So many going through
Their own times
Of affliction
And distress
And times of grief
We commit them to you
Lord
You know them each one
And we remember
Your servant
Reverend Robert McLeod
Today
A retired minister
In her own denomination
Who
Whose wife sadly
Passed away this week
We pray
For him and his family
At this time
Lord
That you will surround them
Be with them
Uphold them
And be their strength
Lord
We know that
You are our shepherd
And in that
We give thanks
That you will lead us
Not just by the quiet waters
But that you promise
To lead us
Even in the valley
Of the shadow of death
We pray Lord
That you will remind us
That there is
A place for your people
A place of rest
A place of peace
A place of great joy
We will be gathered
To the Lord
At the end of our days
And so Lord
Hear our prayers
Continue with us
Throughout this day
Be with us
In the evening as well
As we gather
Around your word there
Be with
Reverend Kenny I. McLeod
As he leads us
In the worship
This evening
We pray for him Lord
And his preparations
For that
And that do us
All good today
And watch over us
We pray
As we ask all things
With forgiveness
Of our sins
In Jesus name
Amen
I will praise God
Once again
In this
Singing in Psalm 100
In the Sing Psalms version
Page 131
Psalm 100
And page 131
We will sing
The whole of this
Psalm together
The tune is
Golden Hill
Shout to the Lord
With joy
All who to earth
Belong
Adore the Lord
With joyful hearts
And come
To him in song
We will sing
The whole of this
Psalm
To God's praise
Amen
Shout to the Lord
With joy
All who to earth belong
Adore the Lord
With joyful hearts
And come to him
In song
Know that the Lord is God
He made us as his own
We are the sheep
For him be here
His people is alone
And tithe his gates with praise
His courts with thankfulness
Your praises gladly sing
To him
His name forever bless
For God the Lord is good
His love is ever sure
His constant truth and faithfulness
Through every age and due
Amen
We can turn back to where we read
In 1st Chronicles
In chapter 29
1st Chronicles 29
We're looking at this section
Really first
Verse 10
Down to verse 22
But we can read again
At verse 13
And now we thank you
Our God
And praise
Your glorious name
Now we thank you
Our God
And praise
Your glorious name
This was a time
As the Chronicle
Is looking back
To the days
When David
And the people
Were about to begin
Building
A temple
A place
For God's people
To worship God
A permanent place
Where they could come
And worship God
So this was a time
When much activity
Had taken place
As they were gathering together
Different materials
And much activity
Was going to take place
As they would begin
Building the temple
But in between
The two
We find
In this section
A time
To pause
And a time
To reflect
And a time
As we see there
In verse 13
To give thanks
To God
And praise
His glorious name
If you listen
To the travel news
On the radio
On a regular basis
This one place
I'm sure you've heard
Mention of
Many times
In the travel news
And the place
Is called
Rest and be thankful
It's often heard
On the news
Because it's a place
That is closed
A road
That is closed
It's a road
The A83
That's in Argylland Butte
And it's a road
That crosses over
A high point
As you're making
A way along it
And the rest
And be thankful
Is the point
Where it's at
Its highest
And you usually hear
This place
Is closed
Or at least
That's what we often
Maybe focus on
But you'll also hear
That it's a place
That has reopened
The two go together
A place that is closed
But a place
That is reopened
Now is it a place
That when you hear
About you think
That's a place
I would love
To go to
Well it depends
What kind of
Outlook you have
You might just think
Oh that's a place
That's often
Always closed
There's no point
Going there
I might get stuck
Or you might think
Well it's a place
That's more often
Open than it's closed
And there must be
A reason why
It's called
Rest and be thankful
I want to go
And see
What it's about
And when you think
About that
And you think
About that place
It reminds us
Of another place
That we can often
Think is a place
That is closed off
And that is
When we find
Ourselves
In a situation
When nothing
Seems to be
Going right
For ourselves
Or for the world
In which we live in
A place where
We think
Just looking around us
Nothing's going right
In this world
How can I possibly
Come to God
In thanksgiving
What do I have
To give thanks for
It's almost like
That road
To thanksgiving
To God
Is closed
Or do we see
Even in the midst
Of a time
When nothing
Seems to be going
Right
That we actually
Do have much
To be thankful
For
And that the way
To God
Is open
That he is near
For us
To call upon
And that we would
See that he is
There for us
And that we are
To spend
That time
Coming to him
And giving thanks
For all that he
Has done for us
Why is
The place
Rest and be
Thankful
So called
Well it got
Its name
Many many years
Long before
People started
To travel
By cars
When people
Would be
Traveling
Maybe by horse
Or even
By walking
Great distances
And this place
Became known
As the rest
And be thankful
Because it was
At the highest
Point of the
Climb
So whichever
Direction you
Were going
In you were
Always coming
To this high
Point
And it was
A place where
Travellers would
Stop
And rest
And be
Thankful
As they would
Look at the
Climb
They've come
Up
They'll be
Thankful
For that
As they would
Look ahead
To going
Down the other
Side
And continuing
Their journey
They'll be
Thankful
And they'd
Have this
Time
Of rest
And when we
Think of our
Lives today
And how busy
Our lives can be
And how much
Chaos there can
Be all around
Us
Isn't it wonderful
That God has
Given us in
His wisdom
A day
The Lord's
Day
A high point
For us
At the beginning
Of a week
Where we can
Look back
Whether it's
Over the last
Week or weeks
Or months
Or even years
We can look
Back and give
Thanks to God
And we can
Look forward
To what lies
Ahead and give
Thanks that God
Promises to go
With us
And while we
Are here in
This day
In this time
That we can
Rest
That we can
Rest around
God's word
That we can
Rest among
One another's
Fellowship
That we can
Rest as we
Go back to
Our homes
And reflect
On what God
Has done
For us
And that we
Can be
Thankful
For what
He has
Done
For us
So the
Rest and
Be thankful
Was a place
Where people
Paused
And reflected
And today
Is that
For us
Every Lord's
Day
A time
To rest
To pause
And reflect
And be
Thankful
To God
For all
That he's
Taken us
From
For all
That he's
Going to
Take us
Into
And for
All that
He is
To us
As his
People
And so
May we
Realize
Today
That the
Rest and
Be thankful
That we
Have
The way
Is open
The way
To God
Is open
And that's
What we see
In this
Passage
That the
People
David and
The people
Of God
Were pausing
To rest
And to be
Thankful
And to
Praise
God's
Glorious
Name
They
Stopped
To give
Thanks
To him
And we
Want to
Reflect
On this
Time
Of
Thanksgiving
That they
Had
And see
Three
Things
From it
And the
First thing
Is the
Setting
Of their
Thanksgiving
The second
Thing is the
Source
Of their
Thanksgiving
And then
Thirdly
We'll see
The security
Of their
Thanksgiving
So the
First thing
We want to
See is
The setting
Of their
Thanksgiving
As we
Turn
And look
At this
Chapter
We see
That the
People
Have
A lot
To give
Thanks
For
Much
Reason
To give
Thanks
For
But what
Is the
Actual
Setting
Of their
Thanksgiving
As I
Said as
We were
Going to
Read this
Chapter
It was
A time
Of
Preparation
The
People
Had
Been
Worshipping
God
Up to
This
Point
In
A
Tent
A
Tent
Was
Their
Temple
A
Place
That
They
Would
Build
And
Put
Up
In
Different
Places
As
They
Travelled
Around
But
David
Had
This
Vision
To
Build
A
Temple
For
God
A
Permanent
Place
Of
Worship
That
They
Could
Worship
God
Together
Now
David
Wouldn't
Build
It
Solomon
His
Son
Would
But
As
You
See
Here
David
Was
Very
Much
In
The
Preparation
For
It
And
Here
He's
Speaking
About
A
Time
Of
Preparation
To
Build
This
Temple
In
The
Previous
Verses
Of
This
Chapter
We
Didn't
Read
But
Pause
To
Pause
For
And
Think
What
Is
3,000
Talents
Of
Gold
It's
Not
The
Kind
Of
Currency
That
We
Use
Or
Carry
Around
Ourselves
It's
Not
The
Kind
Of
Prices
You
See
On
The
Shelves
In
The
Shop
A
Talent
Of
Gold
But
It's
Worth
Just
Reflecting
On
What
Kind
Of
Worth
This
Had
3,000
Talents
Of
Gold
One
Talent
Is
34
Kilograms
Now
If you
Want to
Go
And
Find
Out
The
Worth
Of
Gold
You
Can
Do
So
You
Can
Go
Online
And
Very
Often
It's
Priced
Per
Ounce
That's
How
Precious
It
Is
You
Look
At
The
Price
Of
One
Kilogram
Of
Gold
1.8
Million
Pounds
And
If
You
Do
The
Calculations
And
You
See
3,000
Talents
Of
Gold
With
One
Talent
Equaling
34
Kilograms
How
Much
Value
Did
David
Give
Just
In
Gold
To
The
Building
Of
The
Temple
You
Do
Calculations
In
Today's
Value
You're
Talking
Nearly
Five
And
A
Half
Billion
Pounds
These
Are
Not
Small
Figures
We're
Talking
About
Here
This
Is
Not
Just
A
Small
Amount
Of
Gold
This
Is
Huge
Amounts
Of
Gold
And
Then
You
Add
To
That
Ten
Thousand
Five
Thousand
Talents
Of
Gold
From
The
People
As
Well
As
Well
As
The
Silver
And
Everything
Else
The
Bronze
And
Iron
And
Everything
Else
That
Went
Into
This
Temple
It
Was
It
Was
A
Priceless
Thing
And
They
Were
Giving
Of
Their
Resources
So
You
Think
To
Yourself
Well
This
Was
Obviously
A
Time
Of
Plenty
David
Had
Much
To
Give
The
People
Had
Much
They
Could
Give
So
You
Think
To
Yourself
Well
It's
Easy
To
Give
Thanks
In
This
But
Remember
What
I
Said
About
The
Chronicler
Writing
This
And
The
Chronicler
Writing
In
A
Time
When
This
Temple
That
Would
Be
Built
Was
Now
In
Ruin
All
This
Value
That
Had
Gone
Into
Building
It
It's
Been
Destroyed
It's
Just
In
Ruin
It's
Been
Stolen
Probably
Most
Of
It
And
What
Wasn't
Worth
Anything
Is
Just
Left
In
Ruin
But
When
You
Look
At
The
Situation
That
They're
In
Here
You
See
It
Was
A
Time
Of
Plenty
But
It
Was
Also
A
Time
When
They
Realized
That
The
Value
Of
The
Things
Of
This
World
Meant
So
Little
It
Was
All
Just
Temporary
Their
Heart
Was
Not
Set
On
The
Things
Of
This
World
Their
Heart
Was
Set
On
God
And
You
Look
At
Verse
15
Where
It
Says
For
We
Are
Strangers
Before
You
And
So
As
All
Our
Fathers
Were
Our
Days
On
Are
Like
A
Shadow
And
There
Is
No
Abiding
The
Setting
Of
Their
Thanksgiving
Is
Yes
A
Time
Of
Much
A
Time
Of
Great
Wealth
But
Also
A
Time
When
There
Is
A
Realization
That
What
Is
Important
Is
Not
The
Wealth
Of
This
World
But
The
Love
Of
God
Towards
Them
And
The
Chronicle
Was
Writing
To
The
People
Of
His
Day
A
People
Who
Were
Looking
Around
Them
And
Seeing
The
Ruins
Of
The
Temple
All
Around
Them
So
Chronicles
Is
A
Bit
Like
A
History
Book
It
Is
A
Bit
Like
For
Our
S
Today
Reading
A
Book
About
Revivals
Of
The
Past
Going
Back
Maybe
Many
Generations
We're
Reading
About
Something
That
Happened
Long
Ago
And
Thinking
It
Was
Okay
For
Them
It
Was
Great
For
Them
But
What
About
Us
Today
What
About
Our
Situation
Today
When
The
Church
Instead
Of
Being
In
Revival
Just
Seems
To
Be
In
Decline
But
What
The
Chronicler
Is
Doing
Is
Reminding
Them
Of
God's
Greatness
And
His
Love
That
Endures
Forever
They
Are
Surrounded
By
Ruin
But
He's
Calling
Them
Back
To
God
Calling
Them
To
Trust
God
And
To
Give
Thanks
To
God
Because
If
We're
Only
Focused
On
A
Problem
It's
Hard
To
Give
Thanks
If
We're
Only
Focused
On
The
Chaos
All
Around
Us
The
Chaos
In
Our
Own
Lives
It's
Hard
To
Give
Thanks
But
When
We
Focus
More
And
More
On
God
We
Realize
That
Yes
Our
Days
In
This
World
Are
Just
Like
Strangers
And
Sojourners
To
Our
Days
On
Earth
Are
Like
A
Shadow
As
He's
Saying
There
Is
No
Abiding
Here
We
Don't
Have
A
Place
Of
Permanent
Residence
But
We
Look
To
God
And
We
Trust
In
Him
We
Give
Thanks
To
Him
Whatever
Our
Circumstances
The
Writer
Frederick
Marsh
He
Describes
What
The
Christian
Can
See
When
He
Looks
Back
And
When
We
Think
Of
Today
As
The
High
Point
A
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
Situation
We
Look
Back
And
We
Can
Echo
What
Frederick
Marsh
Says
When
He
Speaks
About
Reflecting
On
Our
Past
He
Says
When
The
Christian
Looks
Back
We
Can
See
The
Deliverances
The
Lord
Has
Brought
Us
What
God
Has
Delivered
Us
From
We
Can
See
The
Way
That
He
Has
Led
We
Can
See
The
Blessings
That
He
Has
Bestowed
We
Can
See
The
Victories
He
Has
Won
And
We
Can
See
The
Encouragements
He
Has
Given
We
See
All
Of
These
Things
Yes
We
Can
See
The
Chaos
We
Can
See
The
Troubles
We
Can
See
Our
Heart
Aches
And
Our
Pains
And
All
Of
These
Things
But
As We
Reflect
On
God
And
His
Mercies
Towards
Us
We
See
All
Of
These
Ways
That
He
Has
Helped
Us
All
Of
The
Ways
That
He's
Delivered
Us
Led
Us
Given
Us
Blessing
Upon
Blessing
Victories
And
Encouragements
Along
The
Way
David
Knew
It
In
His
Own
Life
The
People
With
Him
Knew
It
In
Their
Own
Lives
The
Chronicler
In
His
Day
Many
Hundreds
Of
Years
Later
Knew
It
As
Well
That
God
Had
Not
Failed
Them
God
Had
Not
Left
Them
But
That
They
Were
To
Come
To
Him
So
Today
The
Setting
Of
Our
Thanksgiving
Might
Seem
Insecure
And
Uncertain
In
Many
Different
Ways
But
Yet
We
Can
Trust
God
Who
The
Way
Is
Open
To
Give
Thanks
To
Him
For
His
Constancy
Towards
Us
The
Way
Of
Thanksgiving
Is
Open
So
The
Setting
We
See
The
Second
Thing
We
See
Is
The
Source
Of
Thanksgiving
Where
Does
It
Come
From
And
What
Is
Its
Basis
Well
As
You
Read
Through
Verse
10
To
19
We
Are
Given
A
Real
Insight
Into
The
Way
The
Chronicler
Here
Is
Writing
He
Is
Writing
Not
About
The
People
And
You
Think
Of
All
Of
The
People
And
David
Have
Given
Here
Their
Wealth
All
The
Talents
Of
Gold
And
Silver
And
Bronze
And
Iron
All
Of
These
Things
Yet
The
Writer
Is
Here
Not
Focused
On
The
People
But
On
God
David
Said
In
Verse
10
There
Blessed
Are
You
O
Lord
The
God
Of
Israel
Our
Father
Forever
And
Ever
And
Yours
O
Lord
Is
The
Greatness
And
So
It
Goes
On
The
Power
And
The
Glory
And
The
Victory
And
The
Majesty
For
All
That
Is
In
The
Heavens
And
In
The
Earth
Is
Yours
Is
The
Kingdom
O
Lord
And
You
Are
Exalted
As
Head
Above
All
The
Source
Of
Their
Thanksgiving
Is
In
Knowing
God
And
God
With
Them
Now
When
You
Read
Through
These
Verses
There
Does
It
Remind
You
Of
Anything
When
You
Think
Of
The
Kind
Of
Words
That
Is
Yours
O
Lord
Is
The
Greatness
And
The
Power
And
The
Glory
In
Your
Hand
Are
Power
And
Might
And
In
Your
Hand
It
Is
To
Make
Great
And
To
Give
Strength
To
All
Does
Remind
You
Of
Anything
Words
That
We've
Spoken
Ourselves
Already
Today
It's
Very
Similar
To
The
Lord's
Prayer
It's
Very
Similar
To
The
Lord's
Prayer
In
That
The
Focus
Is
On
Our
Father
Who
Art
In
Heaven
Hallowed
Be
Your
Name
It's
All
About
His
Kingdom
His
Power
And
His
Glory
Which
Is
Forever
Very
Similar
Words
To
What
We
Have
Here
And
It's
Just
A
Reminder
To
Us
As
David
Is
Reminding
Himself
And
The
Chronicle
Is
Reminding
The
People
Of
His
Day
And
We
Are
Being
Reminded
Today
That
Our
King
Our
Help
The
Source
Of
All
Our
Thanksgiving
Is
Not
In
Our
Souls
But
In
God
For
Thine
Is
The
Kingdom
The
Power
And
The
Glory
Forever
Amen
When
Jesus
Gave
His
Disciples
That
Prayer
To
Pray
It
Was
To
Teach
Them
How
To
Pray
And
To
Teach
Us
How
To
Pray
The
God
Who
Provides
For
Us
On
A
Daily
Basis
Is
Worthy
Of
All
Our
Praise
We
Are
Not
Kings
We
Don't
Have
The
We
Don't
Have
The
We
Don't
Have
That
But
David
Realizes
That
Even
Though
He
Had
It
Was
All
From
God
It
Is
All
Yours
He
Is
Saying
Here
And
He
Dwells
On
That
For
A
Moment
In
This
Prayer
Of
Thanksgiving
That's
Where
He
Dwells
Yours
O
Lord
Is
The
Greatness
And
The
Power
And
The
Glory
And
The
Victory
And
The
Majesty
Everything
We
Have
Is
From
Your
Hands
Even
As
King
In
Power
And
Ruling
Over
All
These
People
And
Nations
And
Kingdoms
He
Was
Nothing
In
Comparison
To
God
And
You
Think
Of
Our
Royal
Family
Today
And
All
That
They
Have
They're
Not
Immune
From
Their
Troubles
Their
Wealth
And
Their
Riches
Cannot
Save
Them
From
The
Troubles
Of
This
World
Nothing
Can
But
Resting
In
God
I'm
Reminded
Of
A
Speech
That
Queen
Elizabeth
Did
Some
Of
You
Will
Remember
These
Words
I'm
Sure
When
Back
In
1992
Towards
The
End
Of
The
Year
I
Think
It
Was
November
Time
She
Made
A
Speech
To
The
Nation
In
Which
She
Described
The
Past
Year
As
The
Annus
Horribilis
A
Horrible
Year
And
It
Had
Been
It
Had
Been
A
Difficult
Year
For
Her
And
For
The
Royal
Family
Here
She
Was
As
Queen
With
All
The
Wealth
You
Could
Imagine
And
Yet
It
Had
Been
A
Horrible
Year
And
That
Can
Be
The
Case
For
All
Of
Us
No
Matter
Whether
We've
Got
Much
Or
Little
We
Can
All
Experience
These
Horrible
Times
These
Difficult
Times
These
Are
Days
That
We
All
Have
To
Face
Up
To
But
How
Do
We
Face
Up
To
Them
That's
The
Question
Well
Do
We
Rest
Do
We
Stop
Do
We
Pause
And
See
The
Source
Of
Our
Thanksgiving
Is
From
God
Who
Still
Provides
Who
Still
Provides
In
The
Midst
Of
All
Our
Trials
The
Chronicle
Writing
To
His
People
In
His
Time
Looking
Back
To
David's
Day
Is
Encouraging
His
People
And
Looking
At
The
Ruin
Of
The
Temple
To
Rebuild
It
And
You
Read
About
This
In
Haggai
Because
What
Had
Happened
To
The
People
They
Had
Returned
From
Having
Been
In
A
Time
Of
Exile
Coming
Back
And
Seeing
The
Ruin
And
Thinking
Almost
What's
The
Point
God
Has
Left
Us
Was
What
They
Thought
So
They
Just
Focused
On
Themselves
And
On
Their
Own
Houses
That's
The
Challenge
That
Haggai
Put
To
Them
They
Were
Resting
In
Themselves
And
Not
In
God
So
The
Chronicle
Was
Writing
To
Them
As
Well
And
Saying
It
Is
By
God
That
We
Can
Rebuild
It's
By
His
Grace
And
By
His
Strength
That
We
Can
Go
On
But
We
Must
Return
To
Him
And
So
It
Is
For
Ourselves
Today
As
Well
That
The
Only
Way
We
Can
Find
Rest
And
Peace
And
Hope
In
This
World
Is
To
Return
To
God
And
To
See
The
Way
The
Road
Is
Open
To
Him
The
Road
To
The
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
Is
Open
It
Is
Not
Closed
God
Has
Not
Left
Us
But
We
Can
Come
To
Him
And
When
You
Think
Of
The
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
In
Argyllam
Bute
It's
A
High
Point
It
Has
A
Stunning
View
And
If
You
Don't
Go
There
You're
Never
Going
To
Enjoy
It
And
That's
True
For
Ourselves
And
God
When
God
Seems
Distant
We
Think
There's
No
Help
That
God
Can
Give
To
Me
There's
No
Point
In
Going
To
Him
The
Way
Is
Closed
When
You
Look
Through
The
Bible
You
Find
That
When
That
Was
The
Attitude
Of
People
There
Was
No
Blessing
From
God
Return
To
Me
He
Keeps
Saying
Again
And
Again
In
The
Bible
Return
To
Me
And
I
Will
Return
To
You
In
Haggai
It's
About
Coming
To
Him
That
He
Might
Pour
Down
His
Blessings
Upon
Them
That
They
Might
See
The
Power
Of
God
So
If
We
Don't
Go
To
God
We're
Never
Going
To
See
What
He
Can
Do
We're
Never
Going
To
Enjoy
What
He
Can
Do
For
Us
But
He's
Saying
Come
Like
Jesus'
Invitation
Come
To
Me
See
Me
And
I
Will
Give
You
Rest
Are
We
Coming
To
Him
That's
What
The
People
Were
Being
Encouraged
More
And
More
For
Here
Through
David
Through
The
Chronicler
In
Their
Own
Day
To
See
The
Source
Of
Thanksgiving
Is
Found
In
God
And
That's
Why
He
Comes
To
That
Point
In
Verse
13
And
Now
We
Thank
You
Our
God
And
Praise
You
Your
Glorious
Name
Finally
We
Just
Want
To
See
The
Security
Of
Thanksgiving
And
Look
At
Verse
14
But
Who
Am
I
And
What
Is
My
People
That
We
Should
Be
Able
Thus
To
Offer
Willingly
Who
Am
I
It's
Like
Psalm
8
As
The
Psalmist
Looks
And
Sees
The
Wonder
Of
All
The
Creation
And
Says
What
Is
Man
That
You
Are
Mindful
Of
Him
Who
Are
We
That
We
Are
Worthy
Of
God's
Blessing
But
We
Are
A
People
Made
By
God
And
For
God
David
Is
Going
On
There
In
Verse
15
To
Say
We
Are
Strangers
Before
You
And
Sojourners
As
All
Our
Fathers
Were
Our
Days
On
Earth
Are
Like
A
Shadow
And
There
Is
No
Abiding
That
Is
True
That
Is
Reality
This
World
Is
Passing
Us
By
But
He
Says
Oh
Lord
Our
God
In
Verse
16
All
This
Abundance
That
We
Have
Provided
For
Building
You
A
House
For
Your
Holy
Name
Comes
From
Your
Hand
And
All
Is
Your
Own
He
Keeps
Coming
Back
To
This
You
Are
Our
God
Oh
Lord
Our
God
I
Know
My
God
Oh
Lord
The
God
Of
Abraham
You
Are
Our
God
He
Keeps
Repeating
This
The
Security
Of
Thanksgiving
As
They
Come
To
God
He
Realizes
More
And
More
That
With
Him
There
Is
A
Refuge
With
Him
There
Is
A
Place
Of
Eternal
Security
A
Place
Of
Praise
And
Worship
With
God
Who
Will
Be
With
Them
No
Matter
What
And
How
Can
We
Know
This
Security
Our
Selves
Well
It's
To
Love
The
Lord
With
All
Our
Heart
How
Often
Do
We
See
The
Word
Heart
Used
Here
Heart
Is
Mentioned
Again
And
Again
Throughout
This
Passage
In
Verse
Nine
You
See
Then
The
People
Rejoiced
Because
They
Had
Given
Willingly
For
With
A
Whole
Heart
They
Offered
Freely
To
The
Lord
They
Were
Offering
With
A
Whole
Heart
In
Verse
17
He
Says
I
Know
My
God
That
You
Test
The
Heart
God
Tests
The
Heart
And
He
Carries
On
In
That
Theme
Of
The
Heart
You
Keep
Oh
Lord
The
God
Of
Abraham
Isaac
And
Israel
Our
Fathers
Keep
Forever
Such
Purposes
And
Thoughts
In
The
Hearts
Of
Your
People
And
Direct
Their
Hearts
Towards
You
So
It's
A
Repeated
Phrase
The
Heart
Fixed
Securely
On
The
Lord
That
Is
The
Security
Of
Thanksgiving
We
Come
To
God
Who
Our
Hearts
Are
Supposed
To
Be
Focused
On
And
As
Someone
Put
It
The
Heart
Is
Used
In
Scripture
As
The
Most
Comprehensive
Term
For
The
Authentic
Person
It's
All
That
The
Person
Is
The
Heart
Is
Just
The
Center
Of
Our
Being
It's
Our
All
Out
Of
The
Heart
Comes
For
Praise
Out
Of
The
Heart
Comes
For
Thanksgiving
It
Is
From
The
Heart
And
Jesus
Himself
Said
For
Where
Your
Treasure
Is
There
Your
Heart
Will
Be
Also
And
So
The
Challenge
To the
People
Then
And
To
Ourselves
Today
Is
Where
Is
Our
Heart
And
Is
Our
Heart
Securely
Fixed
On
The
Lord
When
You
Hear
Of
David
There
And
Giving
Three
Thousand
Talents
Of
Gold
Worth
Nearly
Five
And
A
Half
Billion
Pounds
What
Would
You
Want
More
The
Gold
That
David
Had
Or
The
God
That
He
Worshipped
Because
You
Cannot
Serve
Both
Would
You
Want
The
Gold
That
David
Enjoyed
That
As
He
Saw
Was
Just
Temporary
Or
The
God
Who
Was
Permanent
The
God
Who
Was
His
Security
Our
Security
And
Our
Rest
Must
Be
Found
In
Christ
And
Nothing
Else
Because
Nothing
Else
Leaves
Us
Secure
For
Eternity
All
The
Gold
In
This
World
Will
Never
Help
Us
Eternally
But
Trusting
In
Christ
As
Our
Saviour
Gives
Us
Security
Forever
And
It's
A
Trust
That
We
Are
To
Have
No
Matter
What
No
Matter
What
Our
Situation
We
Are
To
Trust
The
Lord
Whether
In
Plenty
Or
In
Need
As
Paul
Puts
It
I
Can
Do
All
Things
Through
Christ
Who
Strengthens
Me
Is
He
Your
Strength
There
Was
A
War
Back
In
The
17th
Century
Called
The
Thirty
Years
War
It
Was
Mostly
In
Central
Europe
That
This
War
Happened
And
It
Remains
One
Of
The
Longest
Running
Conflicts
In
Our
History
In
Human
History
More
Than
Eight
Million
Casualties
Were
Had
During
That
Time
Of
Conflict
Both
Through
The
Military
Battle
But
Also
From
Famine
And
Disease
Caused
By
This
Conflict
A
Number
Of
Wonderful
Stories
Recounted
From
It
Though
About
Times
Of
Trusting
God
In
The
Midst
Of
It
All
And
One
Was
From
1636
And
It
Was
A
German
Pastor
By
The
Name
Martin
Rinkart
And
He
Was
Pastor
To
A
Very
Large
Congregation
During
This
Time
Of
Conflict
A
Huge
Congregation
But
It
Said
That
In
One
Year
Alone
He
Buried
5,000
Of
His
Congregation
5,000
Funerals
In
One
Year
But
During
This
Time
When
He
Saw
So
Much
Darkness
In
The
World
When
He
Saw
So
Much
Sorrow
And
Pain
There
Was
A
Time
When
He
Sat
Down
And
Wrote
A
Grace
For
His
Children
A
Grace
That
They
Could
Say
As
They
Sat
Round
The
Table
For
Their
Food
And
To Give
Thanks
To
God
And
The
Grace
Is
Recorded
For
Us
It
Said
Now
Thank
We
All
Our
God
With
Heart
And
Hands
And
Voices
Who
Wondrous
Things
Has
Done
In
Whom
His
World
Rejoices
Who
From
Who
From
Our
With
Countless
Gifts
Of
Love
And
Still
Is
Our
Today
There's
An
Element
Of
Thanksgiving
And
Faith
In
These
Words
In
The
Midst
Of
Everything
That
Was
Going
On
Around
Them
They
Could
Still
Thank
God
For
All
His
Countless
Gifts
Of
Love
And
Still
That
He
Was
There
That
Day
Are
We
Filled
With
Thanks
Thankfulness
Is
Your
Heart
Set
On
The
Lord
And
Full
Of
Thankfulness
Yes
We
Have
Our
Troubles
Yes
We
Have
Our
Times
Of
Great
Sorrow
And
Sadness
Times
Of
Great
Need
But
We
Have
A
Time
A
Place
A
Day
Where
We
Can
Come
And
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
To
God
That
He
Remembers
Us
And
That
He
Is
With
Us
So
Him
Says
In
God
The
Lord
My
Heart
Is
Strong
My
Joy
In
Him
Is
Free
He
Gives
My
Mouth
A
Triumph
Song
He
Saves
And
Rescues
Me
May
God
Who
Raised
Me
From
The
Dust
And
Governs
All
My
Ways
Direct
My
Heart
And
Humble
Trust
In
Perfect
Praise
O
Christ
My
King
Whose
Mighty
Plan
Makes
Such
A
Prayer
Come
Through
As
In
Your
Pain
Our
Hopes
Began
Your
Power
Shall
Make
Them
New
No
Matter
What
Our
Hope
And
Security
Can
Be
Found
In
Christ
That
Road
Is
Open
The
Way
To
The
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
Is
There
For
Us
So
Let
Us
Come
And
Rest
And
Be
Thankful
For
Him
Let
Us
Pray
our father in heaven help us to rest this day and each day in you and to find our security
and hope in you for you are the one who has provided for us provided in abundance
and lord we pray that you will make us ever thankful above all for the provision of your
son christ jesus our lord and that we come and find our rest in him and as your word reminds us
that we are to seek first the kingdom of god and then all other things will be added unto us we
will see the priorities for life and what is important so lord direct us in your ways teach
us by your word and continue with us throughout this day as we ask all things with the forgiveness
of our sin in jesus name amen
we're going to conclude by singing again in psalm 111
psalm 111 we'll sing from verse 7 down to the end of the psalm
three stanzas the tuna's brother james's heir psalm 111 at verse 7 his handy works are truth and right
all his commands are sure and done in truth and uprightness they evermore endure we'll sing
these last three stanzas to god's praise
his handiworks
his handiworks are truth and right
all his commands are sure
and done in truth and uprightness they evermore endure
and done in truth and above
they evermore endure
he sent redemption to his folk
his covenant for
his name and reverendness
he did come and holy his name and reverendness
his name and reverendness
his name and ex та
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Have all that is come and fulfil,
his grace endures foray.
Have all that is come and fulfil,
his grace endures foray.
After the benediction, I'll go to the main door.
We'll close the benediction.
Now may grace, mercy and peace from God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
rest upon and abide with you all,
now and forevermore.
Amen.