That is the question of this season, isn't it? What are you thankful for? Would you take the
Word of God with me and turn to Luke chapter 17? Luke chapter 17. I want to thank Jared and the
combined choirs for leading us in such powerful worship this morning. I want to draw your
attention back to one of the lines in their choir special from Psalm 46, and it was,
Oh God who makes the mountains melt, come wrestle us and win.
What a powerful line, and I hope it didn't just get glossed over.
We're calling out for God to wrestle us and win. So is it wrong to wrestle with God? Oh no,
absolutely not. But it's only wrong if you win. He needs to win. And so I want to remind us that
on this Thanksgiving Sunday. What are you thankful for?
Before we read in Luke chapter 17, I'd like to draw our attention on the screens to Psalm 100.
Psalm 100, and you can remain in Luke 17 in your Bibles. I've got it on the screen for you here.
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful
songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his
pastures. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him,
and praise his name. For the Lord is good, and his love endures forever. His faithfulness continues
through all generations. I want to speak that word over you, that psalm over you, and with that in mind,
let's go to Luke chapter 17. And would you join me in standing if you're able to? I'm reading from the
Christian Standard Bible, beginning in verse 11. While traveling to Jerusalem, Jesus passed between
Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance
and raised their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. When he saw them, he told them,
go and show yourselves to the priests. And while they were going, they were cleansed. But one of them,
seeing that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice gave glory to God. He fell face down at
his feet, thanking him. Oh, and by the way, he was a Samaritan. When Jesus said, were not ten cleansed?
Where are the nine? Didn't any return to give glory to God except this foreigner? And he told him,
get up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you. Let's pray together. God, I pray that you would
impart to us, teach us, from a glimpse of this miracle, how important gratitude is.
How essential gratitude is to truly worship you. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You may be seated.
Thank you for standing. Point number one, I want to share with you this morning. Ingratitude is the
enemy of worship. Ingratitude is the enemy of worship. We see this spelled out in this amazing story
that no one could go out and replicate. You understand the impact that being a leper was
on your life back in these ancient times. If you had the disease of leprosy, your life was,
for all intents and purposes, over. You would be cast out of your town. You'd be separated from your
family. There was no known cure for leprosy at the time. And so you would be, have to live in a leper
colony outside of any area of civilization with other lepers. So these guys' lives were drastically
changed with their encounter with the Savior. How many of you would be able to testify by lifted hand
and say, my life was drastically changed when I encountered Jesus? Anybody? Yes. Every one of us,
by God's grace, would be able to have that testimony. My life was changed when I met Jesus.
Now, unfortunately, for many of us, our encounter with Jesus forgave our sins, rescued us from hell,
but it has seemed to have little impact on our lives over the years of supposedly walking with Jesus.
Why is that? Well, just because you've been saved, what we call saved, saved from the punishment of your sin
because of God's free sacrifice for you and paying for your sins on that cross of Calvary so many years ago,
and then rising from the dead to be alive today and listening and ready to hear your call for salvation
out to Him. And when that moment happened, He certainly saved you. But since that time,
so many of His children have failed to walk with Him. And years and decades will pass,
and perhaps we'll be faithful in church attendance, perhaps we'll be faithful to give of our tithe,
and yet we're failing to actually walk with Jesus. We don't know a whole lot more about Him now than when we first began.
That is the sin of ingratitude.
We're grateful that He saved us from hell.
We got our get out of hell free card, so to speak.
But we're not grateful enough
to go back
and give Him glory
and listen
to His voice
and follow His commandments
and sit at His feet
and allow Him to mold us
and shape us into who He
wants us to be.
It's like, God, thanks for saving me,
thanks for healing me,
but I've got it from here.
And how many people do we know like that?
Truth is, when we look in the mirror,
sometimes we're like that, aren't we?
Ingratitude is the enemy of worship.
Romans chapter 1 and verse 21 teaches us this.
It says,
Though they knew God,
they did not glorify Him as God
or show gratitude.
Man, if you look at the people that He's talking about
in Romans 1,
that's terrifying.
Because we see these people
who were living godless lives,
maybe on the outside
they might look okay,
but when you peeled back the surface,
there was nothing of God
in their life.
But they knew God.
But they weren't grateful.
They didn't glorify Him as God.
They were like these others
who were healed by Jesus.
They had encountered Him.
They had tasted of His goodness.
They knew what He could do.
But they failed to come back
and glorify Him.
They failed to show Him gratitude.
Ingratitude is the enemy of worship.
How is that so?
Because ingratitude makes us discontent.
You see,
our lack of thanksgiving
is usually traced back
to discontent.
A lack of being content
with what God has given you
and with who God is.
I want to show you this study
from Duke University,
famous university for research.
And they did this study years ago
that said,
the top three factors
found to contribute greatly
to emotional and mental stability
were, number one,
the absence of suspicion
and resentment.
So in other words,
if you harbor suspicion
or resentment in your life,
you're prone to becoming
emotionally or mentally unstable.
Nursing a grudge
was a major factor
in unhappiness.
Number two,
not living in the past.
An unwholesome preoccupation
with the past
leads to depression.
Man, things just aren't
how they used to be,
are they?
Well, you can't go back
to the past, can you?
And God is not merely
a God of the past.
He is a God of the present.
But thank God,
He's a God of the future.
And you know
that big, scary future
that the world seems
to be headed toward,
God will still be God.
Jesus will still be King.
And so not recognizing that
can certainly lead
to depression,
mental and emotional instability.
And number three,
not wasting time
and energy
in fighting conditions
you cannot change.
Folks,
you can fight back
against what God allows
in this world.
But I can promise you,
you won't win.
You can wrestle with God.
But the only way
in which you will come out
the winner
is if God is the winner.
You've got to let Him win
because guess what?
Victory belongs to Him.
He's going to win
whether you allow Him to
or not.
So if eventually
you stop fighting
and stop wrestling
and say,
okay God,
I will accept
the circumstances
in which you have placed me.
And I will stop fighting
against conditions
that I cannot change
because seemingly
you have allowed this.
Clearly,
you have allowed this.
Now,
what's interesting
is that the Bible
teaches
all these concepts.
And it took
human researchers
a long time
to figure this stuff out.
It was groundbreaking research.
They could have just read
the Bible from the beginning
and realized
that we must trust God.
Let's go to
1 Timothy chapter 6.
While you're turning there,
I want to say
this statement to you.
Discontentment
means we
know better
than God.
Discontentment
means we
know better
than God.
So if ingratitude
comes from
and leads to
discontentment,
what is this
discontentment?
What is
not being content
or satisfied
with what
God has given you?
Whether
material possessions,
circumstances,
health,
whatever your situation
is that is such
a struggle,
where is this
discontentment
coming from?
Ultimately,
you can trace it
back to this belief
that I know
better than God.
Now,
most of us
wouldn't admit that.
If you polled
the audience today
and said,
how many of you
believe that you
know better than God,
I believe we would
get overwhelmingly
say,
I don't know
better than God.
However,
our actions
speak otherwise.
Our clear
discontentment
speaks otherwise.
1 Timothy 6,
if anyone
does not agree
with the sound
teaching of our
Lord Jesus Christ
and with the
teaching that
promotes godliness,
he is conceited,
prideful,
conceited,
and understands
nothing.
But,
here's some
descriptors
of this kind
of person.
He has an
unhealthy interest
in disputes
and arguments
over words.
You know
anybody that
has an
unhealthy
interest
in arguing
and disputing?
Are you
that person?
From these
come envy,
quarreling,
slander,
evil suspicions,
and constant
disagreement.
Here's the fruit
of these kinds
of people
who are
discontent
and say
that they
will not
agree with
the sound
teaching of
our Lord
Jesus Christ.
They say it
with their
actions.
They might
say they
agree with
their words,
but their
actions speak
louder,
don't they?
From these
come envy,
quarreling,
slander,
evil suspicions,
and constant
disagreement.
Do you know
anybody like
that?
Do you know
anybody that's
just constantly
suspicious,
constantly in
disagreement,
constantly
quarreling,
constantly
fighting?
These are
people whose
minds are
depraved and
deprived of
the truth,
who imagine
that godliness
is a way to
material gain.
Guess what?
That describes
a lot of so-called
Christians in our
churches today.
They imagine
that godliness
is a way to
material gain.
It's a way to
power.
It's a way to
influence.
It's a way to
satisfy something
in themselves.
It is not a
means to
honor God.
Verse 6,
but godliness
with contentment
is great gain.
Just acting
godly
doesn't mean
you're godly
because the
truth is
you can't
ever act
godly all
the time.
You can put
on a good
show.
You can put
on a good
front.
You can
say what
everybody
expects you
to say,
but unless
it's real,
unless it
comes from
God,
then discontentment
will take over.
But godliness
with contentment
is great gain.
It's great
advantage.
That is the
power of
God.
And then over
in Romans chapter
16,
I urge you
brothers and
sisters to
watch out for
those.
Watch out for
these people that
were described in
1 Timothy 6.
Watch out for
these people who
cause divisions
and put obstacles
in your way that
are contrary to
the teaching you
have learned.
If there's people
out there trying
to distract you
from the mission
of God,
watch out for
them.
Keep away from
them.
I didn't write
it.
Paul did.
Take it up with
him.
God allowed it.
Verse 18,
For such people
are not serving
our Lord Christ,
but their own
appetites.
By smooth
talk and
flattery,
they deceive
the minds
of naive
people.
Y'all,
this discontentment
is a big deal.
It's a big deal.
This lack of
gratitude is a
big deal in
God's eyes.
Ingratitude is
the enemy of
worship.
Ingratitude makes
us discontent.
Discontentment
means that we
know better
than God.
But we don't.
We absolutely
do not.
Let's move on.
Worship
produces
willingness.
Gratitude
leads us to
worship.
I got ahead of
myself.
Gratitude
leads us to
worship.
And then
worship
produces
willingness.
Let's look at
Luke chapter
17 again,
our text this
morning.
Back in
verse 15.
Luke chapter
17 and
verse 15.
We see this
gratitude leading
to worship played
out beautifully in
this story.
Verse 15.
One of them,
one of the ten
who was healed,
seeing that he was
healed,
returned,
and with a loud
voice he gave
glory to God.
He fell face down
at his feet,
thanking him,
and he was a
Samaritan.
Why was that
included?
Y'all talk back to
me for a second.
Why was it included
specifically in this
passage that he was
a Samaritan?
The Jews hated
the Samaritans,
didn't they?
There was a lot
of ethnic and
social division
between these
two people groups.
We talked about it
in our starting
point course
briefly this
morning,
but we see
that the Jews
and the
Samaritans
had this old
ancient feud.
The Jews
looked down
on the
Samaritans.
They considered
themselves a
higher class
of people.
They considered
themselves God's
chosen people,
and the
Samaritans
were the
worst in
their minds.
They were
the lowest
of the low.
They would
not do
business dealings
with them.
They would
avoid them
at all
costs.
That's why
it's so
powerful when
we see this
Jewish man
who was
beaten up
by robbers,
and the
priests
passed him
by,
and the
Pharisees
passed him
by,
but who
stopped
and helped
him?
The good
Samaritan.
What a
powerful story
that is.
And when
Jesus stops
at the well
and sees
this woman
drawing from
the well,
and she's
a social
outcast,
and she's
lived a
tough life,
and she's
made a lot
of bad
decisions that
have led
her to where
she is.
She's been
married three
times,
and now she's
with a guy
that she's
not married
to,
and Jesus
stops even
though she's
a woman
from Samaria,
and he says,
I want to give
you water which
will never make
you thirsty
again.
The living
water.
I want to
introduce myself
to you.
I want to
speak to you
in love.
I want to
talk to you
like you're
valuable,
like you're worth
something.
What a
powerful description
we see of God
blurring these
lines, tearing
down these
walls.
The one that
returned to
thank Jesus
was a Samaritan.
People that you
wouldn't want
around.
People you
wouldn't invite
over to
Thanksgiving.
The people you're
like, man, I don't
want them in my
church.
I don't want
them messing
this place up.
Jesus wanted
those people.
He loved those
people.
And time and
time again, he
showed them, he
showed his people,
the Jews, their
value.
So, we see it
happen in verse
16.
This man fell
down at the feet
of Jesus and
thanked him, and
he was a
Samaritan.
Then Jesus
said, wait a
minute, weren't
ten cleansed?
Where are the
other nine?
Didn't any
return to give
glory to God
except this
foreigner?
I'm sure his
disciples were
greatly impacted
by that.
Wow.
Jesus making a
point here.
The only one
that came back
and gave glory
to me was this
foreigner, this
outcast that you
would want nothing
to do with.
And he told
him, get up and
go on your way.
Your faith has
saved you.
Seemingly, he
was the only one
who was not only
healed of his
physical sickness,
but he was healed
of his spiritual
sickness.
Jesus.
His faith made
him whole in a
way that someday
he would bow
before God along
with the rest of
us when every knee
will bow.
Yes, even yours.
Every knee will
bow and every tongue
will confess that
Jesus is Lord.
All of us will bow
someday before our
Lord, and that will
be the second time
that this man gets
to bow before God
himself and thank
him and give glory
to him for healing
him.
worship produces
willingness.
We saw that
ingratitude is the
enemy of worship.
Ingratitude comes
from discontent,
and discontent means
that we know better
than God.
So if we're going
to truly worship,
the Bible teaches
us that worship,
true worship,
comes from that
which is done in
spirit and in
truth.
If we're going
to worship God,
it must be worship
from spirit and in
truth.
And genuine worship
will produce a spirit
of willingness in
us.
This Puritan preacher,
I read this quote
from Jeremiah Burroughs,
it was an old Puritan
preacher lived long
before any of us,
and he said,
worship is not only
doing what pleases
God, but is also
being pleased with
what God is doing.
Can we read this
together?
Let's all read it
together out loud.
Ready?
If you look at that
screen or this one.
Ready?
Worship is not only
doing what pleases
God, but is also
being pleased with
what God is doing.
Y'all, I think that's
where we go off base.
We will try and try
to do what pleases
God, as long as it
fits within our
acceptable, what seems
acceptable to us.
But where we have such
a hard time is being
pleased then with what
God does.
What if God doesn't
choose to do what we
think is acceptable?
What if God goes
outside that box?
What if God wants to
shake things up?
What if God is teaching
us that what's been
important to us is not
what's important to him?
See, I learned something
in some of my training
in ministry over the
years.
And it's this.
It's that we can put
two bubbles up here.
We can have a large
bubble and then a very
small bubble at the
bottom.
And in that large
bubble represents
everything that we think
is important.
And in the very small
bubble at the bottom
of that is what God
thinks is important.
What God thinks is
important is knowing
him and making him
known.
Knowing God and making
him known.
That is our mission.
That is God's will for
us.
That is our responsibility
to God.
God.
Walk justly.
Love mercy.
Live humbly with your
God.
Walk humbly with your
God.
Listen, it is of utmost
importance to look in
the scriptures and see
what God says is our
responsibility.
What God says our duty
is.
What God says we're
supposed to be spending
our time on.
Because if we don't be
faithful to do that,
then it's so easy for that
bubble on top to get
larger and larger and
suffocate what God
says is actually
important.
And then we become
just like everyone
else.
And then our churches
become just like every
other organization.
That we have what's
important to us.
And along the way,
it's suffocated what's
important to God.
What's important to God?
For people to be brought
into his kingdom.
Just like we were.
He wants others to come
in to the fold.
There's other sheep who
have not yet come home.
And somebody has to
mirror Jesus and has to
follow his example and be
willing to leave the 90 and
nine and go out and find
the one lost sheep.
And if we're not willing,
then we're focused on that
big bubble of what's
important to us.
Our fame, our fortune,
our political views,
what we're comfortable
with, what we think is
important, and it suffocates
the mission that Jesus gave
to us.
So are we pleased with what
God is doing?
Or are we too distracted by
what has become important to
us?
Psalm 51 gives us the answer
for this.
It says, create in me a
clean heart, God.
God, create in me a
clean heart.
Renew a right spirit within
me.
Maybe somewhere along the
way, I got a wrong spirit.
And now the way I interact
with others, with my
brothers and sisters in
Christ, with the leadership
that God has placed over me,
I have a wrong spirit.
So God created in me a new
heart, a clean heart.
Restore to me the joy of your
salvation.
What is that?
What is the joy of your
salvation?
That's gratitude.
That's thankfulness.
That's remembering what God
did for you.
Remember how sweet it was
when you first heard the
gospel message that you are a
sinner just like me and the
rest of us, and we're all
going to hell because of our
sin.
But God loved us so much that
he said, I don't want you to
go to hell.
And so I'm going to send my
son Jesus as the payment, the
sacrifice for your sins and
for mine.
And then I'm going to raise
him up from the dead to show
he is God, to prove that he's
somebody who can put your
trust in.
And now as many as will
receive him and believe in
him, to them he will give the
power to become the sons,
daughters, the children,
of God.
And that joy, when you first
heard that message, when you
first responded and said, yes,
Lord, I believe.
Restore to me that joy, that
thankfulness, that gratitude,
and then uphold me, keep me up
with your willing spirit.
God, you've got to give me a
willing spirit because on my
own, I become unwilling.
You ever know anybody like
that?
They're just unwilling,
inflexible, just can't work
with them.
Got to go on despite them.
God, don't let that be true of
us.
Don't let that be true of
First Baptist Henrietta.
Make us a church, a people with
a willing spirit.
Spirit.
And then worship results in
witness.
Worship produces willingness, a
willing spirit, and worship
results in witness.
Back to Psalm 51, down to
verse 13.
Then I will teach transgressors
your ways.
God, if you renew a right spirit
in me, you give me a willing
spirit, then I will teach
transgressors your ways.
I will teach sinners your ways,
and sinners will return to
you, God.
Oh, God of my salvation, my
tongue will sing aloud of your
righteousness.
Lord, open my lips, and my
mouth will declare your
praise.
There's a worship song that
says, come on, my soul.
Don't you get shy on me.
Lift up your voice, because
you've got a lion inside of
your lungs.
Come on.
Praise the Lord.
God, open.
Open the lips of your people
in First Baptist Henrietta,
that we will declare your
praise, that we will teach
sinners your ways, and they
will return to you.
God, we will see a material
fruit from the change, the
willing spirit that you create
in this body of believers, and
people will return to you.
Lives will be transformed.
Lives will be changed.
Otherwise, we're distracted.
We're focused on ourselves.
We're focused on what we have,
or what we don't have.
We're not focused on that lost
sheep.
Worship produces witness.
What are you a witness of?
Are you a witness of yourself?
Are you a witness of your favorite
political candidate?
Are you a witness of what's
important to you in the moment,
or are you a witness of the
power of God?
That's what's going to change.
That's what's going to change you
and change those around you.
Matthew chapter 5 is the last
passage we'll go to.
Matthew 5 and verse 13.
You are the salt of the earth,
but if the salt should lose its
taste, how can it be made salty?
See, folks, here's a warning.
Either worship produces witness,
or it's not true worship.
Because if it's not impacting
the darkness of the world around us,
the spiritual tastelessness,
isn't that interesting?
He compared us to flavor.
How flavorless would this world be
if Christians weren't in it?
Real followers of Jesus?
That's what I'm talking about.
The world has a lot of people
who call themselves Christians,
but we need real, genuine followers
of Jesus.
He said if the salt has lost its taste,
well, then it's not good
for adding flavor to anything.
Nothing can be made salty.
And y'all, if we're not being
made, if we're not making people salty,
that has another meaning, doesn't it?
Christians are actually pretty good
at making people salty.
If we're not adding flavor
to the tastelessness of this dark,
spiritually blind world around us,
then what are we good for?
It's no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out
and trampled under people's feet.
Again, don't get mad at me.
I didn't say it.
Jesus said you're not good for anything
but being thrown out
and trampled under people's feet
if you're not going to be
the salt of the earth.
Not just that.
He didn't end there.
He said you are the light of the world.
A city situated on a hill
cannot be hidden.
No one lights a lamp
and puts it under a basket,
but rather on a lamp stand
and it gives light
for all who are in the house.
In the same way,
let your light shine before others
so they can see your good works
and give glory to you
because you're such a great guy.
That's not how it ended.
They may see your good works
and give glory to your Father
in heaven.
That's where we lose him.
Yeah, Jesus, I'll do good works.
I want everybody to think
I'm a nice person.
I want everybody to pat me on the back.
It gives me this warm, fuzzy feeling
when I do something nice for somebody,
especially around the holidays.
Jesus said that's not what it's about.
It's about drawing people to me.
It's about rescuing them from darkness
and bringing them to light.
There is a great mission at stake here.
Well, you see, preacher,
I just don't know about that.
That's just not who I am.
Well, then you're salt
that doesn't have any flavor
and you know what happens then.
See your good works
and give glory to your Father in heaven.
You say, I worship God?
Then you gotta be a witness.
Johnson Oatman wrote this song.
If you grew up in church,
you probably heard this
at some point along the way.
Count your blessings.
Name them one by one.
Count your many blessings.
See what God has done.
Maybe it's time to go back
to a place of gratitude.
Maybe it's time to go back
to a place of thankfulness.
Says, God, you've done so much
for me along the way.
And somewhere,
I got my eyes off of that.
And I got my eyes on everything
I don't think is right in the world.
And you want me to count my blessings again.
You want me to go back
and see how good God is.
Psalm 118 says,
this is the Lord's doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
What's he talking about?
He's talking about all the things
that God has done.
Look what God's done
right here in this church.
Look what God's done.
I can't speak to the history
except what I've read in books
or what I've heard from you.
But look what God has done.
Number one,
he's kept the doors of this church
open since 1876.
Number two,
we've got multi-generational Christians
sitting in this room,
many of whom were raised up
in this church.
And if you're not one of those people,
man, we're so glad you're here.
Because if all it was
was people who were raised
in this church,
boy, that would be so sad.
We need fresh blood, don't we?
We need fresh people coming in
and seeing what God's going to do
through them.
Look what he's done
just in the last year and a half
that I've seen personally
with my own eyes.
How many have been added
to our number?
How many have followed
the Lord's command
to be baptized
and give that public testimony
of the transformation
he's making inside them?
21 in the last year and a half.
Thank God for that.
This is the Lord's doing
and it's marvelous
in our eyes.
Is it marvelous in your eyes?
Or could you take or leave it?
Is it marvelous in your eyes
or are other things
more important to you?
Is what God is doing
marvelous in your eyes
or has it been tainted
and diminished
because you're not content?
You're ungrateful.
So here's your takeaway.
There's two parts to it today.
Do God's ways get to win
over my will?
Do God's ways get to win
over my will?
God's ways are clearly laid out
in the word of God.
You say, who gets to determine
God's ways?
Scripture does.
The Bible does.
The Bible teaches us
what God's ways are.
The Great Commission
and the Great Commandment.
Go into all the world
and teach the gospel
to everyone.
Make disciples.
Jesus followers.
That is God's ways.
Love one another.
Love the Lord, our God.
Love each other as ourselves.
That's the Great Commandment.
That is God's ways.
Do God's ways get to win
over my will?
And the second part,
does my discontentment
reveal a lack of appreciation
for what God is doing?
Does my discontentment
reveal a lack of appreciation
for what God is doing?
Would you ask yourself
that question along with me?
If we're all honest with ourselves,
some of us won't be,
but I pray that the majority
of God's people here
would honestly seek our hearts,
ask God to reveal to us
am I being discontent?
Does that show
that I don't appreciate
what God's doing here?
Do God's ways get to win over me?
Would you bow your heads with me?
God, teach us to be thankful.
Teach us to thank you.
Let us not be like the other nine
who just went on their way
and said, oh great,
God did something great for me.
Wonderful.
I'm going to go on my way now.
I'm going to live my life
how I choose.
Let us be like the one
who returned
and cast ourselves
at his feet
and said,
God, thank you.
Thank you.
Restore to us
the joy of our salvation.
Then we will turn sinners to you.
We will speak of that salvation.
We will be your witnesses
in Jerusalem,
in Judea,
in Samaria,
to the ends of the earth.
What is our Jerusalem?
It's right here in Henrietta, Texas
in Clay County.
What is our Judea?
It's across this general area
in our state.
What is our Samaria?
The places we don't want to go.
The places that are distasteful to us.
We will be your witnesses there.
And the ends of the earth, God.
You might be calling people
to take your gospel message
to countries they've never visited,
to places that don't have
the wealth of the gospel
that we enjoy here
in our country.
Or you might just be calling somebody
to go across the street,
to speak a word at work,
to talk to a relative
at Thanksgiving.
Whatever way we can be a witness
and truly worship you,
will God's ways get to win
over our own?
Church, would you join us in standing?
As you do,
I'm going to ask these questions.
If you're here today
and you heard the gospel message,
the saving news of Jesus
preached to you,
and you would like today
to be the day
that you turn from sin
and turn to the Savior,
then please come down front
and meet me down here.
I'd like to sit down
and pray with you,
show you from God's word
how you can know
that you are the child of God.
If you'd like to place
your membership in this church,
please meet me down here.
I'd love to have
that conversation with you.
If you've got something
you just need to pray about,
maybe God's spoken to you
from his word
and he's convicted you
about something to pray about,
would you come down
and just use this if you'd like,
if you'd like to sit
and pray in your seat,
if you'd like to stand
and pray quietly,
that's up to you.
It's between you and God.
Jared's going to lead us
in this song
and let's use this time
as a time to do business
with our Lord.
I hear you