WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160 That is such a fun and contagious song. 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:09.779 I was having trouble standing up here and not dancing along to that. 00:00:10.620 --> 00:00:13.380 It's just happiness and joy. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:17.339 I'm a little surprised nobody's doing these ones. 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:22.640 It's hard not to hear that song and want to clap along for joy 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:27.000 with the singer who wrote that song, Pharrell Williams. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:33.140 Nothing is going to bring him down, even if he's in a room without a roof. 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:38.640 And he invites us to clap along, share in my joy and happiness. 00:00:39.519 --> 00:00:44.560 Now, you know of the three songs that we've looked at in this heart song series, 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:46.980 this is the one that has the least information. 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.179 We don't know where his happiness comes from. 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:53.820 He just says that he is happy and he wants to share it. 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:58.380 So, how do you react when you are happy? 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:04.439 I don't often stop and reflect on what brings me happiness and joy. 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:09.439 Very rarely will I actually stop and give thanks to God. 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:11.719 You know, God, thank you for my kids. 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:13.319 Thank you for this day. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.140 You know, yesterday we were spending some time with friends. 00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:19.019 I didn't stop in the middle of it and just, you know, start singing, 00:01:19.019 --> 00:01:19.560 I'm happy. 00:01:19.859 --> 00:01:21.219 You guys should clap along. 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:22.200 I'm so happy. 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:26.179 And somebody's laughing at how ridiculous that would be. 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:32.519 Very rarely do I actually stop and reflect on the joy that is around me. 00:01:33.419 --> 00:01:35.519 On Monday is a public holiday. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:41.359 My family and most other people in the Sutherland Shire decided to go to the Royal National Park. 00:01:42.399 --> 00:01:43.879 We went for a bushwalk. 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:48.359 And there is a waterfall called Winifred Falls that's about a K and a half in. 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:50.679 And we bushwalked in. 00:01:50.739 --> 00:01:52.599 It took us about 40 minutes to do this bushwalk. 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:53.359 It was really lovely. 00:01:53.539 --> 00:01:54.299 Nice warm day. 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.939 And there's waterfalls and then there's a river at the bottom. 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:00.939 And there's boats that can get to this part of the river as well. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:01.719 And we get in. 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:03.859 And I dived in and I swam in. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.519 And then Micah, our youngest, came in the water with his floaties. 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:09.879 And then it was a little bit cold. 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:13.860 So, you know, he does the thing that little kids do is they get in the water and then they get out straight away. 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:15.340 And then they get back in, that kind of thing. 00:02:16.140 --> 00:02:19.940 But he got out and he stood in front of Alyssa crying. 00:02:20.220 --> 00:02:24.980 And so Alyssa looked over and saw that his foot was pouring out blood. 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:30.620 Because as he was climbing out, he'd cut his foot on an oyster. 00:02:32.140 --> 00:02:40.400 And so what was a nice relaxing day turned into, we need to get this child to hospital because he has a deep cut. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.599 And I swam over to a boat trying to get some first aid. 00:02:43.819 --> 00:02:46.860 Another boat kindly came and offered their services. 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:51.780 And so Alyssa and Micah went off in a speedboat to go to Sutherland Hospital. 00:02:52.700 --> 00:03:02.540 And I was left with two other kids heading out of the national park, feeling, welling up inside me, frustration, anger. 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:05.920 And we had this perfect day planned. 00:03:06.259 --> 00:03:08.659 We'd done all this hard work to get there. 00:03:08.659 --> 00:03:11.699 And now I'm just frustrated. 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:12.460 I'm annoyed. 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:17.719 You know, my kids are saying things like, oh, you know, it's so sad that we had to leave. 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:21.560 So sad that we've missed out on swimming. 00:03:22.340 --> 00:03:24.579 You know, I feel like we've missed out. 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:29.340 And I saw and felt a pull to ingratitude. 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:40.740 But instead, I realized where I was going and had a moment to rebuke and encourage my own heart and my kids to be thankful to God for what we have. 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:44.620 So that because we have much that we have to be happy about. 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:46.219 We have a good medical system. 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.420 So that now, you know, Micah will get his stitches out tomorrow. 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:50.140 He'll be fine. 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:52.719 And he can, you know, finally have a bath again. 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:53.360 Praise the Lord. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.480 But, you know, thankfully, we could go for a bushwalk. 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:05.220 Praise God that God has richly blessed us with kind people who happened to just have a speedboat so that they could speed Micah out to a hospital. 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:12.520 God has richly blessed us even if it was not exactly as we wanted. 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:28.519 When things go wrong, when the oyster cuts of life surprise us and cut us, and cut us deep, feelings of resentment, anger, frustration can well up inside us towards God. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:38.660 Today, as we continue in our heart song series, David has written another song that should penetrate our heart. 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:46.100 Psalm 40 shows us how and why to combat those feelings of ingratitude towards God. 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:55.220 And today, we're going to see why we should have gratitude towards God, how to do it, and how it grows a deeper relationship with God. 00:04:55.520 --> 00:04:58.040 So as we have a look at Psalm 40, please pray with me. 00:04:58.860 --> 00:05:06.680 Heavenly Father, we thank you again and again and again that you are a good and loving and generous God. 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.300 God, thank you that we can spend time in the Psalms. 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:16.600 Lord, we ask that we would learn how to read these, that we would be people who love to read your word, 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:22.240 and that we would love to read your Psalms because they just resonate with all parts of life, Lord. 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:22.800 Amen. 00:05:24.139 --> 00:05:26.579 Please have a look with me at verse 1. 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:28.519 We're starting Psalm 40, verse 1. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.620 It will be in your Bible. 00:05:30.840 --> 00:05:33.319 It will be on your phone and the St. Paul's app. 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:36.480 Psalm 40, verse 1. 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:38.720 I waited patiently for the Lord. 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:41.500 He turned to me and heard my cry. 00:05:41.699 --> 00:05:45.340 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. 00:05:45.579 --> 00:05:49.740 He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 00:05:50.699 --> 00:05:55.699 Last week, we looked at Psalm 141, where David is crying out to God for help. 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:56.860 God, come to me quickly. 00:05:57.280 --> 00:05:58.399 I'm about to sin. 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:00.340 Put your hand over my mouth. 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:01.399 I need your help. 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:02.540 I'm in desperation. 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:04.079 I don't want to sin. 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:09.039 And Psalm 40 reads like a sequel to last week. 00:06:09.180 --> 00:06:10.060 I really love it. 00:06:10.099 --> 00:06:11.939 I really love how this is accidentally lined up. 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:15.399 Psalm 141, David is crying out to God for help. 00:06:15.899 --> 00:06:18.259 Psalm 40, David says, 00:06:18.259 --> 00:06:19.879 I waited for God. 00:06:20.599 --> 00:06:23.360 He heard my cry and he came and helped me. 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.539 God has responded to David's cry for help. 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:32.000 He's pulled him out of danger, out of the slimy pit and put him on solid ground. 00:06:32.180 --> 00:06:33.819 There is no oysters here for David. 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:34.860 He's on solid ground. 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:39.899 God has put a new song in David's mouth and he sings praise to God, verse 3. 00:06:39.899 --> 00:06:44.339 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.519 Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:53.299 And David is going to respond to God's goodness by singing to him. 00:06:53.819 --> 00:06:58.039 And people are going to hear, they're going to trust in God because God has been good to David. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:03.779 And David continues to meditate on how he has been blessed by God. 00:07:03.779 --> 00:07:05.539 Verse 4, 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:08.819 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:10.779 who does not look to the proud, 00:07:11.259 --> 00:07:13.299 to those who turn aside to false gods. 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:17.179 Blessed is the person who turns to God because this God is real. 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:18.159 He is not fake. 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:20.159 He is not a man-made idol. 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:24.699 He is not a God of our own devising that we worship just with our hearts 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:26.779 or a God made out of a piece of wood. 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:30.419 He is a real God who can help, 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:33.299 who does help his people. 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.659 So why should we have gratitude to God? 00:07:37.559 --> 00:07:40.019 David says because he is a real God. 00:07:40.219 --> 00:07:41.539 He is the one who helps. 00:07:41.659 --> 00:07:43.019 He is the one who works. 00:07:44.659 --> 00:07:46.739 David recognizes who this God is. 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:49.919 He is the one who is in control. 00:07:50.239 --> 00:07:51.419 He is the one who works. 00:07:51.619 --> 00:07:52.159 Verse 5, 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.379 Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:58.539 the things you have planned for us. 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.219 None can compare with you. 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:03.439 Were I to speak and tell of your deeds, 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.240 they would be too many to declare. 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:09.800 This God that David is showing his gratitude to, 00:08:09.939 --> 00:08:11.699 this God saves. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:12.980 Many are his wonders. 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.800 So many that David couldn't speak of all of them. 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.699 This is who our God is. 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:24.259 1 Corinthians 4 reminds us about how we should be grateful to this God. 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:25.279 Verse 7, 00:08:25.719 --> 00:08:28.579 What do you have that you did not receive? 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:30.099 And if you did receive it, 00:08:30.219 --> 00:08:32.500 why do you boast as if you did not? 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:37.039 Paul in Corinthians is calling us to remember who God is, 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:41.100 that he is the one who is in control of all things. 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:47.200 A book I have been spruiking for the last couple of weeks is Tim Keller's Reflections on the Psalms, 00:08:47.540 --> 00:08:48.860 My Rock, My Refuge. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.379 And it says, 00:08:50.540 --> 00:08:52.399 one of the things he says in there, 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:55.899 is that every day that your heart keeps pumping, 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:58.419 your country is not invaded, 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:00.360 and your brain keeps functioning, 00:09:00.699 --> 00:09:05.019 is wholly an undeserved gift of God. 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.199 Every day your heart keeps pumping, 00:09:07.199 --> 00:09:08.639 your country is not invaded, 00:09:08.819 --> 00:09:10.120 and your brain keeps functioning, 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:12.860 is wholly an undeserved gift of God. 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:17.440 We have been granted so many wonderful gifts by God, 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:21.019 and yet we can fail to recognize them. 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:27.680 David starts by assigning praise and gratitude to God in the right direction. 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:30.600 He doesn't reflect on his own happiness and joy, 00:09:30.659 --> 00:09:31.800 his salvation from the pit, 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:33.460 as if he's climbed out himself. 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.659 It's not his own gifts or talents or his own ability. 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:39.240 It's all from God. 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:44.039 And this is true of our own lives and our own salvation. 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:46.639 We don't contribute anything to salvation, 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.740 except our own sin and our need for God to work to save us. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:56.539 We should give thanks to God for every single moment of our lives. 00:09:57.539 --> 00:09:59.720 If you get good marks at school, 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:03.500 God has given you a stable schooling system, 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:05.060 a brain to learn, 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:06.740 teachers to educate you, 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:09.500 and if you've had a good school holidays, 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:11.180 if you've had a bad school holidays, 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.360 you should be thanking God that you have a school 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:14.680 and you can have holidays. 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:16.399 If you have a job, 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:18.840 you should be thanking God for low unemployment. 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.399 Succeeding in your job, 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:22.120 you should thank God for your health, 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:24.600 which hasn't impacted your ability to work. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.139 If you don't have a job, 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:29.379 but we have a social system with a job seeker at the moment, 00:10:29.539 --> 00:10:30.980 and there are jobs you can apply for, 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.259 you should be thanking God. 00:10:32.259 --> 00:10:35.720 If JobKeeper is currently keeping you in a job, 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.819 you should thank God. 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:39.159 If we have religious freedom to praise God, 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:40.000 you should thank God. 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:42.019 If you're able to get out of the house 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:43.159 and come to church this morning, 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:43.960 you should thank God. 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.620 Our government has recommended that we should wear masks 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:49.059 to ensure that we are as safe and healthy as possible, 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.080 you should thank God. 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:53.039 There are so... 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.120 I could list. 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.379 As David has said, 00:10:55.419 --> 00:10:56.779 he could declare the wonders of God, 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:57.500 and on and on and on. 00:10:57.980 --> 00:10:58.379 Anything, 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:00.419 any single moment of your day, 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.199 you've had breakfast, 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.219 you've chosen not to have breakfast, 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:05.559 you've breathed in the last five seconds, 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:07.059 thank God. 00:11:09.719 --> 00:11:10.799 Tim Keller, again, 00:11:11.579 --> 00:11:13.159 reflects in My Rock, My Refuge 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.740 that ingratitude is the root of all human sin. 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:22.559 We read that as a staff team on September 30th. 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:24.740 If you want to read his reflection on that, 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:25.639 let me encourage you to, 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.679 when I give you an option later, 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:28.559 to come up and get this book, 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:30.859 go back to September 30th and read it. 00:11:30.939 --> 00:11:31.599 It was a cracker. 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:33.479 And I've been wrestling with this idea 00:11:33.479 --> 00:11:36.959 that ingratitude is the root of all our sin. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:41.759 Ingratitude forgets who God is 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.479 and what He has done. 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:46.139 Ingratitude doesn't thank God, 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.000 but it shifts the gratitude to someone who doesn't deserve it. 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.000 I take the place of God, 00:11:52.119 --> 00:11:53.339 and I praise myself. 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:56.800 Ingratitude is the rejection of God as God, 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:59.720 and it makes something else God. 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:02.540 It leads to pride and arrogance, 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:06.580 not giving thanks to God for every single second 00:12:06.580 --> 00:12:08.780 that we live and breathe and work and go to school. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:12.759 We deserve nothing from God, 00:12:12.980 --> 00:12:16.019 and yet He still makes the sun rise on us, 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.680 and He continues to bless us. 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:23.219 The sin of ingratitude gives us the delusion 00:12:23.219 --> 00:12:26.279 that we have the ability to hold our own lives together, 00:12:26.479 --> 00:12:31.179 that we are somehow responsible for anything good in our lives, 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:34.199 whereas every minute is an undeserved gift. 00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:38.120 We are stewards of the time, 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:39.379 the talents, 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:42.059 and the treasures that God has given us, 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:46.259 and it's up to us to choose how to respond to God. 00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:50.100 How are we going to respond to what God has given us? 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:54.740 Will we wisely use it to bless others and love others, 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:57.319 or will we just love ourselves? 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:01.960 Will we use our time, talents, and treasures 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.379 with a recognition of where it has come from, 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:09.080 or will the sin of ingratitude poison our hearts? 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.299 There is a very real danger 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:14.740 of assigning too much praise to ourselves, 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:17.100 where ingratitude says, 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.460 God, I don't need you. 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:23.220 I'm getting further and further away from my teenage years, 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:27.279 but I still remember what it was like to be a surly teenager. 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:29.899 Does anybody remember what it was like to be a surly teenager? 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.500 Does anybody have a surly? 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:32.460 No, don't answer that question. 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:38.740 The surly teenager says really unhelpful things, 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.180 like, 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:40.279 Mom and Dad, 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.580 I don't need you. 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:42.400 You know, 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:43.420 I'm 15 now, 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:44.759 I know how the world works. 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.020 I can do everything on my own. 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:50.400 Stop holding me back. 00:13:52.020 --> 00:13:52.900 Even though, 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:53.280 you know, 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:54.020 at 15, 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:54.440 you know, 00:13:54.520 --> 00:13:55.300 20 years ago, 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.720 even though at that point where, 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:56.980 you know, 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:59.500 I'm developing in my independence, 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:03.440 I still had to realize how dependent I was on my family 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:03.820 for, 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:04.320 you know, 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:04.840 food, 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:05.840 a roof, 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.040 clothes, 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.059 pretty much everything in my life. 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:12.399 But imagine saying that to God. 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.219 You know, 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.419 God, 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:14.159 I've got this. 00:14:14.579 --> 00:14:15.240 Leave me alone. 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.980 I know how to control my life. 00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:20.500 I can keep my own heart beating and my own brain functioning. 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.679 I can do that myself. 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.360 I don't need you, 00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:22.659 God. 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.939 David has reminded himself about how dependent he is on God, 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.980 on God's grace for his life. 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:33.240 And that's why we should have gratitude. 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:39.539 Because God is incredibly generous and he has blessed us with every single moment. 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:44.180 David not only recognizes what God has done and meditates on it, 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:46.100 but he goes out and declares it. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.840 This is the key way on how to have gratitude. 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.580 So firstly, 00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:52.659 we've seen the why of gratitude, 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:54.879 because God has blessed us with every moment. 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.639 And how are we to have gratitude? 00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:57.420 Well, 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.759 David starts by speaking about all that God has done. 00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:02.320 Verse 9. 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.620 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly. 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.500 I do not see all my lips, 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:08.740 Lord, 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.279 as you know. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:11.399 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart. 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:14.279 I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:18.200 I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly. 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:22.200 David is out there proclaiming God's saving acts. 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.879 He doesn't complain that God had let him fall into the slimy pit in the first place, 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:30.320 but he proclaims in front of everyone that God saved him from it. 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:35.420 We saw last week that David was calling out for God to come and close his mouth, 00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:38.420 but now he is saying, 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.979 I am not going to have a closed mouth, 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:44.819 because now I am proclaiming about what you have done, God. 00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:50.779 And he contrasts what he might have been tempted to do with what he actually does. 00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:53.539 I might have been tempted to seal my lips, Lord, 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:56.259 and not give you the gratitude, 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:59.799 but he doesn't hide his gratitude. 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:02.419 He doesn't hide God's righteousness in his heart, 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:04.840 but he tells everybody about God's character. 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:05.799 Because this is God. 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.580 He is righteous. 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.480 He is pure and good. 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:09.519 He is faithful. 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:11.080 He always saves. 00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:12.259 He always cares. 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.439 And he loves. 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:15.019 This is the word we saw last week, 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.019 chesed, 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.919 which is loving kindness. 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:22.379 And David has entered into a cycle. 00:16:22.479 --> 00:16:23.939 We saw a cycle a couple of weeks ago. 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:26.139 Ali's going to put a picture up on the screen for us. 00:16:26.479 --> 00:16:28.279 We see another cycle here, 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.879 where David in the top corner has called for help. 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:36.159 God, I need you to come and help me, save me. 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.679 God has saved, 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:40.759 and then David is showing gratitude. 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:44.259 The call for help is his problem, 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.419 whatever that is. 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.740 God comes and saves him, 00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:52.600 and then David reflects on all the good that God has done. 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:55.340 And I think this is a really helpful cycle for us. 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:59.819 The God saves gives us context for our whole life, 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:02.319 and all that God has done and blessed us with. 00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:05.460 And I'm trying to do this with my kids at the moment. 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.200 On Thursday, school holidays, 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.779 trying to keep our kids busy. 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.180 You know, couldn't, you know, 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.539 go to a swimming pool with Micah. 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.519 We had stitches in his foot. 00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:16.339 So we strapped him in a pram, 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:17.299 and we went to the zoo. 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:20.700 And at the zoo, 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.900 there was a couple of moments 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:25.579 where temptation to be overwhelmed with ingratitude 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.400 was welling up, 00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:30.099 because we missed out on seeing the seal show twice. 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.940 And if you've ever been to Taronga Zoo, 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:34.640 you know that the seal show is pretty good, right? 00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.900 Yeah, thanks. 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.240 And we missed out on it, 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:40.019 but there was a moment 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.980 where there was this problem, 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:44.379 the call for help, I suppose, 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:46.799 from one of the people in my family. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.299 I won't tell you which person it was. 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.440 If you put that image back on the main screen as well. 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.160 So there was a problem. 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.599 We missed out on the seal show. 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:57.539 And I tried to give context. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.799 Yes, we've missed out on seeing the seal show, 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:04.879 but we've seen lions and tigers and bears, oh my. 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.980 I just couldn't help myself. 00:18:06.260 --> 00:18:07.560 We've seen zebras, 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.560 and we've seen the seals, 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.800 and we've seen penguins, 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.660 giraffes. 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:14.040 We've seen these ten things, 00:18:14.560 --> 00:18:16.380 and we missed out on this one thing. 00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:18.300 Now, what are we going to focus on here? 00:18:18.840 --> 00:18:21.600 Are we going to focus on the one thing 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.640 that we've missed out on, 00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:25.120 or are we going to show gratitude 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:26.920 for the ten things? 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.460 Taking a moment to have context. 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:34.160 Let's go slowly over all that's happened, 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:36.920 and not just take this incident out of context. 00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:39.580 And it's easy to do that with God, 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:42.180 where we have this problem, 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:48.080 and we forget the context of who God is. 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.940 Where we forget who this God is, 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.620 who loves us and saves us and does so much for us, 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:58.039 and so we don't then get to gratitude. 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:00.279 Gratitude looks like remembering 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.979 all that God has done, 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.739 not just in saving us from death and damnation, 00:19:05.239 --> 00:19:07.379 not just bringing us into his family, 00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:09.519 giving us the Holy Spirit to grow as his children, 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:11.599 but God has blessed us 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.779 with a community of believers. 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.399 We live in Australia, 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.679 where we have religious freedom. 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.519 Even when we are in strict lockdown, 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.879 our church had the ability 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:21.719 to quickly move to online streaming, 00:19:21.959 --> 00:19:23.219 where we continue to do that 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:26.120 to bless the people who are not able to be with us. 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:29.500 God blesses us every day with rains, 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.559 with the sun, 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:32.440 with flowers and parks 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.500 to see his goodness in every single moment. 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.140 In the Old Testament, 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.460 when God's people had taken him for granted 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:43.059 and didn't show him gratitude, 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:47.039 God would often take away his blessing for a period. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:48.980 You see it in the book of Judges, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.879 where God's people forget him, 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:54.619 and they go and start worshipping other gods 00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.259 that they've made. 00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:59.059 And they forget the one who gave them their homes, 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.339 gave them their land, 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.539 gave them their families, 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.180 and they start worshipping somebody else. 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:06.039 And there's this repetition in the Old Testament. 00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:08.779 I am the God of your fathers 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:10.460 who brought you out of Egypt. 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:13.319 Remember all I did for you. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.619 Remember the context. 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:16.099 There's this problem. 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:18.359 And then God says, 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.239 remember who God is. 00:20:21.699 --> 00:20:23.419 And that leads to gratitude, 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.819 thanks and praise. 00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:25.939 You can take it down now, thanks. 00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:29.339 Gratitude looks like remembering, 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.459 reminding ourselves of the context 00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:34.099 of the life that we live in. 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.699 But we can also take God for granted 00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:38.379 in the nicest of ways. 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:40.279 We can take him for granted 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.399 that he will forgive us. 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.019 And we can forget the cost of our sin. 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.040 We can take for granted 00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:47.000 that he is loving, 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:48.480 and that he won't withhold 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.540 any of his blessings from us. 00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.940 We can take for granted 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:52.140 that he listens to us, 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.680 and wants to answer our prayers. 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.320 And the antidote to that 00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.140 is remembering, 00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.580 and speaking, 00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.500 and meditating 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:02.100 on all that God has done for us. 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.160 It reorients our lives 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.940 to be thankful 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:08.860 to all that God has done for us, 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.680 and for who he is. 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:12.560 So why have gratitude to God? 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.519 Well, God has blessed us 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.259 with every single moment of our lives. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.400 And how do we show gratitude? 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.500 We remember that God is responsible 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.220 for all of the good. 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:29.279 David closes asking for more help. 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:32.240 Just like in that cycle that we saw, 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:34.460 he starts with the problem, 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.860 he reminds himself of who God is, 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:40.059 and then he ends up praising God in gratitude. 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:42.240 It then encourages him 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.199 to call out again to God for help. 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.719 It's a wonderful cycle 00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:48.679 where he has seen God save him, 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.639 he praises God for that, 00:21:51.479 --> 00:21:52.740 and it encourages him 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:55.079 to trust in God more and more. 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:57.240 Have a look at verse 13 and verse 17 with me. 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.859 Verse 13. 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.740 Be pleased to save me, Lord. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.939 Come quickly, Lord, to help me. 00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.740 Verse 17. 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:05.759 But as for me, I am poor and needy. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.559 May the Lord think of me. 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.960 You are my help and my deliverer. 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.900 You are my God. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.039 Do not delay. 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:15.700 By going through this cycle of a problem, 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.019 and then God saving him, 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.599 and then David realizing that God has saved him, 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.279 and then meditating on that, 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:24.079 and then growing again 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.700 to call for God to help, 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.799 and dependence on him, 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.460 his trust has grown. 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:30.120 He's growing closer to God 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:32.179 because he has saved him. 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:34.419 Imagine if David had forgotten 00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.519 who God was. 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:37.000 If he'd seen a problem, 00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.659 called out for God to help, 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.379 and then is saved, 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.799 pulled out of that miry pit, 00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:44.879 and then didn't reflect on who saved him. 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:47.000 He just took it for granted. 00:22:48.219 --> 00:22:50.399 Could end up disillusioned with God, 00:22:50.979 --> 00:22:51.699 no gratitude, 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.899 no thanks, 00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.719 and then in the future, 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.519 attempt to do it in his own power. 00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.919 I was saved last time. 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.560 I was fine. 00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.960 I can do it again, 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:04.240 instead of it being God who saves. 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.720 David takes good from God, 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.200 and he gives him the glory. 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.640 He doesn't forget God and get puffed up. 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.420 He doesn't become self-sufficient and arrogant, 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.100 but has a good, 00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.960 growing relationship with God. 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:20.200 Ingratitude, like any sin, 00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:21.560 grows when we feed it, 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:23.779 and shrivels when we don't. 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:27.100 Once we start noticing these thoughts 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:30.159 of ingratitude in us and around us, 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.740 we can start replacing them 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.980 with thoughts of thanks and praise 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.719 and gratitude towards God. 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.079 Thoughts that say, 00:23:37.219 --> 00:23:37.980 yes, do you know what? 00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:41.099 The tire in my car has been, 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.379 you know, punctured, 00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:43.500 and I need to buy a new one, 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.939 but thanks be to God 00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:47.039 that I have the blessings of a car 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:50.179 and a spare tire that I can put on right now 00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.179 so I can get it to a mechanic. 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.740 Yes, I sin, 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.900 but God has so blessed me 00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.420 with a Savior who has died for me. 00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:59.700 Yes, there is these issues in my life, 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.160 but God is so much bigger 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.319 than these problems. 00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.519 When we do this, 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.180 we walk closer with God. 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.380 That way we can cultivate 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:11.259 a life of gratitude to God 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.759 for all that He has done, 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.779 and call people to do 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.839 what Pharrell Williams did 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.759 in that song from earlier, 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:19.519 to encourage people to be happy, 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.519 not just because they are in a room 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.960 without a roof 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.019 or whatever He was talking about, 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.500 but because there is a God 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.180 who saves, 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.079 who listens to us, 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.039 who loves us, 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:29.480 and we can show gratitude to Him. 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:33.160 I've been throwing around books 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.160 for the last couple of weeks. 00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:37.200 I've been encouraging this book 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.579 over the last three weeks, 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.700 and somebody who's been reading this 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.220 is Hedy, 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.460 so I'm going to invite Hedy 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.139 to come up right now. 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.559 Let's welcome Hedy as she comes up. 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.779 Thank you. 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:55.900 You hold that one, dear sister. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.759 So three weeks ago, 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.920 you came up here, 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.299 you grabbed this book. 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.960 Have you read any of it? 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:05.440 Yes, sure, I have read it. 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.879 Okay. 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:08.480 Tell us, how have you found it? 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.559 I found it very helpful, 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.079 and I have recommended 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:14.420 for my community group 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.539 to read the books. 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.980 Wonderful. 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:18.400 Because it gives so much pleasure, 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:21.320 and it gives so much guidance to us. 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:23.140 I know that God is good. 00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.420 God is love. 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.759 He loves us, 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:29.140 and you can find all His love 00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.759 in the book. 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:32.500 So I'm very thankful 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.720 for James to give me the book. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:37.100 I hope you will all have opportunities 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:39.180 to find God's love 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.900 so that you'll be happy, 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.759 joyful in the Lord. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.259 Thank you. 00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.600 Wonderful. 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.280 Thank you, Hedy. 00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.400 Thank you. 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:49.280 Wonderful encouragement. 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.800 The Psalms are a wonderful place 00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.740 to spend time, 00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.620 and Keller's reflections 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.259 on the Psalms 00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.400 are a real encouragement. 00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.800 So here's a book. 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.720 Does somebody want it? 00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:01.780 Yes. 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.800 Here you go, Barbara. 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.519 Let's give Barbara a clap. 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.800 There you are. 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.060 As I said last week, 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.539 there might be strings attached to that. 00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:18.240 This series has been an encouragement 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.819 for me personally, 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:22.259 as we've been reading through these three Psalms, 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.819 as they resonate 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:26.159 with the songs 00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:28.539 of our emotions throughout our lives. 00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:31.399 As they help us 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:33.159 to move closer to God 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.159 when we feel distant. 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:36.079 But this God is always close. 00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.639 He is there. 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.579 To cry out for help 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.679 when we are tempted 00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:42.639 and to live a life of gratitude 00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:45.379 to God for all that He has done. 00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.899 Let me pray 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:48.159 that we would be people 00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:49.859 who love this God, 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.819 who loves us 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.960 and calls us 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.500 to be close to Him. 00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.579 Dear Heavenly Father, 00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.279 I thank you so much 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.579 for all of your goodness to us. 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.319 Lord, 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.460 thank you for 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.799 David's reminder 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.839 to us today 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:07.779 about how you saved Him 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.000 and you saved us in Jesus. 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.279 Father, 00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:13.179 for every single moment 00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.980 of our days, 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.939 we have so much 00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:17.220 to give you thanks for. 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.939 But Lord, 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.619 we can fixate 00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.539 on the troubles 00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.939 and the things 00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:24.500 that can threaten 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.539 to bring us down. 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.039 Lord, 00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.319 give us context 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.399 to our days. 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.959 Remind us 00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:32.220 of all of your blessings 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.480 for every single moment. 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.460 That we deserve 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.539 nothing good from you 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.740 but you pour out 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.900 your blessings on us, 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.200 Father. 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.500 Help us to 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.839 have gratitude 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.299 to show it to you 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:45.059 and to speak of it 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.420 to all of the people 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.339 around us, Lord. 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.140 We ask this 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.860 in your Son's name 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.420 and for your glory. 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.299 Amen. 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.400 Amen.