- What stood out to you from the lesson today?
- Why give thanks to God? Psalm 100 will give some answers.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says “Give thanks is all circumstances.”
- What are the good circumstances in your life in which you need to give thanks to God?
- What are the difficult circumstances in your life in which you need to give thanks to God?
- When you realize you are anxious… what should you do? Philippians 4: 6-7 will help.
- Would you say your brain is better wired right now to give thanks… or to grumble and complain?
- How is grumbling and complaining antipraise?
- Bruce gave examples of how to practice giving thanks to God. What example will you try to practice?
- The Greek word for “giving thanks” in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 is Eucharisteo.
- Eucharisteo has the root words:
- Charis = grace
- Chara = joy
- So to give thanks is to receive Grace and experience joy!
- How have Christians received Grace in the Gospel?
- Why does Grace extended to a person result in such joy?
- Eucharisteo has the root words:
- Would anyone here like to receive God’s gift of grace for the first time?
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