Count Your Blessings

 2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

If you are saved and you need a reason to praise the Lord this Thanksgiving, look no farther than the Lord Jesus Christ.

Your life might be in turmoil, but consider who you are and all you have in Jesus. You will soon find that you possess many reasons for giving thanks.

“When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed, — When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, — Count your many blessings name them one by one, — And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

“Count your blessings, name them one by one; — Count your blessings, see what God hath done; — Count your blessings, name them one by one, — And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.”

      Johnson Oatman Jr. 1897

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. 

We Are So Blessed

Psalm 103:2-3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: . . . . [3] Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

  

This would be a great time for God’s people to stir up the inner man and call on our soul to “bless the Lord”, not just in November, but every day of the year.

It would be a great time to take a spiritual inventory and thank God for everything He has done for us in Jesus.

When we forget what we have in Jesus and who we are in Jesus, there is the danger that we might wander away from Him. 

Praise keeps us tender, clean and close.

I want to praise the Lord for sending a nice Christian lady to sit in the recliner beside me at my second chemotherapy. Rejoicing, we exchanged the Lords blessings on our cancer experience. Oh, what a blessing. 

I want to thank the Lord that I qualified for a special medicine that attacks my kind of cancer cells. I was told that only 2% qualify. 

“We are so blessed by the gifts from your hand — I just can't understand why you've loved us so much. — We are so blessed we just can't find a way — Or the words that can say, — "Thank you Lord for your touch.

“When we're empty you fill us ‘til we overflow. — When we're hungry you feed us and cause us to know. — We are so blessed take what we have to bring — Take it all everything, Lord we love you so much

“We are so blessed by the things You have done — The victories we've won, and what You've brought us through. — We are so blessed take what we have to bring — Take it all everything. Lord, we bring it to you.”

     By Gloria Gaither, Greg Nelson, William J, Gaither

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. 

God Is Good

Regardless of the realm of life —  finances, government, people, pain, problems, sickness, or even death — The Lord is good.

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

God knows His people. He knows your name. He knows where you are. He knows what you face; He knows all the details of your life.

He even has the hairs of your head numbered. He knows you intimately and completely. 

There is nothing about you, your life or your situation that has escaped His attention.

I don’t know what you are experiencing today, but I want to leave you with a final thought: The Lord is good. Give Him your need.

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. 

Jesus Touched Me

After the Blind Man of John 9 was healed by Jesus, he was asked who touched him. He said it was a man named Jesus, verse11. 

He was then commanded by the Pharisees to call Jesus a sinner, verse 24. The man's reply is classic.

John 9:25 He answered and said, “Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.”

Jesus cares and heals us and offers us a place of rest where we can flee when burdens get heavy. 

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

The life touched by Jesus remembers Him forever.

“Shackled by a heavy burden — 'Neath a load of guilt and shame. — Then the hand of Jesus touched me, — And now I am no longer the same.

“He touched me, Oh He touched me, — And oh the joy that floods my soul!. — Something happened and now I know — He touched me and made me whole.”

       By William J. Gaither

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.