9-18-22

Be thankful

Text: Psalms 116:12-14

I. Introduction
a. Review last Sunday
i. God’s love
1. Unsa ang secreto?
b. Thanksgiving/ pgpasalamat
i. Unsay naa sa imong mind kung makadungog kag thanksgiving?
ii. Kanus.a man ka mgpa salamat?
iii. Kapila?
II. Psalms 116:12-14
a. V12- benefits
i. Sa mga employed we are considering kadtong naay benefits
ii. Based salary sa kristohanon salvation
1. Benefits, rewards, peace and joy
2. What can I give back to the Lord?
b. V12-14- with a grateful heart
i. How to have ?
ii. Dili maka amen imong tapad tungod sa kadaghan sa problema!, tama ba?
iii. No matter how hard, lisod, kapoy, discouraging our circumstances
1. But if we look closely naa gyud tay ipasalamat sa Ginoo?
2. Lisod, frustrating lonely
a. But if you look hard enough there is always something to thank
c. We have prayers
i. Career, relationship, studies
1. We don’t get them over night
2. There is always a GAP
a. PRAYER_______TEST______ANSWER
b. Praying_______TEST______Receving
i. Waiting is a test of our faith
ii. When you wait on God, waiting is never wasting season
c. Faith to TRUST God no matter what
ii. Some Christians wants to get but not to give
1. What can I get if I go to church
a. Praise and Worship
b. Sunday School
c. Pastors
i. Dapat mgprepare ang pastor/ ready ang pastor to give
want I need
2. Ang mindset is, what can I get sa church?
 3. You will not fully experience the joy of going to church if you keep
thinking, WHAT CAN I GET?
iii. Worship
1. Its not getting what you have
a. Breakthrough/ answered prayer
2. How can I give something to God?
a. Thank God for the year he brought us through
b. True worship is not what we get but what we can give
i. Its not about the group of people
3. What can I render back from all His benefits?
a. If dili maka amen imong tapad e remind xa nan aa gyud tay ika
pasalamat sa Giinoo
b. There is always a chance for us to thank the Lord for all the
things, solution, ways He has given us
i. God will make a way
c. Thank the lord for doors he has open
i. Protection, foos, etc.
iv. The Bible is clear that as Christians we ought to praise/ thank God
1. It is a command
a. Psalms 103:2 onwards
i. Forget not all His benefits
ii. Dghan kayo benefits gihatag c Lord
b. Psalms is reminding us that we are blessed and as a response
we blessed/ give thanks to the Lord
i. We received the rewards and benefits
ii. We don’t see it yet but thanking God in advance
1. Sickness- thanks for healing
2. Problem- thanks for solution
iii. We thank God long before the promise has been given
to you
iv. We ought to thank God in Advance, INSPITE OF…
III. INSPITE OF
a. Magpasalamat maski unsa pa
i. Kulangan
ii. In crisis
iii. In troubles
b. Can you thank God inspite of?
i. Kulang, kwarta, time, panahaon, attention, relation
1. Most of the time pag kulang, reklamo
ii. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
1. V16- Rejoice always
a. Rejoice lang ok ra
b. Always??
2. V17- pray continually?
 a. Maski wala ko gitubag ni Lord
b. Maski cge nako balik2 sa ako pag ampo?
3. V18- Give thanks IN ALL circumstances
a. In ALL, maski problema?
b. It is God’s will for us to be thankful
i. Kung dili ka thankful IN ALL, wala ka sa will ni Lord
ii. Some passages is also telling us that kung wala ta sa will
ni Lord, we are sinning
iii. So, if we don’t give thanks, we are sinning
c. Who is in Christ Jesus
i. Kinsa may naa kang kristo dre?
1. Then you ought to thank Him in ALL
a. NKJV- in everything
4. In EVERYTHING
a. In ug for
i. we don’t thank God for the sickness
ii. But we thank God in the sickness
1. Not because of the situation but while you are
IN
b. Kapoy cge ug Pray
i. Because we are praying to change the circumstances
ii. I need to thank God in ALL/ in everything??
1. Lisod man na pastor!!
c. Even dili ma change ang circumstances naa japon tay
ikapasalamat
i. Daghan problem, crisis, undesirable circumstcnes this
year
1. Wala na bag-o ang ato status but gibag-o ka ni
Lord
2. Not the circumstances but YOU
a. Wala japon nab ago imong silingan,
hmantayaon japon, pero gi bago ka ni
Lord
i. Taas naka ug pasensya
ii. Dba dapat napasalamatan?
d. JOB
i. Nawala tanan
1. Family
2. Possession
3. Potition
ii. Iyang wife ipa curse na ang Ginoo
1. Magpasalamat lang ba ta sa mga maayong
butang?
2. I will thank God in ALL
 iii. Nawad.an kag
1. Trabaho, relation, etc
2. Pasalamati ang Ginoo
a. Not because For losing you work but
naa kay work before
i. Naa kay experience, dali ra ma
kita ug new work
e. PAUL and Silas
i. Ngpasalamat maski nakulong
ii. In everythinh we can Give thanks
1. Not FOR everything but IN everything
IV. Habbakuk
a. Chapter 1
i. How long??
1. Everywhere was chaos/ injustices, violence/ kagutom
ii. V5. I am doing something
1. Promise sa Ginoo
iii. V6- I am building you enemy (Babylonian) 70 years captured
1. Why would a loving God feed my enemies?
2. Silingan
a. God is testing you by providing you enemies
b. Chapter
i. V3. For the revelation awaits an appointed time
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
    it speaks of the end

    and will not prove false.

Though it linger, wait for it;

    it  will certainly come
[c]

    and will not delay.

1. Ending-future
2. If slow ang promise, wait patiently because it will surely come and will
not be delayed
3. Slow but not delayed
a. Our timing is not Gods’ timing
b. Gods’ time line is not our time line
c. Lazada/ Shoppe/ Grab
i. Ma kita nimo ang progress
4. Wait patiently kay dili man delayed
ii. Don’t worry if ng prosper imo kaaway karon, ang question is ang ending
1. They work hard but will be in vain
2. Murag propesrous sila karon but it will not last long
3. Their prosperity is not sustainable
iii. You may look poor, worthless but if you are anchored in Christ your future is
secure
 iv. God is telling Habakkuk that IF you don’t understand
1. RECALL, RECOUNT, REMEMBER
a. All the good things that I have done in the past
b. the same God who promise your ancestors is the same God
now
i. It may be slow, it seemed delayed but it will surely
come to come
c. Chapter 3
i. Talks about what God has done for them from Egypt to the promised land
ii. V17. Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,

though the olive crop fails

    and the fields produce no food,

though there are no sheep in the pen

    and no cattle in the stalls,

1. Worst situation/ circmstances

iii. V18 I will rejoice in the Lord
1. Walay sheep, grapes… etc
2. Ngpasalamat
a. That’s the attitude of gratitude
3. Wala lage but naay Ginoo
a. Wala na gane kwarta dili pa gyud mo simba
b. Naa na gane problema, dili pa gyud modool kang Lord
4. Gratitude/thankfulness depends on the Blesser not the blessings
a. Gift giver not the gift
d. Luke 17:11-19- the ten leper
i. 10 leper ask Jesus to heal them
1. 1 came and thank God
2. 9 aha? Enjoying the blessing
ii. Most of us are like the 9 leper
1. We enjoy the blessing than the blesser
2. Mas ma lipay pa sa pasalubong kaysa ngdala sa pasalabung
a. Ex. Mama
b. Ex. Sta, clause (story)
i. Sahay sa ato nata boss ngpasalamat imbos sa Ginoo
ii. Its not bad to thank our bosses, but dapat mas
magpasalamat ta TRUE source of blessings
iii. All good things belongs to the Lord
1. Pag gamay-reklamo
2. Pag dako- hambogiro
e. Learn to thank God inspite of..
i. You know why hard to thank God
V. ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY
a. I deserve better
 i. Sweldo
ii. Sickness
iii. Hard situations
b. Kung sa uban ok ra
i. Ok ra ato na e ampo
ii. All things work together for good
iii. Naay purpose ang Ginoo ana
iv. Feeling nato we are to important to have problems
1. Sa uban- kaya mo yan
2. Sa imo- lord why ako??
c. Closed man ko kang Lord why me? Sa uban unta ni kay bago pa sila sa imo lord
i. Grabe ako devotion
1. 6 hours a day, akong tapad 6 dyas wala ra gyud ng 1 hour
2. Dili gane siya ga open ug Bible, Sunday ra, sa power point ra pa gyud.
3. Akong bible lord, colorful kayo.. Why sa akoa pa!?
d. Tendency we complain
i. Sometimes, what we complain now is what we prayed before
1. Relationship, studies, career, promotions, leadership
e. It’s all about perspective
i. Why don’t we speak positively in a negative situation
ii. Too much focus on the negative
1. The more we focus on something the more gaka blurry ang uban
2. Mas ki unsa pa ka mayo gibuhat sa government pag naka focus ka sa
negative di gyud nimo Makita (vice versa)
f. Your perspective changes depending on your focus
i. If you are just going to focus on the positive/ have a positive attitude in a
negative circumstances, I believe mas dali ta maka pa sa lamat sa Ginoo
1. God did not leave us
2. Maski gamay ra, naa japon kay ika pa salamat sa Ginoo
ii. Story 2 Mega sardines and 5 gardina for 15k ka tao
1. Gi pasalamatan, and it was more than enough
a. Not all your needs/ wants are met
i. There is still something to thank God
VI. Romans 8:28 (NIV)
a. Tanan nahitabo, gaka hitabo, ug mahitabo is working together for your GOOD
i. To those who loved God
b. Daghan christaions ga reklamo, why?.. they don’t know
i. AND WE KNOW
1. If you know you will not complain
2. You complain because you do not know
c. Even in the midst of the storm, pandemic, crisis
i. If YOU KNOW that ALL things work together for Good- I CAN THANK GOD
d. Pastor I don’t see it, that’s the problem, You don’t need to see it
i. We don’t live by our sight but by our FAITH
 ii. You don’t have to see it working before you believe
1. Just believe because you KNOW
e. So, I will give thanks for what I have now ( good or bad for us) and I will see God do a lot
in my littleness
VII. Conclusion
a. Illustration
i. Adobong manok
1. Toyo
2. Suka
3. Asin
4. Paminta
5. Buhi nga manok
a. Wala gyud mo kao ani nga isa2
ii. Pero if idungan nimo tanan
1. Let it work together- it will be adobo (GOOD)
iii. We don’t eat the ingredients individually- put it TOGETHER
1. Not solo- but together
b. You cant judge 2021 because of what happen in January, august, this month
c. If you gather all that happen for January to November
i. Judge it collectively, not individually
ii. Like the adobo, God is cooking something for you/ preparing
d. With that in mind, if you KNOW it, that all things work together for good to those wo
love God
i. I believed, somebody, someone in this church needs to thank, glorify, lift up the
name of God!
ii. Not just for the things he provided, things he made, but also for closed doors,
the things that is denied to us
1. Wala ka naka abroad, na promote, etc
2. Thank God because there is an opportunity for God to open new doors
iii. Not just for open doors but for closed doors
1. Naka pasar- apil p dang pgka bagsak
2. Pgka promote- apila p dang demotion
iv. Because all these things (good/ bad) pass/ failures, weakness and strength,
1. Will work together for your Good
e. It seemed slow, but wait patiently for it will surely come to pass and it will not be
delayed.