The word thanks or thanksgiving is found a hundred and three times in the bible so I could say

that qualifies it as a bible subject

Key Text Psalms 105:3

About a story in the bible that Jesus shares with us found in the gospel of Luke 17 - you've got
this story of ten lepers and it says
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b] met him. They stood at a distance
13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

-Now sometimes they had leper colonies they could have 50 or 100 people they were all isolated
they had to wear masks you know about
-In Leviticus 13 45 “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair
be unkempt,[a] cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
-now the leper on whom is the sore his clothes shall be torn and his head bare and he'll cover his
mustache i guess that's for the men who have mustaches it doesn't speak about the lady's
mustaches and cry unclean unclean he is unclean and he will dwell alone.
-They could not associate with other people because of the disease - they were separated so they
come and they're pleading with Jesus and they're asking for mercy and Jesus when he saw them
he said go show yourselves to the priests now what he meant by that was when somebody had
leprosy if they believed that they had either healed naturally because there are a few different
kinds of skin diseases they called leprosy or if they had been miraculously healed like Meriam
was they needed to show themselves to the priest the priests were the doctors back then and they
would basically say they were declared clean or not if they were declared clean they could go
back to life as normal they didn't have to walk around covering their face and crying out unclean
and now when Jesus told them go show yourself to the priests they still had leprosy
and they might have argued and said why would we go show ourselves to the priests to make an
offering for cleansing from leprosy if we still have leprosy but they didn't argue that they got
right and the Bible makes an amazing statement it says in going they were cleansed right there.
It's just a wonderful powerful principle as they began to do what Jesus commanded them to do
divine power attended their human effort and the miraculous occurred in going they were
cleansed well as they were cleansed they began to leap up and down and they were excited and
they couldn't wait to go tell their families they couldn't wait to get the inspection be declared
clean they had had their covet test and they wanted the results and it says but one of them when
he saw he was healed he did a u-turn and he went back to Jesus it doesn't say how far they had
gone but they'd gone some distance he turned back and he went back to Jesus and with a loud
voice he glorified god

1. When we thank the Lord, we give Him glory.

now how is it that we glory god how do we glorify god what does it mean in the bible that tells us
to give glory to god to live for his glory one of the ways you glorify god is by thanking him
He went back to glorify god and glorifying god meant he thanked the Lord you know every time
that you thank God you're glorifying god especially if you're doing it in front of other people
you're giving glory to God he turned back and he glorified God fell down on his face at Jesus feet
giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan Christ was going through Samaria so that isn't too
surprising but and Jesus thought it's interesting I’ve been sent to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel none of them came back but the Samaritan came back and said Jesus said were there not
ten cleansed but where are the nine were there not any that found who were found to return and
give glory to god except this foreigner and he said to him arise and go your way your faith has
made you well

2. Giving thanks is voluntary

Now you notice that Jesus commanded them to go and they went he did not command them to
thank him how many of you like thanks when you force it from someone do you want to
command people now when your kids are little and you notice someone does something for them
or they give them something you say now what do you say oh yeah thank you that's appropriate
you want to teach your kids you might need to remind them to make it a habit to always say
please and thank you right that's good parenting
-but for us that are adults if you do something for someone you don't ever say now what do you
say say thank you do you really feel like you're blessed when you compel someone to say thank
you Jesus wanted it to be voluntary and it should be it should be the natural response
-now how many were healed?--- ten
-how many came back?== one came back
-how many blessings do we get from God every day
-how often do we forget to be grateful and sometimes in spite of all the blessings we get how
often in spite of the blessings do we manage to complain.

-We always remind myself of all I have to be thankful for.

- because the carnal nature is we're predisposed to look at what we don't have instead of what we
do have
-we are living in an ungrateful generation second timothy 3 verse 1 through 5 but know this that
in the last days perilous times will come for men will be lovers of themselves lovers of money
boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful unholy unloving unforgiving this is
one of the attributes of the last days is people will be unthankful you know when you're living in
such a materially rich country where you're surrounded with so many conveniences and so many
comforts.

3. Count your blessings name them one by one

-there's a danger when you're surrounded by so many blessings you cease to appreciate them
sometimes we don't know what we've got until it's gone the opposite of gratitude is grumbling
-the two cannot coexist in the same heart at the same time the Israelites were stalled in their trip
to the promised land because of what murmuring and complaining
-here God has just saved them from slavery He gives them water miraculously from a rock He
reigns bread down from heaven upon them and instead of praising God whenever they encounter
some trial or delay they complain they murmur they grumble
-Romans 1:21 Paul talks about this when he said for even though they knew God they did not
honor God as God or give thanks but they became futile in their speculations and their foolish
hearts were darkened.
-The devil is always working to try to darken our hearts and blind our eyes to all the blessings
the devil is always trying to blind our eyes to the blessings of God because realizing the blessings
of God makes us live lives where we glorify God.

4. Thankfulness is worship
Grateful is a true worship -- thankfulness and thankfulness is worship starting with the bare
basics we worship God and we're thankful we're alive you can't you can't worship him you can't
even complain without the power of God it's God's goodness it gives you the life the other reason
or there's several reasons to be thankful gratitude
-how thankful were you when you were saved after Jesus saved you you're thankful you should
keep telling him don't take it for granted thank Him for His sacrifice
-“he who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness”
- and “someone else said that there is one sense in which no gift is really ours until we have
thanked the giver no gift is really yours until you have thanked the giver”
-Psalm 136 verse 1 give thanks to the Lord for he is good for His loving kindness is everlasting
thank Him because of his everlasting loving kindness
-“he who forgets the language of gratitude is never on speaking terms with happiness”
- thank God for everything
-someone said “gratitude is the rarest of all virtues”
-in our memory verse it says psalm 103 verse 5 it says forget not all of his benefits
-what does that mean forget not all of his benefits”
- thank the Lord , He crowns us with lovingkindness
-heals all of our diseases
-It says forget not all of His benefits that means you may not remember them all but do not forget
all of them because you and its God's thoughts towards us

4. Thank God in tribulations

-not only that but we also glory in tribulations knowing that tribulation produces perseverance
and perseverance character and character hope
-We glorify God by thanking Him
-you can even glory and tribulations that means you thank god for your troubles
-now we're i think reluctant to thank god for troubles
-but we should thank the lord Jesus said rejoice when you're persecuted
-Paul said you know the devil came they brought a thorn in my side and I prayed three times and
God said my strength is made perfect in weakness
Paul said then I will thank god for my thorn I’m paraphrasing now
-if it's gonna make me more like Christ then we even thank him for the troubles that come in our
lives
Ephesians chapter 5 verse 19 and 20 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs
from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to
God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-we should constantly be speaking to ourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
singing and making melody in your heart for the lord giving thanks always for all things unto god
the father in the name of our lord Jesus Christ.