“ AN AWESOME ENCOUNTER WITH GOD LEADS

TO GRATITUDE”

- PSALMS 100:1-3 -

January 14, 2024

A. AN AWESOME ENCOUNTER WITH GOD IS A FAVOR FROM GOD
 Psalms 100:3

“ Acknowledge that the Lord is

God. He made us, and we are His. We
are His people, the sheep of His
pasture. “
“ You learn gratitude through
the window of mortality.”
-Rev.
Paul Peterson
 Psalms 90:10

“ Seventy years is all we have-eighty

years if we are strong; yet all they bring
us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over,
and we are gone. “
 FAVORITISM

- is getting privilege
from someone to give it
to your favorite.
 FAVOR
- everybody is blessed and a little
extra for someone whom God
wants to be a little bit blessed
more.
FAVOR MEANS…

- lavishly given rather than earned.

- lavishly given to those who don’t
deserve it.
WHAT IS FAITH IN GOD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DESCRIBE?

1. It’s a faith that believes that the Lord is God.

2. It’s a faith that believes that God is the true
owner of everything (especially our life)
3. It’s a faith that believes with many others
who believes in Him
B. AN AWESOME ENCOUNTER WITH GOD IS ABOUT FAITH IN
GOD
 Psalms 100:3

“ Acknowledge that the Lord is

God. He made us, and we are His. We
are His people, the sheep of His
pasture. “