Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving

Psalm 100

Enter His Gates

with Thanksgiving

• God understood that humans are forgetful & take things for granted. • God commanded a memorial in the middle of the Jordan (Josh 4:5-7).

• The Lord’s Supper serves as a weekly reminder of what God has done in Jesus (1 Cor 11:23-26).

Enter His Gates

with Thanksgiving

• The temple was a holy place. • God dwelt in the temple (1 Ki 8:10-11).

• Our worship is also in the presence of God (Matt 18:20).

Enter His Gates

with Thanksgiving

• Our text urges worship. • Modern worship has much to do with thanksgiving.

• We previously mentioned the Lord’s Supper.

• Prayer is an opportunity to express thanksgiving. • “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with

thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” (Phil 4:6).

• Signing expresses thanksgiving. • “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and

making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph 5:19-20).

• Our giving connects with thanksgiving. • “The administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is

abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God” (2 Cor 9:12).

• “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift” (2 Cor 9:15).

• We’re connecting preaching & thanksgiving this morning.

• How is your worship?

Enter His Gates

with Thanksgiving

• Why would God want us to be thankful? • When we’re thankful attitudes are different.

• When we’re thankful we treat everyone around us so much better.