Sunday Lesson Recap...

Ecclessia-What it means to be the church
"A Thankful Church"
1 Thessalonians 5:12-18

--A Thankful Church, is filled with Thankful People, who have Thankful Hearts.

--Take some time this week and identify 10 things you are thankful for (here is a a great way to tell God you are)... "Father, for ______________, I thank You."

--I Thank Thee by Jane Crewdson (1860)
O Thou whose bounty fills my cup,
With every blessing meet!
I give Thee thanks for every drop---
The bitter and the sweet.
I praise Thee for the desert road,
And for the riverside;
For all Thy goodness hath bestowed,
And all Thy grace denied.
I thank Thee for both smile and frown,
And for the gain and loss;
I praise Thee for the future crown
And for the present cross.
I thank Thee for both wings of love
Which stirred my worldly nest;
And for the stormy clouds which drove Me,
trembling, to Thy breast.
I bless Thee for the glad increase,
And for the waning joy;
And for this strange, this settled peace
Which nothing can destroy.