Thanksgiving

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Sermon Preview for Sunday, November 8, 2026

“Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever” Psalm 136:2-3. Our God is not one God among many equal gods. The faithfulness and love of God is unmatched by any other. His might and power cannot be measured nor duplicated by any other human ruler. Our eternal God has not only poured out these blessings on David, the author of this Psalm, even though these are the words of David, the truth is God has been these things to you and I as well. That means it is completely appropriate for us to declare them to God together. We gather today and give thanks and praise to God not only because He has been incredibly faithful to somebody from the past, but because that same faithfulness from the pages of Scripture is on full display today in the lives of those who trust and follow Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Our God is the only source of true strength, He is the only source of true comfort, and true virtue. When we call out to God in good times and hard times what do we ask of Him? What do we expect from our God when we call out to Him? If God is the only source of all good, then it would be a tragedy for Him to move on from His will and His Word. Our cry to Him must continue to be this, “Do not forsake the work of your hands”. We must thank God for what He is doing and nothing else, even when we think we might have a better idea. Oh Lord, grow our faith in you, that we may give you thanks in all things.

Sermon Preview for Sunday, November 1, 2026

Last week we talked about the importance of the command God gave His people of setting aside the firstborn to Him, both man and beast. This command was about giving the people a concrete visual reminder of the deliverance God provided for them.  Every time His people came face to face with the fact that their firstborn belonged to God they would see clearly the “night of watching” when God passed over the houses of the Israelites but struck down the firstborn of the Egyptians. I believe this same exact moment of God’s deliverance was strictly and solely about the coming of God's Messiah, the “root of Jesse”, the Son of God. To remember the salvation God brought upon Israel through taking the firstborn of the Egyptians is directly connected to remembering the salvation God brings to the whole world through taking the life of His firstborn son, Jesus Christ. The Church has not been given the same direct order from God to consecrate our firstborn animals and children, but we have been given, for the same purpose, a direct order by Jesus to practice communion together. When Christ gave the order in Scripture he said this, “do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19). The precious blood of Jesus was spilled on the ground, the precious body of Jesus was broken. Communion is our feast of the Passover remembering the blood that saved us, and it is the feast of the unleavened bread remembering purity all in one moment. Communion is all about remembering Jesus and the salvation we have in Him. Let us commit together to Christ's communion and to know what it means deeply, let our practice of communion draw us nearer to Christ, our Lord and Savior.