"It Is A Good Thing To Give Thanks Unto The Lord!”

For example:

? Some have attended a church for many years and that church had provided their spiritual needs and, in many cases, physical needs. But they are so ungrateful they will walk away from that church and attend a church that has never done anything for them.

? Many have had parents that provided for them for many years and they will walk away from them and seem to literally forget about them.

They do not seem to realize "The instant they were born, they already owed someone for nine months of free room and board.”

In I Thess. 5:18, we read, “In EVERY THING give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

There is one thing we know about this society in which we live and that is that this nation is filled with ingratitude!

Perhaps before this nation can learn to be grateful God may have to withdraw some of these blessings and then we might begin to appreciate them again.

Illus: For example, in Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains to the rabbi, "Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one room. What can I do?"

• The rabbi answers, "Take your goat into the room with you." The man said, “Rabbi we already have nine people in the house!!!”

? The rabbi said. "Do as I say and come back in a week."

? A week later the man comes back looking more distraught than before. "We cannot stand it," he tells the rabbi. "The goat is filthy."

? The rabbi then tells him, "Go home and let the goat out. And come back in a week."

? A radiant man returns to the rabbi a week later, exclaiming, "Life is beautiful. We enjoy every minute of it now that there's no goat -- only the nine of us."

Remember the 10 lepers that came to the Lord?

He healed all ten of them, but only one returned in gratitude.

Jesus asked, “WHERE ARE THE NINE?”

Listen, God is so good to us we have let ourselves become spoiled.

So, one thing we are reminded of at Thanksgiving time is that we live in an ungrateful society.

When it comes to Thanksgiving there are some things WE OUGHT NOT TO DO, but also-

II. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE OUGHT TO DO.

Notice, our text begins this way, “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord...” (Psalm 92:1)

There is always something for which we can give thanks unto the Lord. ALWAYS!!!

Illus: This reminds me of the story of an ungodly man who came to know Christ. Before he was saved he was known for having an evil temper and the foul language he would frequently use.

However, he was gloriously saved and the news of his conversion spread among his many coworkers at his job. A group of men decided to “test” his religion. They hid his lunch box. Lunch time came and they all waited to hear the profanity that would usually come from his lips.

To their surprise he said, “Praise the Lord! At least I still have an appetite.”

IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS!!!

There are two kinds of people in the church today.

A. ACCORDING TO SOME, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A GOOD DAY IN THEIR LIFE TO BE THANKFUL FOR…NEVER!!!