Interact Close Bible Notes Important: You will NOT lose your data entered when you change to a different tab. This note will be displayed at bottom of your sermon note when you save to pdf or email them Week of November 23, 2025 Watch Give Give Go to Giving Website Note: You will be redirected to a new browser tab to give. Once done, you can return to this notes page by pressing the back button on your phone. X Download Note: You will be taken to another browser tab to view this. If on phone/tablet, simply click the back button to go back to this notes page. You will not lose any notes. Connection CardOpens in new tab. Click back button to return. Washington Alliance Church The Importance of Gratitude November 23, 2025 View Archives Reveal Blanks Main Scripture Reference(s) 1 Thessalonians 5:18, The Importance of Gratitude November 23, 2025 / Pastor Brian Greenleaf / 1 Thessalonians 5:18 / Washington Alliance Church 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 100 The Bible does not command us to in all circumstances. Instead, it commands us to in all circumstances. Paul is not saying to give thanks everything. He is saying to give thanks everything. Gratitude is a posture of trust. It’s choosing to remember: God’s yesterday God’s today God’s for tomorrow What are you grateful for? Sermon Talks What caught your attention in this week’s message? Was there something you had never heard before or something you had a question about? What is the best celebration you have ever been a part of? What made it so incredible? Read 1 Thessalonians 5:18. Why is it important to understand that Paul is not saying to feel thankful in all circumstances but to give thanks in all circumstances? What is the difference? How does giving thanks ‘for’ everything differ from giving thanks ‘in’ everything? How can we give thanks in everything? What principles from the Bible can help us to do this? Consider Eph 5:20 and Phil 4:6. How can gratitude be a posture of trust in God? Make a list of what you are grateful for. What may God be asking you to change, do differently, repent of, or pray about? Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in a time of prayer. Pray about it: Meditate on God’s Word (1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 100) and this week’s message. Adoration: What can I praise God for in light of what this teaches me? Confession: What sin can I confess because of what this teaches me? Thanksgiving: What can I thank God for in light of what he has done? Supplication: What do I need to ask of God in order to grow in light of this? DID YOU KNOW? Double click a sentence in your note above to highlight it or add your own note below it. Send to Email Enter your email address below to receive a copy of your filled in notes Send Save PDF Locally Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your device Generate File Click to View PDF Save PDF to Google Drive Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your Google Drive account(For Apple devices, use Chrome browser or go to SETTINGS>SAFARI and uncheck BLOCK POPUPS.) Save File