Sunday Service||The Law of Gratitude||Pastor Joe Tarkon||City of David Atlanta

Our prayer is that God will release an anointing of gratitude. You know why? Because gratitude amplifies whatever you have. It amplifies. Jesus took the bread. He said, father, I thank you for this bread. And the bible said that he broke it, and the bread was amplified. He stood by the tomb of Lazarus. He said, father, I thank you that you always hear me. And he prayed, Lazarus, come forth. Gratitude amplifies whatever you have. That's what thankfulness does. [01:34:01] (40 seconds)  #GratitudeAmplifies

You're going away with nothing. The only thing that you brought into this world is your family tree, Your parents, father, mother, and siblings. That's the only thing you brought into this world. And he says naked, you shall return. This is not a funeral service. Please, please understand that. It's not a funeral service. I'm talking about the law of gratitude. I want you to understand that everything you have on this earth was given to you by who? By God. That's the second powerful thing he says. He said, God is the one that gives everything. [00:58:58] (33 seconds)  #EverythingIsGift

When the posture of your heart is rebellious against God, when the posture of your heart is restrictive towards God, God, I will give you this, but I can't give you this because I don't think you are deserving of this much. It shows how immature you are. It shows that you are not wise. Look at a man, Job. He lost everything yet Job went before God and he said, father, I thank you because you give and you take. [01:34:40] (33 seconds)  #HumbleHeartAccepts

Giving has to be expressed. You cannot say, take this money. You can't do that. You're not giving it. If you want to give, you give it out. Gratitude must be expressed. So God wants us to express our gifts. When Anna received Samuel, she came back to God. Let's look at that passage very quickly. First Samuel chapter two verse two to nine. First Samuel chapter two verse two to nine. She came back to God. She came back to the altar. She came back to the temple. [01:15:14] (39 seconds)  #ExpressYourGratitude

And the man was complaining and complaining and complaining. And then they were drafting people into the military. They came to the hometown where he and his son were living, and they did not draft their son. Why? Because he had an injury. And every young man who was drafted from that hometown went to the battlefront, and all of them got killed. Now if they told you your son had a broken leg, but another man's son died, which one would you prefer? They complain too much. [01:05:25] (32 seconds)  #StopComplainingAppreciate

You've learned you've got to learn how to seek God. In the midst of the pain and the chaos, you wanna seek God in the middle of it because God is in the middle of the storm. If you see pain in everything that God does, you will miss God, and you'll miss what God is trying to do in your life. So Job was thankful to God. Have you ever come to God with gratitude and thankfulness for everything past, present, and future? I'm gonna give you a minute to just thank God. [01:06:53] (30 seconds)  #SeekGodInTheStorm

Ingratitude is disrespectful to God. And gratitude must be expressed. Gratitude can you say that with me? Let's look at that passage again. First Thessalonians five eighteen very quickly. First Thessalonians five eighteen. Can we read the four sentence together? Give thanks. Stop there. Give thanks. [01:14:49] (25 seconds)  #GiveThanksAlways

It says that what is it that you have which was not given to you? And if that which you have was given to you, why then do you brag? Why then do you boast? How can you boast when everything is a gift? How can you boast when everything is a gift? And how can you not be thankful when everything is a gift? You're not thankful. Everything is a gift. Everything is a gift. Everything is a gift. Let me do a quick survey. [01:08:19] (29 seconds)  #NoBoastAllGifts