1. A Thanksgiving Study of 2 Chronicles 5:11-14 The first of two messages for: A Season of Thanksgiving Pastor Stan Reeder

3. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving.

5. 1.Praise God for his GOODNESS (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

7. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. They raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang; He is good, his love endures forever. -2 Chronicles 5:13b They raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang; He is good, his love endures forever. -2 Chronicles 5:13b 1.Praise God for his GOODNESS (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

9. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 1.Praise God for his GOODNESS (2 Chronicles 5:13b). Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness… Cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me…

11. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. Wash me I shall be whiter than snow… create in me a clean heart… Restore unto me the joy of your salvation. - Psalm 51 Wash me I shall be whiter than snow… create in me a clean heart… Restore unto me the joy of your salvation. - Psalm 51 1.Praise God for his GOODNESS (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

13. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

15. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b). For Christ died, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous [WHY SUCH A SACRIFICE?] to bring you to God. -1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous [WHY SUCH A SACRIFICE?] to bring you to God. -1 Peter 3:18

17. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b). …because God has said; Never will I leave you: never will I forsake you.

18. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? -Hebrews 13:5,6 So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? -Hebrews 13:5,6 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

20. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b). No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. -Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. -Romans 8:37

22. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b). What then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all

23. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b). - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? - Romans 8:31-32 - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? - Romans 8:31-32

25. I.The REASON for Thanksgiving. He is good; His love endures forever. - 2 Chronicles 5:13b He is good; His love endures forever. - 2 Chronicles 5:13b 2.Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b).

27. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving.

29. 1.CONSECRATION.

30. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 1.CONSECRATION. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves… -2 Chronicles 5:11a All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves… -2 Chronicles 5:11a

31. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 1.CONSECRATION. Consecration comes from the Hebrew word qadesh and literally means: to be made clean, holy and SET APART for the exclusive use of the Lord.

33. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 1.CONSECRATION. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. -2 Chronicles 5:11 All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. -2 Chronicles 5:11

35. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY.

37. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY. The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord. -2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord. -2 Chronicles 5:13

39. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY. How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! -Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! -Psalm 133:1

41. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY. For there the Lord bestows his blessing. -Psalm 133:3 For there the Lord bestows his blessing. -Psalm 133:3

43. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one.

44. II.The RENDERING of Thanksgiving. 2.UNITY. Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us that the world may believe that you have sent me. -John 17:20-21 Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us that the world may believe that you have sent me. -John 17:20-21

46. III.The RESULT ofThanksgiving. 1.The House was filled with a CLOUD.

48. III.The RESULT ofThanksgiving. 1.The House was filled with a CLOUD. THEN the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud… -2 Chronicles 5:13c THEN the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud… -2 Chronicles 5:13c

50. III.The RESULT ofThanksgiving. 2.The priests could not MINISTER.

54. Live so as to be missed. - Robert Murray McCheyne Live so as to be missed. - Robert Murray McCheyne

56. Dear believers, for the sake of the dead souls around you – for the sake of this great town… for the sake of our land, filled with formality and hypocrisy – unite in prayer and unite in praise and prove the Lord, if He will not pour out a blessing.

57. Not for your own sakes only, but for the sake of those perishing around you, let us wrestle and pray for a fuller time of the Spirit’s working than has ever been seen in Scotland yet. -Robert Murray McCheyne Not for your own sakes only, but for the sake of those perishing around you, let us wrestle and pray for a fuller time of the Spirit’s working than has ever been seen in Scotland yet. -Robert Murray McCheyne