1. First Light! Welcome To We Meet Every Wednesday.
Join Us Afterward, Upstairs in the Café.

2. UPCOMING EVENTS Foster Care & Adoption Info Meeting
Learn about Foster Care and Adoption on Sunday, December 2 at 3PM in Community Room E. RSVP to
Congregational Meeting
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (7:30-9 PM)
Prayer Meeting from 7:00 to 7:30 PM

3. Open Groups – Join Us!

4. PARKING MINISTRY Contact Aaron Paganini WANTED: A few GOOD MEN!!

5. What’s in your back pocket?
The Tract League
What’s in your back pocket?
Salvation?

6. INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
Just a friendly reminder.
If the Federal Government is closed, then First Light will not meet. If the Federal Government is on liberal leave, delayed or open, then First Light will meet.

7. INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
For Federal Government STATUS:
Download their OPM Alert app today:
and find the link
Also avail at Google ‘Play Store’ and the ‘App Store’
Search OPM
Fast & Easy Updates

8. Speaker Schedule: Nov. 28 – Nyke Gatlin December 5 – Kent Husted
December 12 – Greg Gibson
December 19 – Jim Battle

9. Today’s Speaker: MBC Pastor of Regional Ministries (North)
Nyke Gatlin
MBC Pastor of Regional Ministries (North)
Reston | Herndon | Chantilly | Sterling | ashburn | leesburg

10. Philippians 4:4-9 (ESV)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

11. If we don’t learn how to live in a sustained Joy we will never live with the Power of Gratitude (Thankfulness)!

12. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with Joy. (vs. 4-5)
Finding Real Joy in…
Joy…
In Jesus
In One Another
Even though

13. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with prayer that is filled with gratitude. (vs. 5-7)
Finding Real Joy because…
God is near to me

14. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with prayer that is filled with gratitude. (vs. 5-7)
Finding Real Joy because…
God is near to me
God hears me

15. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with prayer that is filled with gratitude. (vs. 5-7)
Finding Real Joy because…
God is near to me
God hears me
God will guard my heart & mind

16. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with a biblical mindset. (vs. 8-9)
Finding Real Joy how…
PRAY –

17. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with a biblical mindset. (vs. 8-9)
Finding Real Joy how…
PRAY – THINK –

18. THE POWER OF GRATITUDE | Respond with a biblical mindset. (vs. 8-9)
Finding Real Joy how…
PRAY – THINK – PRACTICE

19. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Share a time in your life when you responded poorly to something or someone. What might you have done differently?
What are you currently facing that is robbing you of joy? In light of who Jesus is and what He has done, how might your perspective need to change?
What remedy did Paul give for anxiousness? (See Philippians 4:6-7)
Why should we respond to God with gratitude?
In Philippians 4:8, Paul emphasizes that what you think about matters. How do your thoughts impact your mindset?

20. NATE REED QUESTIONS
How many days were you able to spend in the Bible this past week?
What verse did you memorize this week?
Did you share your faith with anyone this week?