WHAT IS EXTRA IN YOUR THANKSGIVING?

TOPIC: WHAT IS EXTRA IN YOUR THANKSGIVING?
TEXT: GEN. 4:3-5; 22: 1-12; 2SAM. 24:24
MINISTERING: REV. DR. A. A. OBE (JP)
6th DECEMBER, 2020.

DEFINITION: EXTRA MILE INVOLVES GOING BEYOND THE NORMS AND BOUNDARIES, BREAKING WALLS, BARRIERS TO DO THE UNUSUAL, MAKING EXTRA SACRIFICES AND ADDING TO WHAT YOU ARE USED TO DOING.

THEREFORE, GOING EXTRA MILE IN THANKSGIVING TALKS ABOUT GOING BEYOND YOUR NORMAL WAY OF THANKING GOD YEARLY SHOWING TO HIM(GOD) HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE HIS LOVE, PROTECTION, PROVISION, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE, AND ALSO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HIS UTMOST GIFT TO THE WORLD AND YOU IN PARTICULAR,
JESUS CHRIST.

I. TYPES OF HEART THAT MUST THANK GOD.
1. YOU MUST HAVE A GRATEFUL HEART – LUKE 17:17-19

2. YOU MUST HAVE A SERVING HEART.
2 KINGS 3:11; 1 KINGS 19:21

3. YOU MUST HAVE A SAVED HEART.
JOHN 1:12, 13.

4. YOU MUST HAVE THANKFUL HEART.
LUKE 17:15, 16

5. YOU MUST HAVE A LOVING HEART.
JOHN 3:16; JOHN 5:13

6. YOU MUST HAVE A GIVING HEART.
JOHN 6:8-13.

7. YOU MUST HAVE A SACRIFICIAL HEART.
2 SAMUEL 24:24

II. WHAT TO NOTE
1. UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS WENT EXTRA MILE BY DIEING ON THE CROSS FOR US.
JOHN 19:30

2. UNDERSTAND THAT EXTRA MILE THANKSGIVING WILL COST YOU SOMETHING.

PRACTICALS
1. HANNAH’S THANKSGIVING

2. ABEL’S THANKSGIVING.
GEN. 4:3-5

3. ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICES.
GEN. 22:1-12

4. THE BOY WITH FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD AND TWO FISHES.
JOHN 6:9-13

5. THE TEN LEAPERS (ONLY ONE CAME BACK)
LUKE 17:11-19

CONCLUSION-PRAYER
OH LORD GIVE ME THE GRACE TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO THANK YOU.