This is the first part of a 4-part sermon series called Give Thanks. In this series you will learn 4 ways to Give Thanks to God: through Praise, through Generosity, through Service, and through Celebration. In this first sermon you will learn how Praise can make the Grumbles go away.


Psalm 100 (ESV) — A Psalm for giving thanks. 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 118:1 (ESV) — 1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

I. God doesn’t want me to be a ____________________________

• OT - ______________________________Exodus 16:6–8
• NT - ______________________________Matt 20.11
• Lamentation 5. 15-16 - _____________________________
• Phil 2.14; James 5.9, I Peter 4.9

II. God Wants to turn my ________________________into Praise

• Adoration - Praising God for who He is and what He has done for ________________________ Psalm 100. 3, 5
• THANKSGIVING - Praising God for who He is what He has done for _____________________Psalm 100. 4a; 23

III. The Way I Praise God makes the _______________________ go away Psalm 100. 1, 2, 4b; Psalm 95.1-2; 98.4, 6

• Joyful - ______________________________
• Noise - ______________________________
• Gladness - ______________________________
• Bless - ______________________________