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Gratitude in Adversity: Paul's Example

The sermon discusses the Apostle Paul's attitude of gratitude, as seen in his letters where he often expressed thanks for believers even while imprisoned. The sermon aims to teach that people can be thankful in difficult times, using Paul's example of writing letters of gratitude from prison. The seasonal emphasis is Thanksgiving.

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Gratitude in Adversity: Paul's Example

The sermon discusses the Apostle Paul's attitude of gratitude, as seen in his letters where he often expressed thanks for believers even while imprisoned. The sermon aims to teach that people can be thankful in difficult times, using Paul's example of writing letters of gratitude from prison. The seasonal emphasis is Thanksgiving.

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Sermon

 Title:  An  Attitude  of  Gratitude  


 
Sermon  Text:  Philippians  1:4  (and  other  letters  by  Paul*)  
 
Sermon  Truth:  We  can  be  thankful  even  in  difficult  times  
 
Sermon  Object:  Paul  Wrote  That  He  Was  Grateful,  Even  In  Prison  Sermon  Picture  
 
Seasonal  Emphasis:  Thanksgiving  
 
Sermon:  
 
The  Apostle  Paul  was  one  of  the  great  preachers  in  the  early  church.  He  wrote  many  of  
the  letters  that  we  have  in  the  Bible.  Did  you  know  that  in  most  of  the  letters  he  wrote,  
Paul  expressed  gratitude  for  his  readers?  Paul  had  an  attitude  of  gratitude.  But  did  you  
know  that  Paul  was  also  in  prison  when  he  wrote  many  of  these  letters?  
 
Here’s  a  picture  of  Paul  writing  one  of  his  letters.  It  may  be  that  Paul  was  writing  to  the  
Philippian  church.  In  Philippians  1:4,  Paul  said,  “I  give  thanks  to  my  God  for  every  
remembrance  of  you.”    
 
Sometimes  things  happen  to  us  that  make  us  sad.  That  was  true  for  Paul,  too.  More  than  
once  Paul  was  beaten  or  stoned.  Once  he  was  shipwrecked.  Paul  also  had  some  kind  of  
health  issue.  But  even  though  Paul  had  all  of  these  problems,  he  still  had  an  attitude  of  
gratitude.    
 
God  is  pleased  when  we  have  an  attitude  of  gratitude  because  it  shows  that  we  believe  
He  is  good  and  worthy  of  our  thanksgiving  even  when  things  don’t  go  the  way  we  would  
like.    
 
I  hope  you’ll  remember  this  week  that  God  wants  you  to  have  an  attitude  of  gratitude  
and  be  thankful  even  in  difficult  times.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*  Paul  expressed  thanks  for  his  readers  in  Romans  1:8,  1  Corinthians  1:4,  Ephesians  1:16,  
Philippians  1:4,  Colossians  1:3,  1  Thessalonians  1:2,  2  Thessalonians  1:3,  2  Timothy  1:3,  
and  Philemon  1:4.  

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