25-1231A_IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS

 

25-1231A_IN EVERYTHING 

GIVE THANKS

Isa 60:1  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 

Isa 60:2  For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 

Isa 60:3  And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 

1Th 5:18  In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 

Php 3:13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 

Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

Php 3:15  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 

Rom 8:30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 

1Th 5:15  See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 

1Th 5:16  Rejoice evermore. 

1Th 5:17  Pray without ceasing. 

1Th 5:18  In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 

1Th 5:19  Quench not the Spirit. 

1Th 5:20  Despise not prophesyings. 

1Th 5:21  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 

1Th 5:22  Abstain from all appearance of evil. 

1Th 5:23  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1Th 5:24  Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 

1Th 5:25  Brethren, pray for us. 

1Th 5:26  Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 

1Th 5:27  I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 

1Th 5:28  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. 

*NOW, THERE’S A COMING NEW YEAR... SO JUST KEEP YOURSELF CONSECRATED TO GOD THROUGH THE COMING YEAR, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE LORD WILL DO FOR US.

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20 After I have made a new dedication, my own self, and my wife, and so forth, we’ve noticed things so different around home. And not as nervous as we were, shaky and jumpy, “We won’t get this, and we won’t get that.” We just go at it just quietly, and get more done.

21 So, now, there’s a coming new year. And we don’t believe in turning new pages, we just believe in burning the old. So just keep yourself consecrated to God through the coming year, we don’t know what the Lord will do for us.

 

*NEW YEAR, NEW YEAR, WHAT ABOUT IT? BRINGS NEW HOPE. NOT TURN A NEW PAGE. IT’S, TURN TO THE WORD, SEE WHAT THE WORD PROMISES FOR TODAY...

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137 New year, new year, what about it? Brings new hope. We’re one year closer. We’re one day closer than we was yesterday. We’re one hour closer than we was when I started, fifteen—fifteen minutes to eleven, it’s fifteen till twelve now. We’re one hour closer! We don’t look back, we look forward. See? Oh! Yes, sir. New year doesn’t mean turning a new page. Huh-uh. No.

140 Not turn a new page. It’s, turn to the Word, see what the Word promises for today, see what the Light of the day is supposed to be. What we ought to do this year is not go back to creeds and things, go back to our old denominations, not go back to old denominations; but turn to the Word, see what kind of a Light is supposed to shine today. Oh, church, turn to the Word, get back to the Word, flip the right switch, quit punching around on electric lights, see, artificial, man-made. Turn to His Word and see the promise of today. And then see what the promise is, and watch for its identification. When it’s vindicated, then you know whether you’re in Light or not. See what the promise is.

141 Changing the pages or changing calendars doesn’t change time. A lot of people say, “Well, the old year’s gone, throw away the old December calendar now and put up the other one, a new year.” That—that’s what new years means to them.

 

*I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LIGHT OF THE HOUR IS, SO I CAN KNOW HOW TO WALK IN IT.

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142 To me, I want to see what’s promised for the day. I want to know what the Light of the hour is, so I can know how to walk in It. I want to know where I’m living, what age I’m in, how far up the road am I.

143 As Paul said, I could stand quoting again, “Forgetting those things that are in the past, now I press towards the mark, the high calling,” to the complete identification, when all time will fade out into Eternity when Jesus comes.

 

*...PUT YOUR FUTURE INTO HIS HANDS. DON’T LOOK TO ANYTHING ELSE.....

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144 Do as David did, put your future into His hands. Don’t look to anything else, but put your…David said here, he said—said, “My time is in His hands.” You notice here in the Psalms where we read it, in 62, “My time is in His hand. He is my rock.” What is He? “He is revealed to me. He is the revealed Truth. My time is in His hands.” Amen. Oh, my! There you are.

145 My time belongs to Him. I am His. I’m in His hand because He holds the time. I don’t know what the future holds, but I know He holds the future. So, He Who holds the future holds me. So why should I think about setting forth this, that, the other for the new year? I just put myself in His hands, walk like David did, “my time is in His hand,” knew that God held the future. David didn’t know what the future was, but he knowed God had the future. I don’t know what the future is, none of us do. But we know He holds the future.

 

*WAIT UPON THE LORD. PATIENCE IS VIRTUE. IF YOU CAN HAVE PATIENCE, IT’S VIRTUE.

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146 Patience. Patience. Some of us get so, some of us gets in such a hurry. I think a many a good man has done that. You get in too—too much of a hurry. You want to, see, you want to do it yourself.

147 And minister brethren, you know from when I’m talking, you that’s listening to this tape. I’m talking to you, not only to the little congregation here, but men around the world.

148 Many men go out, impatient, but believing that the time is near, you try to do something within yourself. Wait upon the Lord. Patience is virtue. If you can have patience, it’s virtue. It’s virtue if you…“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” Not they that try to get ahead of the Lord, they that try to tell the Lord, “Lord, I know You want me to do this, and glory to God I…” Don’t do that. Wait upon the Lord. The Bible said, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.”

149 God took thousands of years to fulfill His promise of a coming Saviour. But, remember, He knowed it all the time, when it was coming. There were many people rose up and tried to be messiahs. Many churches tried to produce messiahs. But God had the time set for His Messiah. He was in no hurry. See?

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64 And now beginning a new year, I want to say, not “Happy New Year” to you, I want to say this to you, “God bless you.” And if He does that, that’s all you’ll have need of for the coming year. And I trust that He will.

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Now, I want to say this before I start. I wish, to each one of you all, the most successful and blessful and healthy new year that I can wish to you. God be with you! May you grow both physically, and spiritually, and financially, and materially. Everything that God can bring upon you, I pray that He’ll do it.