Blessings, Blessings, Blessings
November 26, 2023

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,

, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done

Psalm 40:5 *Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, __they would be too many to declare.

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Habakkuk 3:17-18 *Though the

does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, __I will be joyful in God my Savior*

Habakkuk 3:19 The

is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 16

Rejoice always , 17 , 18 give thanks in all ; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

James 4:13-15 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:16-17 *16 As it is, you boast in your

schemes. All such boasting is 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is __sin} for them…*

Galatians 5:1 *It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. *

Romans 5:13 13 May the God of hope fill you with all

as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Titus 2:1-15
* *You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. 2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. 9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

*11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, **
13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

Romans 8:1-2 8 Therefore, there is now no

for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Philippians 4:11-13 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be

whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me .

Matthew 25:14-29 *14 “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. 16 The one who had received the five talents immediately went and did business with them, and earned five more talents. 17 In the same way the one who had received the two talents earned two more. 18 But he who received the one talent went away and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
19 “Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. 20 The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have earned five more talents.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

25 And I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you still have what is yours.’
26 “But his master answered and said to him, ‘You worthless, lazy slave! Did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter seed? 27 Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. 28 Therefore: take the talent away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’
29 “For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. 30 And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Count your

, name them one by one,
Count your , see what God has done!