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CENTRAL THOUGHT:  Thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude to God for all His benefits.   TEXT: Psalm 103:1-6,  Thessalonians 5:18   INTRODUCTION Simply put, thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude or gratefulness to someone especially to God. People have always given and continue to give thanks to God for whom He is and will continue to be. The first thanksgiving recorded in scriptures was that of Cain and Abel but God rejected Cain’s. We are however, not told why God rejected Cain’s offering, but God who knows all secrets and saw something that displeased Him about Cain and his offering. He is not interested in our offerings alone, but in the totality of our being. He is interested in our motive or sincerity in whatever we do, even in thanksgiving. The scriptures enjoin us to give thanks always. However, most congregations have adopted the practice of setting aside one day or more in the year in which their members and in most cases even non-members are expected to thank God apart from the daily expression of thanksgiving to God by the individual. Like the Psalmist says, it is a good thing to thank the Lord, but the worrisome thing about thanksgiving is the way it is done among some today. LESSON...

CENTRAL THOUGHT The absence of Natural Affection is indicative of a decaying society awaiting God’s judgement.   TEXT:  2 Timothy 3:1-3; Romans 12:9-12    INTRODUCTION One of the features of the end-time that is gaining prominence both in the world and amongst Christians is the issue of indifference to the plight of others. Simply put, the vice of “neighborliness” is far replacing the virtue of “neighborliness” as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ, Luke 10:29-37. The center point of the gospel is love…. “For God so loved the world (of sinners) that He gave his only begotten son…”, John 3:16. Concerns for mankind, demonstration of compassion and the provision of relief to those in distress characterized the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since man is the only creature that God made after His very image and likeness, He expects that the activities of every Christian should revolve around the love of God expressed to man.  We therefore cannot love God if we hate the man (or our neighbor) that was created after His image and likeness, 1 John 4:21. End-time events show that most men and women are getting less concerned about the plight of their fellow human beings, be they Christians or unbelievers. Nothing is big, valuable,...