Thursday

The clock is ticking. As mentioned Jesse my 16 year old son has a talk this coming Tuesday. Its the number 3 talk. We kinda went over it yesterday over the phone while I was at Home Depot. I gave him some of the ideas on how he could start the talk, he gave me his and we changed a few things but its based on LR book of course so the theme needs to stay within the LR book and the chapter given.

I'm glad he asked for my help because as you can tell I love giving talks and posting information. The theme of the talk is " Do you remember to say thank you "

This is what we came up with so far....................................................

A mom wakes up early to prepare breakfast for her teenage son. She does this every single morning before he goes to school. After preparing breakfast she goes to wake him up. He doesn’t say anything to her. He gets up, gets dressed, goes to the table and eats. After he is done he goes to the car to get dropped off. Mom gets in the car and off to school they go.

When they arrive, he gets out closes the door and doesn’t say a word. As mentioned this is every morning. Do you think it’s possible that the mom at times can feel that she isn’t appreciated? A simple thank you mom could have made her feel better.

Sometimes we forget to say thank you when others do kind things for us, don’t we? It’s as if it’s natural to forget. Think of Jesus – think of all the people that he fed, think of the dead that he raised, think of all the people that he healed. If you were one of those that he helped, would you have thanked Jesus for helping you? Of course you would, did all thank Jesus for healing them?

Open your bibles to Luke Chapter 17 verse 15 through 19. Notice what it mentioned there. That’s Luke Chapter 17 starting at verse 15.

And it Reads”
One of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. And he fell upon his face at [Jesus’] feet, thanking him; furthermore, he was a Samaritan. In reply Jesus said: “The ten were cleansed, were they not? Where, then, are the other nine? Were none found that turned back to give glory to God but this man of another nation?” And he said to him: “Rise and be on your way; your faith has made you well.

Jesus healed 10 and only one turned back and said thank you. Which of those men are you like? The Samaritan or the 9 that didn’t say a word? All of us at one time have been sick. Maybe not as sick as those ten lepers, but I’m sure you may have had a bad cold or a pain in your stomach, flu maybe fever. Who took take care of you? They may have given you some medicine and done other things for you. Were you glad that they helped you to get better? The Samaritan man thanked Jesus for making him well, and this made Jesus happy. Do you think that your mother, father, our brothers & sisters will be happy if you say thank you when they do things for you? Of course they will.

If we remember to say thank you to people on earth, then we are more likely to remember to say thank you to our Father in heaven. And there so many things for which to thank Jehovah! He gave us life and all the good things that make life pleasant. So we have every reason to give glory to God by saying good things about him each day. Open you bibles to Colossians chapter 3 verse 17. That’s Colossians chapter 3 verse 17.
It reads

“ And whatever it is that YOU do in word or in work, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him.
Don’t be like the 9 men who didn’t thank Jesus. Be like the Samaritan and remember to say thank you.
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This is just a rough draft and I don't know the timing yet. Tonight is family study so we will go over this I'm sure. Also Jesse doesn't know it yet but the both of us are going to take Guitar Lessons in June. I'm very excited about that because after I heard the most lovely sound coming from this very talented player, I decided to take lessons.

Also - just a quick update on my Aunt. Amazingly she is still alive but on life support. As mentioned her daughter Susy does not want to remove her from Life support. She is hoping that her mom will make a recovery. The odds are against her since the Doctors said she won't recover but of course they also said she would be dead in 24hrs and yet she is still alive.

I started talking to some of my family members about the truth and I'm praying that they open their hearts. Its hard to lose someone you love to death. It's sad that most think there isn't a future. I pray that before the end of this system comes, people will continue to open their eyes. Scriptures tell us that the road leading to life is narrow so we know most of the world won't be on that road but I pray that people find that road. Till tomorrow. Thanks again for reading.