Weekly Sermons

Do Everything You Do with a Grateful Heart - Psalm 107:1-3

I am speaking of course about GRACE vision goggles! Those who have received God’s grace through faith in Jesus are able to have a constant perspective that will help them serve God with clarity and confidence.

5 G Living: Do Everything you do:
For the Glory of God
For the Good of your fellow man
To get the Gospel to non-believers
To help your fellow Christians Grow
With a Grateful Heart

The Hebrew word for Give Thanks is yada (H3034), which occurs 114 times in the Old Testament. It literally means “to throw” or “to cast.” Used toward God, it means “to praise” or “to give thanks.” But it is also used toward ourselves to confess our sins to God (Psalm 32:5).

I acknowledged (H3034) my sin to You, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess (H3034) my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.”    - Psalm 32:5

The word benefit in Luke 6, verses 32-33, and credit in verse 34 is actually the great word charis, the word for grace and favor but also a word translated benefit, credit, thanks and gratitude in the New Testament.

The word for steadfast love in Psalm 107:1 is the great word Hesed (H2617), which occurs 251 times in the Old Testament. It is translated steadfast love in the ESV, Faithful love in the HCSB, Lovingkindness and Mercy in the KJV. It is used of God’s covenant love toward Israel. The closest New Testament word to it may very well be grace.

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace (G5485) extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving (G2169), to the glory of God. - Romans 4:15

Being grateful is all about recognizing God’s blessing in your life, from His common grace to His saving grace. A grateful heart becomes the “Night vision goggles” of 5 G Living.

I give thanks (G2168) to my God always for you because of the grace (G5485) of God that was given you in in Christ Jesus. - 1 Cor. 1:4

Thanks (G5485) be to God for His inexpressible gift. - 2 Cor. 9:15

Note that the word for grace is translated thanks in 2 Corinthians 9:15. A Grateful heart is a grace-filled heart!

As each one has received a gift (G5486), use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (G5485). - 1 Peter 4:10

For this is a gracious (G5485) thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows for while suffering unjustly. - 1 Pet. 2:19

The benefits of gratitude go beyond the spiritual to the physical, psychological, and social.