Thursday, November 22nd, 2018



SubjectThanksgiving

Golden Text: Psalm 146 : 1



Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.




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Responsive Reading: Psalm 146 : 2, 3, 5-10


2.     While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3.     Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

5.     Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6.     Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

7.     Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

8.     The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

9.     The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow.

10.     The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.



Lesson Sermon



The Bible


1. Psalm 103 : 1-6

1     Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2     Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3     Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

4     Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

5     Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6     The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

2. Joel 2 : 21, 25 (I) (to 1st ,), 26 (to :), 27 (to :)

21     Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

25     …I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,

26     And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you:

27     And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else:

3. Matthew 15 : 29-38

29     And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

30     And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

31     Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32     Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

33     And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

34     And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

35     And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

36     And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

37     And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

38     And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

4. Matthew 5 : 6

6     Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

5. Psalm 34 : 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 17-19, 22

1     I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

3     O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4     I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

7     The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8     O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

17     The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18     The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19     Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

22     The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

6. Proverbs 10 : 22

22     The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

7. II Corinthians 1 : 3

3     Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;



Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures


1. 17 : 12 (Thine)-15

…Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.

For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.

2. 494 : 10-14

Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. It is not well to imagine that Jesus demonstrated the divine power to heal only for a select number or for a limited period of time, since to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good.

3. 275 : 10-30

To grasp the reality and order of being in its Science, you must begin by reckoning God as the divine Principle of all that really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, Love, combine as one, — and are the Scriptural names for God. All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, immortality, cause, and effect belong to God. These are His attributes, the eternal manifestations of the infinite divine Principle, Love. No wisdom is wise but His wisdom; no truth is true, no love is lovely, no life is Life but the divine; no good is, but the good God bestows.

Divine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understanding, shows clearly that all is Mind, and that Mind is God, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, — that is, all power, all presence, all Science. Hence all is in reality the manifestation of Mind.

Our material human theories are destitute of Science. The true understanding of God is spiritual. It robs the grave of victory. It destroys the false evidence that misleads thought and points to other gods, or other so-called powers, such as matter, disease, sin, and death, superior or contrary to the one Spirit.

4. 273 : 21-28

God never ordained a material law to annul the spiritual law. If there were such a material law, it would oppose the supremacy of Spirit, God, and impugn the wisdom of the creator. Jesus walked on the waves, fed the multitude, healed the sick, and raised the dead in direct opposition to material laws. His acts were the demonstration of Science, overcoming the false claims of material sense or law.

5. 2 : 5 (the)-7, 23-28

…the desire which goes forth hungering after righteousness is blessed of our Father, and it does not return unto us void.

God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more? God is intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of anything He does not already comprehend? Do we expect to change perfection? Shall we plead for more at the open fount, which is pouring forth more than we accept?

6. 3 : 20-16

We plead for unmerited pardon and for a liberal outpouring of benefactions. Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech.

If we are ungrateful for Life, Truth, and Love, and yet return thanks to God for all blessings, we are insincere and incur the sharp censure our Master pronounces on hypocrites. In such a case, the only acceptable prayer is to put the finger on the lips and remember our blessings. While the heart is far from divine Truth and Love, we cannot conceal the ingratitude of barren lives.

What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds. To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done. Outward worship is not of itself sufficient to express loyal and heartfelt gratitude, since he has said: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

The habitual struggle to be always good is unceasing prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the blessings they bring, — blessings which, even if not acknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness to be partakers of Love.

7. 45 : 16-21

Glory be to God, and peace to the struggling hearts! Christ hath rolled away the stone from the door of human hope and faith, and through the revelation and demonstration of life in God, hath elevated them to possible at-one-ment with the spiritual idea of man and his divine Principle, Love.


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