St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
313 4th St, Manistee, MI 49660-2901
Kieth Bernard Kuschel, pastor
Pastor’s cell phone 262-765-2328
website: stpaulsmanistee.com
facebook.com/SPLCManistee
Thanksgiving Eve - November 24, 2021
Prayer Before Worship - Lord thank You for giving me life & health & everything I need to sustain both. Please use me to manage Your bountiful physical blessings so that Your world continues to provide for people for as long as You desire that it continues before Your return.
Hymn 613 Invocation Prayer Hymn 609
Old Testament Lesson: Deuteronomy 8:1018
Thanksgiving Day can easily become a time when we thank ourselves for all the hard work which we do on account of which we have what we have. Thanksgiving Day should be a day when we acknowledge that the LORD is the source of all the blessings which He gives us through the world He created and through the abilities with which He has endowed each of us.
{10} When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. {11} Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. {12} Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, {13} and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, {14} then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. {15} He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. {16} He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you. {17} You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." {18} But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
Hymn 611
Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
It is appropriate for us to cry out to the LORD when we have needs. Our requests to the LORD for help are an expression of our faith in Him It is also appropriate for us to cry out to the LORD in thanksgiving for His love and His blessings. Our thanksgiving to the LORD is also an expression of our faith in Him
(11) Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. {12} As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance {13} and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" {14} When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. {15} One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. {16} He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked himand he was a Samaritan. {17} Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? {18} Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" {19} Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
Hymn 612
Sermon Text: 2 Cor 9:6-15
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: “He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Theme: God makes us cheerful Thanksgivers
1. God makes His grace abound to us Hymn 610:1
2. God supplies us Hymn 610:2
3. God uses us to make others into Thanksgivers
Hymn 610:3
Thankoffering The members of St Paul's have joined together to do the Lord’s work in this area & around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry.
Hymn 615 (Prayer)
Benediction
Hymn 616 (Prayer at Thanksgiving meal)
All our guests are welcome to worship Jesus the Savior with us again.