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Thanksgiving For God

For many years, I did not experience more joy in God through gratitude. I dutifully thanked God for his blessings, but because I did not understand thanksgiving, my gratitude did not help me see God’s glorious mercy, and so it did not increase my joy.

The problem was that I saw thanksgiving mostly as an obligation to be fulfilled. God had done something for me, so now I owed him gratitude. And once I had said, “Thank you,” my debt was paid, and I moved on to something else.

But that’s not how the Bible talks about thanksgiving. Consider, first, how the Bible often links thanksgiving with joy.

“Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!” (Psalm 95:2)

“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!” (Psalm 97:12)

“Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!” (Psalm 107:22)

….when God calls us to give thanks, he’s not just calling us to thank him for what he’s done. He’s calling us to rejoice in who he is, as displayed in what he’s done. And that’s why Christian Hedonists love to thank God: thanking God leads to seeing more of God, and seeing more of God is our greatest joy.

How can we thank God in a way that increases our joy in God…

First, ask for the Spirit’s help. The goal of thanksgiving is seeing and feeling the glory of God’s mercy, and we can’t do that without the Spirit’s work. So, ask.

Second, ponder the value of God’s gifts. Consider the value of each gift. Think about health, friends, the food in front of you. Think especially about the Savior, whose death paid for your sins and purchased fullness of joy in him forever.

Third, think about the mercy of God’s gifts. Not only do we not deserve these gifts, but because of our sin, all we deserve is God’s judgment. Ask God to help you see that, so you feel more wonder at the grace and mercy displayed in this blood-bought gift.

Fourth, do this until you see and feel more of God’s glorious mercy. Keep praying for the Spirit’s Jesus-revealing work, and keep thinking about the worth and mercy of God’s gifts, until you sense more of God’s glorious mercy in Christ.

Fifth, express your thanksgiving and joyful praise to God. Thank him for his gifts, expressing the worth of each gift and the mercy of each gift. And rejoice in how each gift displays the glory of God’s grace to you in Christ.

We all need help seeing God’s glorious mercy. And gratitude, like glasses, can help. So, for the sake of your joy in God, put on the glasses of gratitude. And see.

Steve Fuller Thanksgiving Gives Us Eyes for God

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Fuller Mixed Media

Not To Scale London and Amsterdam are delighted to welcome Emmy Award winning Director Steve Fuller onto our diverse and eclectic roster. 

Steve made his name directing the iconic titles for the TV series Mad Men but since then has gone on to develop a strong reel in live action VFX and mixed media techniques. 

An area of film making that Not To Scale are continuing to garner and excellent reputation for. Founder Dan O’Rourke adds . “It’s great to have Steve join our truly international roster, he has a great CV and his background as a designer allows him to bring a certain level of method, craft and versatility to every creative demand. We are seeing more and more live action projects that have a technique or design element as part of the brief and it’s great to have Steve bolster this area of our offering”.

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The World After Tomorrow with Cory Doctorow, Steve Fuller and Kate Russell

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Dark Ecology as the Higher Misanthropy  Steve Fuller

"One of the advantages of being a certain age – and remaining alert – is that you observe intellectual history as it unfolds in public. The relevant trace here is what ‘anti-humanism’ has come to mean. Nowadays it means misanthropy, especially if you don’t call it that. However, the revolt against humanism began as a revolt against the hypocrisy of humanists, especially their pretensions to have liberated us from God yet at the same time enslave us to science."

http://slowlorisblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/dark-ecology-as-the-higher-misanthropy/