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Series: Faith Focus 2025: Gratitude: Thanks be to God

Sermon: Posture for Thanks: Why Gratitude is Good

Jason HelopoulosJanuary 12, 2025Sunday Morning45 min

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Sermon Passage: James 1:16-18

James 1:16–18

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.¹ 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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[1] 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

Part 2 of 7 · Faith Focus 2025: Gratitude: Thanks be to God

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