Series: A Life of Thanksgiving
Title: The Practice of Thanksgiving
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Speaker: Pastor Miles Scarboro
Date: November 9, 2025 (Sunday PM Family Service)
Every believer can develop the habit of thanksgiving by implementing three practices
Practice #1: Always Be Joyful (v.16)
Practice #2: Always Be Prayerful (v.17)
Practice #3: Always Be Thankful (v.18)
The Four Levels
Level 1 – Mr. Grumbler
Level 2 – Mr. Mute
Level 3 – Mr. Positive
Level 4 – Mr. Grateful
Believe – trust in Christ & His work
Rejoice – determine to be joyful
Pray – be consistently dependent
Thank – redirect complaints, meditate on God, journal His goodness
Trinity Baptist Church
Findlay, Ohio