Steel yourself against the world's strong magnetism. The world has now taken to itself powerful instruments to beguile each of us. Think of television,that lighted rectangle. What does it do? It lies and lies and lies to you. It would have you believe in fornication without tears,

Violence without death, death without judgment and indulgence without responsibility. Lies, all lies!
Against these lies, you must be strong. Perhaps it is time to put a sign on the TV set that says,

"This is the voice of Satan." The world's slick magazines should have a sticker on the cover saying,

"Baloney!" Ah, the dulcet voice of this world believe it not! This world don't fall in love with it!

1Jo 2:15 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

Sure hope that this thread has spoken to your Spirit man to get you to rethink where you are at with the Lord Jesus Christ. We don't want to like the world or we will be judged with them at that appointed time. We are suppose to be acting like Jesus Christ did when He was on the earth, being set apart from the WORLD.

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Grateful GRA'TEFUL,
1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart.
2. Agreeable;pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering.
3. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering.
Ungrateful
UNGRA'TEFUL,
1. Not grateful;not feeling thankful for favors.
2. Not making returns, or making ill returns for kindness.
3. Making nore turns for culture; as an ungrateful soil
4. Unpleasing; unacceptable. Harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.

The nation in which we live is VERY Ungrateful for what they have. The people that are living in this nation only think about themselves and not others. We have the tendencies to focus on ME, all about us and what we can get for ourselves. The technology of today’s age is all about convince to us. We live in a very Materialism world. The time that we spend watching the T.V. it puts thoughts into our minds that feed the flesh. Then ourself centered nature the fallen man try’s to take over telling us that we need to own this thing that will give us the happiness that we are missing. We are to take captive all the thoughts that come into our mind.
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

So as you can read here in the scriptures that we are to guard our hearts by taking captive the thoughts that don’t line up with the word of GOD.
We as a nation especially this time of the season which is Christmas. We are just going about trying to find the RIGHT gift to give to someone so that we can feel good about ourselves. We are missing the whole concept about giving; we are supposed to be doing that all year long. But the thing that should be first in all is putting Christ first. Do we even put GOD first in the things that we do all of the rest of the year? We as a nation has missed this, we need to be getting back to putting God the very first thing on our list of things to do. So in all we should be grateful and thankful to GOD for what we have as a nation, personal. Here is also what we should be doing:
1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore.
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1Th 5:18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
1Th 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.

So everyone please keep the LORD GOD first in you all lives 7days a week not just 1day a week like most so called Christians do. Be Grateful and Thankful for what God has given.
From: The Revolutionist His Bondservant Forever In Christ Jesus

Giving Thanks an Attitude #1:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/giving-thanks-an-attitude-1-rejoice-series-11-26-06-mp3.html
The Way of Escape #2:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/the-way-of-escape-2-rejoice-series-11-29-06-mp3.html
Rejoicing Is Vital #3:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/rejoicing-is-vital-3-rejoice-series-12-03-06-mp3.html
Sing to your Sand #4:
[[Link.http://www.zshare.net/audio/sing-to-your-sand-4-rejoice-series-12-06-06-mp3.html,url]]

This is a Commandment that our Lord Jesus has given us to live by.
1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore.
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1Th 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
So we as Disciples in Christ we are to be praising God in the midst of our trails that we are going through, not murmuring. As it says in the scriptures we are to give thanks to be in the will of God. He is with us in the middle of our trails, so keep praising God, pray with out ceasing, give thanks all of the time 7days a week.

Please E-mail Pastor John Koehler on how you have gotten blessed by these audio sermons at: jalive@sbcglobal.net. Thank you very much for your comments.

From: The Revolutionist His Bondservant Forever In Christ Jesus

"And has put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head
over all things to the church" (Ephesians 1:22).
When we SEE an ever-increasing Christ Who is destined to fill all
things then we will be delivered from smallness and
narrow-mindedness. We do not overcome a thing by focusing our
attention and directing our energies against that THING. "Things"
will keep us busy from morning until night, and from night until
morning. May GOD deliver us from "things" and show us His Son! We
must learn to keep the focus of our heart on the Lord Jesus Christ,
Who MUST increase. Then there is no room for "things" anymore.
They are simply swallowed up in Victory.

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