Thanksgiving to Praise Him and and to do it with Persistence

“Purposeful Thanksgiving”
Colossians 3:15-17 – Part 2

1. Thanks for PEACE to rule our hearts. (v. 15)
2. Thanks for PRECEPT hid in our hearts. (v. 16a)

14" class="scriptRef">149.3" class="scriptRef">38.5" class="scriptRef">5.3" class="scriptRef">3. Thanks for PRAISE on our lips to His blessed name. (v. 6" class="scriptRef">16b) teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the LORD Exodus 15:1, 21; 12.18" class="scriptRef">18.7.9" class="scriptRef">9" class="scriptRef">18:9; 23.4" class="scriptRef">40" class="scriptRef">Leviticus 23:40; Numbers 21:17; 12.7" class="scriptRef">Deuteronomy 12:7, 12, 18; 14.26" class="scriptRef">14:26; 32.11" class="scriptRef">11" class="scriptRef">11" class="scriptRef">16:11, 14-15; 26:11; 27:7; Judges 5:1, 3; 1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 22:50; 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Chronicles 6:32; 13:8; 16:9-10, 23, 31, 33" class="scriptRef">33; 29:9; 2 Chronicles 6:41; 20:22; 23:13, 18; 29:28, 30, 36; 30:21; 35:25; Ezra 2:65; 3:11; Nehemiah 7:67; 12:27, 42-Neh.12.44" class="scriptRef">42-44, 46; Job 29:13; 38:7; Psalm 2:11; 5:11; 7:17; 9:2, 11, 14; 13:6; 18:49; 21:13; 27:6; 28:7; 30:4, 11-12; 32:7, 11; 33:2-3; 34:1; 35:27; 47:1, 5-7; 51:14; 57:7, 9; 59:16-17; 61:8; 63:4-5; 65:13; 66:1-2, 4; 67:4; 68:4, 32; 71:22-23; 75:9; 81:1; 89:1; 92:1; 95:1-2; 96:1-2; 98:1, 4-6; 100:1-2, 4; 101:1; 104:12, 33; 105:2; 106:12; 108:1, 3; 19.54" class="scriptRef">119:54; 126:2; 132:9, 16; 135:3; 137:3-4; 138:1, 5; 144:9; 145:7; 146:2; 147:1, 7; 149:1, 3, 5; Isaiah 12:5-6; 24:14; 26:1, 19; 35:2, 6; 38:20; 42:10-11; 44:23; 49:13; 51:11; 52:8-9; 55:12; Jeremiah 20:13; 31:7, 12; Hosea 2:15; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:10; Matthew 26:30; 28:20; Mark 14:26; Luke 20:42; Acts 5:25, 42; 15:35; 16:25; 20:31; Romans 15:9, 14; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 14:15; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 1:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 14; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; Hebrews 2:12; 13:15; James 5:13; Revelation 5:9; 14:3; 15:3

4. Thanks with PERSISTENCE to God through our LORD Jesus Christ. (v. 17) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him 2 Samuel 22:50; 1 Chronicles 16:4, 7-8, 34-35, 41; 23:30; 25:3; 118.29" class="scriptRef">29.13" class="scriptRef">29:13; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Ezra 3:11; 12" class="scriptRef">12.24" class="scriptRef">Nehemiah 12:24; Psalm 18:49; 30:4, 12; 75:1; 92:1; 97:12; 105:1; 106:1, 47; 107:1; 118:1, 29; 19.162" class="scriptRef">119:162; 122:4; 136:1-3, 26; 140.13" class="scriptRef">140:13; 15.36" class="scriptRef">Matthew 15:36; 26:27; Mark 8:6; 14:23; Luke 17:16; 22:17, 19; Luke 24:19; John 6:11, 13; 11:41; 14:13-14; 15:16; Acts 7:22; 27:35; 28:15; Romans 1:8; 5:1-2; 7:25; 14:6; Romans 15:18; 16:4; 1 Corinthians 1:4, 14; 1 Corinthians 10:30-31; 11:24; 14:16-18; 15:57; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 2:14; 4:15; 8:16; 9:11-12, 15; Ephesians 1:16; 2:18; 5:4, 20; Philippians 1:3, 11; 4:7; Colossians 1:3, 12; 2:7; 3:23; 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2:13; 3:9; 5:18; 2 Thessalonians ; 1:3; 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2:1; 4:3-4; Philemon 4; Hebrews 13:15, 20-21; 1 Peter 2:5; 4:11; Revelation 4:9; 7:12; 11:17