Rest and Be Thankful

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Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

Our Father in heaven, we do give thanks to you anew this day

For every opportunity we have to praise your name

And above all to come together and do it

Rejoicing as one body with one heart

Lifting up our voices to you in unity

To praise you as our Lord and as our God

And we thank you for this, your day

We thank you for all that is ours in a new day

For all the food that we have

For the clothes that we wear

For the warmth we enjoy

The homes that we have

The many blessings that you give to us day by day

And may you fill our hearts with thankfulness today

And may all our praise be towards you

May you bless us in our time around your word today

As we worship you

As we hear from the Bible your word

As we learn about your goodness and your glory

We thank you for every way that you speak to us

We pray that as we are together around your word

Here in the church and also as the young ones go out

For the Sunday school and tweenies

We pray, Lord, for you to watch over them

And the creche as well

And all of us together, Lord, to know your peace with us today

For we thank you that you are a God who is near

And that you are with us

For that is your promise

So continue with us today, Lord

Go before us

Pardoning us in all our sin

As we ask it all in Jesus' name

Amen

Just a word to the children before you go out to your classes

It's good to be together as always

To worship God

And to sing praise to him

And to hear his word

And how often do we come and give thanks to God?

Do we do it just when we come to church?

Or do we do it just on certain days?

Or do we do it every day?

Is every day a day when we give thanks to God?

As you read the Bible

As we sing from the Bible, from the Psalms

Very often we hear the phrase

Give thanks to God

In Psalm 118 it says

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good

His love endures forever

So how often then do we give thanks?

How often do we give thanks to people?

When people do kind things to us

Do we say thank you to them?

Do we maybe send a little thank you note

Or a thank you card for people

Who have been good to us in different ways

Remembering us maybe at a birthday time

A happy time

A wedding

Or maybe at a sad time

When we've experienced loss

People remember us

And do we give thanks to them

For remembering us?

Or just little things that we do for people

I got two thank you cards recently

Just little notes with a few words inside

Handmade, homemade

And just a few words inside you

Inside them

But what an encouragement it was

To get them

For someone to say thank you

It's great when people remember us

But what about God?

God who has given us everything in life

How often do we give thanks to him?

There's a story in the Bible about ten lepers

And leprosy is a disease

And if you have this disease

Nobody wants to be near you

Because it's very contagious

You can easily catch it

So everybody keeps away from lepers

But Jesus came and met with ten lepers

And he made them well

He healed them

And they went away from him

And as they went away

They were healed

How many do you think came back

And said thank you to Jesus?

Ten lepers were healed

How many came back

And said thank you to Jesus?

Ten you would think wouldn't you?

No

Eight?

No

Five?

No

Just one

Just one leper came back

And said thank you to Jesus

For making him well

Isn't that sad?

Jesus had made them all well

But only one came back

To say thank you to Jesus

And that's the way we are

Sometimes ourselves

The Lord is good to us

His love towards us

As the psalm says

Endures forever

But how often do we come and say

Thank you Lord

For everything that we have

Today we're going to be focusing

On that theme

Of thankfulness to God

And may it be today

That we are thankful

For all that he has done for us

But may it be that every day

As we start the day anew

We give thanks to God

For all of his goodness to us

For all of his love

Towards us

We don't forget him

Like the nine lepers

Who never came back

But we be like the one

Who did

And come back

And say thank you Lord

For all that you do

For us

Well let's say now

The Lord's prayer together

Our Father

Which art in heaven

Hallowed be thy name

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done on earth

As it is in heaven

Give us this day

Our daily bread

And forgive us our debts

As we forgive our debtors

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom

The power and the glory forever

Amen

We're going to sing again

To God's praise

This time in Psalm 8

In the Sing Psalms version

It's on page 8

Of the Psalm books

Psalm 8 on page 8

We'll sing from verse 3

Down to the end of the Psalm

And the tune is Winchester

Psalm 8 at verse 3

When I regard the heavens you made

Your fingers work I trace

I see the moon and shining stars

Which you have set in place

We'll sing from verse 3

Down to the end of the Psalm

To God's praise

When I regard the heavens you made

Your fingers work I trace

Your fingers work I trace

I see the moon and shining stars

Which you have set in place

I ask myself

What then is man

That you should give him thought

The son of man that you do him

Such gracious care of God

You made him little less than those

Who dwell in heaven above

And you have crowned and honoured him

With glory and with love

You gave him charge of all the works

Created by your hand

And everything that you had made

You gave him to the hand

All flocks and birds and birds and fish

All beasts both wild and tame

In all the earth

O Lord our Lord

And glorious is your name

We'll turn to read in God's Word

Now in the Old Testament

And in 1 Chronicles

We're reading in chapter 29

So at the end of 1 Chronicles

You'll find this around page 4 to 6

Of the Bibles

1 Chronicles chapter 29

1 Chronicles 29 · chapter mention

We're going to read from verse 10

Here we read about

Offerings that were made

To build the temple

The temple that David

Had a vision to build

But ultimately it would be

Solomon whose son

Who would build it

But we find that they had

David and his people

Had given much

Much of their own wealth

To the rebuilding

Of the temple

And here they're giving thanks

To God

For the provision

That was made for that

And what's interesting about this

Is although it's speaking

About David and the people

Before they built the temple

In the first place

The writer to the Chronicles

Is speaking many hundreds

Of years later

And it's at a time

When that first temple

Was in ruin

And they were about

To rebuild

Or encouraged

To rebuild

The temple

So that's a little background

As we come

To this book

1 Chronicles chapter 29

1 Chronicles 29 · chapter mention

Reading at verse 10

Therefore David

Blessed the Lord

In the presence

Of all the assembly

And David said

Blessed are you O Lord

The God of Israel

Our Father

Forever and ever

Yours O Lord

Is the greatness

And the power

And the glory

And the victory

And the majesty

For all that is in the heavens

And in the earth

Is yours

Yours is the kingdom O Lord

And you are exalted

As head above all

Both riches

And honour

Come from you

And you rule

Over all

In your hand

Are power and might

And in your hand

It is to make great

And to give strength

To all

And now

We thank you

Our God

And praise

Your glorious name

But who am I

And what is my people

That we should be able

Thus to offer willingly

For all things

Come from you

And of your own

Have we given you

For we are strangers

Before you

And sojourners

As all our fathers were

Our days on earth

Are like a shadow

And there is no abiding

O Lord our God

All this abundance

That we have provided

For building you a house

For your holy name

Comes from your hand

And is all your own

I know my God

That you test the heart

And have pleasure

In uprightness

In the uprightness

Of my heart

I have freely offered

All these things

And now I have seen

Your people

Who are present here

Offering freely

And joyously

To you

O Lord

The God of Abraham

Isaac and Isaiah

Our fathers

Keep forever

Such purposes

And thoughts

In the hearts

Of your people

And direct their hearts

Towards you

Grant to Solomon

My son

A whole heart

That he may keep

Your commandments

Your testimonies

And your statutes

Performing all

And that he may build

The palace

For which I have made provision

Then David said

To all the assembly

Bless the Lord

Your God

And all the assembly

Blessed the Lord

The God of their fathers

And bowed their heads

And paid homage

To the Lord

And to the king

And they offered

Sacrifices to the Lord

And on the next day

Offered burnt offerings

To the Lord

A thousand bulls

A thousand rams

And a thousand lambs

With their drink offerings

And sacrifices

In abundance

For all Israel

And they ate

And drank

Before the Lord

On that day

With great gladness

And they made Solomon

The son of David

King

The second time

And they anointed him

As prince for the Lord

And Sadok

As priest

Then Solomon

Then Solomon sat

On the throne

Of the Lord

As king

In place of David

His father

And he prospered

And all Israel

Obeyed him

All the leaders

And the mighty men

And also

All the sons

Of king David

Pledged their allegiance

To king Solomon

And the Lord

Made Solomon

Very great

In the sight

Of all Israel

And bestowed on him

Such royal majesty

As had not been

On any king

Before him

In Israel

Thus David

The son of Jesse

Reigned over all Israel

The time that he reigned

Over Israel

Was forty years

He reigned for seven years

In Hebron

And thirty-three years

In Jerusalem

Then he died

At a good age

Full of days

Riches

And honour

And Solomon

His son

Reigned in his place

Now the acts

Of king David

From first to last

Are written

In the chronicles

Of Samuel the seer

And the chronicles

Of Nathan the prophet

And in the chronicles

Of Gad the seer

With accounts

Of all his rule

And his might

And of the circumstances

That came upon him

And upon Israel

And upon all the kingdoms

Of the countries

Amen

And may God bless

That reading

From his word

As again

Unite our hearts

In prayer

Let us pray

Lord our gracious God

We do thank you

For your word

And we thank you

For every reason

It gives to us

To come before you

With thanksgiving

And especially

That you are a God

Who remembers

Your people

That you remember

Our frailties

That you remember

That we are dust

And that you have made us

In your image

And with a purpose

We thank you

For every remembrance

You have towards us

And that you have given us

Your word

You have given us

Your truth

That we might live by it

That you have given us

Your son

Jesus Christ

The one who came

To be the light

Of the world

And to show us

The way

To salvation

We thank you

We thank you

That you have given us

Your own spirit

The Holy Spirit

To dwell with us

To be alongside us

To be within us

To be the one

Who prompts us

And leads us

In your paths

And we thank you

Together

For all your goodness

Towards us

And we pray Lord

That we will remember you

That we will remember you

With much thanksgiving

That we will remember you

With all our hearts

Even as we have read

In your word there

That we will be a people

Who in our hearts

Are devoted to you

Who treasure you

And your word

And who honour you

With all that we are

And all that we have

And so we thank you

Lord today

That you are with us

That you are near

And that we know that

In so many different ways

Even like the psalmist

In Psalm 8

Which we sung together

As he lifted his eyes up

And as he regarded

The heavens

That your fingers

Had made

All of your creation

All around

Even as we see it today

In all its glory

And splendour

As we think of

This time of year

When the days get longer

And when growth

Comes once again

We marvel at it

And we marvel at the beauty

Of your creation

But we can feel like

The psalmist

When we say

What is man

That you are mindful of him

How you remember us

Lord

In the midst of all things

But yet we thank you

That even though

We are unworthy of it

That your love

Is still poured out upon us

And we pray Lord

Today for

Ourselves as a people here

And a people

All around us today

Throughout our land

Throughout our world

That people would hear

Of your love

People would hear

Of your mercy

Towards us

People would hear

Of your goodness

That even as creation

Speaks to all

We pray that through that

That your voice

Would be heard

That they would see

That there is a creator

Behind it all

One who is Lord

And God

One who has provided

For us

A way

To salvation

A way to peace

A way to enjoy

Blessings beyond

All our imagination

Even when there are

Darkest of days

In this world

When things seem

To be going

Away from us

When we are

As it were

Assailed by so many

Troubles

When we feel

Overwhelmed by

The troubles

Of this world

When we are fearful

For all that goes on

May you draw near to us

And remind us

That you are with us

That you are the one

Who many

Decades ago

Many generations ago

Spoke with the disciples

A word of peace

In the midst of the storm

When the waves

Raged upon their boat

Peace

Be still

We pray Lord

That your voice

Will go out

In our midst today

That your voice

Will be heard

Far and wide

A voice that would

Bring that peace

And stillness

To our world

And to our people

Lord

Remember

As we pray

Remember us

In our homes

And in our families

We thank you Lord

For one another

And pray

That in our different needs

That you will surround us

That you will uphold us

That you will strengthen us

That you will hear our prayers

For one another

That you will hear our prayers

For loved ones

And all around us

People who are going through

Difficult trials

And tests just now

Those who are unwell

Those who are awaiting

Treatment of various kinds

Those who are mourning

The loss of loved ones

Those who are anxious

And afraid

Of many different things

Those who are struggling

In life

Struggling with addiction

Struggling with

Financial insecurity

Struggling with

All kinds of different problems

Lord

We know

The troubles are many

But Lord

We thank you

That you are able to help

And may

We call upon your name

All the more

As we see and hear

Of all the different needs

Around us

Lord

We commit ourselves

Into your hands

We pray Lord

Your blessing on your word

Today as it goes out

Here and far and wide

That it will be blessed

To many

Remember those who gather

For the sacrament

Of the Lord's Supper

Today

We pray your blessing

On those who minister

In our own presbytery

Today around the Lord's Supper

We pray that you will bless

Each one

And be with them

We pray Lord

For ministers of the gospel

Near and far

That you will uphold

And strengthen each one

We know Lord

That there are many

Who feel downcast

And dismayed

In these days

So many going through

Their own times

Of affliction

And distress

And times of grief

We commit them to you

Lord

You know them each one

And we remember

Your servant

Reverend Robert McLeod

Today

A retired minister

In her own denomination

Who

Whose wife sadly

Passed away this week

We pray

For him and his family

At this time

Lord

That you will surround them

Be with them

Uphold them

And be their strength

Lord

We know that

You are our shepherd

And in that

We give thanks

That you will lead us

Not just by the quiet waters

But that you promise

To lead us

Even in the valley

Of the shadow of death

We pray Lord

That you will remind us

That there is

A place for your people

A place of rest

A place of peace

A place of great joy

We will be gathered

To the Lord

At the end of our days

And so Lord

Hear our prayers

Continue with us

Throughout this day

Be with us

In the evening as well

As we gather

Around your word there

Be with

Reverend Kenny I. McLeod

As he leads us

In the worship

This evening

We pray for him Lord

And his preparations

For that

And that do us

All good today

And watch over us

We pray

As we ask all things

With forgiveness

Of our sins

In Jesus name

Amen

I will praise God

Once again

In this

Singing in Psalm 100

In the Sing Psalms version

Page 131

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

And page 131

We will sing

The whole of this

Psalm together

The tune is

Golden Hill

Shout to the Lord

With joy

All who to earth

Belong

Adore the Lord

With joyful hearts

And come

To him in song

We will sing

The whole of this

Psalm

To God's praise

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen

Shout to the Lord

With joy

All who to earth belong

Adore the Lord

With joyful hearts

And come to him

In song

Know that the Lord is God

He made us as his own

We are the sheep

For him be here

His people is alone

And tithe his gates with praise

His courts with thankfulness

Your praises gladly sing

To him

His name forever bless

For God the Lord is good

His love is ever sure

His constant truth and faithfulness

Through every age and due

Amen

We can turn back to where we read

In 1st Chronicles

In chapter 29

1st Chronicles 29

We're looking at this section

Really first

Verse 10

Down to verse 22

But we can read again

At verse 13

And now we thank you

Our God

And praise

Your glorious name

Now we thank you

Our God

And praise

Your glorious name

This was a time

As the Chronicle

Is looking back

To the days

When David

And the people

Were about to begin

Building

A temple

A place

For God's people

To worship God

A permanent place

Where they could come

And worship God

So this was a time

When much activity

Had taken place

As they were gathering together

Different materials

And much activity

Was going to take place

As they would begin

Building the temple

But in between

The two

We find

In this section

A time

To pause

And a time

To reflect

And a time

As we see there

In verse 13

To give thanks

To God

And praise

His glorious name

If you listen

To the travel news

On the radio

On a regular basis

This one place

I'm sure you've heard

Mention of

Many times

In the travel news

And the place

Is called

Rest and be thankful

It's often heard

On the news

Because it's a place

That is closed

A road

That is closed

It's a road

The A83

That's in Argylland Butte

And it's a road

That crosses over

A high point

As you're making

A way along it

And the rest

And be thankful

Is the point

Where it's at

Its highest

And you usually hear

This place

Is closed

Or at least

That's what we often

Maybe focus on

But you'll also hear

That it's a place

That has reopened

The two go together

A place that is closed

But a place

That is reopened

Now is it a place

That when you hear

About you think

That's a place

I would love

To go to

Well it depends

What kind of

Outlook you have

You might just think

Oh that's a place

That's often

Always closed

There's no point

Going there

I might get stuck

Or you might think

Well it's a place

That's more often

Open than it's closed

And there must be

A reason why

It's called

Rest and be thankful

I want to go

And see

What it's about

And when you think

About that

And you think

About that place

It reminds us

Of another place

That we can often

Think is a place

That is closed off

And that is

When we find

Ourselves

In a situation

When nothing

Seems to be

Going right

For ourselves

Or for the world

In which we live in

A place where

We think

Just looking around us

Nothing's going right

In this world

How can I possibly

Come to God

In thanksgiving

What do I have

To give thanks for

It's almost like

That road

To thanksgiving

To God

Is closed

Or do we see

Even in the midst

Of a time

When nothing

Seems to be going

Right

That we actually

Do have much

To be thankful

For

And that the way

To God

Is open

That he is near

For us

To call upon

And that we would

See that he is

There for us

And that we are

To spend

That time

Coming to him

And giving thanks

For all that he

Has done for us

Why is

The place

Rest and be

Thankful

So called

Well it got

Its name

Many many years

Long before

People started

To travel

By cars

When people

Would be

Traveling

Maybe by horse

Or even

By walking

Great distances

And this place

Became known

As the rest

And be thankful

Because it was

At the highest

Point of the

Climb

So whichever

Direction you

Were going

In you were

Always coming

To this high

Point

And it was

A place where

Travellers would

Stop

And rest

And be

Thankful

As they would

Look at the

Climb

They've come

Up

They'll be

Thankful

For that

As they would

Look ahead

To going

Down the other

Side

And continuing

Their journey

They'll be

Thankful

And they'd

Have this

Time

Of rest

And when we

Think of our

Lives today

And how busy

Our lives can be

And how much

Chaos there can

Be all around

Us

Isn't it wonderful

That God has

Given us in

His wisdom

A day

The Lord's

Day

A high point

For us

At the beginning

Of a week

Where we can

Look back

Whether it's

Over the last

Week or weeks

Or months

Or even years

We can look

Back and give

Thanks to God

And we can

Look forward

To what lies

Ahead and give

Thanks that God

Promises to go

With us

And while we

Are here in

This day

In this time

That we can

Rest

That we can

Rest around

God's word

That we can

Rest among

One another's

Fellowship

That we can

Rest as we

Go back to

Our homes

And reflect

On what God

Has done

For us

And that we

Can be

Thankful

For what

He has

Done

For us

So the

Rest and

Be thankful

Was a place

Where people

Paused

And reflected

And today

Is that

For us

Every Lord's

Day

A time

To rest

To pause

And reflect

And be

Thankful

To God

For all

That he's

Taken us

From

For all

That he's

Going to

Take us

Into

And for

All that

He is

To us

As his

People

And so

May we

Realize

Today

That the

Rest and

Be thankful

That we

Have

The way

Is open

The way

To God

Is open

And that's

What we see

In this

Passage

That the

People

David and

The people

Of God

Were pausing

To rest

And to be

Thankful

And to

Praise

God's

Glorious

Name

They

Stopped

To give

Thanks

To him

And we

Want to

Reflect

On this

Time

Of

Thanksgiving

That they

Had

And see

Three

Things

From it

And the

First thing

Is the

Setting

Of their

Thanksgiving

The second

Thing is the

Source

Of their

Thanksgiving

And then

Thirdly

We'll see

The security

Of their

Thanksgiving

So the

First thing

We want to

See is

The setting

Of their

Thanksgiving

As we

Turn

And look

At this

Chapter

We see

That the

People

Have

A lot

To give

Thanks

For

Much

Reason

To give

Thanks

For

But what

Is the

Actual

Setting

Of their

Thanksgiving

As I

Said as

We were

Going to

Read this

Chapter

It was

A time

Of

Preparation

The

People

Had

Been

Worshipping

God

Up to

This

Point

In

A

Tent

A

Tent

Was

Their

Temple

A

Place

That

They

Would

Build

And

Put

Up

In

Different

Places

As

They

Travelled

Around

But

David

Had

This

Vision

To

Build

A

Temple

For

God

A

Permanent

Place

Of

Worship

That

They

Could

Worship

God

Together

Now

David

Wouldn't

Build

It

Solomon

His

Son

Would

But

As

You

See

Here

David

Was

Very

Much

In

In

The

Preparation

For

It

And

Here

He's

Speaking

About

A

Time

Of

Preparation

To

Build

This

Temple

In

The

Previous

Verses

Of

This

Chapter

We

Didn't

Read

But

Pause

To

Pause

For

And

Think

What

Is

3,000

Talents

Of

Gold

It's

Not

The

Kind

Of

Currency

That

We

Use

Or

Carry

Around

Ourselves

It's

Not

The

Kind

Of

Prices

You

See

On

The

Shelves

In

The

Shop

A

Talent

Of

Gold

But

It's

Worth

Just

Reflecting

On

What

Kind

Of

Worth

This

Had

3,000

Talents

Of

Gold

One

Talent

Is

34

Kilograms

Now

If you

Want to

Go

And

Find

Out

The

Worth

Of

Gold

You

Can

Do

So

You

Can

Go

Online

And

Very

Often

It's

Priced

Per

Ounce

That's

How

Precious

It

Is

You

Look

At

The

Price

Of

One

Kilogram

Of

Gold

1.8

Million

Pounds

And

If

You

Do

The

Calculations

And

You

See

3,000

Talents

Of

Gold

With

One

Talent

Equaling

34

Kilograms

How

Much

Value

Did

David

Give

Just

In

Gold

To

The

Building

Of

The

Temple

You

Do

Calculations

In

Today's

Value

You're

Talking

Nearly

Five

And

A

Half

Billion

Pounds

These

Are

Not

Small

Figures

We're

Talking

About

Here

This

Is

Not

Just

A

Small

Amount

Of

Gold

This

Is

Huge

Amounts

Of

Gold

And

Then

You

Add

To

That

Ten

Thousand

Five

Thousand

Talents

Of

Gold

From

The

People

As

Well

As

Well

As

The

Silver

And

Everything

Else

The

Bronze

And

Iron

And

Everything

Else

That

Went

Into

This

Temple

It

Was

It

Was

A

Priceless

Thing

And

They

Were

Giving

Of

Their

Resources

So

You

Think

To

Yourself

Well

This

Was

Obviously

A

Time

Of

Plenty

David

Had

Much

To

Give

The

People

Had

Much

They

Could

Give

So

You

Think

To

Yourself

Well

It's

Easy

To

Give

Thanks

In

This

But

Remember

What

I

Said

About

The

Chronicler

Writing

This

And

The

Chronicler

Writing

In

A

Time

When

This

Temple

That

Would

Be

Built

Was

Now

In

Ruin

All

This

Value

That

Had

Gone

Into

Building

It

It's

Been

Destroyed

It's

Just

In

Ruin

It's

Been

Stolen

Probably

Most

Of

It

And

What

Wasn't

Worth

Anything

Is

Just

Left

In

Ruin

But

When

You

Look

At

The

Situation

That

They're

In

Here

You

See

It

Was

A

Time

Of

Plenty

But

It

Was

Also

A

Time

When

They

Realized

That

The

Value

Of

The

Things

Of

This

World

Meant

So

Little

It

Was

All

Just

Temporary

Their

Heart

Was

Not

Set

On

The

Things

Of

This

World

Their

Heart

Was

Set

On

God

And

You

Look

At

Verse

15

Where

It

Says

For

We

Are

Strangers

Before

You

And

So

So

As

All

Our

Fathers

Were

Our

Days

On

Are

Like

A

Shadow

And

There

Is

No

Abiding

The

Setting

Of

Their

Thanksgiving

Is

Yes

A

Time

Of

Much

A

Time

Of

Great

Wealth

But

Also

A

Time

When

There

Is

A

Realization

That

What

Is

Important

Is

Not

The

Wealth

Of

This

World

But

The

Love

Of

God

Towards

Them

And

The

Chronicle

Was

Writing

To

The

People

Of

His

Day

A

People

Who

Were

Looking

Around

Them

And

Seeing

The

Ruins

Of

The

Temple

All

Around

Them

So

Chronicles

Is

A

Bit

Like

A

History

Book

It

Is

A

Bit

Like

For

Our

S

Today

Reading

A

Book

About

Revivals

Of

The

Past

Going

Back

Maybe

Many

Generations

We're

Reading

About

Something

That

Happened

Long

Ago

And

Thinking

It

Was

Okay

For

Them

It

Was

Great

For

Them

But

What

About

Us

Today

What

About

Our

Situation

Today

When

The

Church

Instead

Of

Being

In

Revival