Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for November 24, 2024

Thanksgiving Message

A Psalm for Thanksgiving 2024

Psalms 100:1-5

1. Background

• summit/climactic psalm of a series focused on worship (Psalms 95-100)
• the principle of engaged and informed worship

2. Prescription 1-2

• as wide as the world
• joyfully, gladly, willingly (Rom. 12:1)

3. Perspective 3

• prerequisite for praise
• knowing who God is, who we are, what status we enjoy (1 Cor. 6:19-20)

4. Prescription 4

• backdrop of Exodus 25-31
• entering, thanking, blessing (Heb. 10:19-25, Rev. 21:27)

5. Perspective 5

• pairing of goodness and mercy (Psa. 23:6)
• faithfulness without an expiration date

6. So What?

• Because of what you know about God, feel and express thanks to Him.
• On Thursday, celebrate God’s initiative, activity and invitation.
• Cultivate a preoccupation with God’s preferences.
• “For why? The Lord our God is good, His mercy is forever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure.” (W. Kethe)