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GRATITUDE –
A Mark Of Spirituality
Speaker: Dr John Ng
Aldersgate Methodist Church,
Singapore
In Praise of God
v1 O LORD, Our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the
earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
In Praise of Humankind
Their Insignificance
v 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the
moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
v 4 What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man
that you care for Him?
Their Significance
v5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly
beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
v8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that
swim the paths of the seas.
In Praise of God
v9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
all the earth!
Psalm 8 GRATITUDE
Introduction
Matt 21: 14 - 16
Psalm 8 Matt 21: 14 - 16
There was healing of blind &
How do we lame
cultivate
Children were shouting,
gratitude?
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
Chief priests & teachers were
indignant: ‘Do you hear what
these children are saying?’
Jesus quoted this verse (Psalm 8:
2)
Psalm 8 Matt 21: 14 - 16
In one stroke, Jesus claimed to be
How do we God & that teachers were
cultivate enemies.
gratitude?
Children recognize their
inadequacies, a cry for help” God
is their strength.
Psalm 8 Gratitude comes from a
recognition of our need for Him
v 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise
How do we because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
cultivate
A self-made person will find it
gratitude?
difficult to be grateful.
Psalm 8 Gratitude comes from a recognition of
who we are in the context of
God’s creation
How do we v 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
cultivate
gratitude?
The World is at His finger-tip!
Psalm 8 Gratitude comes from a recognition of
who we are in the context of
God’s creation
How do we
cultivate v 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
gratitude?
Egocentric individuals need to be
reminded that they are not the
center of the universe.
Psalm 8
Anderson, “Looking at the star-studded
night sky, the psalmist is overwhelmed
with a sense of the relatively ephemeral
and frail character of human beings and
wonders why the Creator pays any
attention to such infinitesimally tiny
creatures.”
Psalm 8 Gratitude comes from a recognition
that we are special