Thank You Lord for Doing Something Wonderful In Me

Text Passage: Ephesians chapter 2:1-10

What we were – dead, disobedient, deceived. I know I was.

What God did – Made us alive, by placing His Spirit in us. And He seated us with Christ, changed our status, and positioned us to be recipients of the incomparable riches of His grace that will be expressed throughout the ages to come in Christ.

What are we now, today, September 7, 2025 – His workmanship. Each of us are products of His intentional doings in us.  Philippians 2:13 echoes this with the words, “God is at work in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

[Reading of View from My Place]

You know how you check the weather in the morning to see how to dress? Giving thanks to God is like dressing appropriately for the weather of the day. Whatever the conditions

The distinction in today’s message is not the task of giving thanks, it’s the focus. Specifically about thanking God for His workmanship in your life:  Thank You, Lord, for Doing Something Wonderful in Me.

Giving thanks to God is a form of prayer.

We can pray without giving thanks.
But we can’t give thanks to God without praying—

Three specific wonderful areas to thank Him.

1.  Give Thanks for Where You Are

Life is good.  But it is also a battlefield of land mines and booby traps.

God knows it’s a battlefield. Jesus said, In this world, you will have tribulation.

Therefore Encourage one another.
Don’t be anxious.
Pray in everything.
Give thanks in everything.

Don’t think something strange is happening to you.

There’s been a big arm around you
Whatever your week has been like

2.  Give Thanks for the Godly Aspirations of Your Heart

God has written His laws upon your heart as part of the New Covenant.

Your sensitivity to His ways goes beyond the Ten Commandments.
It tunes your love, which is the essential nature of God Himself. For God is love.

3.  Give Thanks for the Impact You’ve Had

Paul said, “I labored more than all of them, but it was the grace of God with him.…” (1 Corinthians 15:10).

David Said…

Before going out to face Goliath David said, “When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. … The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine” (1 Samuel 17:34–37)

And he wrote Psalms of praise to God for what God had done through Him, (Psalm 18).

Give Thanks for the Story God Is Writing in You

The Lord’s faithfulness to us today is no greater or less than it is on any other day.

Philippians 2:13 says: God is at work in us, to will and to work for His good pleasure.

God’s faithfulness is not based on our performance. Let our faith rest on the power of God.
Let our trust be in His faithfulness. Not our own.

God is doing something wonderful in me. Don’t let the evil one deceive you into believing God’s work in you has come to a stop. Yes, the enemy can deceive. Yes, he can thwart our efforts, As he did with Paul. And yes, we don’t always cooperate. But that doesn’t stop God from working.

That doesn’t nullify His ability to cause all things to work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose.

So today:
Give thanks for where you are.
Give thanks for the impact you’ve had.
Give thanks for the holy aspirations of your heart.
Give thanks for the story God is writing in you.