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  COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The sermon encourages listeners to intentionally look for and
appreciate the blessings in their lives, both personally and nationally.

Topics: "Gratitude", "Gods Presence"
Scripture References: Psalm 16:5, Psalm 103:2, Psalm 105:6, Psalm 116:12, Psalm 126:3

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John Henry Jowett emphasizes the importance of counting our blessings in
every area of our lives, including personal struggles and
disappointments, as well as the blessings inherited from the sacrifices
of those who came before us. He encourages the congregation to search
for tokens of the Lord's presence even in the darkest patches of life,
reminding them that mercies abound on every hand.

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PSALM cv. 1-15.

"Count your blessings!" Yes, but over what area shall I look for them?

There is my personal life. Let me search in every corner. I have found

forget-me-nots on many a rutty road. I have found wild-roses behind a

barricade of nettles. Professor Miall has a lecture on "The Botany of a

Railway Station." He found something graceful and exquisite in the midst

of its soot and grime. So I must look even in the dark patches of life,

among my disappointments and defeats, and even there I shall find tokens

of the Lord's presence, some flowers of His planting.

And there is my share in the life of the nation. "Ye seed of Abraham His

servant, ye children of Jacob His chosen." There are hands that stretch

out to me from past days, laden with bequests of privilege and freedom.

Our feet "stand in a large place," and the place was cleared by the

fidelity and the courage of the men of old. I have countless blessings

that were bought with blood. The red marks of sacrifice are over all my

daily ways. Let me not take the inheritance and overlook the blood
marks,

and stride about as though it were nought but common ground. Mercies

abound on every hand! "Count your blessings!"

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