THE FORCE OF THANKSGIVING:


THE FORCE OF THANKSGIVING:
The force of Thanksgiving is the greatest force on earth that is capable of changing every unfriendly situation in one’s life. It is needful for us t be thankful to God for his mercies, kindness, goodness, provision, protection, sustenance etc. Until you are thankful, your tank of blessing will never be full. If we thank God over just a little thing he has done for us, it will open doors for greater testimonies for us. Every one that is alive owes God thanks.
That one is alive is the greatest testimony any one can have. Anytime you sleep and wake up, it is because God sustained you. No wonder the psalmist says in the book of Psalms chapter 3: 5,  “I laid down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me”. As human beings, we can sleep at will, even if sleep does not come, we can take sleeping pills and force ourselves to sleep. But waking up is not by our power. Any one that sleeps and wakes up is by the grace of God. There is no pill that can wake one up. Anyone who does not give thanks is an ingrate and does not deserve to receive from God. There is power in thanksgiving, Jesus gave thanks in all things and anytime he does, miracle follows. When our lord Jesus gave thanks, a loaf of bread that could not sustain one man was used to feed over five thousand men. When you give thanks, you provoke divine blessings.
Only a thoughtful heart gives thanks. To be thankful makes praises genuine and acceptable to God. To be thankful guarantees divine visitation. You do not need to fast and pray for forty days and forty nights before you attract God’s presence, all you need is thanksgiving. Every act of God acknowledged by you via thanksgiving qualifies you for receiving more from God. When you give thanks to God, you remind him of the things He has not done for you. It’s worthy to note that anything you don’t thank God for will never increase. Your life will never have taste or order until you learn to be thankful. Note also that whatever is dead and buried in your life (be it joy, job, marriage, children, etc) will never come back to life until you learn to give thanks for what you have now.
Many only see what God has not done for them, but close their eyes and ears to the ones he did. You are crying that you don’t have a job, wife, husband, child, house, car etc. Have you thanked Him for the life he has given you? What about the good health he gave to you? Is it not a man who is alive that can have his heart desires? Think back now, can you recount how many of your friends, brothers, sisters and relations who died without fulfilling their heart desires? But God has kept you alive because he has not finished with you. So why won’t you give him thanks.
INGREDIENCE OF THANKSGIVING:
·         JOY: You cannot be grateful and thankful if you are not joyful. Joy is a choice, but I advise you to choose to be joyful no matter your situation in life. Nothing works without joy. Being Joyful is the secret of winners in life.
·         PRAISE: The book of Psalm 67: 5 says “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee”. And in the verse 6, it says “Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us”. This means that praises attract God’s blessings and thanksgiving is generated via praise.
·         OFFERING: For thanksgiving to be complete, you need to offer something of substance. It must not necessarily be money, you may offer you time, talent etc. The same book of Psalms says “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.” Giving glory or thanks or praises will be worth its while when you offer something to the lord.
·         Finally, for that joy in your heart, which leads to praise to God and your offering to be acceptable to God, you must be genuinely born again. Genuine salvation makes your thanksgiving acceptable to God.
God bless you all and remember, it is good to give thanks.
Pray like this: 
Ø  OH GOD MY FATHER, HAVE MERCY UPON ME IN JESUS NAME.
Ø  EVERYTHING I HAVE LOST IN LIFE BY NOT BEING THANKFUL, I RECOVER YOU BY THE POWER OF GOD, IN JESUS NAME.


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