Give Thanks
Wow, time really flies, its amazing. 2007 (Yr of Victory) is about to be over as we welcome in 2008 (Yr of Sabbath). There are many things we have went through this year, be it victories/breakthroughs or setbacks/defeats. But in everything, let us learn to give thanks to God for it is by
grace and
mercy that we can even call him Abba Father.
From the Word of God
John 1:14 (The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth.)
-Resulting in blessing after blessing! John 1:16 (From the fullness of his
grace we have all received one blessing after another.)
Acts 15:11 (No! We believe it is through the
grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.)
Romans 6:14 (For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under
grace.)
Ephesians 1:7 (In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's
grace.)
Ephesians 2:5 (made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved.)
Ephesians 2:8 (For it is by
grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.)
My encouragement to you as you read this is that we not only thank God at a certain point in time, (end of week, end of month, end of yr etc.) but that we learn to give thanks to Him, for his grace upon our lives. Indeed, our salvation, our lives in the Lord was a gift from Him. My prayer is that every morning when we wake up, we will give thanks to God for something He has done in our lives.
Another point that I would like to make is that we thank God for
everything, not just our victories or breakthroughs, but I would like to put it that we give thanks to Him for
everything including our defeats and setbacks. Why? Because He has wonderful, amazing and spectacular plans for us. (Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.)
Lets learn to recognize that
everything is God-ordained/orientated and we can never comprehend it because His ways are higher than ours. Which is why in defeat/setbacks, give thanks for God has a reason for everything. We are assured, from the bible, that the Lord our God has much, much greater plans for us. It is truly by
grace that we can be called children of God. Lets start giving thanks today!!! Finally, I would like to leave you with the lyrics of this song, "Give Thanks". This is probably a familiar song to all but lets really learn to Give thanks with a heart that is ever so grateful to our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Bless you!!
GIVE THANKS
WITH A GRATEFUL HEART
GIVE THANKS
TO THE HOLY ONE
GIVE THANKS
BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN
JESUS CHRIST, HIS SON
AND NOW LET THE WEAK SAY
I AM STRONG
LET THE POOR SAY
I AM RICH
BECAUSE OF WHAT
THE LORD HAS DONE
FOR US
GIVE THANKS...
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