UNVIELING THE WONDERS OF THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is the act of giving thanks, grateful acknowledge of benefits or favours, especially to God. Giving thanks to God is not an optional. Thankfulness to God for His love, care for us, and His provision for our salvation permeates both Old and New Testaments.

Thankfulness should flow naturally from the Christian who realizes the great gift of salvation offered through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus Christ suffered the penalty for what He did not deserve (all my sin), then freely offered to me the reward (eternal life) that I did not deserve. What an awesome God!

WONDERS OF THANKSGIVING

1.      Inside thanksgiving carry the blessing of preservation. Mal 2:1-3; Thanksgiving is the covenant preservation of God’s blessings in our lives

2.      Thanksgiving is the covenant multiplier of grace. Everything multiplies in the hands of a thanks giver. Psa 67:7

3.      Thanksgiving is a covenant platform for provoking divine intervention. Psa 47:5-9

PROVOKING MIRACLES THROUGH PRAISE

If you want to encounter Angels pray, but if you want to encounter God praise. Every time we engage praise God come down.

Mysteries behind praise

·         Praise makes one more than a conquerors

·         When you make praise your life style, God turn your life into a miracle life style.

·         Whenever praise goes up, favour follows

·         To maintain the miraculous, maintain praise.

·          Praise moves God.

Miracles provoked through praise

·         Your health is restored. Psa 42:11

·         Praise create the supernatural power to destroy your enemies

·         You provoke the miracle of supernatural, beautification of destiny. Psa 149:3-4

·         God takes over your battle when you praise. 2chron20:15

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. (1 Chronicles 16:8)
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting. (1 Chronicles 16:34)
Then say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, And glory in Thy praise." (1 Chronicles 16:35)
"Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name. (1 Chronicles 29:13)

And they sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, "For He is good, for His loving kindness is upon Israel forever." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. (Ezra 3:11)
Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps, and lyres. (Nehemiah 12:27)

Any time you appropriate the act of God to yourselves it becomes a curse. To take God for granted is

 to be grounded. Jere 13:16; ingratitude is a risk, a curse and a destroyer.

Examples of Thankfulness

Jesus Christ is our perfect example of thankfulness. When he multiplied the loaves of bread, he first looked to heaven and thanked God for the bread (Luke 9:16). When he raised Lazarus from the dead he thanked God in advance for answered prayer (John 11:41). We notice also that at the Last Supper Jesus thanked God for the bread and wine (Luke 22:17,19), which represented his body that was about to die. It is an amazing thing that he would thank God for his own death in our behalf.

The apostle Paul constantly thanked God for many things. First, he gave thanks for the gospel proclamation.

How thankful are you?