Pastor Idowu Jaiyeola
Triumphant living is our heritage in life, 1 John 5:4.
It is important to note that no believer can experience triumphant lifestyle with out the key.
One of such keys is thanksgiving. When your description is clear, your recovery is sure. Thanksgiving moves us from story to glory. 2 Corinthians 2:14, nothing brings greatness out of smallness like thanksgiving.
The easier way to overcome the immediate circumstances of your life is to focus on the ultimate. When nothing seems to work in your life, it is time to turn to thanksgiving.
Unemployment is not a state; it is a choice, Psalm 114:1-7. The triumph of Israel was tied to the presence of God and the presence of God was tied to their praises.
Thanksgiving and praise is a vital secret to a life of triumph, John 6:7. Andrew and Philip were calculating the cost while God only catapults and not calculate. There was a surplus of 12 baskets after all present were fed from the bread and fish multiplied by thanksgiving.
What is in this thanksgiving?
Whatsoever is not clear to you is not there for you. So, know that God’s agenda for the redeemed is to triumph always. Thanksgiving is one of the weapons of triumph.
What are we to give thanks for?
We must give thanks for His preservstion.
For the perfection of His blessings
For the multiplication of His acts and seeds in our lives.
For next level breakthroughs.
Why must we give thanks?
It is the gateway to breakthrough in season and out of season. Learn to thank God whether things are working or not. When things are not working and you thank Him, you transfer your burden to Him as your burden bearer. Your thanksgiving to Him when things are not working shows Him that you believe absolutely in His omnipotence to turn things around.
What do we do when faced with challenges or life?
Do we focus on the burden or God?
Many of us are still where we are because we keep magnifying the burden rather than the burden bearer. When you do so, you deactivate the burden bearer. Whatever is happening to you is for a while; and it is coming to an end now, 1 Peter 5:10.
1 Thessalonians 5:18; Hebrews 10:36, what you do between your prayers and expectations is thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is destiny made easy.
Malachi 2:1, 2, when you continue to give thanks for His mercies and good deeds, He preserves your blessings. Ephesians 5:20, every miracle you enjoy and want to continue can be sustained if the constant is thanksgiving and gratitude to God continues. There is no Assistant Doer anywhere; all your experiences are all the acts of God, which brought all your blessings. Keep thanking Him to maintain His grace.
2 Chronicles 20:12, our eyes are upon thee. God and His word are the same; what God can do are in His word. When the battle is too great for you, shift focus from what is happening to what is written. If you keep thanking Him for what is written, He will make happen what is written. Truth is stronger than facts. The truth of His word is stronger than the facts of a doctor’s report, Exodus 23:26. 2 Chronicles 20:20-22, the enemy became united to destroy themselves by the reason of thanksgiving and praise. Psalm 92:1, 2, 12, thanksgiving is the ladder to a flourishing life, in the time of economic doom or boom. No period of hardship can touch the one who maintains His presence.
Remember that it is difficult to stop the wind. In the same vein, it is difficult to stop a thanksgiver. Instead, God makes new ways for the person to proper. Keep giving thanks to Him; don’t be distracted. See any distraction as a noise in the marketplace. Keep giving thanks always and all th time.
Where your content is, that is where your consignment is.
Altar call
In case you are yet to say yes to Jesus, your thanksgiving is like a noise to Him.
Pray now for His mercy and forgiveness.
RP’s Comments
Only those who look up to Him will have their faces lightened up. At times, setback maybe divine set up.
IYABODE OMOLARA AKEWO NWABUEZE 