LIFE LESSONS FROM THE FIRST ARTICLE (4)

 LIFE LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE FIRST ARTICLE (4)

Good morning everyone. How are you doing? How have you been since last visit? Trust you have been enjoying your read from this blog and you've been greatly blessed. All glory belong to God. I wish to commend you for reading through this far. You are greatly blessed of the Lord.

Today, by God's grace, we conclude the lessons drawn from the first article on MaryD's Life Lessons blog. Glory be to God in the Highest. We will be considering Prayer of Thanksgiving. Chioma's heart of thanksgiving was greatly expressed in that she rolled on the floor of her father's house and gave thanks to the Almighty God. Hmmn. That is worthy of note. Our posture while giving thanks matters. It's not like it's everytime we must kneel down or roll on the floor to give God praise, but, it's a matter of the heart. Let out hearts thank God. Let us give praise to God. Let us thank him for all he had done. Let's thank him for the minute thing he did. God is worthy to be praised. Thanksgiving is an act of showing gratitude or appreciation to God for what he has done. God is faithful. He has done a lot for us. If only we can look back, we would definitely see reasons to give God praise. A Yoruba adage is translated as "it is  only a person that can have a deep thought that will be able to give thanks" Psalm 100:4 "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name." It is very good to thank God. Psalm 92:1 "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, And to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:" God is good and His mercy is forever. We need to give God praise. 

Thanksgiving is very important. Although, Thanksgiving is different from praise. We thank God for what he has done and we praise God for who he is. But, often times, thanksgiving results into praise because we cannot thank him enough for what he had done; so we'll resolve into praise; praising him for who he is, praising him for his faithfulness because by his faithfulness, he keeps his word. God can never fail. Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent, hath he said and shall he not do it, or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good?" God is not a man. He is God. He is awesome. He is faithful. He is the Almighty God. All-knowing, All-sufficient God. We praise him for his faithfulness. We praise him for his nature. God is good. God is love. Thank you Father. God has done a lot for us. He did it before, he'll do it again. He's the same God by day, night, all the time. We must develop a heart of gratitude today. Develop a heart of praise. Develop a heart of thanksgiving. Show appreciation to God. I see God helping us in Jesus name.

Song: We give glory to the Lord, He reigns, We give glory to the Lord, He reigns, He reigns, He reigns, He reigns, we give glory to the Lord He reigns.

Further study: Psalm 92, Psalm 96, Psalm 103, Psalm 150.

Thank you so much for following through. We've come to the end of the life lessons drawn from the first article by God's grace. Although, there are more, but the Holy Spirit is ministering to us. Thank you Father. Glory be to God. Follow through as we start another article by God's grace and we'll draw life lessons from them at the end. God bless you. Keep praising God, keep thanking him, keep praying and you are an overcomer. God bless you. Have a blessed day. Amen.

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  1. PatkenOctober 30, 2020 at 4:32 AM

    Amen.thank you Jesus.

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    1. MaryD's Life LessonsNovember 2, 2020 at 8:53 PM

      We thank God sir. God is worthy to be praised. Glory be to God in the highest.

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  2. UnknownNovember 2, 2020 at 7:43 PM

    Glory be to God. May his name be praise forever.

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