DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR – BEGIN YOUR DAY WITH THANKS: MAKE THANKSGIVING – A DAILY LIVING PRACTICE!
“Now THANKS be unto God, which ALWAYS CAUSETH us to TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh MANIFEST the SAVOUR [AROMA, FRAGRANCE] of His KNOWLEDGE by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14.
We are ending MONTH JANUARY in a few days and kick start MONTH FEBRUARY. Won’t it be a delightful moment to end and start with an ATTITUDE of a heartfelt GRATITUDE for your ALTITUDE. This means to end January and start February with THANKSGIVING, as a DAILY LIVING practice. For a daily life doses of thanksgiving emancipate and delivers one from the position of anxiousness and worrisome to a place wherein God floods and garrisons our hearts with the peace of assurance that our expectations in PRAYERS in Christ Jesus will surely come to fruition. Amen. Giving THANKS ensures and assures our VICTORY in Christ Jesus stead. Fill up your lips and mouth with a THANKFUL and GRATEFUL heart. It liberates and stabilises your onward and upward trajectory journey in the grace.
“But THANKS be to God, which GIVETH us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57.
“Do NOT be ANXIOUS or WORRIED about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with THANKSGIVING, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. 7 And the PEACE of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which TRANSCENDS all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours]” Philippians 4:6-7/Amplified.
You can make THANKSGIVING the most gracious, graceful and awesome PATH OF LIFE to embrace and experience, with the Father God in Christ Jesus, through your daily walk in life and grace. Our Lord Jesus mouth in humanity was full of gracious words and ever thankful and grateful to Father God for the work on earth.
“And ALL BARE HIM [JESUS] WITNESS, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED OUT OF HIS MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22.
The GIVING of THANKS as a daily LIVING PRACTICE means, giving THANKS ALWAYS for ALL THINGS to God in Jesus name – for ALL God HAS DONE, He IS DOING and He WILL GET DONE in and through us even in the MIDST of both the good times and through other life difficulties and challenging times.
“By him therefore let us OFFER the sacrifice of PRAISE to God CONTINUALLY, that is, the FRUIT OF OUR LIPS GIVING THANKS to his name” Hebrews 13:15.
“Thank [God] in EVERYTHING [no matter what the circumstances may be, be THANKFUL and GIVE THANKS], for this is the WILL of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]” 1 Thessalonians 5:18/Amplified Classic Edition.
More so, I want you to know that you must consciously keep up to your righteous attitude in Christ Jesus stead, even in the MIDST of all the various difficult times, painful circumstances and challenges. You mustn’t allow your circumstances to so overwhelm you to forget who you ARE in God; and that God has QUALIFIED you and MADE you to meet the REQUIREMENTS that ushered you to share in the INHERITANCE of His GRACIOUS PEOPLE in the LIGHT by Christ Jesus. And that ALL THINGS – the known and unknown circumstances and challenges – will surely WORK out for YOUR GOOD in God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
“GIVING THANKS to the Father, who has QUALIFIED and MADE us to share in the INHERITANCE of the SAINTS (God’s people) in the LIGHT. 13 For He has RESCUED us and has DRAWN us to Himself from the DOMINION of DARKNESS, and has TRANSFERRED us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the FORGIVENESS of our sins [and the CANCELLATION of sins’ penalty]” Colossians 1:11-14 (Amplified).
BEGIN YOUR DAY IN THIS LIGHT, of gracious and graceful ATTITUDE of a heartfelt GRATITUDE for your ALTITUDE in Christ Jesus.
I pray that you have an awesome day throughout the rest of the week, turning you into a brand-new month FEBRUARY as you end month JANUARY.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“GIVING THANKS to the Father, who has QUALIFIED and MADE us to share in the INHERITANCE of the SAINTS (God’s people) in the LIGHT. 13 For He has RESCUED us and has DRAWN us to Himself from the DOMINION of DARKNESS, and has TRANSFERRED us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the FORGIVENESS of our sins [and the CANCELLATION of sins’ penalty]” Colossians 1:11-14 (Amplified).
“By him therefore let us OFFER the sacrifice of PRAISE to God CONTINUALLY, that is, the FRUIT OF OUR LIPS GIVING THANKS to his name” Hebrews 13:15.
“Thou wilt shew me THE PATH OF LIFE: in thy PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY; at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11.
“I am CONVINCED and CONFIDENT of this very thing, that He who has BEGUN A GOOD WORK in you will [continue to] PERFECT and COMPLETE it UNTIL the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]” Philippians 1:6 Amplified.
“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD to them that LOVE God, to them who are THE CALLED according to his PURPOSE. 29 For whom he DID FOREKNOW, he also DID PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he DID PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.
Further Scriptural Reading: Ephesians 1:3-8.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI