PRAISING GOD AT ALL TIMES

GIVE THANKS..

Give thanks

With a grateful

Give thanks

To the Holy God

Give thanks

Because He has 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 me

Give thanks.

Song Credit: Don Meon



SCENARIO ONE

APPRECIATE YOUR GOD ALWAYS!

God deserves your heartfelt praises  and appreciations at all times. I had a chat with a dear friend today and she reinforced the need to appreciate The Almighty at all seasons

Sometimes we only give Him our heartfelt praises when we have  experienced a miracle which in our  estimation is remarkable and awesome.

I was driving this afternoon through the main road of the City of Akure in Nigeria and suddenly  the brake of my four years old second -hand Honda Bulldog  car became stiff and uncontrollable at the middle of a  the road. 

My mind ran in riot on what to do when suddenly the Holy Spirit reminded me of the tip given by my mechanic to always use the hand brake whenever l experienced a challenge with the leg brake.

"But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you" John 14:26

Quickly, l applied the hand brake and the car stopped in the middle of the road.

This is the miracle: l did not hear a bump sound of any car hitting mine from behind and my car did not run into any vehicle in front. The car stopped suddenly  in the middle of the second line of a major road in the City of Akure.

I muttered a 'thank you Father' and drove the car carefully and slowly to the mechanic using the hand brake to navigate it.

On my way back from that trip, I saw a car involved in an accident with two other vehicles and as l slowed down at the scene of the accident; l could hear the noise of ' You are at fault" and the other person responded " my brake failed, did l planned  to hit your car deliberately? 

Then l realised the magnitude of the deliverance and protection God gave me and my car earlier.  The same brake failure but divine mercy preserved me.

"If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say — if the Lord had not been on our side" Psalm 124:1-2a

Immediately l started to appreciate  God profusely- "Father, thank you for your angels who kept me safe in the morning. I appreciate you that my car was not involve in an accidrnt. I am grateful LORD! 

Now, l knew what would have happened to me if He had not intervened.

We must learn to thank God at all times especially  when waiting for the fulfillment of a particular promise. My dear friend said she praises God more with dancing when she has no money in her pocket; her appreciation is more in times of scarcity than times of abundance. I made up my mind to appreciate God more at all times.

Apostle Paul said in Philippians 4 "Giving thanks at all times: is the secret of the  continually flow of God's goodness and grace.

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

1 These. 5:16-17


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Christ In Your Heart

HOW TO ATTAIN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP  WITH GOD AND MAN Christ is called the Anointed One, which symbolisies that He was a man under the influence and control of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8 reveals that the Holy Spirit can lead a man which is the Holy Spirit guiding and directing the activities, decisions and thoughts of the Man through the written and spoken Word. But when the Holy Spirit is leading a man, the man has the absolute ability to say No to the leading of the Holy Spirit and follow his own inclinations. But there is a higher dimension of  relationship with the Holy Spirit which is state of absolute surrender that is exemplified by the life of The LORD of Host Himself: Jesus Christ, The LORD and Saviour of the Earth.. Jesus Christ , the LORD said in John 6 " I can of myself do nothing, every of my actions is initiated by the Spirit. Jesus. Christ ensured that His thoughts, mind and heart is filled and full of the Word of God so that whatever He says and do, it is an offs
Read more

MY CONCEPT OF LOVE

Love is a Broad Word that is used in many circles. It's various symbols of giving hugs, blowing kisses, having a dreamy eyes towards it subject and many other shows that is a virtue widely accepted by all as very important  I grew up in a environment where the Word Love was mostly used when there is a relationship between the opposite sex. The Women l stayed with as a child never used the Word ' I love you' to express any kind of feelings to me and my father and only sister certainly never used same word on me. But as l blossom into the teenage age, l encountered the Love Word in Romantic books like Mill & Boons and it's like and came to understand that Love is actual as feeling of estacsy because a man and. A woman which sometimes make them take irrational decision and action that deter that from common sense. Therefore l made a decision as a teenager never to fall in love with a guy until l have accomplished all dream of becoming a graduate and successful. This de
Read more

GOD CAN TEST YOU

InSpired TO TEST YOU... SERIES The Christian is saved by GRACE and lives by FAITH. You were redeemed from sin and death because you believed in Jesus Christ as your Saviour. You have victory over every works of the Enemy because you are born of God and have  overcome the World  by  your faith, therefore you inherit all things.... By grace your were saved; and by your faith , you are preserved and possess your Inheritance. But you must note that between salvation and possessing your inheritance in God through Jesus Christ our LORD are premeditated TEST of various shapes and patterns. And every true sons and daughters of the Kingdom will go through these tests because JESUS CHRIST, our perfect Master and King was subjected to the same tests and prevailed. The English wikdictionary online defines a test as the following: "A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc." We will be examining some
Read more