MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE, MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL (VOLUME 7, JAN-DEC) WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2022:- THE POWER OF GRATITUDE (4)

Written by Dr D.K. Olukoya, General Overseer, MFM worldwide

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Topic for Wed 6 July 2022: the power of gratitude (4)

Welcome to MFM Devotional, 6/7/22

BIBLE in one YEAR:

2 Kings 12, 2 Kings 13, 2 Kings 14:1-22, Acts 25: 1-22, Psalm 81: 1-7

MEMORY VERSE:
1 Thessalonians 5:18-“In everything give thanks to God, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
Giving God thanks genuinely is acknowledgement that He is the Source of every good gift and blessing in your life.

PROPHECTIC WORD for today: 6:7:22:-
I decree perpetual open heaven and favour galore for you henceforth, in the name of Jesus.

FIRE SCRIPTURE:
Psalm 100: 1-5

PRAISE and WORSHIP
Today, we will round off this discourse by looking at more benefits that accrue from giving God thanks.

Gratitude leads to joy. The tree of gratitude produces the sweet fruit of joy. Whenever we realise the abundant goodness of God and we respond with thanksgiving to God, our rewards will be overflowing joy.

A good example of this was when, in Psalm 126, the Hebrew exiles sang their songs of thanks for bringing them back to Israel. “When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we are like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them. The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad, (Psalm 126:1-3 NKJV).

Giving God thanks also helps us defy satan’s lies. He deceived our first parents and made them to sin against God. The Garden of Eden was perfect and it produced abundantly. Every plant in the garden but ONE had been given to
Adam and Eve, yet satan focused on the one God forbade them to eat. When we focus on what we have and thank God continually for it, He will give us other things we do not have, especially if they are in His perfect will for us. True gratitude for God and the abundance He gives, protects us from caving to the enemy’s lies. Always remember God’s promise: that no good things will He withhold from those who walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11).

Giving God thanks does more for us. It helps us to guard against envy. Believers should avoid envy like a plague. It is envy that makes us want what someone else has. A heart that is fully grateful has no room left for envy. Gratitude makes us appreciate and enjoy God’s goodness in the present. It helps us not to violate Ecclesiastes 7:10 that admonishes, “Say not, why were the former days better than these? For it is not from wisdom that you asked this.” Finally, gratitude enables us openly acknowledge what God has done for us and to proclaim a God’s goodness and care to the world around us.

PRAYER POINTS
MORNING:

1. Father! I thank You for turning my night to day, in the name of Jesus.

2. Father! I thank You for giving me beauty for ashes, in the name of Jesus.

3. O God! I thank You for giving me the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

4. My Father! I thank You for Your great move in Your church worldwide, in the name of Jesus.

5. Father! I thank You for Your unparalleled love for all saints, in the name of Jesus.

6. O God! I thank You for the ministry of Your Angels, in the name of Jesus.

7. O God! I thank You because You rule in the affairs of men, in the name of Jesus.
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