Mountain Top Life DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THE POWER OF GRATITUDE (I)
4TH , JULY 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings
8:16-29, 2 Kings 9, Acts 23:12-35, Psalm 80:1-7
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Psalm
92:1-15
1 It is good to give
thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And
Your faithfulness every night,
3 On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the
harp, With harmonious sound.
4 For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work; I
will triumph in the works of Your hands.
5 O Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are
very deep.
6 A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand
this.
7 When the wicked [a]spring up like grass, And when
all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.
8 But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
9 For behold, Your enemies, O Lord, For behold, Your
enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my [b]horn You have exalted like a
wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.
11 My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my
desire on the wicked Who rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall
grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall
flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be [c]fresh and [d]flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in Him.
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MEMORY VERSE:
“For all
things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the
thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.” – 2
Corinthians 4:15
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
Gratitude can turn denial to acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity,
a meal to a feast, a house to a home and a stranger to a friend.
PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the HolySpirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
I PRAY
THAT YOUR LIFE OF GRATITUDE TO GOD WILL SERVE AS THE KEY TO OPEN YOUR DOOR OF
BREAKTHROUGHS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THE MESSAGE:
Yesterday, we established the biblical truth that it is a good
thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises to His holy name (Psalm
92). We also stressed that every believer should practise daily thanksgiving
because everyone has something to thank God for.
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Today, we shall look further at the power and benefits of giving
gratitude to God. First, gratitude glorifies God. It is a way of exalting the
Giver of every good gift and acknowledging that all that we have and enjoy:
life, health, family, provisions, and so on come from Him and because of His
unconditional and unparalleled love for us. In 2 Corinthians 4:15 the Bible
says, "For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might
through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God." The Scripture
tells us that as God's grace reaches more and more people, there will be great
thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
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Second, gratitude helps us to see God. Your regular expression
of gratitude, thanks and appreciation to God will open your spiritual eyes. As
someone put it, "There is a beautiful cycle in giving God thanks: the more
we thank Him, the more we see Him working in us and around us". Gratitude
helps us to sense and experience God's presence, care and personal timing. That
is why the Bible affirms this in James 1:16-17, "Do not be deceived, my
beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from
the Father of the heavenly lights" (NKJV).
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Third, one very important benefit of giving thanks to God is
that it puts us squarely in the will of God. The will of God is simply
obedience -- living in complete obedience to His word or command. In 1
Thessalonians 5:18, God commands us to give thanks in all circumstances
(pleasant and unpleasant) for that is His will for us in Christ Jesus.
Truly, giving thanks to God should be a non-stop affair in the
lives of individuals, families, churches and other organisations as well as
nations.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Spirit of ingratitude, depart from me by fire, in the name of
Jesus.
2. Father, I thank You for the victory of the Cross and the
blessings of Calvary, in the name of Jesus.
3.
Today, I offer God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. O God, I thank You
for giving me numerous things to thank You for, in the name of Jesus.
5. O God, I thank You
for the salvation of my soul, in the name of Jesus.
6. My Father, I thank
You for not giving me over to the will of my enemies, in the name of Jesus.
7. Thank You, Father,
for making me to be accepted in the beloved, in the name of Jesus.
DO
HAVE A BLESSED DAY
©2022 MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya
(General Overseer, MOUNTAIN OF FIRE and Miracle
Ministries, Worldwide |
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