Becoming More Effective in Prayerنموونە

THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING

We see major miracles in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 6, He had to feed 5,000 men with five loaves and two small fishes, a daunting situation by any standard; and in John Chapter 11, He had to raise a man who had been dead and buried for four days, which is completely impossible naturally. Look at how Jesus started in both cases: He gave thanks to God. There’s power in thanksgiving, and this is what I want to show you.

Many people don’t engage in thanksgiving in their walk with God and they miss out on the blessing of God. In Luke 17:1-9, you see some people who missed out on the blessing and the power of thanksgiving. I believe that this man received something that the others did not receive. That’s one thing that you must learn. Thanksgiving gives you something that the person who does not give thanks does not get.

Even in any culture, when somebody gives thanks, it prepares the ground for further favours and blessings. It is the same with God. Jesus made a comment on the person that came to thank God here. That tells you the attitude of God to people who don’t show thanksgiving, who are not grateful to God for what He did. Many times, you see people when they are sharing testimonies of miracles that God did in their lives; they talk so much about how they prayed, how they fasted, what they did themselves, and their faith and forget to mention what God did. Your prayer or fasting will be useless if there’s no God who answers prayers.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for the things you have done and the things you are yet to do. I judge you faithful. You have never failed, and you will never fail. Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name. Amen!