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LET THANKSGIVING BECOME THANKS LIVING

What do I mean by thanks living? That you don’t just give thanks to God in prayer expression to God alone. The Bible says something about thanksgiving that I want you to hold on to: In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thess. 5: 18).

Thanksgiving is the will of God for every one of us. Do you want to know the will of God for you? It is thanksgiving. Does it mean you should give thanks for what the devil is doing? No. He’s saying in every situation, in every circumstance; don’t lose your ‘thanks expression’. God is always good. There’s always something to thank God for.

Sometimes, when you look at what people say first when they wake up and the last thing when they are going to bed, you will think they believe in the devil rather than God. There are people who wake up complaining, “Oh, devil, you’ve come again.” Some people go to bed binding the devil, they wake up binding the devil, and they go through the day binding the devil. There’s more to our walk and supernatural lives than binding the devil.

Don’t give more credit to the devil than he deserves. Don’t put too much attention on the devil. The devil is real, but God is more real than the devil. The devil does wicked things, but God is good and will do better in your future than the wickedness of the devil.

Tomorrow, I will show you what thanksgiving will do in your life when you begin to practice it daily and not just as a phrase in prayer.

PRAYER: Father, I thank You. You have been so good and faithful. I repent of every attitude of ingratitude in my life in Jesus’ name. Amen!