Pastor David Oyedepo at CHoP
Will you lift your hands to Heaven this morning and appreciate Him. From the depth of your heart give Him praise. He is worthy of all the glory, worthy of all the honour, He’s worthy of all the adoration. Bless His holy name. Thank Him from the depth of your heart. Give Him the praise that is due unto Him. Celebrate the faithfulness of our God.
Make sure your voice of thanksgiving is heard on high. This can only be God at work. These testimonies are not the doings of any man.
Indeed the Lord in the midst of His people is mighty. Thank Him for answers to prayers. Everytime you call Him He hears you and every time He hears you He answers you.
Also this morning begin to ask Him to speak to you this morning.
Luke 21:38
Lord I’ve come to hear from You today. I’ve come to be instructed by You, to be directed by You, to be transformed by You. Father we say thank You in Jesus precious name we have given thanks.
Our Father this morning we have come with a voice of thanksgiving for all that You have done. You have done all things well and for it we give You glory. Our eyes are upon You this morning. We ask that you’ll speak to each one of us today. Let Your Word transform us. Let Your name alone be glorified in our midst. We give You all the glory in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation this week is according to the prophetic alert that we have received and it is captioned
TURN YOUR CONCERNS INTO THANKSGIVING AND GOD WILL TURN THEM TO TESTIMONIES
We have come to understand that thanksgiving carries turnaround virtues. Our commitment to thanksgiving therefore commits God to our turn around.
1st Thessalonians 5:18
Hebrews 10:36
According to God’s Word thanksgiving is God’s will and when Gods will is done the promise is delivered which means whatever you desire from God requires thanksgiving from you.
Ephesians 5:20
There is no subject of life where thanksgiving is not required. Every department of our life demands thanksgiving. In a subject you expect to see a turnaround, God demands of you that you offer thanks.
Habakkuk 3:18-19
The hard places can be turned to soft places, the difficulty can be turned to simplicity but the turnaround catalyst is thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving therefore remains the catalyst for turnaround in the life of every individual. The more grateful you are, the more turnaround you’ll secure. The more thankful you are, the more turnaround you’ll secure. There is no situation that cannot turn, there is no issue without a way out but thanksgiving is the vital catalyst to securing our turnaround.
That is why you don’t wait for things to change. You thank for things to change.
Let’s look at the turnaround power in thanksgiving.
The miracle of the feeding of 5,000 men minus women and children.
John 6:5-10
Thanksgiving is a catalyst that propels and provokes supernatural turnaround.
How is it that thanksgiving brought about that order of turnaround?
Thanksgiving carries the power of multiplication within it.
Jeremiah 30:19
Psalms 67:5-7
Thanksgiving provokes the multiplication power of God to answer on our behalf. That’s why when anything needs to multiply, thanksgiving is a vital requirement.
John 6:11
There is no way there can be decrease when there is gratitude. Gratitude will always stimulate the multiplication power of God on your behalf. When you look at something that needs to multiply, don’t complain. Infact it is not a prayer point it’s a thanksgiving point. Everything that you want to see multiply requires thanksgiving.
Gratitude is a catalyst for supernatural multiplication.
Shout hallelujah.
Many of us have heard the testimony of our father when he went to lead the City wide crusade in the City of Kaduna many years ago, that after the crusade the highest attendance was 63 people. According to Him over 20 of them came from Ilorin for the crusade. After the crusade concluded, he said they lifted up their hands and sang that song “All the glory must be to the Lord”. They gave glory unto God now that 63 has multiplied many times over.
That’s what thanksgiving does. It is a multiplier. He said they went to do a crusade in the East and right there the crusade was basically a failed crusade, that right before the crusade was about to start those that owned the speakers came to carry it away. He said they called the few people there, held their hands and preached to them. Closed the crusade that night, went back to the hotel and told the people if you complain about it, that will be the last crusade we’ll ever do. Just give glory to God and according to him the next time he appeared in that City they were keeping seat for a 6pm meeting at 12 noon.
Where there was failure before it was turned to multiplied success on the platform of thanksgiving. There is no situation that cannot be turned around. Just give thanks. There is no circumstance that cannot be turned around, just give thanks. There is no reduction that cannot be multiplied into supernatural increase, just give thanks.
Thanksgiving is the catalyst that secures the multiplication hand of God on your behalf.
I pray for each one of us here today, as we begin to operate in this life of thanksgiving and gratitude, you’ll keep seeing God changing your levels in multiplied form in the name of Jesus Christ.
Therefore I want to charge each one of us, maintain that posture of giving glory to God and watch him turn every situation in your life into an open testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lift your hands and your voice unto God and just give Him thanks, give Him thanks for His Word that you have received. Give Him thanks from the depth of your heart.
Begin to thank Him for that issue that must turn around. Thank Him for the turnaround coming on your behalf. Invoke the turnaround power that is in thanksgiving.
– He will turn around that failure into success.
– He will turnaround that sickness into healing.
– He will turnaround that breakdown into breakthrough.
Give glory unto Him this day. Father we say thank You. Blessed be Your holy name. You’re worthy of all the praise in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
