THEY DON’T KNOW THAT THAT EVERY BLESSING FROM GOD IS THE FOUNDATION FOR ANOTHER BLESSING. THERE IS NO SMALL BLESSING WITH GOD.
IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF GOD, EVERY BLESSING IS ORDAINED TO LAST FOREVER.
-Pastor Nicholas Udoh at CHoP
*The blessing of your salvation is the foundation for the blessing of your prosperity
*It’s the foundation for the blessing of your good health.
*If you are ungrateful, there is a termination of the blessing that was to last forever.
*When you are full of gratitude, you secure the present blessing and as you secure the present blessing, you make way for the next blessing to come.
Father, we thank You for another privilege to be in Your house. Father Lord, we thank You for You have never called the seed of Jacob to seek You in vain. Therefore, I ask of You this morning O Lord, that You shall touch my tongue and make it like a pen of a ready writer. You shall communicate Your mind to each and every one of Your people in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
I want to appreciate God and His servant, the Apostle over this Commission for the privilege to stand upon this exalted altar to share with you the Word of God briefly; I know that the same grace that is upon His servant shall be communicated to each and every one here.
My exhortation line for our Covenant Hour of Prayer has been:
UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING
Please take note of this and this is very important, every mystery of the Kingdom carries unparallel power. Every single mystery in this Kingdom carries power and the same with the mystery of thanksgiving. It carries great power, but it takes an understanding to connect to the power of God in any mystery at all including the mystery of thanksgiving. Please take note and take note very well, just knowing about a mystery is not enough, you need to come to the point of understanding.
God’s Word tells us concerning thanksgiving – 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Paul speaking to the Colossian Church in Colossians chapter 1 verse 9, he said something very interesting. The knowledge of His will is not enough, knowing that the will of God is thanksgiving is not enough, you need to understand, you need to come to a point where you have an understanding because until there is an understanding, you cannot have an outstanding result. Not just any understanding, but spiritual understanding.
-I know that for each and everyone here gathered, you shall receive spiritual understanding.
The first thing to understand about thanksgiving is the definition of thanksgiving, the spiritual definition of thanksgiving. It is in two parts;
- Thanksgiving is appreciating God for what He has done in our lives.
Thanksgiving is giving glory to God for what He has done in our lives. Thanksgiving is acknowledging God for what He has done in our lives. Church Gist. No matter how small it is, if it is God that did it, He is expecting you to give Him thanks. That you slept and woke up this morning, He is expecting you to give Him thanks. For each and everything. That you are breathing in and you are breathing out, without any need for doctors to help you, you should give Him thanks. Thanksgiving is acknowledging God; we do not breathe in and out by experience. No, it is what God has blessed us with. That you are alive today, you ought to give Him thanks.
Psalm 103:1-2. Not just some benefits, but all His benefits.
-I see someone here under the sound of my voice, every form of forgetfulness of the blessings of God comes to an end. - Number 2 part of the spiritual definition of thanksgiving is that thanksgiving is a way of reminding God of what remains to be done.
Listen to me, your thanksgiving is the greatest expression of your faith in God. It is a way of reminding God of what remains to be done.
Luke 17:10-19
We learn about the 10 lepers that Jesus said, “go, show yourself to the Priest.” The Bible says, “as they went, they were cleansed” and then suddenly one of them returned back to give God thanks. As he returned back, he was made whole. He suddenly reminded Jesus, that not only have You healed me, I also need to be made whole. This is what happens when we give God thanks in advance. One thing is this, God is reminded of the things that remain to be done. The truth is this, there are some things that remain to be done that you don’t even know, but when you give God thanks, suddenly you remind God. Church Gist. God goes back to the records and checks, this particular sister ought to be married this year, this particular brother ought to have this particular job this year, it may not have been your prayer point, but as you are thanking God, God is reminded.
-I see someone here under the sound of my voice, as you give God thanks, something is changing around your life.
This is what God says in Psalm chapter 69 verses 30 to 31
Please take note, thanksgiving is more pleasant to God than any other form of sacrifice that we may offer.
-I see someone here, you shall bring God pleasure
And the more pleasure you bring to God, the more pressure He will remove from your life. When you are pleasing to God, suddenly blessings will begin to pour on you.
-I see someone here, beginning from today, you shall be pleasing to God.
In understanding the power of thanksgiving, right from the first day of this week, God’s servant, the Apostle over this Commission, he gave us one of the powers of thanksgiving to understand is the power to bring about fulfillment, to provoke fulfillment of prophecies.
Yesterday, the Resident Pastor also taught us that thanksgiving secures answers to prayers.
Today we are taking a step further in understanding the power of thanksgiving. In taking a step further, it is important to note that whatever God does is ordained to be forever. Everything God does is ordained to be forever.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
Please take note of it my brothers and my sisters, everything that God does was originally to be forever. In the original plan of God, every blessing is ordained to last forever.
Numbers 23:20
Take note of this: there is no devil in the world that can reverse your blessing.
-Every blessing God brings upon your life is ordained to be forever and beginning from today, that shall be testimony.
In fact, every blessing from God is supposed to be the foundation for another blessing, are you getting me now? The blessing of your salvation is the foundation for the blessing of your prosperity, it’s the foundation for the blessing of your good health. Every blessing that God brings our way is supposed to be the foundation for another blessing, the building blocks for more blessings to come upon our lives. God’s blessings are supposed to be forever.
-I see someone here, beginning from today, every one of your blessings shall be forever.
Proverbs 4:18 – The blessing of the just is as a shining light, shining more and more unto the perfect day.
2 Corinthians 3:18 – God made us for progression in blessing. That means whatsoever blessing (comes) today is to be forever, another comes on top of it.
But it is important to note that thanksgiving is the guarantee for the preservation of your blessing. The power of thanksgiving is that it causes your blessing to remain permanent. Please take note, God is not a God of promises, just promising that your blessings will be forever. He is a God of covenant. Anything He has said concerning you, you have a part to play. When it concerns the preservation of your blessing, the part that you play is that you give thanks, you are grateful for what He has given you. For instance, you wake up from bed this morning, no matter the matter around your life, you decide, “I am going to bless the Lord with all my heart” and as you do so, everything that was ever like a challenge around your life will begin to bow. Because the blessing of waking up needs to be topped up with the blessing of prosperity, brand-new job, blessing of open doors, favour.
-I see someone here, God is adding more blessings to you.
But it comes on the platform of thanksgiving. We build up in blessings by our thanksgiving, it preserves the present one, it becomes a foundation, then you build up upon it by your thanksgiving.
Psalm 28:5 -That shall not be your testimony.
See what God says, “because they regard not the works of His hand, He shall destroy them and not build them up.”
The reason for most people to lose their blessing is because they are not appreciative of that blessing. Please take note, there is no small blessing with God.
God’s Word further confirms in Malachi chapter 2 verses 1 to 3.
Malachi 2:2- “I will even send a curse upon you”: That shall not be your testimony
You are not grateful, therefore the blessing that was to last forever is being terminated.
Malachi 2:3 – Please take note, that seed means, the one I gave you first is a seed that when you plant it in thanksgiving, more fruit will come, more seed will come, to plant more.
-There is someone here, beginning from today, I see you full of gratitude.
When you are full of gratitude, you secure the present blessing and as you secure the present blessing, you make way for the next blessing to come on top of it.
Is there someone here to secure the blessing: begin to appreciate God, receive grace to continue in thanksgiving. Receive grace right now to continue in thanksgiving, to the point of receiving my miracles that are still hanging. Give God all the praise, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we have prayed.
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