Philippians 4:6-7 ‘Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God…shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
DAILY READING; Acts 2:14-47; Deuteronomy 15-16; Job 11
In September 1620 a group of 102 Pilgrims, set sail to a new area of lands discovered by Columbus in 1492 called the New World. Here they hoped to start a new city and serve God freely without interference. and the religious persecutions they had faced while in England.
After two months of braving the harsh elements of a vast storm-tossed sea, they arrived in Massachusetts. After a prayer service, the Pilgrims began building hasty shelters. However, they were unprepared for the harsh winter and a number of them died from the devastating weather.
Although the hearts of those who survived were heavy from these losses, they remained grateful and thankful to God. And as a show of their appreciation of God’s faithfulness, they set aside a certain day as first thanksgiving day, to show gratitude to God. They called together their Indian neighbors, and spent 3 days in celebration of praise to God. And year after year it became a tradition to set apart a particular day of thanking God for His faithfulness. And God indeed showed these pilgrims many miracles to prove He was with them. Though they had lost members of their community, but chose to maintain their praise, God multiplied the remnant. These survivors were the first settlers and founding fathers of the great nation of America.
This pilgrim’s thanksgiving day, has become entrenched in the American tradition. Yearly, in America, the last Thursday in November is set aside as thanksgiving day. And in 1941, the American Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday.
If you have lost anything this year, God is the reason why you did not lose everything. When you choose to thank Him for what is remaining, you will experience divine multiplication. Thanksgiving is a multiplier. It also brings perfection and wholeness.
When the one leper came back to thank Jesus, his healing was perfected.
In everything we are to give thanks.
Ephesians 5:20 says “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”.
When one door closes, we don’t keep crying over the closed door. Rather we praise God and trust Him to open more doors.. As you choose to praise God in the valley of defeat, He will raise you up to the mountaintop of victory. He will turn your mourning into dancing.
Praise is what it takes to bring God into your situation because He inhabits the praises of His people.
So today, make the choice to praise God despite any setback or disappointment you may have faced this year. As you do so, God will decorate you with new colors in this last month of December.
Like the American pilgrims do not look at what you may have lost, rather bless God for what remains. And when you do, He will multiply that remnant beyond your wildest expectations. In this season, He will grant you divine acceleration to pursue, overtake and recover all.
In all things let us keep giving God worthy thanks because He is too faithful to ever fail!.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to praise You, despite any contrary situation, let nothing ever stop the continual flow of your praise from my mouth. You are forever faithful and I know that indeed all things are working out together for my good this year in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
For you to enjoy victory in The Kingdom of God, you need to develop a kingdom mind, that thinks in line with The Word of God. – WORDBITE 222.
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