TOPIC: GRATITUDE BOOST FAITH
TEXT : Exodus 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh
Memory Verse : Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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Today we are looking at gratitude boost faith. What is faith? Faith is taking God by His word, believing Him for every word that He has said. At the beginning of this year, we believed that God was going to keep us and where we are shows He kept us. Many have enjoyed different deliverances from the hand of evil people, He has delivered some of us from sword, from famine, accident, kidnappers, sicknesses and diseases came and He delivered us.
The reason you are still alive and reading this devotional is because He has delivered you. So many times you were driving and it remains small for you to enter ditch and God waved it. This can’t be your prayer life or that you are Holy. This is God is keeping you so that you can render thanksgiving unto Him.
So, gratitude boost faith in the sense that, when you begin to remember what God has done for you, it wells up faith in you. God delivered you so that you can thank Him more. The more you thank God the more your faith in God increases. Those who will not thank God are those whom their tank will not be full of blessings.
God has delivered us from different swords and sword means anything that can destroy. Famine, hunger, sickness can destroy. God has kept us not because of anything but because He has delighted in us. God is worthy to be praised; the more you thank God, the more your faith increases but if you refuse to see what He has done, then He will see no reason why He should keep continue blessing you.
LESSON
Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
When God delivers you from something and you thank Him, your faith automatically jacks up, when you ask for $20 naira and He gives you $200, your faith automatically increase. Don’t forget the woman in this scripture above, Jesus categorically told her it is not good to give children’s food to dogs but this woman didn’t pick offence, she humbly said; even the dogs eat the crumbs. That shows she’s grateful to God, she didn’t try to explain or argue it out. And that is why, only the grateful are great.
When you are a grateful person, situations don’t overcome you, you overcome situations because in every situation, you will have a reason to thank God. The people who have short sightedness when it comes to Thanksgiving are people who have lost faith, who feels it’s over but the truth of the matter is, it’s not over God is on your side. Even if you have been called names, maybe you are called a barren woman let them know that by this time next year, you will have your baby. Maybe they said, you will never have a particular thing let them know your God is more than able.
That woman went home with her healing, her daughter got healed because she trusted God. Don’t allow people’s talk discourage you from following God, God is mindful of you, He supersedes the decisions and desires of anyone, He is ever faithful.
PERSONAL CONFESSION
Father I thank you for my past deliverances.
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me from ingratitude that punctures faith.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Gratitude boost Faith.
Faith can only become active when you add Gratitude to it.
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