Wonders of God in our lives

WONDERS OF GOD IN OUR LIVES

To not pay attention is to miss the wonder of being alive. We need to live intentionally, with our antennae up. We need to notice our life as we are living it. Why? For three reasons

The first is to appreciate all that God has blessed us with. Given the chance to live our lives again. Second, we need to notice what’s going on around us to keep us headed in the right direction in our lives and lastly, we need to notice what’s going on around us so we can be there for others.

This season we are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Him being a great gift ever to mankind, let us pay attention to this, when it is a gift then it is undeserved. This is the reason why we all have to keep appreciating God for the gift. Do not forget also that this is a season of reaching to one another with various kind of gifts, blessing other with your possession be it material, cash or kind as God enables us.

As per the issue of thankfulness, a lot of remembering have to take place, we must remember all that our mind has forgotten, we have to bring to remembrance the details of His love and care, we must remember these when confusion set in, particular when the road becomes so darken, we must remember to thank Him when our prayers are answered, we must not quickly forget thanking God when there is delay in whatever facet of life.

Sometimes the picture is not clear, and you are in the place of saying, “God, this doesn’t make sense.” He is with you, do not allow the temporary confusion to rob you of His presence. When we are on the receiving end of pain and can’t yet see or understand why we’re in such trials, we can find it so hard to trust. So hardly will you be in thanksgiving mood when you don’t trust. We are called to break this yoke this season. We will trust Him because He has been there for us.

What is your story this season? What testimony are you sharing with your family members? Is it story of what God hasn’t done, or story of lacks and inadequacies that saluted you this year? Yes you might be correct but would it not make better sense and glorify God if all you choose to remember are the beautiful moments when God appeared in your situations. I am appealing to us, let us REMEMBER that our God deserves our appreciation and lets us show it.

A THANKFUL SOUL SEES A GOOD GOD DOING GOOD ALWAYS

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Remember to show Him Appreciation

REMEMBER TO SHOW HIM APPRECIATION

Enter [God’s] gates with thanksgiving and His court with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name – Psalm 100:4

Throughout the bible we are commanded to be thankful. A spirit of thanksgiving is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord

First, we are to be thankful for the material blessings God gave us. Some people are never satisfied with what they have, but what difference it makes when we realize that everything we have, has been given to us by God!

Second, thank God for the people in your life. It is so easy to take them for granted, or to complain or become angry because they don’t meet our every wish. But we need to give thanks for our spouse, our children, our relatives and our friends. Most of all, thank God for Christ and his love for you.

Third, thank God in the midst of trials and even persecution. We draw back from difficulties but none of us is exempted from trouble. Yet in the midst of trails we can thank God because we know He has promised to be with us and help us. For the Christian, every day is Thanksgiving Day!

It is actually wise to embrace each day with thanksgiving because the blessing for each day is wrapped in our thanksgiving to God. For this reason, the scriptures encourage us to train our minds to be conscious of this, always remember to say thank you Jesus even when you think you don’t have any reason to say thank you.

Thank Him for His wisdom through which he created the heaven and the earth, thank Him for making you in his image, thank God for giving you Jesus for a savior, thank him for eternity with Him, thank Him for having you in mind and that He has gone to prepare a place for you. Thank Him for everything around you.

God delights in the praises of His people, when we have the grace to remember yesterday, where we were, who we were and what people around us thought we would not achieve, reconcile that to your present state you will surely know that God hasn’t brought you this far to abandon you. In that light, you will give him your heartfelt praise. Hallelujah!

THANKSGIVING IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE MARKS OF A CHRISTIAN WHOSE HEART IS ATTUNED TO THE LORD.

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