"tEll God Thank You"

Do you remember to say thank you Lord, when the bills are paid, when there’s money in the bank, when there’s plenty to laugh and be happy about?

You know where God has brought you from. When you were struggling, work is tough, the business isn’t performing well, and you have problems at home with your children or in your marriage…Do you remember to say thank you?

Thank you, Lord, because 2 Corinthians 4: 8-9 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned, struck down, but not destroyed.

Acts 16 Paul and Silas didn’t see the prison they were in they didn’t focus on the guards, the chains, or the fact that they were uncomfortable. They focused on God.

Acts 16:25-26 says about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the other prisoners were listening to them, suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

I pray that this may be the reality in our lives today, that as we praise and thank God in advance, each of us will also experience a suddenly move of God in our situation. Be thankful saints, Be thankful always and in all circumstances. The bible says… In everything give thanks.

How could you not thank the Lord? You’re living, healthy, you’re of a sound mind. You’re blessed to have a family, blessed to have food on the table, you have not missed a meal. Thank God you have a place to stay.

This is not to say that everything has been perfect or that things are the way you want them to be right now, but the message I want to tell us is to be thankful.

Surely you can find something to be thankful about. We should rejoice and give God thanks, through the good, through the bad. Songwriter said “I vow to praise you through the good and the bad, I vow to praise you whether happy or sad. I praise you in all that I go through because praise is what I do”.

People of God we ought to have a spirit of thankfulness. Let it be your disposition in life to stop for a moment and say “Thank you”

Psalms 107:1-2 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble.