EPISODE · Dec 12, 2020 · 4 MIN
Deep Thinking Great Thanksgiving
from Daily Voice Devotional with Niyi Adekunle · host Niyi Adekunle
A great Saturday to you in the name of Jesus. We thank God for His grace, His mercy and His love. We’re still talking about “Deep Thinking, Great Thanksgiving”. The greater we think and remember what He’s done the easier it is for us to thank God. The bible says is 2Timothy 3:16 “All scriptures are given by the inspiration of God and they are profitable...” It’s means that every instruction of the scripture is for our good. Whatever God tells us to do is not for His benefit, It’s for our benefit. When God instructs us in the bible to give thanks and live in a life of Thanksgiving, it’s not because it’ll make it bigger or more powerful, its because it makes life better for us. We’ve been reading Matt 16:9-10, where Jesus spoke to them about the leaven of the Pharisees and they thought he was talking about bread. Mark’s account of the same story is in Mark 8:14-21. In Mark 8:17(NCV) it says, "Knowing what they were talking about, Jesus asked them, “Why are you talking about not having bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your minds closed"? Jesus told His disciples that they were worried because they had forgotten about the miracle of the 7 loaves for the 4000. He also made them understand that forgetting the things God has done can result in their minds becoming closed. When we forget about the goodness, kindness and mercies of God and we don’t thank Him, our minds become closed and our hearts become hardened. When our hearts become hardened or closed we cannot see what God is doing. God’s light cannot penetrate our hearts, God’s grace cannot penetrate our hearts and God’s grace cannot flow out of ud. Proverbs 4:23 says “ Guard your heart above anything else” why? Out of it flows the forces that shape and influence your life". When murmur and complain we shut everything down, the forces that transform lives cannot flow out. But when we learn to live a life of Thanksgiving, when we remember the things God has done and we begin to thank Him, our minds are opened, our understanding is clear and the forces of life can flow freely. Thanksgiving opens the mind, opens the heart. It keeps you from becoming hardened it keeps you from becoming closed minded. It is important that we understand that living a life of Thanksgiving is for our benefit. 2 Peter 1:13(NKJV)says, "I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you". He said it’s important I stir you up by reminding you. Remind yourself of God’s goodness, remind yourself of what God has done for you and you find out how life flows through your spirit. Thanksgiving is good for you. God bless you. Have a lovely day.
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A great Saturday to you in the name of Jesus. We thank God for His grace, His mercy and His love. We’re still talking about “Deep Thinking, Great Thanksgiving”. The greater we think and remember what He’s done the easier it is for us to thank God. The bible says is 2Timothy 3:16 “All scriptures are given by the inspiration of God and they are profitable...” It’s means that every instruction of the scripture is for our good. Whatever God tells us to do is not for His benefit, It’s for our benefit. When God instructs us in the bible to give thanks and live in a life of Thanksgiving, it’s not because it’ll make it bigger or more powerful, its because it makes life better for us. We’ve been reading Matt 16:9-10, where Jesus spoke to them about the leaven of the Pharisees and they thought he was talking about bread. Mark’s account of the same story is in Mark 8:14-21. In Mark 8:17(NCV) it says, "Knowing what they were talking about, Jesus asked them, “Why are you talking about not having bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your minds closed"? Jesus told His disciples that they were worried because they had forgotten about the miracle of the 7 loaves for the 4000. He also made them understand that forgetting the things God has done can result in their minds becoming closed. When we forget about the goodness, kindness and mercies of God and we don’t thank Him, our minds become closed and our hearts become hardened. When our hearts become hardened or closed we cannot see what God is doing. God’s light cannot penetrate our hearts, God’s grace cannot penetrate our hearts and God’s grace cannot flow out of ud. Proverbs 4:23 says “ Guard your heart above anything else” why? Out of it flows the forces that shape and influence your life". When murmur and complain we shut everything down, the forces that transform lives cannot flow out. But when we learn to live a life of Thanksgiving, when we remember the things God has done and we begin to thank Him, our minds are opened, our understanding is clear and the forces of life can flow freely. Thanksgiving opens the mind, opens the heart. It keeps you from becoming hardened it keeps you from becoming closed minded. It is important that we understand that living a life of Thanksgiving is for our benefit. 2 Peter 1:13(NKJV)says, "I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you". He said it’s important I stir you up by reminding you. Remind yourself of God’s goodness, remind yourself of what God has done for you and you find out how life flows through your spirit. Thanksgiving is good for you. God bless you. Have a lovely day.
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