Paul and Cilla were caught evangelizing in Philipbo, beaten a lot, and tied their ankles to go deep in the prison. Being in a deep prison, they deserve resentment, complaints, and sighs, but the two of them sang praise of gratitude as they matched the beats with chains. Then the throne of heaven vibrated and the prison shook. Everything was released, the prison door opened, and God's grace appeared, leaving a deep impression that all prisoners listened to and realized the gospel. The great power of gratitude emerged in their environment. John Bunyeon, who wrote Heavenly Rebellion, said, "Be grateful and happy. That is the only way to overcome greed and the temptation of the devil." In this way, when we are grateful and praised for everything, the devil leaves with the help of God and a deep blessing comes.
1. When are you grateful? You need to think about what you want to be thankful for when it's good, take it step by step, find out what you want to be thankful for, and be grateful for it clearly. In Matthew 13:11, verse 12, he writes, "You have been allowed to know the secrets of heaven, but you have not, so those who have it will receive it, but those who do not have enough will be taken away." We believe that those who have it do not have to give it, and those who do not have it should help, but the laws of the sky are that those who admit, appreciate, think positively, and praise what they have, and those who do not have it are taken away by resenting, complaining, and lamenting that there is no one. It seems to be against reason, but it actually happens in our real life. I want to give more to those who are grateful for what people are positive, active, creative, bright, and bright. However, if I am not grateful for what I have, I want to take away what I have. I pray for those of us who think of and are grateful for what I have. We must be grateful even when it is painful and bad. When we are sad, depressed, and frustrated, and when the environment is in pain due to adversity, it is easy for us to resent, complain, and lament. Is it easy to be grateful for a case like Job? Can we be grateful for the situation where we lost all our children overnight, lost all our wealth, turned against our wives, friends came to become critics rather than friends, and our whole body was sick and could not wear clothes and sat on the ashes and scratched ourselves with tiles? However, the Bible records that Job was grateful for such occasions, so God was greatly moved and blessed him later. Therefore, when the heart is sad, depressed, and frustrated, when the environment is in adversity and in pain, to be able to change it is to thank and laugh forcibly. If you force yourself to laugh, you will laugh later and if you force yourself to thank me, you will be truly grateful. Psalm 30:11, verse 12 reads, "The Lord will change my sorrow and become a dance to me. I will praise the Lord with my glory, and I will forever be grateful to you, Yahweh my God." Augustine, the Father of the First Church, said, "Those who thank God, in spite of poverty and suffering, drive out poverty and disease, and receive great blessings." Heine, a German poet, said, "When we thank God, all diseases are driven out," and Martin Luther, a Protestant, said, "When we give God holy thanks with joy, we bless our offspring and broaden the level of our tent." Bertrand Russell, an English philosopher, said, "If you really want to be happy, give up your greed and selfishness and thank God." Not only when it's good, but when it's painful and bad, everything comes together to be beneficial. In Acts 16:25:26, "Baul and Sheila prayed and praised God in the middle of the night, and prisoners listened. Suddenly, a big earthquake occurred, and the octogenes moved, the doors opened soon, and everything that was tied was taken off." However, when God did not resent and complain in the middle of the night and gave glory to God with gratitude and praise, he shook the prison with the beat of their thanksgiving prayers, opened the doors, and released all the bound chains, making the history of God happen. When we also live our lives and pass through the middle of the night. When we give a sacrifice of gratitude in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the day, when our mind and body are in pain, distress, and bloodied, God shakes my place in the middle of the night to give us freedom and freedom. Being able to sing hymns at night is something only a very religious person can do. Therefore, we must always remember that "God accepts those who sing hymns at night with pleasure." As Psalm 50 verse 14 verse 15 states, "Raise God with gratitude and call me on the day of trouble, paying back your vows to those who exist. I will pick you up, and you will make me a movie." If we offer a sacrifice with gratitude, our prayers will be answered well in the day of trouble and God helps us. Therefore, we must be grateful not only in good times but also in pain and bad times. We can be grateful for everything in good times. Rather than grimacing in pain and bad times, when we live a grateful life, we are recognized and respected by people, and God recognizes us. If we are grateful when our hearts are sad, depressed, frustrated, in difficult environments, and in pain, our bodies and minds can be restored and we can live a happier and more advanced life than before. To offer a rite with gratitude is a joy from God. We are grateful to be grateful for the grace we have received, and we must always be grateful for everything, whether in times of blessing with our lips or in times of hardship.
2. How can I thank you?
Then, how can we be grateful? We should be grateful for the immediate grace we received. How grateful are we to be saved by believing in Jesus in this world? Sin is to thank God because we have been saved only by faith. And not only have we been saved forever, but also "What will we eat? What will we wear? What will we drink?" We should thank God, who helps us not to worry, as if it were written in Psalm 136:25, "Thank him for giving food to all bodies. Your kindness will be eternal." If we don't eat a day, we will become malnourished and weak. Therefore, we should thank God for giving us food. God wants us all to be well, just as he wrote in Corinthians 9:8, "God is good at overflowing all grace to you, so that you will always have everything to overflow all good things." Just as parents want their children to be well, God always wants us to live a life of blessing. If I take it and give it to others, I can feel very happy, saying, "Those who give are blessed than those who receive it." Therefore, God always wants us to be blessed and enjoy a full life. God has made the people of Israel appreciate the strange things that are done in Israel's history, and Psalm 136:10:16 says, "Thanks to those who have done great things in Egypt. Thank those who have led Israel among them. Thank those who have done great things. Thank those who have done great things in the Red Sea. Thank those who have done great things in their midst. Thank those who have done great things in their hearts. Thank those who have done great things in their hearts. Thank those who have brought Pharaoh and his army down in the Red Sea. Thank those who have guided his people through the wilderness for everlasting things." What does this mean? Thank those who believe in God. From morning to evening, when you discover what you are grateful for, and thank them for what you are thankful for, God has more and more things to be thankful for. You have to be thankful for. You have to be thankful for what you have. You have to be grateful for what you have, not complain because you keep looking for what you don't have. Paul has learned to be satisfied and grateful for everything. Philip 4:11:12 says, "I am not saying it because I am in need. I have learned to be self-sufficient under any circumstances. I know how to be in poverty, I know how to be in abundance. I have learned all the secrets of being grateful when I am full, grateful when I am hungry, grateful when I am hungry, grateful before Japanese God, and learned the secret to praise and praise him. We must thank God with our hearts and be grateful aloud. Thank you should not always leave us, such as always thanking God with a quiet heart and shouting, raising our hands, and thanking him when there is a chance. It is a great prayer for us to talk to people about the grace God has given us or to praise him alone quietly. When the apostle Paul wrote a letter, his gratitude to God came first. For God's grace to the Corinthian Church, he said in Corinthians 1:4, "I always thank God for you because of God's grace given to you in Christ Jesus," and in Rome 1:8, predicting that the faith of the Roman Church will spread throughout the world, he said, "First of all, through Jesus Christ, I thank my God for all of you, so that your faith will spread throughout the world." He also thanked Thessaloniga Church for accepting God's words and the Philips church for joining the gospel. As such, Paul was full of gratitude at the beginning of every letter. As such, we should thank God for the sacrifice of gratitude. We should also leave it all to God and thank him. Don't say you have nothing to be grateful for in your life, but you should leave it all you have to do today, thank you for everything you have to do tomorrow, and trust and thank God for doing everything that will come in my life.
3. Leave it to God and thank him
In Rome 14:8:9, it is written, "Even if we live or die, we live for the Lord and die for the Lord. Therefore, we live and die for the Lord. For this reason, Christ died and then revived, so we will be the Lord of the Dead and the living." As such, even if we live and die for Jesus, we are now living for him, but we die for him, so he is in charge. Therefore, if you give it to the Lord as you wish, he will take care of it. When you learn to swim, if you struggle to swim, you will sink into the water. Rather, the water floats when you entrust yourself to the water and lose your body's strength. Then a person floats on the water by itself. However, if you just struggle to not sink and fight the water, it sinks down. Water is not responsible if you do not fully entrust yourself to the water and do not rely on it. God is also responsible for us. If you entrust yourself to God's grace, you are responsible for us. However, if we struggle to survive and disrupt God, we will truly die. In front of God, if I die, I will survive, and if I struggle to live, I will die. Therefore, if you leave it to God in the belief of "If you die, you will die," instead of trying to live by human means and means, the Lord will be responsible for you whether you live, die, prosper, ruin, or decline. In Maga Gospel 8:35, he wrote, "If anyone tries to save his life, he will lose it. If anyone loses his life for me and the gospel, he will save it," and in Philip 4:6, he wrote in verse 7, "Don't worry about anything, but just give God prayer and prayer for everything, and thank you for what you will save, and the peace of God who is excellent in all perceptions will protect your heart and thoughts in Christ Jesus." It means to leave it to God with prayer and gratitude for everything without worrying about anything. If you leave it to God to be responsible for you, whether you live or die, God is responsible for it. God took responsibility for rescuing them from the fire because Sadrak, Mesak, and Abetnego, three of Daniel's friends, gave them to God whether they lived or died. If they had struggled to live on their own and made a compromise, they would have been parched. Even today, the Lord says to us, "Leave it to me, for I have achieved everything. Don't worry about what to eat, what to wear, or what to drink. This is all the things that strangers worry about, but your God knows that all this should be to you, so ask for the country and its righteousness first. If you trust, rely on, and entrust God, he will take responsibility for us. But if we don't do that, God has no choice but to wait until we are exhausted and just before we die. The Lord is waiting for us to come out with our hands out of strength. In Jeremiah 33:3, it is written, "Call for me, I will respond to you, and I will show you something big and secret that you do not know." All you have to do is call for it and give it up to you. Then I will take responsibility. Then you will show me something big and secret. Difficulties and hardships in life always come without change, like the weather. It is not up to us to deal with this, but to God. All we have to do before God is to look at God working for us, to always thank him and give him praise. Thank you and hymn are the fastest way to entrust all things to God. Thank you is a great gift and command from God that leads us to hope. The Bible says that we should always be grateful for everything. Thank you is a great opportunity for us, to acknowledge that it is a blessing from God. You may not do it if you don't want to. But you can do everything if you try. Even at this time today, if we are grateful, we can thank you as much as we want, and if we want to complain and resent, we can complain and complain. But God is waiting for us to offer thanks. If you make God happy, he will take care of us. There are people who live life with my power and those who live with God's grace, and God is glad and happy for us who live with God's grace. God is responsible for our spiritual and physical problems. No matter how dark or dark the reality is, God is responsible for it. God, who built the sky and the earth, is the same forever, whether yesterday or today, and is omnipotent or inexhaustible, so he wants to accompany our lives. He does not tell us to pass through the gloomy valley of death alone. As we pass through the valley of death together, he transforms the valley of death into a bright tunnel. God is here now. He is with us. He said, "See you! I will always be with you until the end of the world." Therefore, what do we say to him? We should not confess, "Thank you! Thank you for being with us!" If you are grateful for what you have, you will not be responsible for if you complain while looking for what the Lord is not responsible for. Live a life in which you are responsible through gratitude and praise. If you try and struggle to live your life on human power, you will be covered with all kinds of wounds later on. If you leave it entirely to God, he will achieve it, rejoice, and joy, and accompany us in our lives. God loves us today. Therefore, a miracle is happening at this time today.
-Prayers-
Thank you, Father God, for being among us and performing a miracle. Thank you for allowing me to offer you a sacrifice with gratitude. Thank you for allowing me to give you a history that vibrates heaven and earth with gratitude. Thank you for letting me get closer with gratitude before God. Thank you, Father, for coming together before our God today to worship, to speak, to give thanks and praise, and for being in our hearts today to allow us to do a great miracle. May you gain freedom and liberation between the flesh and always have everything ample for everything to overflow from all good things. May God's glory be full. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen!
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