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Father,
I am so thankful to you for what you accomplished for us through
Christ Jesus. I am so thankful to you for all the born again believers
who read the Ministry of Reconciliation teaching of your Word every
month. I am so thankful for each born again believer standing on
your Word. I thank you for their believing, love, and hope in our
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
The October
2018 teaching focused on Agape/Agapao: A New Way to Love.
In it, we learned that we receive God's love and His Spirit with
all the power and enablement to prevail! We teach our household
and families this new kind of love by our walk of love. God gave
us this love, and nothing can separate us from the love of God that
is in Christ! All born-again believers every day can renew their
minds to experience this new kind of love, which has breadth (that
is infinite), length (that is endless), heights (that are immeasurable)
and depth (that are unfathomable)!
This month's teaching subject is Thankfulness to God and for
Each Other.
As we have learned this past year, we must manifest the love (agapao)
of God in the renewed mind. Agape teaches us to be thankful and
loving toward God our Father and each another. We all have weak
points in our life, but we all must be thankful for what God has
blessed us with through Christ Jesus. Jesus said, This
is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you
(John 15:12). Part of loving one another is giving thanks to God
for what He accomplished for us through Christ Jesus. By giving
love and thanks to God for each other, we stand on His Word. The
love of God in the renewed mind is the catalyst for our thankfulness
to God our Father and each other.
In our society today, November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving for the born-again believers is not an event or special
day that we celebrate only once a year, but a way of life. In Gods
Word, we are thankful always for what God has accomplished for us
in Christ Jesus every day. We are thankful for each born again believers
love for God and His Word.
Lets us read some scriptures in Gods Word on giving
thanks to God. In Acts 13:22, we see that David was a man after
Gods own heart and he gave thanks to God.
And
when he [God] had removed him [Saul], he
[God] raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom
also he [God] gave their testimony, and said, I have found
David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall
fulfil all my will.
Gods
Word says David was a man after Gods heart, and he shall fulfil
all of Gods will. I know I want to live my life after Gods
own heart and fulfil all of His will that is His Word. Lets
read a few of the scriptures on how David gave thanksgiving to God.
Psalms
50:14: Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the
Most High.
Psalms
69:30: I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify
him with thanksgiving.
Psalms
92:1: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and
to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High.
Psalms
100: 4: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful unto him [God] and bless
his name.
David
certainly had an attitude of thanksgiving, praise and thankfulness
to God and blessed His name. Attitude is the way we think on a daily
basic. We renew our minds to have an attitude of thankfulness for
what God our Father has done for us through Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ, our greatness example, gave thanks to God his Father.
Lets look at a few of the scriptures regarding his thankfulness.
Matthew
15:36: And he took the seven loaves and the fishes and gave
thanks.
Matthew 26:27: And he took the cup and gave thanks.
Luke 22:19: And he took bread and gave thanks.
John
11:41: Then they took away the stone from the place where the
dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father,
I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
Jesus
Christ had an attitude of thanks for what God his Father did for
him. In Matthew 15, Jesus thanked God for multiplying seven loaves
and fishes to feed a great multitude. In Matthew 26, Jesus gave
thanks to God because his blood of the new testament, would be shed
for the remission of sin. And in John 11, Jesus thanked God his
Father for hearing his prayer when he raised Lazarus from the dead.
God's Word provides numerous examples on giving thanks to God for
the believers. Let's look at 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4:
We
give thanks to God always for you all [born-again believers],
making mention of you in our prayers;
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith [believing],
and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God and our Father;
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
The
Apostle Paul, by revelation, Word of knowledge, gave thanks to God
for the church of the Thessalonians because of their work of faith
(believing), labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ in the sight of God and our Father.
Giving
thanks for one another is one way we manifest the renewed mind and
demonstrate agape love. I give thanks to God our Father for your
work of faith (believing), labor of love, and patience of hope in
our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father, knowing
brothers and sister's beloved your election of God. I am so thankful
to God for you caring out your Ministry of Reconciliation by reading
and sharing God's Word of Reconciliation with others.
Let's continue with 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8:
So
that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia
and Achaia, but also in every place your faith [believing]
to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak
anything.
Having
the renewed mind in manifestation, you can sound out the word of
the Lord in your homes, in your areas and everywhere you go. By
demonstrating agape love for God and for each other, you build the
Word of God in your hearts and shine God's light in this world.
1 Thessalonians 2:12-13 tells us that to demonstrate this agape
love and thankfulness we are to walk worthy of God:
That
ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom
and glory.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when
ye received (unto you) the word of God which ye heard of us, ye
received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the
word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
I am
so thankful to God that you walk worthy of God, who has [past tense]
called you to his kingdom and glory. I thank God for you all, since,
you received the Word of God. How did you receive this Word? You
received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word
of God, which effectually works also in you that believe. You received
God's Word, you retained it, you released it with boldness, acted
on it and brought it into manifestation through your actions. I
love you and I am so thankful to God for you all!
Let's turn to Colossians 1:9-10 for another series of examples of
how to manifest thankfulness for each other.
For
this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being
fruitful in every good work, and increasing in [by] the
knowledge of God.
I thank
God our Father, that you are filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. I thank God our Father
for each of you, as you walk worthy of the Lord. I thank God that
you are fruitful in every good work, and that you are increasing
in the knowledge of God's Word.
Colossians 1:12-14 gives us more reasons to be thankful:
Giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet [adequate]
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Who hath [past tense] delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated (give us citizenship by the work
of His son) us into the kingdom of his [God's Kingdom, by
works of His] dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness
[remission] of sins.
I am
so thankful to God our Father who has made us adequate to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light. I am so thankful that
no one or anything can take away our inheritance! I am so thankful
to God who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has given
us citizenship in His Kingdom by the works of His son, the Lord
Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 2:12). By keeping a mindset of thankfulness,
we can act from a renewed mind knowing what God has already done
for us through His son who humbled himself and was obedient unto
death. Through God's only begotten son, we have redemption and remission
of sins.
Turn to Romans 1:8-9 tells us how to be thankful in our prayers:
First,
I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith
[believing] is spoken of throughout the whole world.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel
of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always
in my prayers.
I am
so thankful to God our Father for your believing and acting upon
God's Word. I make mention of you always in my prayers.
Ephesians 1:16 repeats these instructions:
Cease
not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.
I continually
give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in my prayers.
I thank God that He would give you understanding of His Word and
that you may know what power and authority we have in the name of
His son the Lord Jesus Christ!
Ephesians 5:20 tells us the magnitude of our thankfulness should
take:
Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We
give thanks always for all things to God our Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Does God's Word tell us to
give thanks sometimes? NO! We are to give thanks ALWAYS. Are we
to give thanks for some things? No! We are to give thanks for ALL
things. I give thanks to God our Father for you in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
We can bless and give thanks to God our Father spiritually as well.
God's gift of holy spirit has nine manifestations (see 1 Corinthians
12:7-11). One of these manifestations of thankfulness is speaking
in tongues. Turn to 1 Corinthians 14:2,16-17:
For
he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but
unto God: for no man understand him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries [divine secrets].
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that
occupied the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he understand not what thou say?
For thou verily give thanks well.
Every
time I speak in tongues I speak to God. If you want to speak to
God, speak in tongues! It's perfect communication with God our Father.
Speaking in tongues is how we spiritually bless and give thanks
to God our Father! It's the only manifestation that builds up our
spirit (1 Corinthians 14:4).
We read several scriptures in God's Word on giving thanks to God.
We renewed our minds to have an attitude of thankfulness for what
God our Father has done for us through Christ Jesus. We read how
Jesus Christ, our greatness example, gave thanks to God his Father.
We saw Jesus Christ had an attitude of thankfulness for what God
his Father did for him. We also read scriptures in God's Word on
giving thanks to God for the believers. By being thankful to God
and for each other, we renew our minds and demonstrate agape. We
continually demonstrate God's love and our thankfulness in all we
do and say and become examples to others.
I give thanks to God our Father for your work of believing, labor
of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight
of God and our Father, knowing brothers and sister's beloved your
election of God. I am so thankful to God for you caring out your
Ministry of Reconciliation by reading and sharing God's Word of
Reconciliation with others.
Father, I am so thankful for each born again believer that receives
your Word with all readiness of mind. I am thankful for those believers
who search the scriptures daily to see whether those things written
on this website are the Word of God. Father, I am so thankful that
when we believe your Word and act on it, you confirm your Word with
signs, miracles and wonders. I give thanks to you Father, who gives
us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
Next month's teaching: The love (agapao) of God in the renewed mind
- Masters of God's Word.
In
the Lord,
Ministry
of Reconciliation
Son of God through Jesus Christ
Ambassador for Christ
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