GIVE THANKS

Open Heavens Daily Devotional

Pst E. A. Adeboye

Sunday, April 28 2024

Topic:

GIVE THANKS

Memorise:

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136:1

Read:

Psalm 100:1-5

1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Daily Prayer for Sunday, April 28th, 2024

Heavenly Father, I come to You in LORD Jesus' Name, to give You praise and to thank You for EVERYTHING, in ALL circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:18), whether good or what I may think is not so good in this life.

Holy and Righteous Father, first and foremost, thank You for revealing Yourself through Your Son to the world, and thank You, Father, for loving me and personally knowing me.

O God, I come before You in need of Your divine mercy and grace. I admit that I need You. I know when I am weak, falling, and failing along the way, You are faithful and strong, and You are there to help me. So, I seek Your strength today as I surrender myself to You and ask that You intervene in my life, reigniting my faith once again. I also ask that You please protect each and everyone around the world and heal those who are in most need of Your mercy.

With the power and through the intercession of the Holy Spirit, and in the Holy and Mighty Name of and through LORD Jesus Christ who conquered Satan, sin, and death, I pray. Amen.

Message:

The reason Solomon was extremely grateful to in 2 Chronicles 1:6-12 is that he realised that he didn't deserve to be king. His father was adulterer and his mother an adulteress. His father was also a murderer who murdered his mother's first husband. How could God pick the fruit of such a union and make him king? Solomon indeed had every reason be grateful. If you look at your life closely, you will also see that you don't deserve many of the things that God has given to you, including your life. I think you should really give Him thanks.

When people see me dancing in agbada at least once a year to praise God in my mother tongue, many of them do not understand. The day I asked God how He could choose the product of a sinful relationship like Solomon to be king, He also asked me, "Is your mother the first wife of your father?" I had no more questions because, based on the circumstances surrounding my bith, I don't deserve to be called to pastor His sheep. I am always grateful to God because to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). Even the fact that I am here in this world is something to be grateful for. My mom had made up her mind that she wasn't having any more children because she already had as many girls as she wanted and a boy. However, the boy died, and people begged her to give birth again. She agreed, and I was bom. Coming from that background, and also considering all the sins I had committed before giving my life to Christ, it is a privilege that God could save a soul like mine and make me a pastor. So, I know why I dance and sing praises to my God.

When we say, "Let us thank God," those who feel that they deserve everything they have don't see the importance. For some of them, they believe God chose them because He had no choice and so, they don't bother. However, for some of us, we know where we are coming from and the things we survived. I grew up amongst scorpions, snakes, and all sorts of wild animals, and was surrounded by witches, wizards, and the rest. For me to have survived in that kind of environment, I cannot keep quiet when it is time to thank God. Will you do the same?

Action Point:

Throughout today, just keep thanking God for all that He has done for you.

Bible in one year:

1 Chronicles 3-4

Hymn 18

Praise To The Lord The Almighty

1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise Him, for he is thy health and salvation:

Join the great throng, Psaltery, organ, and song,

Sounding in glad adoration.

2. Praise to the Lord;

Over all things He gloriously reigneth:

Borne as on eagle-wings, safely his saints He sustaineth.

Hast thou not seen

How all thou needest hath been

Granted in what he ordaineth?

3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy way and defend thee;

Surely his goodness and mercy shall ever attend thee; Ponder anew What the Almighty can do, Who with his love doth befriend thee.

4. Praise to the Lord!

O let all that is in me adore him! All that hath breath join with Abraham's seed

to adore him!

Let the "Amen"

Sum all our praises again

Now as we worship before him.