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THANKFULNESS IS MATTER OF HEART "So God, who knows the HEART",..(Acts 15:8)

Are you going through some difficult times in your life? Are you doing all you know to do still see no results? Is your faith challenged? Or do you doubt the very existence of God? If the above condition represents you, may be you can read along and let the Holy Spirit minister to you.

We pray, we fast, while we stay in the Word. We get involved in all kinds of ministries in order to win the approval of God, assuming that it may bring solutions to all our problems. Yes it definitely will. But have you ever checked the condition of your heart? God does business with hearts.In Matt 15:8 and Isaiah 29:13 says men honor God with lips but HEART is far from the Almighty..He is interested in the state of your heart. Our righteous GOD tests the HEART.(Psalms 7:9). Heart is like a fertile soil where God can let his will flourish. Many a times we wait for God to act. And God is waiting for us to respond in turn.

He sees the condition of our heart. Is it a calloused, hard, disappointed heart? A Hard heart cannot receive anything from God. In Ezekial Lord says he will remove stone heart from our flesh and gives a heart of flesh if we turn to him (Ezekial 36:26)Do we have a ungrateful and a unthankful heart?

Let’s see what’s being filled with a thankful heart which really brings life in our Christian walk.

Ephesians 5:19 – 20 ”Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord ,always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord.”

Think of it: Always giving thanks for everything-no matter what the circumstances. Being thankful opens the door for the will of God.

1. Being thankful opens the door for our prayers to be answered :Our prayers will be answered when we approach God in a Spirit of thankfulness. (Philippians 4:6) Don’t be anxious of anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, presents your request to God. Thankfulness to God shows our dependence to God and our trust in His Word, Knowing that God is all knowing and all Supreme. A thankful heart says that God, I thank you for the situation I am in because it will draw me closer to you and give you an opportunity to show your power that you say of in your word to be fulfilled in my life. For I know that Victory is mine in Christ Jesus. Such prayers of earnest expectation draw the hand of God with the answers to the problems we face. Jesus comforts us that let not our heart be troubled( John 14:1) we have to believe in him for all our prayers to be answered.

2. Being thankful renews our faith
A thankful Spirit increases the level of our faith life. Faith becomes real to us. The unseen realm becomes seen and the impossible becomes possible through the eyes of faith. Romans 4:17 Abraham believed God and called things that are as though they are not. Through the eyes of faith Abraham saw himself being the father of many Nations. For the Just shall live by faith and God is a rewarder of those who approach God in faith and believing. yes to be in faith and live in faith is the vital thing for a believer.when we praise God we should do with all are being .

3. Thankfulness opens the door to praise Psalms 22:3……………… God inhabits the praises of His people. When we want to feel the presence of God Just start praising him because our God inhabits on those praises. Praise breaks the stronghold of the devil. Praising God for who God is and what he has done tells God of our trust in Him and his nature thereby God releases His awesome power on our behalf. King david expereinced the joy in the lord when he praised with all his heart and he is confirms that his heart is steadfast with the LORD (Psalms57:7) how is our heart with the lord?

4. A thankful heart keeps us in the will of God. A spirit of thanksgiving is a sign of a joyous Christian.
Apostle Paul says Philippians 4:12 “I have learned the secret of being content in any and all situation, whether well fed or hungry ,whether living in plenty or want” A spirit of thanksgiving makes all the difference. An ungrateful heart towards God is a heart that is hard towards God. Our relationship to God grows cold and distant. That’s why the Holy spirit reminds us to be tenderhearted .Do not harden your heart. Once our heart is hard we loose our sense of discernment to the voice of God and to thereby to the will of God. Once we are out of the will of God we are prey to the devil. Bible says devil is like a roaring lion looking for whom to devour. An ungrateful heart towards God and fellow believers is a breeding ground for the devil as we continue in murmurings and complaining. Let’s keep our hearts tender and stay in the perfect will of God.

5. A thankful heart opens door for blessings
King David prayed “Wealth and honor comes from you. We give thanks and praise your glorious name…Everything comes from you..(1Chronicles 29:12-14) God is interested in the heart of the Person. ……….. God grieves when the people says Lord, Lord with their lips but their heart is far away. So he is no longer interested in their offerings and sacrifice. A thankful heart captures the attention of God. It is God’s nature to bless. And thereby blessings overflow. Thankful heart gives us victory over our trials and heartaches.

6. Thankful heart opens the door for God’s Power. A Spirit filled life is a Powerful Christian life. Paul asks for boldness to tell forth the gospel which was his assignment from God. Similarly we cannot do the will of God that he has placed in our life, unless we have the Power from above. For we realize that Philippians 2:13 It is God who works in us to will and to act according to his good pleasure. So thankfulness allows the presence of God and thereby the resurrection Power to be freely available to us to empower us to do God’s will.So dear readers in the Lord!!. Let us be thankful in all things, in all situations so that the marvelous Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ may richly dwell in us to overflow that we may BE sufficient in all things and abounding in every good work. And may the perfect will of OUR Lord be done letting the Kingdom of God to be established in this earth through each one of us...
"Let the peace of God rule your hearts,to which also you were called in one body and be thankful".(Colosians 3:15)
Praise God!

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