LIVING FAITH CHURCH KEFFI NASARAWA STATE NIGERIA.

A CALL TO WORSHIP: PSALMS 105:1-15, 1KINGS 8:15

WE ARE STILL IN THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT GOD DID IN THE JUST ENDED SHILOH ENCOUNTER 2012 (DOUBLE PORTION)

TOPIC: THE POWER OF THANKS-GIVING
PSALMS 40:5
ISAIAH 63:7

‬NOTE: ONLY THE THOUGHTFUL CAN BE THANKFUL, ONLY THE THANKFUL CAN BE PRAISEFUL AND ONLY THE PRAISEFUL CAN BE WONDERFUL.

WHAT IS THANKS-GIVING?
1. IT IS AN ATTITUDE OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE.
THERE IS NO MAN LIVIKNG ON EARTH THAT DOES NOT EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

2. IT IS THE PRATICAL ORIENTATION TO A LIFETIME OF GENUE AND CONTINUAL APPRECIATION TO GOD FOR ALL HE HAS DONE AND YET TO DO.

3. IT IS GIVING UNTO GOD, THE GLORY DUE TO HIM. (HIS GLORY, HE CAN NEVER SHARE WITH ANY MAN.)

WHY MUST I GIVE THANKS TO GOD?
1. MALACHAI 2:1-2 => IT IS MANDATORY/ IT IS AN ORDER FROM GOD TO MANKIND (AS A SAVED CHILD OF GOD, EITHER YOU ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE

PRIESTHOOD FAMILY OF GOD, OR ROYAL-HOOD FAMILY OF GOD. <KINGS AND PRIESTS> READ THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.)

2. IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUSTAIN EVERY BLESSING THAT GOD GAVE TO YOU. (YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU MEET SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE

IT).

3. IT GUARANTEES COMPLETION AND PERFECTION TO WHAT GOD STARTED IN YOUR LIFE.
NOTE: HOW LONG EVERY GOD'S PROJECT LASTS IN YOUR LIFE, DETERMINES HOW GRAITHFULL YOU ARE. (THE TEN LEPERS THAT GOD HEALED, ONLY ONE RETURNED TO

GIVE HIM PRAISE/THANKSGIVING, AND INSTANTLY HE WAS MADE WHOLE, NOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST (9)? THEY STILL SUFFER THAT AFFLICTION PARTIALLY.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T APPRECIATE GOD FOR THE PROCESS OF HEALING IN THEIR LIVES ) DON'T STOP GOD'S PROJECT IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF YOUR

INGRATITUDE WAY OF LIVING. IN JESUS NAME.... AMEN.

4. IT IS THE SUREST AND QUICKEST WAY OUT OF EVERY CHALLENGES OF LIFE. (DON'T LET ANY CHALLENGES MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND TOWARDS GOD.) I (AMBROSE

UCHE.) I HAVE THIS URGENT AND SO MUCH DESIRED NEED, ITS ALL OVER IN MY PRAYER REQUESTS,,,, BUT EVEN IF GOD DIDN'T ATTAINED TO IT, HE WILL STILL BE

MY GOD. ITS NOT ABOUT ME, BUT ALL ABOUT HIM

GOD IS MORE REAL WHEN YOU ARE FACED MOUNTAINS THAN WHEN YOU WALK ON A LEVELED GROUND.

==>> ANY DAY THAT YOU FOUND YOURSELF STILL BREATHING, YOU OWE GOD APPRECIATION.
==>> DON'T BE BUSY COUNTING WHAT GOD HAVE NOT DONE, AND START APPRECIATING HIM FOR THOSE ONES HE HAVE DONE, THEN WATCH OUT FOR HIS DOWN

POUR OF GOODNESS ON YOU.

BEFORE WE SHUTDOWN, LETS READ THE LAST CHAPTER OF PSALMS FROM 1 TO THE END. (PSALMS 150:1-6)
1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. {trumpet: or, cornet}
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. {dance: or, pipe}
(Ex 15:20; Ps 33:2; 92:3; 144:9; 149:3; Isa 38:20)
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

MY LOVELY FRIENDS, NOW WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING, GET SET TO PRAISE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
TO DO THIS EFFECTIVELY, YOU MUST REMEMBER AND RFEFLECT ON GOD'S BLESSINGS/HEALINGS/GUIDIANCE/BREAKTHROUGHS/SALVATION/GOODNESS AND LOVE UPON YOU AND

YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. (RECEIVE THE GARMENT OF PRAISE, IN JESUS NAME.. AMEN)

REMEMBER THAT THE PRAYERS AND PRAISES OF SINNERS ARE JUST LIKE A NOISE MAKING BEFORE THE LORD.

SO IF YOU ARE NOT BORN AGAIN, YOU CAN NOT PRAISE GOD EFFECTIVELY..
IF YOU READY TO RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND ON CHEST AND PRAY THIS PRAYER

JESUS, I ACCEPT YOU IN MY LIFE TODAY, AS MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR,
I KNOWLEDGE MYSELF AS A SINNER,
PLEASE WASH ME WITH THY BLOOD WHICH YOU SHED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY BECAUSE OF ME.
THANK YOU JESUS FOR ACCEPTING ME AS YOU CHILD ONCE AGAIN.
GIVE THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE WITH YOU. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

NOTE: ONLY THE LIVING CAN PRAISE THE LORD, SO ARE YOU ALIVE TODAY? THEN JOIN ME AS WE WORSHIP THE LORD WITH SONGS.

UNTO THE LORD,
BE THE GLORY
FOR GREAT THINGS
HE HAS DONE. 3X


COVENANT KEEPING GOD,
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU,
ALPHA AND OMEGA,
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU. 2X

YOU ARE THE REASON WHY WE ARE SAYING,
JEHOVAH, YOU ARE THE MOST HIGH.. 4X

BABA BABA BABA
BABA OSHE O BABA
OSHE O BABA
AWA DUKWE BABA.2X

JEHOVA, I DI EBUBU,
NEBE M NO,
JEHOVA IDIEBUBE.2X
N'LIGWE, IBU EZE,
N'LUWA, INA CHI ACHI
N'LA MMOU, IBU DIKI N'GHA,
JEHOVA, IDI EBUBE.

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LOR,
FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED AND ADORED
SO WE LIFT OUR HOLLY HANDS
IN ONE ACCORD,
SINGING, BLESSED BE THY NAME, BLESSED THE NAME
OHH BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

(SING WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND CLOSE AS THE HOLLY SPIRIT DIRECTS YOU.)

SHOUT A BIGGGGGG HALELUYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THIS SERMON,
Don't forget to drop your Praise/Worship song here... (in your mother tongue or English)

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.