THE SEED
”Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise…“ Psalms 100:4 NKJV
Gratitude is a feeling of appreciation, thanks, or respect especially to God. Today being the last day of this month, it can not be more appropriate to be grateful to our heavenly Father for his benefits received to date. Even if you think you have not received the request of your heart, the fact that you are alive means that God is working on your behalf. So today, start your day by praising Him with a thankful heart to God. That is God’s desire for us. You might as well be on the journey of life like the Apostle Paul. No one could eat for 14 days on the ship and just before sunrise, Apostle Paul urged everyone to eat to regain strength. Right in the storm, Paul took bread, gave thanks to God before the entire ship, broke the bread, and distributed it. The next day, all of them aboard made it safely to shore.
If Paul gave thanks not after the storm had passed, but right in the midst, we can give thanks in our storm as well. Be assured that if you learn to praise God like the Apostle Paul did, caring less about the negative situations around you, you shall reach your destination in one piece.
BIBLE READINGS: Acts 27:33-38
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, grant me the heart of gratitude in all situations of my life in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
MA DUPE NIGBAGBO
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹ wọ ẹnu-ọ̀na rẹ̀ pẹlu ọpe, Ati sinu agbala rẹ̀ pẹlu iyin…” Iwe Orin Dafidi 100:4
Ìdupe je ìmọrírì, ọpe, tàbí ọ̀wọ̀ ní pàtàkì sí Ọlorun. Lónìí tí ó je ọjo ìkẹyìn oṣù yìí, kò lè boju mu ti a ko ba dúpe lowo Bàbá wa ọ̀run fún àwọn àǹfààní rẹ̀ tí a rí gbà títí di òní olónìí. Ti o ba ro pe iwo ko gba ibeere ti ọkan rẹ, pe o wa laaye tumọ si pe Ọlọrun n ṣiṣẹ Lori aye re. Nitorinaa loni, bẹrẹ ọjọ rẹ nipasẹ yiyin Ọlorun ninu ope si Ọlọrun. Ìfe Ọlorun fún wa nìyi. Ìwọ náà lè wà nínú ìrìn àjò ìgbésí ayé bíi ti Àposítélì Poọ̀lù. Kò seni tó lè jẹun nínú ọkọ̀ ojú omi náà fún ọjo merìnlá [14] àti pé kí oòrùn tó yọ, àposítélì Poọ̀lù rọ gbogbo èèyàn pé kí won jẹun kí won lè rí okun gbà. Kódà nígbà ìjì náà, Poọ̀lù mú búredì, ó dúpe lowo Ọlorun níwájú gbogbo ọkọ̀ ojú omi náà, ó bù búredì náà, ó sì pín in. Lojo kejì, gbogbo àwọn tó wà nínú ọkọ̀ náà so layo ninu oko naa. Bí Poọ̀lù kò bá dúpe lehin ìjì náà, ṣùgbon ní àárín, a lè dúpe nínú ìjì wa pẹ̀lú. Je kó dá ẹ lójú pé bí o bá yin Ọlorun bíi ti Àposítélì Poọ̀lù, tí o kò bìkítà nípa àwọn ìṣele odi tó yí ọ ká, ìwọ yóò dé ibi tí o ń lọ ní apá kan.
BIBELI KIKA: Ìṣe awon Aposteli 27:33-38
ADURA: Jesu Oluwa, fun mi ni okan idupe ni gbogbo isoro aye mi ni oruko Jesu. Amin.