THE SEED
“O, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16: 34(NKJV)
Thanksgiving simply means expressing gratitude or showing appreciation, especially to God. When we give thanks to God, we worship and honour Him. It is important that as humans and God’s creation, we give thanks to God for all he has done for us. As humans, when we do something for someone, we expect that the person shows gratitude and appreciates what we have done. How much more our Father in heaven? When we appreciate God, when we thank Him for His mercies, His faithfulness, and His blessings in our lives, it opens the door for more blessings. It makes Him willing to do more for us. Philippians 4: 6 says ‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God’. This bible verse tells us that even when we thank God for the things he hasn’t done, making known our requests to him by thanking him for it and believing that He will do it, he is ready and willing to answer us and grant our requests. We all have one reason or the other to thank God. It’s not possible that we say God hasn’t done anything for us. God surely has done something unique for every one of His children. We should make thanksgiving a habit; while we pray; while we sing praises to him and we go about our daily activities. Remembering all of His faithfulness in our lives, we can say thank you to Him. God is our Father and a loving Father; He is faithful and is willing to do all that we ask from Him, when we are grateful for what He has done.
BIBLE READING: Psalm 95:1-5
PRAYER: Father give me the heart of thanksgiving and help me to be grateful to you always, in Jesus name, Amen.
OKAN IDUPE
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹ fi ọpẹ fun Oluwa, nitori ti o ṣeun: nitori ti ãnu rẹ duro lailai.” 1 Kronika 16: 34 (KJV)
Ìdúpẹ́ nìkan túmọ̀ sí fífi opé hàn tàbí fífi ìmoore hàn, ní pàtàkì sí Ọlọ́run. Tá a bá dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run, a ń jọ́sìn, a sì ń bọlá fún un. Ó ṣe pàtàkì pé ká máa dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run fún gbogbo ohun tó ti ṣe fún wa gẹ́gẹ́ bí èèyàn tí Ọlọ́run dá. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀dá ènìyàn, nígbà tí a bá ṣe ohun kan fún ẹnì kan, a retí pé onítọ̀hún fi ìmọrírì hàn ó sì mọrírì ohun tí a ti ṣe. melomelo ni Baba wa ti mbẹ li ọrun? Nigba ti a ba dupẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun, nigba ti a ba dupẹ lọwọ Rẹ fun awọn aanu Rẹ, otitọ Rẹ, ati awọn ibukun Rẹ ninu igbesi aye wa, o ṣii ilẹkun fun awọn ibukun diẹ sii. O mu ki O setan lati ṣe diẹ sii fun wa. Fílípì 4:6 sọ pé: “Ẹ máa ṣàníyàn lásán, ṣùgbọ́n nínú ohun gbogbo nípasẹ̀ àdúrà àti ìrawọ́ ẹ̀bẹ̀, pẹ̀lú ìdúpẹ́, ẹ máa sọ àwọn ìbéèrè yín di mímọ̀ fún Ọlọ́run.” Ẹsẹ Bíbélì yìí jẹ́ ká mọ̀ pé nígbà tá a bá tiẹ̀ dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run fún àwọn ohun tí kò ṣe, tá a sì ń sọ àwọn ìbéèrè wa di mímọ̀ fún un nípa dídúpẹ́ fún un, tá a sì gbà pé yóò ṣe é, ó ṣe tán, ó sì múra tán láti dá wa lóhùn, kó sì fún wa láyọ̀. awọn ibeere. Gbogbo wa ni idi kan tabi ekeji lati dupẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun. Ko ṣee ṣe pe a sọ pe Ọlọrun ko ṣe ohunkohun fun wa. Dajudaju Ọlọrun ti ṣe ohun kan ti o yatọ fun olukuluku awọn ọmọ Rẹ. Ó yẹ ká sọ ìdúpẹ́ di àṣà; nigba ti a gbadura; bí a ti ń kọrin ìyìn sí i, tí a sì ń ṣe ìgbòkègbodò wa ojoojúmọ́. Ní rírántí gbogbo ìṣòtítọ́ rẹ̀ nínú ìgbésí ayé wa, a lè sọ pé o dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Rẹ̀. Ọlọ́run ni Baba wa àti Baba onífẹ̀ẹ́; O jẹ olotitọ o si muratan lati ṣe gbogbo ohun ti a beere lọwọ Rẹ nigba ti a ba dupẹ fun ohun ti O ti ṣe.
BIBELI KIKA: Sáàmù 95:1-5
ADURA: Baba fun mi ni ọkan idupẹ ati ran mi lọwọ lati dupẹ lọwọ rẹ nigbagbogbo, ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.