Psalm 50:14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God
Offering thanks to God is a sacrifice, just as we sacrifice [or should sacrifice] our time, energy and praise to God; God expects our thanksgiving to be sacrificial
In 1st Thessalonians 5:18, we are told of the will of God concerning our lives; that we should give thanks in all circumstances… God isn’t asking us to thank Him for our sufferings, persecutions, trials. No, but He wants and expects us to thank Him in our sufferings; as we go through whatever situations in life, He expects us to thank Him all the same. Our moods or circumstances should not determine our thanksgiving or the volume. It should consistently rise. Seek out new things to thank God for… believe me, if you think on it, you’d be overwhelmed by the number of things God should be thanked for… and don’t just stop with thanking Him for what He has done for you, because if that’s all you thank God for, when trials come or you experience desert periods, you won’t be thanking God, but learn to thank Him also for who He is, what He does not only in your Life but in the lives of people around you and in the world in general… Offering thanks to God is a sacrifice, at least God considers it as such… there has to be a killing; a letting go of something…
Get in the habit of thanking God always for everything… no matter how small the request is, try not to forget what you prayed for and even if you do forget, ask the Holy Spirit to remind you continually of every prayer you have prayed especially those that have been answered so that you can thank your father who answered your prayer, in fact go ahead and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal some things that were done on your behalf that you are not aware of. Nothing is coincidental in the life of God’s children, every good thing comes from God our father, so when something good happens no matter how small or insignificant you think it is, offer up thanks to God!
Paul reveals what I’d call a tiny “lil” prayer principle in Philippians 4:6—thanksgiving should always back up your requests to God. Gone are the days of asking, asking and asking without any thanks, even one as small as an amoeba. Welcome to, God I thank you, can I have this, daddy I thank you…. It even sounds much better and it gets to God... He absolutely loves it…
You don’t feel like thanking God? Well, that’s why it’s a sacrifice, and while you are sacrificing, throw in a request to your father to help you thank Him with a pure and sincere heart and to give you a heart of thanksgiving…
Point is you need to be thankful! Why?
Well, Ps 50:23 tells us that by thanking God, we are in fact preparing the way for God to bless us, so look at it this way, by each thanksgiving we offer to our father, we sweep away obstacles, thorns and weeds from our path to God which makes it easier for us to see his Salvation, to receive from Him. On the flip side, if you don’t thank God, you are pretty much responsible for your not receiving or seeing God’s salvation for your life… All you have to do is thank God! God is amazing, I mean! Thank you daddy!
Psalm 50:23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
Offering thanks to God is a sacrifice, just as we sacrifice [or should sacrifice] our time, energy and praise to God; God expects our thanksgiving to be sacrificial
In 1st Thessalonians 5:18, we are told of the will of God concerning our lives; that we should give thanks in all circumstances… God isn’t asking us to thank Him for our sufferings, persecutions, trials. No, but He wants and expects us to thank Him in our sufferings; as we go through whatever situations in life, He expects us to thank Him all the same. Our moods or circumstances should not determine our thanksgiving or the volume. It should consistently rise. Seek out new things to thank God for… believe me, if you think on it, you’d be overwhelmed by the number of things God should be thanked for… and don’t just stop with thanking Him for what He has done for you, because if that’s all you thank God for, when trials come or you experience desert periods, you won’t be thanking God, but learn to thank Him also for who He is, what He does not only in your Life but in the lives of people around you and in the world in general… Offering thanks to God is a sacrifice, at least God considers it as such… there has to be a killing; a letting go of something…
Get in the habit of thanking God always for everything… no matter how small the request is, try not to forget what you prayed for and even if you do forget, ask the Holy Spirit to remind you continually of every prayer you have prayed especially those that have been answered so that you can thank your father who answered your prayer, in fact go ahead and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal some things that were done on your behalf that you are not aware of. Nothing is coincidental in the life of God’s children, every good thing comes from God our father, so when something good happens no matter how small or insignificant you think it is, offer up thanks to God!
Paul reveals what I’d call a tiny “lil” prayer principle in Philippians 4:6—thanksgiving should always back up your requests to God. Gone are the days of asking, asking and asking without any thanks, even one as small as an amoeba. Welcome to, God I thank you, can I have this, daddy I thank you…. It even sounds much better and it gets to God... He absolutely loves it…
You don’t feel like thanking God? Well, that’s why it’s a sacrifice, and while you are sacrificing, throw in a request to your father to help you thank Him with a pure and sincere heart and to give you a heart of thanksgiving…
Point is you need to be thankful! Why?
Well, Ps 50:23 tells us that by thanking God, we are in fact preparing the way for God to bless us, so look at it this way, by each thanksgiving we offer to our father, we sweep away obstacles, thorns and weeds from our path to God which makes it easier for us to see his Salvation, to receive from Him. On the flip side, if you don’t thank God, you are pretty much responsible for your not receiving or seeing God’s salvation for your life… All you have to do is thank God! God is amazing, I mean! Thank you daddy!
Psalm 50:23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
and he prepares the way
so that I may show him the salvation of God.
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