Tuesday 30th September, 2025
Bible Reading: Psalm 136: 1-26
Memory Verse: Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (NKJV)
We shall forever be grateful to God for the completion of another quarter. But for His mercies, we could have been consumed. You can’t work with God strictly by following your emotions because your emotions will not always be in alignment. Similarly, when you take a ‘quick swipe’ at your life, you may not always see a reason to thank God.
Perhaps some of your earnest expectations haven’t come to pass. Perhaps you are struggling with your health. Perhaps you haven’t paid some bills. Perhaps you are not where you think you should be. Perhaps life seems a bit too difficult. Perhaps you haven’t gotten your settlement visas despite your many prayer requests. Perhaps your dream job seems elusive. Perhaps you’re battling with some mysterious battles. Perhaps… and perhaps… Friends, never forget: Only the living has expectations.
‘My mates have gone ahead of me’. That’s fine! There are some of your mates that are behind you as well. There are some of your mates also in the grave. Why are you so hard on yourself and so bitter against God as well?
Thanking God is a command and not an emotional request. Psalm 67:5-6 (NKJV) says, “Let the people praise You, O God; Let all the people praise You. Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.” Giving thanks to God is the secret to your increase. Appreciation is qualification for multiplication. The shortest cut to abundance is thanksgiving.
Only those who think deep praise Him. Despite your challenges, if you can be sincere with yourself, God has been faithful! Remember all the near misses. Remember all the ‘quarter-to-shame’ experiences. And then, Jehovah stepped in and averted your shame. Praise Jesus!
Friends, do you know that thanksgiving does not only multiply what is in your hands? It also ventilates your mind. Take a day off your worries. Get a pen and paper. Then, begin to itemise the so-called ‘little blessings’ such as sleeping and waking, going to work and coming back safely, ability to think correctly, ability to walk, ability to write, etc. Suddenly, your cloudy mind encumbered with worries, earnest expectations, and prayer concerns gives way to gratitude. Your problems become lighter. A garment of praise replaces the spirit of heaviness.
Should God open your eyes, you will be amazed by the myriad of spiritual battles He fought and won for you without you lifting a finger. But for His mercies, you could have been consumed! (Lamentations 3:22).
Song in my spirit: Ese Baba, Ese Omo. Agbanilagbatan o, Ese Baba.
Quote: What prayer brings, wisdom keeps and thanksgiving multiplies.
Prophetic Decree: Receive a garment of praise and thanksgiving all the days of your life, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. Thank you Father for the gift of life.
2. I repent of my ingratitude and lack of thanksgiving.
3. I bring my life under the leadership and dominion of Christ the king, in Jesus name.
4. Lord, I thank you for how far you have helped me.
5. Lord, I thank you for where I was, where I am, and where I am going to.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Malachi 1-4
Hymnal: PRAISE HIM
1. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Sing, O earth– His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail Him! Hail Him! highest archangels in glory;
strength and honor give to His holy name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children;
in His arms He carries them all day long.
Refrain:
Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness.
Praise Him! Praise Him ever in joyful song!
2. Praise Him, praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died.
He, our Rock, our Hope of eternal salvation—
Hail Him! Hail Him! Jesus, the Crucified!
Sound His praises! Jesus, who bore our sorrows!
Love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong.
[Refrain]
3 Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever.
Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!
Christ is coming, over the world victorious;
pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong!
[Refrain]
