| Bible Reading: Luke 17: 11-19 Memory Verse: Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. Psalm 147:7 (NIV) When I was younger in Christ, I thought when someone renders you a help, with or without saying a thank you in cash or in kind, one can just move on. After all as Christians, we are to offer selfless services while we trust God to pay us back in His own way. I soon discovered that it is not always so. Man is a spirit, having a soul and living in a body. It is good to cultivate the habit of servicing the souls of mortal men via gratitude. The story of the ten lepers in our Bible reading also buttressed this point. Ten lepers were healed but only one came to say thank you to Jesus. Jesus made sure he didn’t go back the same. He wasn’t only healed, he was made whole. The memory span of a mortal man is short lived. We are quick to forget where we are coming from, those who helped us when the road was rough, our parents, teachers, guardian and destiny helpers. We must consciously work against this evil act by setting aside a budget, perhaps tagged “Thank You Budget” at least once every year. Friend, there are some human altars you must not only service once a year, but on a regular basis. One of such altars is your biological parents and your spiritual parent(s). Ingratitude could be responsible for some people’s closed heavens. They rise only for their progress to be stagnated at a stage because of ingratitude. Many children are suffering from untold hardship because they have neglected their parents. Many have been stagnated in their career because they despised the grace of God upon a friend that brought them to limelight. Refuse to be the architect of your own misfortune. Refuse to incur self imposed curses. Some people are yet to completely deal with the ancient family curses and evil covenant that is affecting their progress, yet they compound their problems again with ingratitude? May the Lord deliver you from the evil yoke you have brought upon yourself which may also be affecting your nuclear family, in Jesus name. Repent, Restitute and be Restored. Make today your day of salvation. “He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it” – Seneca The Younger. Quote: Ingratitude is the daughter of pride – Petronius Prophetic Decree: I command total restoration of all lost blessings due to ingratitude, in Jesus name. Prayer Focus 1. With a grateful heart we celebrate you mighty God. 2. Today I bring down the wall of pride and ingratitude in my heart, in Jesus name. 3. I command restoration of all I have lost to ingratitude, in Jesus name. 4. O Lord, please bless me more abundantly that I may be financially buoyant to dispense goodwill, in Jesus name. 5. I command physical, spiritual, material, and financial blessings from the four corners of the earth, in Jesus name. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Proverbs 19-21 |
