21-Day Prayer & Fasting: Day 1 - Thanksgiving, Praise and Testimony
No one may understand what 2020 has been for you. The interesting thing is that God who created you knows and understands it all. He knows you when you are down and when you are up. He knows your battles and struggles in life. He knows your pain, sorrow and joy. He understands everything about you because He created you. One thing is certain, His promises never fail, and He has promised to be with you till the end of the age. It is left for you to embrace His plans/promises for you in spite of your circumstances. Spend this first day of your prayers/fasting reflecting on His love and give Him thanks as you still have breath to do so.
2 Chronicles 5:13 “The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever." Then the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud”.
Psalm 100:4-5"Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”
Thank the Lord for all the wonderful things He has done. Psalm 9:1 says, "I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonderful deeds.”
Thank the Lord for Salvation. Psalm 95:1-3 “O Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.”
Thank the Lord for protection. Zechariah 2:5 “And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.” Psalm 125: 2 “As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.” Isaiah 4:5 “Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy.”
Thank God for his forgiveness, redemption, love and mercy. Psalm 103:1-5 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.”
Thank the Lord for bringing you into His unshakable kingdom. Hebrew 12:28-29 "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."
Thank the Lord for reigning in power in you every day. It does not matter what today is called. Revelation 11:17 "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.”
Thank the Lord for making and covering us with His own righteousness. Psalm 7:17 “I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High."
Thank the Lord for strength. Psalm 28: 7 "The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore, my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him."
Thank the Lord for helping you grow strong in Him. Colossians 2:7 "Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness."
Thank the Lord for provision. 2 Peter: 1:3 “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”
Thank the Lord for answering your payers. 1 John 5:14-15 “And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” Psalm 107:28-30 “Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.”
Thank the Lord for the battle you went through this year. 2 Corinthians 2:14 “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.”
Thank the Lord for being faithful. Psalm 100:5 “For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.”
Thank the Lord for restoration. Jeremiah 33:11 “the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: 'Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.' For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.”
Thank the Lord for victory. Exodus 15:21 “And Miriam answered them, sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.” Revelation 19:1-2 “After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”
Thank the Lord for your spiritual leaders in the church and the leaders of the nations. Hebrews 13:7 “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” 2 Corinthians 9:13-14 “As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ. And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you.” 1 Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.”
Thank the Lord for Leaders of the nations. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
Thank the Lord for families, children, friends, and jobs. James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” 1 Timothy 4:4-5 “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.”
Thank the Lord for healing and health. Psalms 107:19-21 "So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances. God gave the order and healed them; he rescued them from their pit. Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love. and his wondrous works for all people.”
Thank the Lord for peace in the mist of the storms of life. Colossians 3:15 "And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful." Jeremiah 33:6"But now I will heal and mend them. I will make them whole and bless them with an abundance of peace and security.” He was there in those troubling times. Psalm 91:15-16 “Whenever you cry out to me, I’ll answer. I’ll be with you in troubling times. I’ll save you and glorify you. I’ll fill you full with old age. I’ll show you my salvation.”
Thank the Lord for dragging you out from that temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has seized you that isn’t common for people. But God is faithful. He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.”
Thank the Lord for life. 1 John 4:9 “This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.”