“ “1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth! 2 Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. 4 All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.” 5 Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind!””
We have been at the altar for the past 21 days. I believe with all my heart that we could not have done this without God. It is time to give God thanks for all he has done for us and continues to do.
Why thanksgiving and Praise?
God has heard our cry.
Psalm 10:17 “You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,”
God has not only heard the prayer of his church but he has consecrated it his church.
1 kings 9:3 “And the LORD said to him: "I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.”
God has strengthened his church.
Daniel 10:19 “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious," he said. "Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!" As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, "Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me."
Ephesians 3:16 “I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
He has given his church sufficient grace to cry them through.
2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
I believe God has enlightened our spiritual vision to understand why he called his church.
Ephesians 1:18 “I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints.”
The grace for the great commission has been granted to his church.
Ephesians 3:8 “Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.”
I believe that God has visited his church Jeremiah 31:33 “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
We will soon see the answers to our prayers/ fasting in the church, nations, and communities.
2 Corinthians 3:3 “It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”
God has transformed his church to love him more. Deuteronomy 3:6 “And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”
God has and will continue to restore and visit families. Jeremiah 31:1 “At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
God is revealing himself to his church.
Jeremiah 24:7 “And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
God has given his church a new desire towards him.
I Chronicles 29:18 “ O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.”