“ “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.””
Ephesians 5:20 “Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
We have to always have an attitude of thanksgiving every time irrespective of our circumstances. We have been fasting and praying for the past 11 days.
Psalm 28:7 “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”
Thank God for being our strength and shield during this season of prayer and fasting.
1 Corinthians 1:4 “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus.”
Thank God for his grace given to us during this season.
2 Corinthians 2:14 “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.”
Thank God because in Christ, our journey is victorious in every aspect.
Hebrew 12:28 “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.”
Thank God for revealing his unshakable kingdom to us as well as granting us access into his throne room.
Daniel 2:23 “To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.”
Thank God that during this time he granted us access to his wisdom, knowledge of understanding of his word.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 “We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.”
Thank God that our faith-knowledge of Christ is growing daily as we spend time in his presence.
Zephaniah 3:7 “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
Thank the Lord for being in our mist during this season.
Psalm 31:19 “Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!”
Thank God for his goodness, faithfulness and Love poured on us during this season.
Exodus 33:14 “And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Thank God that his presence is going with us to the retreat.
John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”
Thank God for sending the Holy Spirit to teach us all we need to know at the retreat.
Deuteronomy 9:3 “But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.”
Thank God for going ahead of our retreat as a consuming fire, destroying and subduing all forms of hindrance both physically and spiritually.
1 John 5:14-15 “14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 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.”
Thank God for building our confidence level to approach his throne while knowing that he heard us and has answered all our prayer needs.