LIVING FAITH CHURCH WORLDWIDE. Inc
COVENANT HOUR OF PRAYER
EXHORTATION LINES
Monday, 1 – Saturday 6, August, 2022
Introduction:
- Thanksgiving is appreciating God for what He has done in our lives, both as a Church and as individuals – Psa. 103:1-2
Ps 103:1-3
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:.
- Thanksgiving is a way of reminding God of what remains to be done – Luk. 17:17-19
Luke 17:17-19
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
- We owe God thanks for the multitude of souls saved and gathered in Church in the just concluded Operation Reach for the Stars – Psa. 28:5
Ps 28:5
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Monday, August 1, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- God’s plans for His children are unveiled through prophetic scriptures and words of prophecy – 2 Pet. 1:19-20/ Deut. 18:21-22
2 Peter 1:19-20
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Deut 18:21-22
21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
- But it takes thanksgiving to provoke fulfilment of prophecies – 1 Thes. 5:18/ Heb. 10:36
1 Thess 5:18
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Heb 10:36
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- We serve a covenant keeping God – 1 Jhn 5:14-15/ Mak. 11:24
1 John 5:14-15
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
- But it takes thanksgiving to secure answers to our prayers – Phi. 4:6/ 1 Thes. 5:18
Phil 4:6
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1 Thess 5:18
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- Whatever God does is ordained to be forever– Ecc. 3:14/ Num. 23:20
Eccl 3:14
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Num 23:20
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
- But thanksgiving is the guarantee for preservation of our blessings – Mal. 2:1-3/ Psa. 28:5
Mal 2:1-3
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Ps 28:5
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- We serve a God of multiplication – Deut. 1:11/ Gen. 22:17
Deut 1:11
11(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Gen 22:17
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- But thanksgiving is a vital key to commanding supernatural multiplication – Jhn 6:6-11/ Jer. 30:19
John 6:6-11
6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Jer 30:19
19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Friday, August 5, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- We serve a God of perfection – Psa. 138:8/ Deut. 32:4
Ps 138:8
8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Deut 32:4
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Thanksgiving is key to perfecting our blessings – Luk. 17:11-19
Luke 17:11-19
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Understanding the Power of Thanksgiving
- Our God is never late – Heb. 11:11/ Jhn 11:21-25
Heb 11:11
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
John 11:21-25
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- Thanksgiving can quicken the dead back to life – Rom. 4:17-20/ Jhn. 11:39-44
Rom 4:17-20
17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
John 11:39-44
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Jesus is Lord!