Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his court with praise: be thank unto him,bless his name” (Ps. 100:4)Read Psalm 118:1-10
Some
year ago, I heard a true story of man who was jailed in America because
a woman alleged he raped her. Four years into his jail term, the woman
confessed she lied against the man. So the case was re-opened in court.
The lawyer of the plaintiff argued that if she lied the
first time, what was the assurance that she was not lying this time
around. So they returned the man to continue his jail term for a crime
he did not commit. Today, there are many in the prison who knows nothing
about the crime for which they are imprison.
You shall not suffer for
what you know nothing about in Jesus Name.
I
went to pray for patients in the cancer ward of a hospital one day. I
saw a boy who had cancer of the eye. One of his eye balls had become
almost as large as half of his head. I also saw a woman with cancer of
the breast. One breast had become almost as large as her body. Then I
saw one of the female cancer patients singing praises to God and I was
surprised. She said she was singing because she knew she was going to
die soon and would be going to Heaven. If you die now, where are you
going? Some year ago I went to Egypt and the pastor I went to see told
me he was going to a place they call the City of the Dead.
There
were several graves of those who die during the Second World War. On
each grave was a little house built with cellophane, and there lived
many who had no money to pay for an accommodation. Once a year, when the
relatives of the dead want to visit the graves of their loves ones,
these grave residents would move out in the morning and return by
evening when those relatives would have left. No matter how had your
situation may be financially, you are not living in a grave yard like
these ones. This call for thanksgiving. If the cancer patient on her way
to death could praise God, what about you?
You
have so many reasons to thank God. Imagine your life: good health,
family, job or business, daily provision of food, shelter over your
head, education qualification, and ministry, God’s grace on your life,
God’s bright plan for your future, heavenly reward and eternity in
Heaven.
Give God thanks
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