Thanksgiving

January 1st, 2015
Text: Psa. 90:1-2
MORE LESSON: Psa. 145:1-21

It is by the help of God that you are alive today. No matter what you have or do not have, irrespective of what you prayed for and didn't receive, the fact that you are alive is a testimony of God's help. However, it is important for you to know that the help of God that you need for this year is hidden in thanking Him for the help in the past years.

You have to thank God for yesterday no matter how bad you think it was because without yesterday, there wouldn't be a today. You also have to thank God for previous years, being fully assured that this year is a God-given opportunity for you to achieve what you couldn't achieve last year . God could have made life on earth a long continuum of time and space without days, nights, weeks, months or years and seasons. But this is not so, so that each new season can serve as an opportunity to re-strategise, re-launch and re-fire in order to achieve what you couldn't achieve in the old season.
When you thank God for the help He has given you in ages past, you receive the inner strength to achieve all that you couldn't achieve in the past years. As you give God praises today, the anointing of strength will come upon your spirit and the distance that you have not been able to cover in the last one decade, you will surpass in this one year, in Jesus’ name.
When the hand of God came upon Elijah, he outran the chariots of King Ahab (I Kings 18:46). So as you thank God for His help today, His hand will come upon you and you will run with the strength of the Spirit.

The Psalmist wrote, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting, thou art God: Ps. 90:1-2. The famous hymn writer, Isaac Watts also testified: Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. Under the shadow of Thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defence is sure.
The last line in the extract from the hymn says that your defence is sure. I want you to know that as you give God praise today for all He has done in ages past, your defence, help, prosperity, advancement and success are sure.

Prayer/Action
* Begin to give God praise for all the help that He has given you and your family in ages past.
* Sing a song or hymn to the Ancient of Days, your dwelling place for all generations.
* Thank God in advance for all the help that He has in store for you this year.

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