Text:
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (HCSB)
18 Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Observation:
Every thing that we need in our life is an invitation to have a conversation with the Lord.
The Lord extends an open invitation to His people to bring everything to Him in prayer.
1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
It takes faith in God to pray. This promise in the Word gives us confidence that God hears and answers the prayers of His people.
1 John 5:14-15 (HCSB)
14 Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked Him for.
The appropriate way for us to begin the conversation with the Lord is to have an attitude of gratitude. A thankful heart that exhibits faith in God is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. This is the kind of heart attitude that pleases the Lord.
Psalm 107:21-22 (ESV)
21 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, we praise You for Your great love, and for Your generous provisions for Your people. Father, I pray that we will never appear in Your eyes to be ungrateful.
Father, we offer up to You the sacrifice of our praise, and our gratitude for all of Your goodness, and tender mercies. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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