SCRIPTURE: But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: For every ungrateful person you encounter, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped.
In our previous study, we saw that God created us to walk in love. We were made in the Image of the God Whose Nature and Character is Love (1 John 4:8).
We also established five hindrances to walking in love which are: Negative human actions or reactions, personal challenges of life and confrontations, the plague of selfishness or self-centeredness, the spell of weariness or tiredness, and the challenge of distance from God.
Now, the question is, what is the solution to all these challenges so we can walk in love?
The solution is rooted in the word, Realization. This means, there are things you must realise in order to walk in love.
The question, then is, what are you to realize?
Realize that for every ungrateful person, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped.
One thing to know is, for every ungrateful person you encounter, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped. For every Orpah, there is a Ruth waiting to be touched.
In Ruth 1:14, we saw the story of Ruth and Orpah. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and disappeared, but Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.
I have encountered many ungrateful persons, and I have also encountered grateful people whose attitude and gratitude wiped off the memory of the actions of the ungrateful people.
Beloved, the question for you is: are you a grateful or an ungrateful person? Has the attitude of “ungratefulness” from you ever shut a door of opportunity to both you and other people? Are you grateful to God for all He has done for you?
The truth is, when you become ungrateful, you shut further doors of opportunity against yourself.
God’s servant, Bishop Oyedepo, once said, “Appreciation is the application for more.” When you are grateful to both God and to men, you have positioned yourself to get greater opportunities, privileges and blessings.
May the spell of ingratitude be broken out of your life, in Jesus’ Name.
Remember this: For every ungrateful person you encounter, there is a grateful person waiting to be helped.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Refuse the spell of ungratefulness and ingratitude.
- Always thank God for His Help. Thank also, the vessels He has used to help you.
PRAYER: Lord, I repent from every attitude of ingratitude today. I receive the grace to always practice the attitude of gratitude, Lord in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: ENEMIES OF THE LOVE LIFE.
QUOTE: If you can show appreciation to God, no devil can succeed in destroying you. Culled from the book, “15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: Haggai 2-Zechariah 2
AMAZING FACT: Babies don’t shed tears until they’re at least one month old.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): The spell of ingratitude be broken off your life today, in Jesus’ Name.
