SECRET TO ANSWERED PRAYERS - PT 6

Tuesday May 28th, 2019
By Pst Israel Olorunfemi

Col 4:2 "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving."

Thanksgiving is one of the secrets we all must engage to enjoy speedy answers to prayers. It is obviously one of the vital secrets of the kingdom because
it is a vital requirement for answered prayers. “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” (Phil 4:6). This means, until we give thanks, requirements for answered prayers is not completed.

When we give thanks for what God has done, we are simply reminding Him of what remains. We saw thanksgiving as Jesus' lifestyle. A number of striking miracles in His ministry was triggered by thanksgiving. For instance, in the miracle of feeding five thousand, we saw how Jesus lifted up the five loaves and two fishes in thanksgiving, which act reminded God of what remained, and we saw how the bread multiplied supernaturally, feeding an estimated number of ten thousand men,women and children, with twelve basket-full fragment as leftover (Jn 6:6-11).

Also, we saw how Jesus, at the tomb of Lazarus, lifted up His eyes unto heaven and gave thanks, saying, “Father, I thank you for you have heard me. And I know that you hear me always” (Jn 11:41-42). By giving thanks to God for the answered prayers of the past, He simply reminded the Father of the answer that remains. Beloved, If you must enjoy answers to your prayers, you must consciously give God thanks for every stage of your life, thereby reminding Him of what part(s) remains. This is why Apostle Paul admonished us to give thanks in everything or at every stage (1Thes 5:18).

PRAYER: You will not lose your answers due to ingratitude in Jesus name.

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