Latest / The BLAZE (Bible Study) / Authentic Imitationology #102 [Morning Devo]
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- 0:02Speaker 1: Good morning family, Good morning God, bless you. Welcome back,
- 0:05Speaker 1: Welcome back to the morning Devo. This is the day
- 0:08Speaker 1: after Thanksgiving for the time of his recording a Man.
- 0:12Speaker 1: So it's Friday. It is Friday, so you already know
- 0:15Speaker 1: what happens on Fridays. Authentic imitationlogy is in full effect.
- 0:19Speaker 1: This is episode one hundred and two one two Wow. Okay,
- 0:25Speaker 1: so we are moving a man. God is using this
- 0:30Speaker 1: segment on Fridays for his glory. Praise the Lord. Amen.
- 0:33Speaker 1: We get together every Friday, five thirty am Easter Standard time. Right.
- 0:37Speaker 1: He has so winners with a z dot org streaming
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- 0:55Speaker 1: on the podcast. Thank you so much for coming through.
- 0:58Speaker 1: I'm amazed that we could continue to do this. Amen.
- 1:01Speaker 1: By God's grace and for his glory. Amen. I like that.
- 1:06Speaker 1: By God's grace and for his glory. Just checking out audio,
- 1:10Speaker 1: making sure we're good. So listen, let's go for it. Today.
- 1:14Speaker 1: I want to talk about thankful Lord that we have.
- 1:21Speaker 1: Jesus was also thankful. Amen. We just celebrated giving thanks Amen,
- 1:27Speaker 1: and with family, of course, putting God first over all things.
- 1:31Speaker 1: Of course, if you were fortunate enough to have a
- 1:34Speaker 1: home cooked meal or a meal in front of you, Amen,
- 1:37Speaker 1: that's a blessing from the Lord. I don't take that lightly.
- 1:40Speaker 1: We prayed as a family together over the food and
- 1:44Speaker 1: over each other. So thankful Amen, that we had another
- 1:48Speaker 1: day to share with family. Hopefully you had the same too,
- 1:52Speaker 1: an opportunity to share your love for a family member.
- 1:56Speaker 1: Hopefully you went out alone. If that was the case, Amen,
- 2:00Speaker 1: connect with us and we will make sure that that
- 2:02Speaker 1: won't happen again. That a holiday will come and you
- 2:05Speaker 1: will have a visitor. Amen. You will be connected to
- 2:09Speaker 1: a family who loves you, and you will be connected
- 2:11Speaker 1: by way of Holy Spirit. If there's a distance issue, Amen,
- 2:16Speaker 1: will connect in the spirit as well. So on today's
- 2:19Speaker 1: authentic imitationology, we're talking about the thankful Lord. Amen. Jesus
- 2:24Speaker 1: himself demonstrated thankfulness during his earthly ministry, So as believers,
- 2:31Speaker 1: we are encouraged to follow his example with a heart
- 2:34Speaker 1: of gratitude for the many blessings we have received through Christ. Jesus. Amen,
- 2:41Speaker 1: we're going to be in John chapter six, verse number
- 2:43Speaker 1: eleven today thankful Lord on today's morning devo. And man,
- 2:48Speaker 1: if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or any prayer requests,
- 2:53Speaker 1: please don't hesitate to leave another live chat. That's what
- 2:55Speaker 1: we're here for. Amen. We're here to just engage one
- 2:58Speaker 1: another and the Lord Amen, being thankful, just the way
- 3:02Speaker 1: the Lord was thankful. Amen, and we're gonna see that
- 3:05Speaker 1: in John chapter six, verse number eleven. Will start there. Amen,
- 3:10Speaker 1: let's pray first. After we pray, we'll share this out
- 3:12Speaker 1: for like sixty seconds. Help me share this out so
- 3:15Speaker 1: that way we could get the algorithm going in the
- 3:16Speaker 1: right direction. Amen. And thank you so much for coming
- 3:19Speaker 1: through again and again, I thank you. I'm so grateful
- 3:23Speaker 1: that people connect on these morning DeVos, so that way
- 3:26Speaker 1: we could get into the word first thing in the morning. Right.
- 3:28Speaker 1: Whether or not you're live with me or not, it's
- 3:31Speaker 1: all good. Let's get together. Let's get together one way
- 3:34Speaker 1: or another. Whether you could come live with us, or
- 3:37Speaker 1: you check it out on a replay or you listen
- 3:40Speaker 1: on the replay, it's all good. Just get into that word,
- 3:43Speaker 1: that word of God, the Word of God has something
- 3:46Speaker 1: for you. Life has changed, transformation has renewal, restoration has reconciliation,
- 3:52Speaker 1: has salvation, has power, authority, abundance. You want it all.
- 3:57Speaker 1: I want it all, Amen, So let's go for it.
- 3:59Speaker 1: So let's pray. Father. I thank you so much. I
- 4:01Speaker 1: am so thankful for who you are in my life
- 4:04Speaker 1: and in my family's life, and what you have done
- 4:06Speaker 1: and continue to do for lives all across America and
- 4:10Speaker 1: all across the world, for all those whomsoever is who
- 4:13Speaker 1: called upon your aim to be saved. Thank you, Lord God,
- 4:15Speaker 1: for rescuing us, saving us, transforming us, renewing us, redeeming us,
- 4:19Speaker 1: restoring us, filling us with your Holy Spirit, with power, authority, love, grace, mercy,
- 4:24Speaker 1: all of it, Lord God, that you have given us
- 4:26Speaker 1: to live this life out in guidliness and righteousness. Whether
- 4:30Speaker 1: or not we believe in ourselves, You believed in us.
- 4:34Speaker 1: So now we can believe in ourselves because we have
- 4:36Speaker 1: the one who believes in us living inside of us,
- 4:39Speaker 1: working salvation through us, working this Christian life through us.
- 4:44Speaker 1: Because you are a thankful Lord, and you're a thankful savior.
- 4:47Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord for giving us what you have done
- 4:49Speaker 1: and given us your very best, so we can only
- 4:52Speaker 1: return give you back our lives. So I pray Lord
- 4:55Speaker 1: God Peace. I pray Lord God power. I pray Lo
- 4:58Speaker 1: God protection. I pray health to body, strength to our bones,
- 5:01Speaker 1: and a mighty powerful name of Jesus. I pray sickness
- 5:04Speaker 1: healing over every single person who is feeling sick right now.
- 5:07Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, I pray health over my family,
- 5:10Speaker 1: over myself, my wife, our daughters, my son. Amen, and
- 5:14Speaker 1: for all those who have family members as well, representing
- 5:17Speaker 1: on the other side of the screen. Representing on the
- 5:19Speaker 1: other side of this might, I pray the same for
- 5:21Speaker 1: you and your family as well, healing in the name
- 5:24Speaker 1: of Jesus. To Shahamashiyak, I pray this by faith, knowing
- 5:27Speaker 1: that you hear our prayers, and you hear the cries
- 5:29Speaker 1: of your children, and you answer them accordingly to every
- 5:33Speaker 1: single individual situation. In Jesus name, we pray this by faith,
- 5:37Speaker 1: and all those who believe in prayer, we say amen
- 5:40Speaker 1: to the Amen. Amen. So let's go for it. Let's
- 5:43Speaker 1: help me share this out sixty seconds. When we come back,
- 5:46Speaker 1: we'll get right into today's morning. Devo Authentic Inmentationology Number
- 5:51Speaker 1: one or two. I'll be right back, man. Amen. Thank
- 7:39Speaker 1: you so much for all those people who support We
- 7:42Speaker 1: have what we call Given Tuesday coming Tuesday, Amen, from
- 7:46Speaker 1: the time of this recording, and that's a great time
- 7:49Speaker 1: to express gratitude towards one another and giving. Amen what
- 7:54Speaker 1: you can for more information about that. If you're on
- 7:57Speaker 1: my VIP email list, Amen, you already got the message.
- 8:01Speaker 1: If you're on my text ministry, you already got the message.
- 8:04Speaker 1: A Man. We're gearing up for Giving Tuesday, and hopefully
- 8:07Speaker 1: the Lord the expression of God's people a man will
- 8:11Speaker 1: be expressed towards the ministry so I could help other
- 8:14Speaker 1: ministries and help other families during the season. Amen, to
- 8:17Speaker 1: thrive and to know that we are connected. We are
- 8:21Speaker 1: connected spiritually, emotionally, physically, and financially. So thank you so
- 8:25Speaker 1: much for doing that. If you don't want to wait
- 8:27Speaker 1: for Giving Tuesday and you have it on your heart
- 8:29Speaker 1: to give to ministry, Amen. The website is so much
- 8:33Speaker 1: is with a Z that RG forward slash donate. You
- 8:36Speaker 1: could check out my donate page there a man and
- 8:38Speaker 1: see everything that's going on and what we expect to
- 8:42Speaker 1: go on in the near future. As the Lord has
- 8:45Speaker 1: spoken over this ministry years ago, and we continue to
- 8:48Speaker 1: move forward trusting Him and being thankful, just like the
- 8:51Speaker 1: Lord was thankful himself. Amen. So thank you so much.
- 8:54Speaker 1: I'm really grateful and humbled that you would take the
- 8:58Speaker 1: opportunity or even consider so when is ink and consider
- 9:02Speaker 1: the ministry here celebrate a network. Thank you so much.
- 9:04Speaker 1: You're an amazing, amazing person, and you're amazing people out there.
- 9:08Speaker 1: I know who you guys are, you guys and girls are, Amen,
- 9:11Speaker 1: and I'm just humbled by your gifts and your prayers. Amen.
- 9:15Speaker 1: So thankful for that. So let's go for it. Let
- 9:18Speaker 1: me get this ready for the screen for the people
- 9:20Speaker 1: on the screen. Amen, what we're putting on the screen,
- 9:23Speaker 1: but the power audio is still with us. So I'm
- 9:25Speaker 1: gonna read the word for word, Read the word word
- 9:28Speaker 1: for word. Amen, put intended and you won't miss a beat,
- 9:32Speaker 1: and we'll get together on what God is doing through
- 9:35Speaker 1: the Spirit of God, through this ministry and through His
- 9:37Speaker 1: word more importantly, Amen, So let me get this on
- 9:40Speaker 1: the screen. That's the wrong slide. There, there it goes.
- 9:49Speaker 1: Here we go. Let's go. So let's go. Thankful Lord,
- 9:53Speaker 1: thankful Lord. Today on the morning Devo authentic imitationology. John
- 9:59Speaker 1: shot to them as six Verse number eleven Bible says,
- 10:03Speaker 1: Then Jesus took the lows, and when he had given thanks.
- 10:07Speaker 1: You see that when he had given thanks, he distributed
- 10:10Speaker 1: them to those who were seated the same also with
- 10:15Speaker 1: the fish, as much as they wanted. Amen. And this
- 10:22Speaker 1: is an example of where Jesus, our Lord, gave thanks
- 10:26Speaker 1: before a miracle, gave thanks before provision, gave thanks before
- 10:32Speaker 1: he supplied our wants, gave thanks and did something so
- 10:37Speaker 1: incredible with somebody's faith. Amen. Whatever this young kid had,
- 10:43Speaker 1: he gave. And of course this is the story that
- 10:47Speaker 1: you see about when Jesus fed the thousands with just
- 10:51Speaker 1: a little. See, because God could do a lot with
- 10:56Speaker 1: the little. Amen. So you don't have to come rich.
- 11:00Speaker 1: You don't have to come to God rich. You don't
- 11:02Speaker 1: have to come to God already change. You don't have
- 11:04Speaker 1: to come to God. You know perfect. You come to
- 11:06Speaker 1: God with what you have. Amen. And He will be
- 11:09Speaker 1: thankful to the Father for you and for you what
- 11:12Speaker 1: your needs are, because he is the God who sees
- 11:14Speaker 1: our needs and provides for every single one of those needs.
- 11:18Speaker 1: Jesus took the loaves. He takes whatever you have, Amen,
- 11:22Speaker 1: and he gives thanks for it, and he'll distribute those
- 11:25Speaker 1: things that we give him Amen, among the people, so
- 11:29Speaker 1: as much as they want, they will be given what
- 11:31Speaker 1: they need. Amen. That's an amazing story right there. Always,
- 11:35Speaker 1: it always inspires me to do what I can and
- 11:38Speaker 1: allow God to do what I can't. Amen. So that
- 11:42Speaker 1: way I know for sure that it will get done.
- 11:45Speaker 1: God's will will get done according to his riches and
- 11:48Speaker 1: his glory through Christ Jesus. Because we serve a God Amen,
- 11:53Speaker 1: by God Jesus, perfect example of who God is. Amen.
- 11:56Speaker 1: And he was a thankful Lord. So we should be
- 11:58Speaker 1: thankful people and grateful for everything that God has given us. Amen.
- 12:03Speaker 1: That's an amazing story. People, whether or not you believe
- 12:07Speaker 1: in the Lord or not, Amen, you got to consider
- 12:09Speaker 1: this story though, right. Consider God's thankfulness, Consider God's grace,
- 12:16Speaker 1: consider God's mercy, consider God's provision through his son, only
- 12:21Speaker 1: be gotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amazing story. Amen. So,
- 12:28Speaker 1: so Jesus demonstrated thankfulness during his earthly ministry. We see,
- 12:32Speaker 1: we know it, we read about it. Amen. If I
- 12:35Speaker 1: was there, man, it would be amazing. But it seems
- 12:37Speaker 1: like it seems like sometimes when I, at least for me,
- 12:42Speaker 1: when I read the scripture, I could paint myself there.
- 12:44Speaker 1: I could picture myself in the crowd, a man looking
- 12:47Speaker 1: around and being like, Wow, what an amazing savior, What
- 12:51Speaker 1: an amazing Lord, What an amazing man of God, What
- 12:53Speaker 1: an amazing Jesus that we have. And when we see
- 12:57Speaker 1: Jesus given thanks to God through to the Father, a
- 13:01Speaker 1: man him being in his human form, giving thanks to
- 13:04Speaker 1: his God, his Father, as a demonstration of how we
- 13:07Speaker 1: should live. Next level. So the Gospels provide several instances
- 13:14Speaker 1: where Jesus himself expressed gratitude to the Father, highlighting the
- 13:21Speaker 1: importance of thankfulness and his life and ministry. His life
- 13:28Speaker 1: and his ministry. So we see the notable example when
- 13:34Speaker 1: Jesus gave thanks before feeding the multitude with loaves and fish,
- 13:40Speaker 1: before performing the miracle. He took the loaves, he gave thanks,
- 13:45Speaker 1: and then it was a distribution of food among the people.
- 13:50Speaker 1: This act of gratitude, he was before miraculous provision. So
- 13:57Speaker 1: that means before our miracle, VERI is thankfulness before a miracle.
- 14:03Speaker 1: The Father is being thanked amazing before a miracle. Jesus
- 14:10Speaker 1: gave thanks, showing his reliance on the Father. So the
- 14:15Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, our Lord, our savior, our redeemer, gave thanks
- 14:20Speaker 1: to his father. How much more should we be giving
- 14:22Speaker 1: thanks for everything that we have to the Father. And
- 14:25Speaker 1: then watching Jesus perform miracles and also Holy Spirit will
- 14:29Speaker 1: remind us of this story just like he did today.
- 14:33Speaker 1: Come on, man, this is amazing. How could it be
- 14:37Speaker 1: that God is so gra gracious to us? Amen? How
- 14:42Speaker 1: could it be that he's mindful of our needs? Brother Ivan,
- 14:45Speaker 1: I see you, good morning, blessing to you, my friend
- 14:47Speaker 1: and my brother. How could it be? This God is amazing?
- 14:52Speaker 1: This God is a god of love. God is love
- 14:55Speaker 1: at his essence. God is pure love. He's pure light,
- 14:59Speaker 1: He's pure holiness, he is pure truth. Amen. So Jesus
- 15:06Speaker 1: shows us by example being thankful. He's the thankful Lord,
- 15:11Speaker 1: a man. He was thankful for what he was given,
- 15:14Speaker 1: a man so he could provide for those who are
- 15:16Speaker 1: in need. Gave thanks to the Father first. Another instance
- 15:21Speaker 1: is at the Last Supper. You remember the Last Supper
- 15:23Speaker 1: in the scriptures, where Jesus gave thanks before breaking the
- 15:27Speaker 1: bread and sharing the cup with his disciples. So Jesus
- 15:32Speaker 1: the Last Supper gave what he gave thanks. We give
- 15:37Speaker 1: thanks every meal that we eat together as a family,
- 15:39Speaker 1: we pray over that food. We give thanks to the
- 15:42Speaker 1: Lord for providing that food, because we know that without him,
- 15:46Speaker 1: without him giving us the health to gain wealth, we
- 15:48Speaker 1: won't have food on the table. We won't have enough
- 15:51Speaker 1: to feed the family. So we give thanks to the
- 15:55Speaker 1: Father for the food, and we give glory and honor
- 15:58Speaker 1: to the Lord Jesus. And we know that Holy Spirit
- 16:01Speaker 1: is reminding us to do that every day, and the
- 16:05Speaker 1: good times and the bad times. Amen, give thanks last
- 16:10Speaker 1: Supper where Jesus gave thanks before breaking the bread and
- 16:13Speaker 1: sharing the cup with his disciples, instituting the New Covenant
- 16:17Speaker 1: in his blood. We see that in Luke chapter twenty two,
- 16:21Speaker 1: verses nineteen and twenty. Luke twenty two, Chapter twenty two,
- 16:27Speaker 1: verses nineteen and twenty. This moment of thankfulness was significant.
- 16:33Speaker 1: It was important, Amen, It was a highlight. It pointed
- 16:37Speaker 1: to the sacrifice he was about to make for the
- 16:40Speaker 1: salvation of all humanity. God offers to save all of humanity.
- 16:47Speaker 1: The Lord said, my wish is that none should perish,
- 16:50Speaker 1: but everyone have everlasting life. In other words, that everyone
- 16:54Speaker 1: will be saved be thankful that we have a savior
- 16:57Speaker 1: who is willing to save your life, save my life, Rescue, save,
- 17:03Speaker 1: give eternal life. Salvation. That means that you're born again
- 17:07Speaker 1: into a new life, not an old life. God doesn't
- 17:11Speaker 1: leave us stuck in the oldness. Amen. He will provide
- 17:14Speaker 1: us the newness of who Christ is. Amen. So we
- 17:17Speaker 1: see that at the Last Supper you could check it
- 17:19Speaker 1: out for yourself. Luke, Chapter twenty two, Verses nineteen and twenty.
- 17:25Speaker 1: Jesus also, Amen. There's so many instances. There's so many
- 17:30Speaker 1: examples of the Lord Jesus, the Christ of Nazareth, a
- 17:34Speaker 1: man being thankful to the Father for what he was given.
- 17:38Speaker 1: And this other example when when he was praying in
- 17:45Speaker 1: his prayers, he thanked the Father for hearing him. Amen.
- 17:50Speaker 1: So I thank God that he hears me. Amen. That's
- 17:54Speaker 1: another mind blowing, amazing, gracious thing that God has done
- 17:58Speaker 1: given us. Ears that he listens to us. He gives
- 18:02Speaker 1: us a voice so we could call out to him
- 18:05Speaker 1: and he listens to us. He thanked the Father for
- 18:10Speaker 1: hearing him when he raised his friend Lazareth. Remember that
- 18:16Speaker 1: he went to his friend's home where he was already
- 18:20Speaker 1: put in a tomb. His body was starting to smell
- 18:23Speaker 1: and decay, and Jesus shows up, the resurrection himself shows up.
- 18:28Speaker 1: That people are like, you should have got here earlier.
- 18:30Speaker 1: The sisters were like, where were you? We needed you.
- 18:33Speaker 1: If you were here, we would know that our brother
- 18:35Speaker 1: would not have died. But Jesus said, I'm the Resurrection.
- 18:38Speaker 1: I'm here. He gave thanks to the Father. He said, thankful, Lord,
- 18:41Speaker 1: gave thanks to the Father for what was about to happen.
- 18:47Speaker 1: He thanked the Father for hearing him when he raised
- 18:50Speaker 1: Lazarus from the dead, acknowledging the Father's constant presence and support.
- 18:58Speaker 1: Constant presence and support. I'm thankful for that, Amen, I'm
- 19:02Speaker 1: thankful that God is able, He's available. He's Jehovah Shama,
- 19:06Speaker 1: the God who is there, the God who is here
- 19:09Speaker 1: in your situation and in my situation, God is there.
- 19:13Speaker 1: We see that story in John chapter eleven, Verses forty
- 19:17Speaker 1: one and forty two. Because of time, I'm just citing
- 19:20Speaker 1: the scriptures. You could go remind this tape and check
- 19:22Speaker 1: it out for yourself. So these are some of the
- 19:25Speaker 1: examples that illustrate that thankfulness was a very important part
- 19:30Speaker 1: of the life of Jesus when it came to his father.
- 19:34Speaker 1: So the son was so connected to the father that
- 19:38Speaker 1: there was thankfulness, there was gratitude, There was thanksgiving being
- 19:43Speaker 1: done daily between the relationship between son and the Father. Amen,
- 19:50Speaker 1: the only Begotten Son giving us a perfect example of
- 19:54Speaker 1: how to live this life out being thankful and being
- 19:57Speaker 1: full of gratitude. The attitude of gratitude will really set
- 20:00Speaker 1: the day off in a way that will be amazing
- 20:03Speaker 1: for you and amazing for me as well. So as believers,
- 20:09Speaker 1: we should follow the example. Especially on authentic imentationology during Friday,
- 20:13Speaker 1: we try to imitate the most successful person who has
- 20:17Speaker 1: ever lived on this planet Earth, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 20:20Speaker 1: So we should be, as believers encourage to follow the
- 20:25Speaker 1: Lord's example, encourage to thank the Father, encouraged by the
- 20:30Speaker 1: example that Jesus displayed a hearted gratitude right for the
- 20:36Speaker 1: many blessings that we have received through Christ. Jesus. First
- 20:41Speaker 1: Thessalonians chapter five, verse eighteen and Collagians chapter three, verse seventeen. Amen,
- 20:47Speaker 1: just quoting those scriptures. But of course we were hanging
- 20:51Speaker 1: out in John chapter six, verse number eleven. We see
- 20:55Speaker 1: the scriptures. Amen, we acknowledge the Lord Amen, him being gracious,
- 20:59Speaker 1: him being thankful to the Father, a man thankful to
- 21:05Speaker 1: his father. I'm thankful to Father, God and Heaven. I'm
- 21:08Speaker 1: thankful for the father that I had for the short
- 21:10Speaker 1: fifteen years of my life. Amen. He passed when I
- 21:13Speaker 1: was only fifteen, but I had him for fifteen years.
- 21:16Speaker 1: I'm thankful that I had a dad to call dad.
- 21:19Speaker 1: Some men that I know a man never met their
- 21:22Speaker 1: father physically. But we have a heavenly Father that although
- 21:26Speaker 1: we might not see physically, Amen, but we know his word,
- 21:30Speaker 1: we feel his love. We have Holy Spirit living inside
- 21:34Speaker 1: of us reminding of of who he is. And one
- 21:36Speaker 1: day we're going to see the Father through the Son. Amen.
- 21:40Speaker 1: And when Jesus cracks open the sky. Remember when Jesus
- 21:43Speaker 1: was before that happens. Remember when Jesus was on the earth.
- 21:48Speaker 1: When they say show us the Father, and Jesus would say,
- 21:50Speaker 1: if you see me, you have seen the Father. Because
- 21:53Speaker 1: why him and the Father are one? Amen, Him and
- 21:57Speaker 1: the Father are one. So therefore we have hope, le
- 22:00Speaker 1: Spirit God living inside of us, reminding us that we
- 22:02Speaker 1: are all united with our heavenly Father, with our heavenly Savior, Amen,
- 22:08Speaker 1: and with our Holy God Spirit, Holy Spirit, God, all
- 22:12Speaker 1: three and one. Man, an amazing thing. Can't figure it out.
- 22:15Speaker 1: The Trinity is a real thing. Is a triune God.
- 22:18Speaker 1: We serve a triune God, not three gods. We serve
- 22:21Speaker 1: one God through three persons. Amen. He could only do that.
- 22:25Speaker 1: That's a god equation three and one. Amen, a god equation.
- 22:29Speaker 1: I'll say that again. So we saw it in John
- 22:31Speaker 1: chapter six. Take time to read the whole chapter for yourself.
- 22:34Speaker 1: It will really give you eyes on the fact that
- 22:38Speaker 1: we should be so full of gratitude. Man, let's be
- 22:42Speaker 1: grateful for what we have. You might be thinking, I
- 22:45Speaker 1: don't have a lot, Samsa, it's hard for me to
- 22:48Speaker 1: remain grateful. Well, whatever you have, give it to the Lord. Right.
- 22:52Speaker 1: And you see in the story that what little was
- 22:55Speaker 1: given to Jesus, Jesus multiplied that little bit and gave
- 22:59Speaker 1: it his blessing. He thanked the Father first, and then
- 23:04Speaker 1: it was a blessing among the people. Thousands of people
- 23:08Speaker 1: were able to eat from a couple of loads of
- 23:12Speaker 1: bread and a couple of fish, you know what I mean.
- 23:15Speaker 1: And God took that. Jesus took what you gave him,
- 23:19Speaker 1: what that kid gave him. So in other words, I'm
- 23:21Speaker 1: thinking that whatever little I give to the Lord, whatever
- 23:23Speaker 1: little that you give to the Lord, be thankful. The
- 23:27Speaker 1: Lord is thankful for that, and he will multiply and
- 23:30Speaker 1: bless man. He's a God who is a thankful Lord.
- 23:33Speaker 1: And he showed us by example that he gave thanks
- 23:36Speaker 1: to the Father, so that way we could give thanks
- 23:39Speaker 1: to the Father and watch the miracle happen. It's an
- 23:41Speaker 1: amazing concept. It's an amazing principle. It's an amazing example
- 23:45Speaker 1: that the Lord shows us in the scriptures, in the
- 23:48Speaker 1: call I see you good morning, brother saying God, bless you.
- 23:50Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on doing these devotionals every morning.
- 23:55Speaker 1: We all get so consumed on our daily struggles and
- 23:59Speaker 1: things around us, but nothing is impossible for our God. Yes,
- 24:02Speaker 1: I agree. He is always beside us. He's always guiding us.
- 24:07Speaker 1: He has a plan. I'm so grateful no matter how
- 24:10Speaker 1: much I have, God always make sure I have what
- 24:13Speaker 1: I need. God is good. Yes, yes, amen, And I
- 24:17Speaker 1: know the woman the God that you are, and the
- 24:21Speaker 1: mom and the wife that you are. You know about
- 24:24Speaker 1: being thankful, Amen, I know it too. When we look
- 24:29Speaker 1: at our children, a man, when we come together, look
- 24:31Speaker 1: at our children were like, Wow, God is good. He's
- 24:33Speaker 1: amazing a man, a miraculous God. The little faith that
- 24:37Speaker 1: I gave the Lord, Amen, and the little faith that
- 24:39Speaker 1: my wife gave the Lord. He took that. He was thankful,
- 24:43Speaker 1: and he asked the Father on our behalf Amen for
- 24:48Speaker 1: the miracle. So thank you for your comment. I'm really
- 24:50Speaker 1: grateful that you are here with us. Amen. So listen,
- 24:55Speaker 1: this is amazing. We have everything we need through the Lord,
- 24:59Speaker 1: and by way of Holy Spirit. We are reminded of
- 25:01Speaker 1: all his examples, his teachings a man, his promises over
- 25:05Speaker 1: your life, his promise over my life. And let's take
- 25:08Speaker 1: these promises. Let's apply this word a man, and let's
- 25:11Speaker 1: move forward in victory and in love, because we know
- 25:14Speaker 1: that without God, we don't really know what love is.
- 25:17Speaker 1: Because God is love. And if we're acting like, oh,
- 25:20Speaker 1: love is this, and love is that outside of what
- 25:22Speaker 1: the scripture says love is, then we're just doing our
- 25:25Speaker 1: own thing. And a person or people like that doing
- 25:28Speaker 1: their own thing. It really it doesn't really make a
- 25:31Speaker 1: big impact. But when you are impacted by Holy Spirit
- 25:35Speaker 1: and allowing Holy Spirit to move and love, grace, mercy,
- 25:39Speaker 1: truth right all up through you, people, can't deny the
- 25:43Speaker 1: fact that there is something different about you and there
- 25:46Speaker 1: is something different about me. It's called Holy Spirit, God
- 25:49Speaker 1: moving and thankfulness, gratefulness, mercy, love, hope, forgiveness, a man,
- 25:56Speaker 1: all of it. God lives inside of all of his children.
- 26:01Speaker 1: I'm thankful to the Father in heaven for sending his
- 26:05Speaker 1: son Jesus, and thank you Jesus for saving me, rescuing
- 26:09Speaker 1: me and sending Holy Spirit to live inside of me
- 26:12Speaker 1: until you crack open those guys again and make your
- 26:15Speaker 1: final entry into this world. But you're not coming empty
- 26:19Speaker 1: handed again. God never comes empty handed. He's coming with
- 26:23Speaker 1: a new Heaven and a new Earth, and then this
- 26:26Speaker 1: is gonna be done with a man. I know it's
- 26:28Speaker 1: tough down here in this earthly realm. It's tough down
- 26:31Speaker 1: here for the temporal, But don't give up, don't give in.
- 26:35Speaker 1: Just keep on moving forward because one day and one
- 26:38Speaker 1: day very soon, either we'll go to him. But I
- 26:41Speaker 1: know for sure he's coming to us into this world. Amen,
- 26:44Speaker 1: or whatever side of that calendar is, whether he takes
- 26:48Speaker 1: me from this earth and takes me to him, or
- 26:51Speaker 1: if I'm still on this earth and he comes down
- 26:53Speaker 1: to us. Regardless It's a good day for all those
- 26:56Speaker 1: whosoever's who call upon the name of the Lord, because
- 26:59Speaker 1: we're saved, born again, Sue. We're waiting and waiting, and
- 27:03Speaker 1: eagerly are waiting for that day to come. So I'm
- 27:05Speaker 1: out of time, ladies and gentlemen, but thank you so
- 27:07Speaker 1: much for hanging out with me for these morning DeVos.
- 27:10Speaker 1: I'm so blessed. Have a great weekend. I hope you're
- 27:12Speaker 1: inspired to read the Word, continue reading the Word, and
- 27:15Speaker 1: apply the Word over your life and over your family's life.
- 27:17Speaker 1: So God bless you all. God keep you all, and
- 27:20Speaker 1: remember always that God is good. Peace,