Good Morning Thursday...
Thank You Father for loving us so much and the blessing of this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS with Your TRUTH & LOVE so we stay focused on Your Guidance & Peace today. In The Name of The King of Kings, Your Son, Our Savior, Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen! A Big Thank You to Brother Alonza for inspiring today’s devotion. May The Grace and Peace of God Our Father and Our Messiah and King Yeshua, Jesus Christ, be with you ALWAYS. - Giving Thanks... No Matter The Situation It may seem strange to us at first when we read what Our Father had His Servant Paul write in Philippians. Paul was in prison, being threatened with death, and is commanding us to Rejoice. What?! Yep. And not only is Paul in what we would think is a "horrible" circumstance, but he tells us to rejoice along with telling us that feeling thankful is "right." This can be a tough lesson to follow. After all, we have grown up in a fallen world where depression, dissension, negative thoughts, rebellion, and excuses are "normal" responses to something such as being put in prison. Can't you imagine getting arrested and being miserable and depressed? I can. It doesn't seem out of place to think we might have all kinds of negative feelings. Nonetheless, Paul tells us in Philippians 1:3-11 that he is thinking of the Brothers and Sisters in Philippi and instead of being wrapped up in depression, excuses, and pity, he can't stop thanking God! In fact, Paul says it is correct for him to feel this way. Let's take a look: “I thank my God whenever I remember you, always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy, for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Yeshua The Messiah. It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace. For God is My Witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Messiah Yeshua. This I pray, that your Love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Messiah, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.” Philippians 1:3-11 As we read through today's Scripture, notice Our Father's Command to rejoice and be thankful. He doesn't request this. He is not asking us. Our Father gives us a command to rejoice. Why? Because He tells us it is "right." Our Father wants us to obey this because He made the rules and He knows if we but obey, our lives will be filled with His Fruit and His Presence which heals our souls, gives us Peace, and helps us to accept our circumstances with Joy. Now let's take a look at 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Messiah Yeshua toward you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Notice how Our Father Sums Up His Will For Our Lives? "Thankfulness." We all may struggle at times wondering: What is God's Will for our lives? Fortunately we have a Father who doesn't hide things from us, He Tells Us What He Wants. Our Father's Will Is For Us To Be Thankful. Our Father has never promised us money, cars, plush jobs, marriage, kids, an assembly, a house, or anything in life to be exactly as we want. But God Does Promise Us That If We But Stay Thankful In Whatever Situation We Find Ourselves In, He Will Be With Us. This command helps us much more than we may see in the beginning. This command keeps us "with eyes to see" that Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior, Is Who We Must Be Focused On. When we pause in this life and truly think about God Our Father, His Son, His Holy Breath Of Life (Holy Spirit) and All That He Is... there really is no other correct response than to Be Thankful. The Most Loving, Merciful, Kind, and Powerful Being That Will Ever Exist Gives Us The Opportunity To Have Him Right Beside Us, No Matter What We Go Through, Fighting Our Battles, Comforting Our Pain, Giving Us Peace, and Sustaining Us Through Whatever This World Has To Throw At Us. Isn't that enough reason to be Thankful for a lifetime? Paul understood this through and through, and was able to rejoice in persecution. Don't we all want Peace like that? Well, we can... and it all starts with being Thankful. Extra Fuel For The Soul, The Bread of Life, The Word of God: “Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in The Lord in this way, my beloved. I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in The Lord. Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in The Book of Life. Rejoice in The Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Messiah Yeshua. Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things. The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and The God of Peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:1-9 “Praise The Lord (YHWH, Yahweh)! Give thanks to The Lord (YHWH, Yahweh), for He is Good, for His Loving Kindness endures forever.” Psalms 106:1 God Bless My Brothers and Sisters. May THE THANKS AND PEACE OF JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL.
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