DATE : THURSDAY 15.03.2018
"DEALING WITH INGRATITUDE IN THE HEART"
As I introduce today's meditation, may I go straight to the point to affirm that ingratitude is a sin. It might sound harmless but it is one the worst sin believers have never thought or never think about.
Webster’s Dictionary defines “Ingratitude” as: “Forgetfulness of, or poor return for, kindness received.” It can also be defined as not appreciating or valuing what you have, or have been given. Unexpressed gratitude is also ingratitude!
Have you ever given someone a gift and not received thanks for it? Have you ever been in a grocery store or restaurant and were not thanked for your business? Have you ever felt unappreciated by family or friends or at your workplace? If so, how did it make you feel? Probably not very good.
After ten were healed from leprosy, only one was grateful and came back to express his gratitude while the nine chose to disappear taking the miracle for granted. In Luke 17:17, Jesus is amazed by the gratefulness of the one man and schocked by the ungratefulness of the nine. He therefore asks and wonders,
"Were there not ten cleansed? but where [are] the nine?"
JESUS IS ASKING THE SAME QUESTION TODAY : "WHERE ARE THE NINE?"; "WHERE ARE THE GRATEFUL?"...
= TODAY, SPEND SOME MINUTES OF GRATITUDE PRAYER =
1) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR PARENTS (BIOLOGICAL OR SPIRITUAL)
2) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR SIBLINGS.
3) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS.
4) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE (WHETHER YOU HAVE ONE OR YOU WAIT UPON THE LORD).
5) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR CHILDREN (WHETHER YOU HAVE THEM OR YOU WAIT UPON THE LORD).
6) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE A SOURCE OF COMFORT AND A SOURCE OF HELP; THOSE WHO MAKE YOUR LIFE MEANINGFUL. MENTION THEM AS YOU GIVE THANKS.
7) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR WORK AND JOB (WHETHER YOU HAVE THEM OR YOU WAIT UPON THE LORD).
8) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE HAS DONE TO YOU.
9) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER LEADERS.
10) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR ENEMIES
11) BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR SALVATION AND FOR HIS DIVERSE MIGHTY ACTS IN YOUR LIFE.
12) BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AND YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE FROM THE LORD.
SO SHALL IT BE!
JESUS IS LORD!
JESUS IS LORD!
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