Date: Friday, 27th December, 2024
Text: Psalm 100:4-5
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
There are many reasons why you need to pray our way into the New Year. The first reason is to give thanks to God for all he has done for you in the outgoing year. No matter what you have gone through this year, if you can think deeply you will realize that God has done so much for you.
The fact that you are still breathing shows that God has not given up on you. They say, “When there is life there is hope”. The word of God says, “There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.” Job 14:7-9
When you give thanks to God for the little, it becomes much. When you deliberately switch from complaining to praises, you are provoking God to turn your situation around for the best.
Even though you have been through pain, you still need to give thanks to God because weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning- Psalm 30:5. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. Psalm 100:4b-5.
You should praise him for what he has done for you this year; for what he is doing and for what he has refused to do (because he has a better idea). Worship him for who he is.
Bless his holy name for his beautiful plans for you. Godis saying to you, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Determine to cooperate with God by submitting your heart completely to Christ and resisting the devil through holy living. It shall be well with you in Jesus name.
Action Nugget: Praise him ceaselessly for his great plans for you in the New Year.