How To Be Thankful As A Couple. There is so much we can be thankful about especially for those who are married.
We all are to be full of gratitude.
I remember in the early years of our marriage, I just decided to give God thanks and before I know what’s happening, two hours have passed.
We need to be creative with our thanksgiving and be grateful for things we normally overlook and take for granted. God moves in our midst when we are truly grateful and offer Him thanks for those things we see Him doing in our lives.
It is easy to judge those ten lepers in Luke 17:11-19. They were obviously being so ungrateful. This minute they were lepers and the next they were cleansed. If they were thinking, they should have first of all been grateful they were cleansed.
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke 17:12-14 (KJV)
I guess they became overwhelmed with many other things that needed to be done, the years wasted, the relationships lost, all other things they have lost, etc. They allowed themselves to be overwhelmed in their thoughts and that stole their ability to give thanks to God.
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God is excited when we put Him in remembrance and remember where we are coming from, what we were delivered from and how God saw us through whatever challenges we had.
As couples, let us be grateful for each other. Thanksgiving precedes God’s interventions. If you want to see God’s hands over your home and marriage, thank Him for His fingers. When you are grateful, you bring God on the scene.
You have things you should be grateful for. Don’t take any of the goodness of God for granted. Be thankful and praise His Name.
God bless our marriage.
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I am grateful and I praise God for my life and marriage
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Lord, I consciously set my heart to remember you for your goodness.
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY Psa 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY Set out to be creatively grateful for those ‘little things’ God has done.
Today is Oil For Today – Day 145. Let’s lift up our voice one more time as we pray to God! Watch Video on Youtube HERE. Check other days HERE.
Scriptures For Today
Oil For Today – Day 145
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Romans 8:32 NKJV
Prayer Points For Today
Oil For Today – Day 145
Begin to thank God for sustaining you to the last month of 2021.
Worship the LORD for not allowing the storms of 2021 to drown you.
Thank God for the gift of His Son to you, through whom you have all things.
Begin to pray that the LORD will lift up His countenance upon you in this last month of 2021.
In this month of December, the covenant of protection is activated for me and my family in the name of Jesus.
Every promise of 2021 that my hands have not handled yet, I declare that this last month will bring it in Jesus’ Name.
I declare that this month is my month of great rejoicing and laughter in the name of Jesus.
I declare that no scheme of hell will be fulfilled in my life and family in the name of Jesus.
I bind the spirit of infirmity in my life in the name of Jesus; I declare that life flows in me.
Let’s begin to thank the LORD for answered prayers.
Confession For Today
Oil For Today – Day 145
Father I thank you for the gift of your Son. Thank you because I have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. Thank you because I have outstanding success. This day, the lines are falling unto me in pleasant places. I have a goodly heritage. Everything I touch is blessed. Everywhere I go, I receive favor. I have favor with God and man. The help of God is available for me. God is coming through for me. In my relationship/marriage, I will not be stranded. In my business/career, I will not be confused. So shall it be, in Jesus mighty name, Amen.
Today is Oil For Today – Day 115. Let’s lift up our voice one more time as we pray to God! Watch Video on Youtube HERE. Check other days HERE.
Scriptures For Prayers Today
Oil For Today – Day 115
[2] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. [3] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Psa 5:2-3 (KJV)
Prayer Points For Today
Oil For Today – Day 115
Begin to thank the LORD for today.
Pray that the LORD will energize you to call upon Him today.
Begin to cry for the repair of every broken wall in your life.
Pray for the outpouring of the Spirit, from on high, upon you.
Pray for your local assembly; that there will be speed for every project.
Bind the spirit of laziness and complacency in your life.
Pray that the LORD will anoint you with an oil of gladness.
Declare that you are helped of the LORD today.
Go ahead and make your personal requests for the day known to the Lord.
Begin to thank the Lord for answered prayers.
Confession For Today
Oil For Today – Day 115
This day, the Lord will hear my voice. My king and my God will hearken to my cry. As I call upon you, you hear me and answer me. The desires of my heart, you will grant. By your mercy, all I ever need, you will supply. In my relationship/marriage, my voice will not be muted. In my relationship/marriage, you are lifting me up. Today, I receive fresh energy to call upon you. So shall it be, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
My children are grateful. That should be your declaration every time, as a parent. As a child, you must learn to be grateful always.
Ps 6:5 (KJV) For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Many of us lack the culture of gratitude. We seem to believe our parents will always have it figured out. “They are parents anyway, they should. If they don’t, why did they bring me to the world?”
It doesn’t really work that way. When you grow up, you will realize adulthood is hard work.
The psalmist is asking us one question we always ignore. He asks if anyone could give thanks in the grave.
The answer is no one can. So why don’t you do all the thanksgiving now that you are here?
Look at the way the message bible puts it.
Ps 6:5 (MSG) I’m no good to you dead, am I? I can’t sing in your choir if I’m buried in some tomb!
We don’t have to wait till we have the ‘big’ things before learning the culture of thanksgiving. As little as a candy or biscuit, it should be received with thanksgiving.
This means as parents, we should imbibe in our children and make them understand once they do something. We have to teach our children that there is no remembrance in the grave, hence, the need to give God all they can now.
Ps 6:5 (CEV) If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you.
Children, now that you have breath, use it to praise God.
No one is praying for death, but it is something that will happen to virtually everyone. The prayer is that we all live to good old ages before returning ‘home’
Declaration: My children give God thanks. My children are grateful.
Prayer: Lord, teach my children the art of thanksgiving. Also, help me to imbibe the culture of thanksgiving in them. Amen
Action Point: List all those things you ought to be grateful about.
