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  • “Ten Saved One Praise”

    11 27 2019 Luke 17 though 18
    Happy Thanksgiving Eve Everyone!!! 😀

     
    In the book of Luke chapter 17, we read the story of the ten lepers. These ten guys had a terrified disfiguring illness that made a person unsanitary, unacceptable for society, and practically inhuman. The great emotional toll of feeling useless, repulsive, and not worthy to be loved only exceeded the enormous physical toll imposed by this untreatable illness.
     
    In Luke 17:13, when these men saw Jesus, they cried out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Jesus replied with sympathy and a task, telling them to show themselves to the priests, a clear allusion to Leviticus 14 about the cleansing of a leper. Luke 17:14 says, “As they were going, they were cleansed.” Beloved, do you see that? “AS THEY WERE GOING, they were cleansed.” That’s always the way it works with faith. Believe God’s Word enough to obey it. When you take that step toward faith, then you’ll see God show up and show out and do sensational things.
     
    Beloved, can you imagine the awesome elation these guys must have felt? Their leprosy was cleansed!!! The disgusting illness that had taken practically everything was now gone!!! They could return to their families!!! They could return to society!!! They could really live again!!!—HALLELUJAH!!!
     
    Now, nine of them ran off to go enjoy their great blessing. But one turned back – and he was a hated Samaritan. This guy was also overcome with excitement at his cleansing, and he wanted to give thanks and praise to the One who made it possible. He couldn’t dream of taking another step without praising God and voicing his heartfelt thankfulness. And the Lord responded to his thanksgiving by presenting him with a significantly larger gift, the gift of salvation.
     
    Amusingly, Jesus was wondering aloud about the other guys. Where were they? Why was this “foreigner” alone in his thanks? 😊
     
    Beloved, there are so many who have experienced the goodness of God and few returns with grateful thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is an awesome day to give praise, it a start!!! But we should all give thanks to God daily.
     
    This Thanksgiving I want to pose a challenge to you as I challenge myself to emulate the Samaritan in this story and give thanks, foremost. To be sure, thanksgiving can be a sacrifice. Beloved, I’m sure many of you will agree with me when I say, life can be vicious and difficult. Situations can knock us down and leave us distraught or ruined. If we aren’t cautious, we can easily become disillusioned, discouraged, critical, pessimistic, and down-right nasty.
     
    Let us all enter Thanksgiving Day with enthusiasm and joy!!! Because we all have thanksgiving praise to God for the many blessings, He has delivered to us daily. Amen? Aaamen.
    ✝️❤️😊
     
    CHOF Ministry’s Mid-Week Prayer:
    Good morning Heavenly Father!!! This morning I just want to say THANK YOU!!! AND AMEN. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, I pray Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
     
    Beloved life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. None of us know the hour or day when that gust of wind will be permitted to enter our room and blow out our earthly light. So today, reach out and touch someone you love and tell them you love them, BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
     
    I LOVE YOU ALL, and First Lady Donece and I wish you a Magnificent Thanksgiving DAY!!! ✝️❤️😊
     
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  • “THANKFUL”

    Thankful

    Praise the Lord Everyone. I hope everyone is enjoying this Thanksgiving Holiday.

    You know Beloved, Thanksgiving Day is a day that is designated for everyone to give thanks. Now that this special day has come and gone, let us remember being thankful is an everyday occurrence as long as we have breath in our body. Let us all remember that we’re all called to a particular service by God. There’s nothing here on earth God hasn’t identified with. Though we all walk, work and entertain, we all do it according to the capacity that God has provided each of us. This is a daily occurrence, so we must be thankful daily. To every man, woman, boy and girl, God has spelled out something for each of us to be thankful for “daily”. Though twins are born the same day they’re not born at the same time, so each come in with a desired plan God has for them and them only. Their thanksgiving may be directed differently from each other.

    So, this weekend Beloved, let each of us be thankful for who we are where we are, who we provide our duty of service to, and let us enjoy being thankful to the Master Planner who has committed His unadulterated unrestricted love toward those of us who are filtered into a marginalized, minimized, optimized, materialized, or personalized, way of life – To God Be the Glory!!!

    Have a blessed weekend Everyone.

  • A Thankful Thanksgiving 2016