God's Holy written Word tells us in Psalm 100:4,
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name (Psalm 100:4)."
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name (Psalm 100:4)."
When is a good time for all of us to turn our focus toward Psalm 100:4 and "thanksgiving"? A better question might be, "Is there ever NOT a good time for 'thanksgiving' or being thank-full?" "No" is the simple answer. But the truth is, all the full-ness of "thankgiving" is, and will always be, in the unfolding of The Lord God through Christ Jesus. All the thank-full-ness is IN Him and comes by The Lord's bringing us from one step to another. Thank-fully, in our many years of seeking Him and growing, diligently seeking Him and growing more IN Him, and continuing to diligently seek Him to grow, He has brought us from one level of faith to another, to come to know thanks as our treasured inheritance. This is the reason we post this "All Things Thanks-giving". May The Lord take us all INto His treasures... our inheritance.
In our experience of daily seeking The Lord, because He is our joy and greatest desire, when we begin and live every day being thank-full to The Lord God for being Who He IS, He develops our appetite, longing desire, for knowing Him, Himself. Then, we gradually get to know from Him exactly what we are here to do "with Him", and also doing it. It is past time that we get what God so richly deposited into our lives out of us and into the hands, hearts, and lives of those who need it.
In order to be clear about this crucially important life matter, we would like to share with you more about how The Holy Spirit began illuminating Psalm 100:4 to us. The Holy Spirit brought us from, first, giving us a glimpse of faith, to, next, give us assurance of the faith, and ultimately to give us virtues of faith to remain in us. All things faith, the foundation of thanks-giving, began shortly after Keith had asked The Lord God to lead him IN-to oneness with Him as Jesus prayed in the garden before His arrest. The secret to our joining in "one-ness" with our Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit, and receiving the privilege of working with The Godhead to fulfill His dream for our lives, is thanks-giving! Being thank-full to Him for Who He IS --The LORD of all lords, King of all kings, our Savior, Source, Redeemer, Lover of our soul, Counselor, Comforter, Way-maker, and most high GOD and Creator of the universe-- changed our lives like nobody and nothing else could! He IS all-mighty and The Only Wise God and King, and we must diligently seek Him for BEING HIM! To share further, as you will hear or read in the following messages, we must "reach". We must develop our apetite, diligently and daily. ...
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Obtaining the revelation of Who God is compels us to offer up pure thanks TO Him for Who He is first, and then FOR all the things that He has done, or can do, for us. That level of boundless THANKS comes only by seeking God with all diligence, hearing His plan and assignment for us, and working with Him to fully fill His passions in the earth. "... give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: ... (2 Peter 1:10-11)." "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6)."
What is His reward to us for diligently seeking Him? It is Him! It is our being permitted, as Jesus prayed, to enter into God Himself, where we get to see what He sees and hear what He hears. When we become "one" with God, through our diligence in seeking Him, there is a paradigm shift that occurs in our heart. With that shift, we are shown things that are so awesome that our heart fills up with indescribable joy! It is that JOY that compels us to offer up TRUE THANKS, all-consuming GRATITUDE, so much so that we cannot contain it! This transformation results in what is best known as "being born again," being able to see through His eyes His passionate love for His children and His reason for creating all things the way He has.
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God's Holy written Word tells us in Psalm 100:4,
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name (Psalm 100:4)."
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name (Psalm 100:4)."
From all of us in the Toward The Mark family working together to help others and one another, we pray that the Holy Spirit will settle over you this Thanks-giving with healing and provision where it is needed, and with joy unspeakable, full of His Glory! Thank you for hearing our heart, and this "secret" God has graciously given us!
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