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Thankfullness
“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who
belong to Christ Jesus. Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16–19, NLT)
“Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in
your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Ephesians 5:18–20, NLT)
நீஙக
் ள் ஒன்றுக்குங் கவலைப்படாமல், எல்லாவற்றையுங்குறித்து உங்கள் விண்ணப்பங்களை
ஸ்தோத்திரத்தோடே கூடிய ஜெபத்தினாலும் வேண்டுதலினாலும் தேவனுக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.
அப்பொழுது, எல்லாப் புத்திக்கும் மேலான தேவசமாதானம் உங்கள் இருதயங்களையும் உங்கள்
சிந்தைகளையும் கிறிஸ்து இயேசுவுக்குள்ளாகக் காத்துக்கொள்ளும்.
(Php 4:6-7)
“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” (Colossians 4:2, NLT)
இடைவிடாமல் ஜெபம்பண்ணுங்கள், ஸ்தோத்திரத்துடன் ஜெபத்தில் விழித்திருங்கள்.
(Col 4:2)
“Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is
being talked about all over the world. God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you
and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about
his Son.” (Romans 1:8–9, NLT)
“So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for
hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here,
so that they will believe you sent me.” Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And the dead man
came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them,
“Unwrap him and let him go!”” (John 11:41–44, NLT)
“Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.” (James 2:26, NLT)
“As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us!” He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they
went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to
Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had
done. This man was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has
no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and
go. Your faith has healed you.”” (Luke 17:12–19, NLT)
அவர் ஒரு கிராமத்தில் பிரவேசித்தபோது, குஷ்டரோகமுள்ள மனுஷர் பத்துப்பேர் அவருக்கு எதிராக வந்து,
தூரத்திலே நின்று: இயேசு ஐயரே, எங்களுக்கு இரங்கும் என்று சத்தமிட்டார்கள். அவர்களை அவர்
பார்த்து: நீஙக
் ள் போய், ஆசாரியர்களுக்கு உங்களைக் காண்பியுங்கள் என்றார். அந்தப்படி அவர்கள்
போகையில் சுத்தமானார்கள். அவர்களில் ஒருவன் தான் ஆரோக்கியமானதைக் கண்டு, திரும்பிவந்து,
உரத்த சத்தத்தோடே தேவனை மகிமைப்படுத்தி, அவருடைய பாதத்தருகே முகங்குப்புற விழுந்து,
அவருக்கு ஸ்தோத்திரஞ்செலுத்தினான்; அவன் சமாரியனாயிருந்தான். அப்பொழுது இயேசு:
சுத்தமானவர்கள் பத்துப்பேர் அல்லவா, மற்ற ஒன்பதுபேர் எங்கே? தேவனை மகிமைப்படுத்துகிறதற்கு,
இந்த அந்நியனே ஒழிய மற்றொருவனும் திரும்பிவரக்காணோமே என்று சொல்லி, அவனை நோக்கி: நீ
எழுந்துபோ, உன் விசுவாசம் உன்னை இரட்சித்தது என்றார்.
(Luk 17:12-19)
I. The Penalties For Unthankfulness
“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean,
innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse
people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not
run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.” (Philippians 2:14–16, NLT)
“These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly
about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.” (Jude 16, NLT)
“These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did, or
worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and
drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.” And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some
of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day. Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of
them did and then died from snakebites. And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were
destroyed by the angel of death.” (1 Corinthians 10:6–10, NLT)
“Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the
land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey, and they began to speak against
God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they
complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!” So
the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died. Then the people
came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Pray
that the LORD will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people. Then the LORD told him,
“Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply
look at it!” So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was
bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!” (Numbers 21:4–9, NLT)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all
you do, and he will show you which path to take.” (Proverbs 3:5–6, NLT)
I recently spent some time thinking about what Bad attitude bothers God the most. I believe it’s an
ungrateful attitude.
If you’re a parent, you can probably relate to that. You work hard to do all you can for your kids and you’d
jump at the chance to do it all over again if they’d just say, “Thanks, Mom” or “Thanks, Dad. I sure do
appreciate the things you do for me.” But not all children display that kind of maturity.
Many times, they’ll come home murmuring and complaining, “I want this” and “I want that” and “Why
won’t you do this one thing for me?” That’s pretty aggravating, isn’t it?
As God’s children, many Christians probably sound the same way to Him!
That’s why I believe we need to take a fresh look at ourselves and the importance of having a thankful
attitude toward God.
After Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they grumbled, murmured and complained. They didn’t like his
leadership, and they were tired of eating manna. They actually wanted to go back to Egypt where they were
beaten and forced to work long hours in the sun.
The Israelites thought their enemies were the reason they couldn’t get to the Promised Land, but it was their
attitude that kept them wandering around in the wilderness. (SeeNumbers 11)
பின்பு, ஜனங்கள் முறையிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்; அது கர்தத ் ருடைய செவிகளில் பொல்லாப்பாயிருந்தது;
கர்தத ் ர் அதைக் கேட்டபோது, அவருடைய கோபம் மூண்டது; கர்த்தருடைய அக்கினி அவர்களுக்குள்ளே
பற்றியெரிந்து, பாளயத்தின் கடைசியிலிருந்த சிலரைப் பட்சித்தது.
(பின்பு, ஜனங்கள் முறையிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்; அது கர்த்தருடைய செவிகளில் பொல்லாப்பாயிருந்தது;
கர்தத ் ர் அதைக் கேட்டபோது, அவருடைய கோபம் மூண்டது; கர்த்தருடைய அக்கினி அவர்களுக்குள்ளே
பற்றியெரிந்து, பாளயத்தின் கடைசியிலிருந்த சிலரைப் பட்சித்தது. அப்பொழுது ஜனங்கள் மோசேயை
நோக்கிக் கூப்பிட்டார்கள்; மோசே கர்தத ் ரை நோக்கி விண்ணப்பம்பண்ணினான்; உடனே அக்கினி
அவிந்துபோயிற்று. கர்தத ் ருடைய அக்கினி அவர்களுக்குள்ளே பற்றியெரிந்ததினால், அவ்விடத்துக்குத்
தபேரா என்று பேரிட்டான். பின்பு அவர்களுக்குள் இருந்த பலஜாதியான அந்நிய ஜனங்கள் மிகுந்த
இச்சையுள்ளவர்களானார்கள்; இஸ்ரவேல் புத்திரரும் திரும்ப அழுது, நமக்கு இறைச்சியைப்
புசிக்கக்கொடுப்பவர் யார்? நாம் எகிப்திலே கிரயமில்லாமல் சாப்பிட்ட மச்சங்களையும்,
வெள்ளரிக்காய்களையும், கொம்மட்டிக்காய்களையும், கீரைகளையும், வெண்காயங்களையும், வெள்ளைப்
பூண்டுகளையும் நினைக்கிறோம். இப்பொழுது நம்முடைய உள்ளம் வாடிப்போகிறது; இந்த மன்னாவைத் தவிர,
நம்முடைய கண்களுக்கு முன்பாக வேறொன்றும் இல்லையே என்று சொன்னார்கள். அந்த மன்னா
கொத்துமல்லி விதையம்மாத்திரமும், அதின் நிறம் முத்துப்போலவும் இருந்தது. ஜனங்கள் போய் அதைப்
பொறுக்கிக்கொண்டுவந்து, ஏந்திரங்களில் அரைத்தாவது உரல்களில் இடித்தாவது, பானைகளில்
சமைப்பார்கள்; அதை அப்பங்களுமாகச் சுடுவார்கள்; அதின் ருசி புது ஒலிவ எண்ணெயின் ருசிபோலிருந்தது.
இரவிலே பாளயத்தின்மேல் பனிபெய்யும்போது, மன்னாவும் அதின்மேல் விழும். அந்தந்த வம்சங்களைச் சேர்ந்த
ஜனங்கள் தங்கள் தங்கள் கூடாரவாசலில் நின்று அழுகிறதை மோசே கேட்டான்; கர்தத ் ருக்கு மிகவும் கோபம்
மூண்டது; மோசேயின் பார்வைக்கும் அது பொல்லாப்பாயிருந்தது.
(Num 11:1-10)
All they needed to do was be positive.
Now, think about the things in your life that you were so excited about when God first blessed you—
the baby you were praying for, the spouse you longed for, that promotion you tried so hard to get.
They may be the very thing you complain about today!
The nature of human flesh, if it is not disciplined and controlled by the Holy Spirit, will always drift
toward the negative. You never have to try to complain, but it does take a lot of faith and effort to
maintain a grateful, thankful attitude.
You see, in hard times, we tend to experience more of His nearness and power in our lives. It’s in those
times that we really come to know Him.
Complaining actually opens a door for the devil. We need to learn to thank God in everything.
Don’t go to lunch with someone and spend the whole time talking about your problems. Remember,
recall and recount the good things God is doing in your life.
Talk about your Red Sea moments. Remember the manna He gave you last week. Remember the
resurrections you’ve had in your life. The Bible says to fix your mind on those things that are worthy of
praise (see Philipians 4:8)
I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy to do. It’s much easier to make excuses and feel sorry for
yourself because things will happen to you that don’t seem fair. The key is to keep saying, “I trust
You, God, and I believe You will work it all out for my good.”
I want to have a good attitude because that’s what will glorify God. He has promised that if we will do
three simple things—continue to pray, to love Him, and to want His will—that all things will work together
for our good (see Romans 8:28)
If you can manage to be thankful in every situation, really believing that God is working everything out
for your good, you will end up with the victory every single time.
Living a life of praise is not only the most enjoyable way to live, but it’s also one of the most powerful
ways to change your life. Praise isn’t like the caboose that just follows what happens, but it’s more like
the engine of a train that makes things happen. Your faith isn’t complete without praise.
நீஙக
் ள் போதிக்கப்பட்டபடியே, விசுவாசத்தில் உறுதிப்பட்டு, ஸ்தோத்திரத்தோடே அதிலே பெருகுவீர்களாக.
(Col 2:7)
says that you abound in faith with thanksgiving. No thanksgiving equals not abounding in faith.
Praise affects you, it affects the devil, and it affects God. It touches everything and every part of your
life. Likewise, a lack of praise affects you in a negative way, turns the devil loose in your life, and
doesn’t bless God. You have to get this area of your life right.
Nearly everyone agrees that praise is good, but very few feel any responsibility to praise God when
they don’t feel like it. I don’t know anyone who wakes up in the morning and plans on being
depressed. They would like to be happy and praise God, but they don’t feel they have any control over
this. They think that praise is just a response to what happens and that if everything goes right, they
will automatically do it. That is definitely not the case.
The Lord told His disciples the night before His crucifixion not to let their hearts be troubled
VIII. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Paul didn’t just say it once; he said it twice. He didn’t want anyone thinking he had made a mistake or
that there were exceptions to what he said. We are always supposed to be rejoicing in the Lord. It’s a
command, not a suggestion to do it if we feel like it.
Paul lived what he preached. When he was beaten and thrown in the deepest darkest part of the
dungeon, he and Silas broke out in praise at midnight
that the fruit of the Spirit is joy. If we have the Holy Spirit, we have joy. We may not feel that joy, but
we can choose to lift our hands and speak forth praise to God by faith. Learning to praise God even
when everything is going badly will change our hearts, make us much more effective, and cause our
faith to abound.
I truly believe that my choice to praise God, even after getting the report that my son was dead, was
one of the biggest factors in seeing him raised from the dead after nearly five hours. I didn’t know
what the outcome would be, but I started praising God with all of my heart and telling Him—and the
devil—that regardless, I would not quit serving Him. It was at that moment that faith abounded in my
heart, and I knew he would be raised from the dead. Thank You, Jesus!
We have to accept responsibility. We aren’t just elevated animals, responding to stimuli. We are
created in the image of God. We can choose to say that we are going to give thanks and rejoice in the
Lord. But until we do, we are victims. We will never be victors until we quit being victims. We have to
get rid of the excuses and just do what the Word of God says.
நீஙக
் ள் ஒன்றுக்குங் கவலைப்படாமல், எல்லாவற்றையுங்குறித்து உங்கள் விண்ணப்பங்களை
ஸ்தோத்திரத்தோடே கூடிய ஜெபத்தினாலும் வேண்டுதலினாலும் தேவனுக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள்.
(Php 4:6)
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God.
Do you know what the Greek word for “nothing” in that verse means? It means nothing! It means there
are no exceptions. Sure, you might have problems, but you don’t have to worry about them. You don’t
have to be careful about them. You can go to the Lord in prayer with thanksgiving and make your
requests known to Him.
Jesus demonstrated the right way to bring our requests to God. He used what I call the “sandwich
technique,” where we sandwich our requests in between two slices of praise. We start with praise, and
we end with praise. We can just look at how Jesus did it in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9-13).
நீஙக
் ள் ஜெபம்பண்ணவேண்டிய விதமாவது: பரமண்டலங்களிலிருக்கிற எங்கள் பிதாவே, உம்முடைய நாமம்
பரிசுத்தப்படுவதாக. உம்முடைய ராஜ்யம் வருவதாக; உம்முடைய சித்தம் பரமண்டலத்திலே
செய்யப்படுகிறதுபோலப் பூமியிலேயும் செய்யப்படுவதாக. எங்களுக்கு வேண்டிய ஆகாரத்தை இன்று
எங்களுக்குத் தாரும். எங்கள் கடனாளிகளுக்கு நாங்கள் மன்னிக்கிறதுபோல எங்கள் கடன்களை
எங்களுக்கு மன்னியும். எங்களைச் சோதனைக்குட்படப்பண்ணாமல், தீமையினின்று எங்களை
இரட்சித்துக்கொள்ளும், ராஜ்யமும், வல்லமையும், மகிமையும் என்றென்றைக்கும் உம்முடையவைகளே,
ஆமென், என்பதே.
(Mat 6:9-13)
He started by praising God: “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” And He finished
by praising God: “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.” That’s the way to
do it.
Even in the Old Testament, believers were told to “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Ps. 100:4).
அவர் வாசல்களில் துதியோடும், அவர் பிராகாரங்களில் புகழ்சச ் ியோடும் பிரவேசித்து, அவரைத் துதித்து,
அவருடைய நாமத்தை ஸ்தோத்திரியுங்கள்.
(Psa 100:4)
But the nation of Israel didn’t always do this. In fact, the Lord said that because they did not serve the
Lord with joyfulness and gladness for the abundance of all things, He was going to bring judgment
upon them (Deut. 28:47-57).
This shows that God holds us responsible for rejoicing, praising Him, and being thankful for all the
good things He’s given us.
We face a lot of tough circumstances in this life, and the world expects us to behave a certain way
when problems come. But God told us to respond a different way—to not let our hearts be troubled.
We get to choose (Deut. 30:19).
நான் ஜீவனையும் மரணத்தையும், ஆசீர்வாதத்தையும் சாபத்தையும் உனக்குமுன் வைத்தேன் என்று
உங்கள்மேல் வானத்தையும் பூமியையும் இன்று சாட்சிவைக்கிறேன்; ஆகையால், நீயும் உன் சந்ததியும்
பிழைக்கும்படிக்கு, நீ ஜீவனைத் தெரிந்துகொண்டு,
(Deu 30:19)
We have the option of following Jesus’ words and acting on the Word of God.
I have personally felt the benefit of rejoicing in the Lord. I have seen it destroy the devil. He cannot
stand it. I really believe that God inhabits the praises of His people (Ps. 22:3).
இஸ்ரவேலின் துதிகளுக்குள் வாசமாயிருக்கிற தேவரீரே பரிசுத்தர்.
(Psa 22:3)
God is so pleased when we look beyond the natural and see things in the light of faith. That blesses
God.
Praise is not the inevitable byproduct that comes when everything is going right in our lives; it is the
driving force. Praise will get our focus where it needs to be—on God. If we start praising God in the
middle of our problems, our problems will shrink so much that we’ll hardly remember to bring them to
God! We’ll be so busy praising Him and thanking Him for His blessings that our problems will be an
afterthought.