{"id":21338,"date":"2021-05-20T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=21338"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T08:06:27","slug":"the-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2021\/05\/20\/the-how\/","title":{"rendered":"The How"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21338-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MAY-20.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MAY-20.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MAY-20.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ps.9%3A1-2&amp;version=NLT\">Ps.9:<sup>1-2<\/sup> <\/a>\u201cI will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvellous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It is one thing to know &#8216;why&#8217; you should do something, but it is a totally different thing to know &#8216;how&#8217;. Our focus today is on how to live a life of thanksgiving to God. The first way is to thank God by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\">Singing From Your Heart<\/span><\/span>. Can the tone of your voice give your expression a different meaning? Certainly. God says sing from your heart; meaning, every time you show up before God, alone or in a crowd, God wants you to sing from your heart. <!--more-->God wants you to mean what you are singing. You cannot be nonchalant and sing from your heart at the same time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ps.147%3A7&amp;version=TLB\">Ps.147:<sup>7<\/sup><\/a> <i>\u201c<\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Sing out your thanks to him<\/i><\/span><\/span><i>; sing praises to our God . . .\u201d <\/i>(LB, emphasis added). Forget about yourself; stop looking at yourself because nobody else is looking at you, just focus on Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The second way to thank God is by <span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Telling Others The Good New<\/span>s<\/span>. By telling other people about Jesus, we are saying \u2018Thank You\u2019 to God. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isa.12%3A4&amp;version=TLB\">Isa.12:<sup>4<\/sup> <\/a><i>\u201c\u2026Thank the Lord and praise his name! <\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Tell the world<\/i><\/span><\/span><i> about his wonderful love!\u201d <\/i>(LB, emphasis added). God wants us to proclaim His love to the world. A lot of people are dying of HIV and of cancer in the world today, and there is no real cure for these diseases. If you have a friend that has a cure for HIV and cancer but is keeping it to himself and refusing to share it with the world. What would you do? How would you feel? I hope you would not be happy about that and I hope that you are not that friend. I would confront such a friend and remind him that God gave him the cure for a purpose and the world needs it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Sadly, a lot of us are sitting on the solution to the peace of the world, to the eternity of mankind, His Name is Jesus. The solution to the problems a lot of homes are facing is with you. God wants you to reach out to people that are far from Him and tell them about Jesus so that God can invade their lives. But you keep quiet; that needs to change. In Christ, we say past forgiven, purpose for living, home in Heaven, Jesus is alive! But when we do not reach out to our neighbours and friends about the hope we have, what we are saying is &#8211; past forgiven, purpose for living, home in Heaven, everybody else can go to hell. That is a life of ingratitude. God wants us to be grateful and we express our gratitude when we tell the world about Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In one drama, a man that died and on his way to hell, saw his neighbour going to heaven. So, he stopped the entire procession and protested to God. \u201cNo way! That man cannot be going to heaven!\u201d he said, \u201cwe did life together, our children even celebrated their birthdays together. But he never told me about Jesus \u2013 not once!\u201d Yes, that was just a drama but how would you feel if you see the friend you ate lunch with every day, in hell but you are in heaven &#8211; happy, fulfilled? I hope not. God is relying on us to reach out to people that are far from Him and it is a way of giving thanks to God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Father, help me not to be silent about the good things You have done for me; I will sing from my heart and I will tell of Your goodness, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ps.9:1-2 \u201cI will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvellous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. 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