{"id":9749,"date":"2018-11-10T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=9749"},"modified":"2018-11-09T08:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T07:56:44","slug":"gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2018\/11\/10\/gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9749-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-10.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-10.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-10.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/PSA.105.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Psa.105:<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b><i><sup>1\u00a0<\/sup><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cGive thanks to the\u00a0Lord\u00a0and proclaim his greatness.\u00a0Let the whole world know what he has done.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The value of a car three years after purchase, is not the same as when it was purchased. The reason is because the car has depreciated in value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">However, God says when you are grateful for someone, you are appreciating the person. In other words, that relationship increases in value. God wants us to appreciate and be grateful for one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">#4. <\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b>Gratitude Is A Witness To Others<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/PHP.2.14-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philp.2:<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/PHP.2.14-15\"><sup>14-15<\/sup><\/a><b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<i>Do everything without complaining and arguing,<\/i><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i>so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b><i>shining like bright lights<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> in a world full of crooked and perverse people<\/i>\u201d [with emphasis]. God is saying, live in a way that makes The Light attractive. Live in a way that makes the truth attractive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Guess what? There are benefits of living a life of gratitude. The first is, <i>it keeps you in God\u2019s will<\/i> because the alternative is disobedience. When you are not grateful for the things in your life, it keeps you outside of God\u2019s will. The second benefit of gratitude is <i>it makes you better and not bitter<\/i>. When things happen to you in life, you can choose to either be better or be bitter. Everybody has an excuse; note that I did not say a reason, rather I said an excuse, to be bitter. Everybody has an excuse not to be grateful for their spouse, their children, for their work and for their nation. But know this, when you are grateful, it makes you better and not bitter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Thirdly, when you are grateful, <i>it defeats the devil<\/i>. Just when the devil thinks he has gotten you, he hears you singing and adoring God with praise. But when you keep grumbling, you are actually fuelling the enemy because satan hates to hear people praise God. It defeats the devil and shuts him up; so he will leave you alone for a season. The fourth benefit of living a life of gratitude is &#8211; <i>it causes miracles to happen<\/i>. Faith is thanking God in advance and that births miracles. Your situation may not warrant gratitude but when you push beyond your feelings and what your eyes see and you thank God, miracles happen rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Lord Jesus, let my praise bring You honour, create friendships, develop my faith, and witness to others about Your love unfailing, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psa.105:1\u00a0\u201cGive thanks to the\u00a0Lord\u00a0and proclaim his greatness.\u00a0Let the whole world know what he has done.\u201d &nbsp; The value of a car three years after purchase, is not the same as when it was purchased. The reason is because the car has depreciated in value.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,3,129,35,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disobedience","category-gratitude","category-miracles","category-praise","category-witnessing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10155,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749\/revisions\/10155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}