{"id":9751,"date":"2018-11-11T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T23:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=9751"},"modified":"2018-11-09T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T11:30:23","slug":"treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2018\/11\/11\/treat\/","title":{"rendered":"Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9751-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-11.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-11.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NOV-11.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/PSA.92.4-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Ps.92:<\/i><\/span><b><i> <\/i><\/b><\/a><span class=\"s3\"><b><i><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/PSA.92.4-5\">4<\/a>\u00a0<\/sup><\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>You thrill me,\u00a0Lord, with all you have done for me!\u00a0I sing for joy because of what you have done. <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b><i><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup><\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>O\u00a0Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Giving praise is a privilege and not a duty. We should not approach thanksgiving as if it is a duty; just giving Him what He wants. Surprisingly, a lot of people thank God as if it is a duty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Renew your mind today because thanksgiving is actually a privilege. A lot of people attempt to use thanksgiving as bait to God. They come mouthing praise but they have their own agenda up their sleeves. God cannot be happy about that. He cannot be mocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">When you look at your nation, for me it is Nigeria, God wants you to be grateful. There will always be a lot of excuses to be bitter about your nation. But God actually wants you to be grateful for that nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/105\/PRO.11.11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prov.11:<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/105\/PRO.11.11\"><span class=\"s3\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> (NCV, with emphasis)<i> \u201cGood people <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><b><i>bless<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> and <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><b><i>build up<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> their city, but the wicked <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><b><i>destroy<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i> it with their words.\u201d<\/i> Nigeria for instance, has become a punching bag of every critic. In fact, everyone believes they have the expert opinion on what this nation is doing wrong and how to get it right. Particularly, our brothers and sisters in diaspora; every chance to take a shot at the nation becomes a topic on social media. I used to respond to it before; now, I do not bother anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">While I believe that a lot of things on many different levels have not played out as it should because of bad leadership, I also know that Nigeria is not a useless country. Nigeria is made up of people; I am not a useless person and you are not a useless person. I am sure you know Nigeria is not the most corrupt country in the world. It is just unfortunate how much damage bad press has done to its image. Stop joining people to abuse our own heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">There are so many things to be grateful for. I am grateful to God that you are in this country. It will shock you to know that just because you are here, this country has hope. I know there is bad leadership; I know things are not what they should be. But I am grateful to God that there are no natural disasters \u2013no volcanoes or tsunamis. Instead, God has blessed Nigeria with oil. In this nation, we still have young people that respect elders. Think about your life, your spouse, and children and see that you have reasons to be grateful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Lord Jesus, You thrill me with all you have done for me!\u00a0Thank You for all that You are still doing, in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ps.92: 4\u00a0You thrill me,\u00a0Lord, with all you have done for me!\u00a0I sing for joy because of what you have done. 5\u00a0O\u00a0Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.\u201d &nbsp; Giving praise is a privilege and not a duty. We should not approach thanksgiving as if it is a duty; just giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gratitude","category-praise","category-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751","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=9751"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10161,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions\/10161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}