Thankfulness.
Thankfulness is a big part of my relationship with God.
He does so much for me. He shows me so many things
He speaks to me so beautifully
He tells me things about other people that I don’t even know
He gives me His mercy
His grace
His love
His patience
EVERY SINGLE DAY
Being thankful is so important to me. I have been saved. I have been freed from all doubts and fears. I have been made new. I have been recognized as a co-heir to the throne of the Most High God.
I am thankful for all the things God taught me throughout Africa.
I went to many villages in Uganda, where we did crusades nearly everyday. I believed that God could heal the sick, raise the dead, make the lame walk and the blind see and that He could cast out demons. I believed it, but I had never seen it. I had never personally been a part of it.
So there I was in Northern Uganda, my first crusade EVER, and all of a sudden people are slain in the Spirit! The Holy Spirit showed up because we asked Him to. I saw a total of 6 people stand up and walk, who had been paralyzed for years. I witnessed the blind regain sight and read words from the bible. I witnessed demons manifest and hurt people and I layed my hands on them and prayed and Jesus came and used me, He chose me…. He found me and saved me, and used me to cast demons from 7 people in just one night. Let me tell you, I didn’t even really believe in demons until this year, I didn’t know what I was doing or saying, I was just letting the Spirit move. Afterwards I was covered in dirt, sweat, tears, and my voice was hoarse but God used me. I finally know what it feels like to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth!
And for that I shout out my praises and my thankfulness.
(side note: our month in Uganda was part of bringing over 300 people to Christ!!)
I was still mad that my daddy had cancer, but this was no reason to be mad at God. So I turned my anger into thankfulness. Thankful that God blessed me and used me to heal complete strangers. He worked. I prayed and He worked.
I’m told that my prayers are like sweet incense to the Lord. A sweet aroma flowing into heaven and bringing a smile to the Lord’s face. When I started to focus on seeking the Lord’s face and not just His hands my head and my heart started aligning with the Kingdom.
I told daddy to read Joel and focus on the verse that says “and I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten.”
And while I was doing all of these crusades and praying and seeing miracle after miracle my daddy was trying to get in contact with me, because they found out that same week that God had healed him completely of cancer!
What a reason to rejoice, what a reason to be thankful, what miracle has happened! And this reminds me that YES God is big, YES God is everywhere, and YES God is the same yesterday, today and forever.
He does miracles every single day. Because He loves us… Because He wants to give us the desires of our heart. We must be thankful, have faith, and know that He will heal.
