HOW YOU CAN ENTER THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH THANKSGIVING

Scripture: Psalm. 100:4
Topic: How You Can Enter the Presence of God With Thanksgiving

"Enter into his gates with THANKSGIVING, and into his courts with PRAISE: BE THANKFUL unto him, and BLESS his name." 
Psalms 100:4 

The presence must be entered with thanksgiving. You may approach God but you may not feel His presence. You may spend a long time praying but you may not feel His presence. It is important to know what to do in order to have the presence of God manifested in your life. The presence of God will be enjoyed by those who are thankful. Thanksgiving is a master key to enjoying the presence of God. Saying “thank you” and being thankful are some of the most important spiritual virtues that you must develop if you are to enjoy the presence of God. 

"O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms." 
Psalm 95:1-2

"ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." 
Psalm 100:4-5

You will notice that being filled with the Spirit is predicated upon being thankful. Speaking psalms, hymns and spiritual songs are forms of giving thanks and praise to God. All through the New Testament, you will notice the exhortation to be thankful and to pray with thanksgiving. Thanksgiving ushers you directly into the presence of God. Being thankful and giving thanks is distinctly different from any other kind of prayer. 

When you are thankful, you have a good attitude, you have a grateful spirit and you have a pleasant disposition. These are attractive, even to human beings. They are also attractive to God. These attitudes, especially the posture of thankfulness, attracts the presence of God. 

"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; GIVING THANKS ALWAYS for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God."
Ephesians 5:18-21

Credit: Excerpt from
The Anointing and the Presence 
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Beryl23 February 2024 at 03:30

    Without thanksgiving you may approach God and pray for long hours but not feel His presence.

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  2. Irene23 February 2024 at 04:15

    AMEN!!! You might do many things in your christian life but He isn't in any at all. But,thanksgiving ushers you directly to the presence of God.

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  3. Erick Nyakundi23 February 2024 at 08:15

    Amen. Thanksgiving is the master key to enjoying the presence.

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