 Strikubi gana series on thanksgiving that kwa ita thanksgiving is the master key na pasterijin dole komansisha in series and he's back today naja tulim kata at 0.7 but today he's back we are so blessed we are so honoured maze ni fura ili oje niks u lim mis last week yo ina manisha u lim mis 0.7 aha naaza bukachapu na mahaliko itabidi itabidi umenda youtube youtube utaftezo points ndaka mabasi, uto ho li hata na Sunday tulko same oza sa Ili ni jiti yo, na Sunday nani ita write them down one day iya ndi you gana read them as well and it will help you they would have never expired Welcome back. Mi tu mungi atusa, kwa zahizuri kahebo, kwa mi introduce yourself again for us. Asante. Mi nimza Yujimu Ridhi. One of the pastors in Life Church in Nguro and I bless God. Thank you Jaycee Sako family for having me once again. I'm a married man to one Miriam Nyambura and mi tu masalamuzaki. Piai ni mulu yaki blani. Nalawu ja blisatuna. Ameza matuwa chasa limi ane. Hewani. Ukuya hewani. Ukuya hewani. But I know she is watching. Amen. In the last week we began this series. Adi tukai yekai kwa series. Thanksgiving is a master key. Just a small recap maybe you can just tell people what Thanksgiving is and the importance. You go on it now mentioning those keys as you go. Thank you Miriam. Thank you Jaycee family. Jaycee Sako family. Last week we began on the matter Thanksgiving and indeed we learnt that Thanksgiving is a master key. When you read Psalms 100 and verse number 4 especially now for those of us who are students of the Bible the message Bible says a certain aspect of that word and it says enter with a password thank you and you know we are living in an age where everything has a password. Sayi ewezi yako what's up ya mutu ikona password. Password zime kwa kila mahali and we learnt last week yakua Thanksgiving is a password that gives us access not just to God but also to the things of God and also to people you've done things for them and they are not grateful what that does it cuts that access the next time you'll not be willing to do maybe a particular thing even to such people but Thanksgiving will give you access it will always open the door for the next and for the next and opportunities sometimes are cut off because of people refusing to be grateful and one of the points that we will learn today is that refusing to give thanks refusing to receive because once you are granted maybe an opportunity it could be something that is small today but that thing when you are thankful when you are grateful it will open up a door for another bigger thing greater thing and I believe Thanksgiving is so powerful and so that is where we begin or we start from today and I believe it will be a blessing. Yes now take it out your person today you have time today you have time today you have time higher 20.7 sasa your camera is usually on okay welcome and we continue to learn from where we stopped in fact people began to reach out through the week that send me the notes send me the remaining points and I had just to send them so na jo kuna watu wamba wakuna notes amen I want you to know that we began to read a story in the book of Luke chapter number 17 okay yes we began to read a story in the book of Luke chapter number 17 and when you read that story where Jesus interacts with 10 lepers and we understood or we discovered that when he sent them because they cry to him to heal them and so when he sent them and he said go and show yourself to the priest the Bible says when they were on their way when they were headed there the Bible says that they realized that they were already healed and upon discovering their healing one of them turned the Bible says that he turned because he realized that he was healed when you read from verse number 15 of Luke 17 it says and one of them when he saw that he was healed returned and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face saying him thanks and the Bible says and he was a Samaritan so we realized that the rest were Jews but this particular one individual was a Samaritan and in verse number 17 it says that so Jesus answered were there not 10 cleansed but where are the nine and the Bible says were there not found any who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner verse number 19 and he said to him arise go your way your faith has made you whole listen to me when you don't know what is possible you end up settling for that which is valuable and thanksgiving gives us access to the possibilities that are in God the possibilities that are in people when people do small things for you and you return to say thank you it opens up that possibility for you even to be given more for you even to experience more to be added more and so today we will pick it up from because thanksgiving is a key is a master key and I know my points will not exhaust everything but today we will just try to pick the few keys and we say number seven is that thanksgiving is the key to maintaining peace in life the thanksgiving is the key to maintaining peace in life and when you read Colossians 3 and verse number 15 according to the NIV version it says let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body you are called to peace and be thankful we see that thanksgiving is a state of being is not just an action is a state of being be thankful that you can be thankful you can choose today to adopt a certain posture you can choose today to adopt a certain demeanor that you are thankful thanksgiving is a state of being Philippians chapter number four verse number six and verse number seven it says do not be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition with thanksgiving we see that thanksgiving is an accompaniment that thanksgiving is an accompaniment is not just enough to pray and I know even as we begin the year as the JC Sako family I know that we need to open and unlock this year and the possibilities that are in God even through thanksgiving we can pray we can bring our petitions as applications but thanksgiving will grant us peace and verse number seven is where I want to focus on it says and the peace of God the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus I pray for you that is watching us today that through and by thanksgiving that you will locate the peace of God there is a key that opens unlocks peace in the lives of men that is called thanksgiving number eight is that thanksgiving is the key to submission and the authority we live in an age where people struggle to submit even in our workplace in our churches in our families in our marriages in our homes people are struggling with these subjects thanksgiving sorry submission why because we are not grateful for what people do today I sit here I'm grateful even for the small things that people do even in my hope I'm grateful for what my wife does for what my family does I am grateful and the day you discover the power that there is in thanksgiving we live in a world where people will lift placards and begin to say our rights our rights people are not grateful even for small things when was the last time you gave thanks to your boss to your employer for even giving you an opportunity to work at the end month if the salary delays we are big on saying our rights but we are not even big on saying thank you have you ever wondered how many people desire to have the opportunity you have and so thanksgiving is the key to submitting under authority and in the Bible in the book of 1 Timothy chapter number 2 and verse 1 and 2 it says I urge you then first of all that petitions prayers intercession and thanksgiving and thanksgiving be made for all people for kings and all those in authority today if you begin to thank God for the people above you let me tell you you will rise as fast as you can Leviticus 22 and verse 29 according to the NIV it says when you sacrifice a thank offering to God sacrifice it in such a way that it will be acceptable on your behalf and this will lead us to the next point which is point number 9 that we need to offer thanksgiving in a manna in a way that it is acceptable on our behalf or yes on our behalf number 9 thanksgiving is the key to living a sacrificial life yes I know sometimes things don't happen the way we want sometimes things will not happen the way we desire but thanksgiving is the key for living a sacrificial life living a sacrificial life and Psalms 107 in verse number 23 says let them it is corporate let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell his works with songs of joy sometimes when we sing praises we are offering thanksgiving offerings sometimes when we sing praises we are thanking God we are offering what is called we are declaring the works of God with songs of joy and we see that these are corporate call but also there is an individual call a personal call to this when you read Psalms 116 and verse number 17 it says I will I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the Lord Jonah chapter number 2 and verse number 9 the Bible says but I it is you need to cultivate that intention you need to become intentional with thanking God with thanking people with thanking those who are under you those who are above you you need to be intentional but I with shouts of grateful praise and with sacrifice sorry but I with shouts of grateful praise will sacrifice what I have vowed I will make good I will say salvation comes from God point number 10 it is that thanksgiving is the key to receiving from God and we saw this even when we began that thanksgiving does not just grant us access to God it also grants us access to the things of God it will not just grant you access to God but also to the things of God and so thanksgiving is the key from God first Timothy 4 and verse number 4 listen to this because this will change your life this will change your perspective about thanksgiving that for everything God created is good we see this in the book of Genesis chapter number 1 that every time God created he said it is good and so thanksgiving thanksgiving shows that we acknowledge that God is the creator of all things and everything that God created is good according to first Timothy 4 and verse number 4 and nothing is to be rejected or refused if it is received with thanksgiving I want you to know that refusing to give thanks is refusing to receive refusing to give thanks is refusing to receive and lastly I want you to understand that thanksgiving is the key to a rooted, a built up a strengthened and an established life in the faith what we call abounding faith what we call an overflowing kind of life it is a life of thanksgiving and I will repeat that point again that thanksgiving is the key to a rooted, a built up a strengthened and established life in the faith and I pray that today even as you learn this that your life will overflow with thanksgiving verse number 2 according to the NIV version the Bible says rooted and built up in him strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness allow me to say this may your life begin to overflow in this year 2024 in this january where many are struggling where many are saying it is the first month and people have cast spells even over this month may your life overflow this is my prayer for you today may your life overflow with thanksgiving may God bless you and I pray that these points will transform your life and they will become like your life of faith amen thank you so much for saying that it was really powerful I hope you have been blessed I hope you have written enough notes come on and check out the notes there are 2 places one is MDM and the other is ZIPA if there is anything you need to understand follow it where Eugene Morady on Facebook or Sir Eugene Morady on Facebook I think this is me millennials but you are called Instagram you are called Instagram Saiido ni meanza kwa ingia tiktok ni kama bada tiktok nga ingia nga hizi kwa tu ni story kwa ingia ya wukuli tiktok ni kama bada Tiktok ni kama za kwa kwa ni kama bada terima kasih Operma kwa ingia kwa kufindwakia kwa kaka kipurama Ina mga ni kama Thank you Happy Kwa ni kama nga kwa Ina kama It is a good Give me some would say to give inspiration to kickstart the year starting with Dancegiving I know it would be a new year of dancegiving we cultivate that culture for being thankful this is a challenge I want to throw to everyone watching us today what is 30 days of fasting 50 days of fasting 20 days of fasting I know In fasting, suifanya kwa 2 thanksgiving Hallelujah Anyway, we're going to go to next Chesam zikimoja 1, 2, 3 and we'll be back with more Alright