Message: THANKSGIVING
A PREREQUISITE FOR GOD’S MANIFESTATION
Text: 2 Chronicles 20:17-19, 21-30
Ministering: Pastor Dr. Raf Otono
Today is the grand finale of our ARISE & SHINE CONFERENCE and also our Annual Thanksgiving service. The theme for the conference in THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD!
Now listen: Sons can only manifest the God they know and carry. Your level of manifestation is directly proportional to your intimacy with God (Daniel 11:32b)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MANIFEST?
It is the display and showing forth of God’s glory! (God is His glory – they’re inseparable)
Anything outside this is manipulation!
- To manifest is showcasing God, not self (1 Tim 3:16)
- Manifest is from the Greek word Phaneroo; it literally means to make visible or reveal what has been hidden (Mark 4: 22-23)
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MANIFESTATIONS
- THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD
- THE MANIFESTATION OF ANGELS
- THE MANIFESTATION OF SONS
Our emphasis today is of the manifestation of God Himself! (Next week we will see the others)
Listen: Nothing provokes the manifestation of God like thanksgiving or praise! (Act 16:25-26 TPT)
Listen: Through praise and thanksgiving God addressed in one night the three foundational reasons why men can’t manifest!
What are they?
- Spiritual prison
- Spiritual doors closed
- Bound in spiritual chains
From where we read – it’s the same thing that happened – 3 nations came against a nation called Judah!
- Judah means praise!
- Ammon means people of strength. (This spirit oppresses & keeps men in spiritual prison)
- Moab means waste (This spirit shuts spiritual doors of men & waste their years)
- Mount Seir means to be fierce (This spirit fiercely holds people bound in spiritual chains)
WHY? To attack their praise and thanksgiving! So that they can’t manifest!
Listen: We do not praise or thank God for what He did or what He is doing, but for WHO HE IS.
Our Thanksgiving takes the focus:
- From how small we are to how BIG God is
- From how incapable we are to how CAPABLE God is (1 Samuel 17:45)
- From our lack to God’s provision and sufficiency as our source (Matt 14:19-20 TPT)
EXPRESSIONS OF GOD’S MANIFESTATION AFTER THANKSGIVING
- He sets ambush and confusion amongst your enemies & causes them to fight themselves (2 Chro 20:22-23)
- He gives you wealth beyond your imagination (2 Chro 20:25, Job 22:25 MSG)
- He gives you rest on every side (2 Chro 20:29-30)
In closing, we give thanks to God, not because of what we see or feel, but because of WHAT WE KNOW!
What do we know? (Rom 8:28; 1 Thess 5:18)
THANKSGIVING SACRIFICE (Ps 116:17-18)
As you begin to praise and give Him thanks may He manifest mightily in your life in Jesus name!
Your Light Must Shine!
