“When we fail to give thanks to God, we can never experience lasting blessings.”

“I recognized that everything God does will endure forever; there is nothing to be added to it and nothing to be taken away from it, for God acts in such a way that people will stand in awe of Him.” Ecclesiastes 3:14

Everything God gives us takes on a lasting nature only if we return to Him with gratitude. But when we fail to give thanks to God after benefiting from His blessings, we undermine the very strength of our miracle, and our miracle loses its enduring quality.

“One day, during a church service, the Man of God prophesied to a sister, telling her that before the week ended, God would visit her miraculously with a great job. He instructed her to come back and give thanks to God when it happened. Before the week ended, God blessed her with a great job, but she did not return to give thanks to God as instructed. The Man of God insisted that she testify to what God had done for her, but she refused out of timidity. Not long after, our sister lost her job.”

When God fulfills a promise He has made, it is imperative to return to Him with expressions of gratitude. Testifying to God’s goodness in our lives ensures the duration of what we have received from Him. The miracle of our sister’s job was short-lived simply because she did not return to give thanks to God.

“I speak about my Fertility Miracle everywhere I go because my children have become channels of evangelism for me; and I know that I will go worldwide to win souls through my testimony. Thus, my miracle will endure, my children will grow, and my God will grant them the grace of longevity because throughout my life and theirs, we will never cease to speak of what God has done for us.”

Therefore, let us always give thanks to God to experience lasting blessings in our lives.

This text is an excerpt from the book “MATONDO: Living through Thanksgiving “, written by Authors Pastors Lévi Kongolo, Arlette Manegabe, Athom’s Mbuma, David Kajisu, Fifi Bilolo Tunasi, Grâce Tshiashala, Michael Tettey, Sissi Bogoli, Tracien Boma .