Yesuli International Ministries

Nothing delights the heart of God than to see His believing children overflowing and abounding in thanksgiving to Him. In fact, the Lord Himself expressed His delight in these blessed words. “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God” (Psalm 50:23). This is why it is important for the believer in Jesus to grow in gratitude to God. By the Holy Spirit, Paul emphasized this biblical teaching in his letter to the believers in the first century church at Colossae. He exhorts them to overflow with gratitude (see Colossians 2:7b). One simple, yet significant and special way the Holy Spirit has been personally helping me to overflow with gratitude to the Lord my God, is using the 26 letters of the English Alphabet. By the grace of God, at the beginning of each month, after expressing gratitude to my God for His daily blessings on my knees and face; such as His gifts of life and breath, I focus on the letter A – thanking and praising my God by listing the many qualities and ways He’s been and is a blessing to me. On the second day, I focus on the letter B after thanking my Lord for His daily blessings to me. In fact, I look forward to each day of using the successive letter of the English Alphabet in expressing my heartfelt overflowing gratitude to my God. As I read the scriptures daily, the Holy Spirit adds to my list of things to be thankful for. Actually, the practice of using the letters of the alphabet in the worship of God is ancient. Psalm 119 and the book of Lamentations were written in alphabetical order in the Hebrew language to aid in memorization. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will use this practical teaching in your life to overflow in your daily expression of gratitude to the Lord your God!