By thanksgiving, we open a door to restoration!
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 17:
11 Now it happened as Jesus went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
On the way, you will be healed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
He was not a Jew but that didn’t matter to Jesus.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, “Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and made you whole.”
All ten were cleansed but only the one who returned to give thanks was saved. Each had a physical healing but only one received the Eternal spiritual healing of salvation. He was the only one who came close to Jesus. Without thanksgiving, we have no access to GOD.
Thanksgiving is the key that unlocks the supernatural miracle power of GOD.
The Beloved Disciple recorded the feeding of the 5,000 by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 6:
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks to GOD, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”
13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus didn’t pray and ask GOD to do anything. He simply gave thanks to GOD for what He had in His Hand.
John mentioned this again in the same chapter:
23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks–
The miracle was released, not by some long prayer, but instead by giving thanks to THE FATHER. Many times, we miss out on the power of GOD simply we don’t release it by giving thanks to HIM.
In John chapter 11, Jesus went to raise Lazarus from the dead:
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His Eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Jesus spoke forth thankfulness before He fed the five thousand and raised Lazarus from the dead. He revealed a Truth that each of us should embrace. Be thankful in everything and the door will be opened to you.