By Funmi Komolafe

In a couple of weeks, the year 2015 will wind down.   Is there any reason to give thanks to God even though that long-awaited miracle is yet to manifest?    Yes, there are uncountable reasons one should appreciate the Almighty God.

The first reason is gift LIFE.  That one is alive is an indication that one is still in a position to attain one’s goal.

In the last days of the year, churches      introduce series of   special programmes . I suggest that for whatever you are believing God for, please find time to attend at least one of them.

Why?  In 2010,    I invited three women who were trusting God for the fruits of the womb to the Redeemed Christian Church of God  (RCCG) programme, titled “ Joy Unspeakable”.    All the three became mothers within one year.

I therefore suggest that you find time to attend RCCG’s Holy Ghost Congress titled “ Floodgates of Heaven” scheduled to hold  from  tomorrow  to  12, 2015  at the Redemption    Camp , Km 46 , Lagos – Ibadan Expressway.

Also, Laughter Foundation International Ministry has an on going programme, titled “ Breakthrough by Force”. The programme runs through the month of December .

Other churches also have similar programmes.    Identity the one  that appeals to most and attend believing by faith  and hope that the long-awaited  breakthrough will be yours in the mighty name of Jesus.

True, you may have prayed from January to November without the physical manifestation of the answers to your prayer but if you keep your faith high, even before this  year ends, that miracle can still manifest.

What is unknown to us is that at every point we think God is not responding to our request, indeed, he is working on our case .

The Holy Bible gives us assurance that our prayers will be answered.

Jeremiah 29 vs 12 states, “ Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me , and I will harken unto you”.

Gratitude

At this time of the year, we must express our gratitude to God .

Pastor Enoch Adeboye in  one of his sermons at the Redemption Camp said:“ When you learn to    be grateful to God, he can move you from one level to another”.

Throwing more light on why gratitude is important, he      said, “ Ingratitude can move someone from the highest height to the lowest level”.

He warned, “ the one who is ungrateful stays in SIN”.

So, we must in our own way show gratitude to God.

We can express our gratitude by sowing seeds.

For instance, RCCG is building a recreational and educational facility for children. You have a good opportunity to have your prayer answered by sowing seed into this project?

The seed sown will by the grace of God bring in harvest beyond your imagination in the mighty name of Jesus.

An unusual step-   Let me share with you the experience of a couple in Lagos.They had been married for years without children.

After series of prayers without result, they decided to call on some Pastors  to join them in prayers for one week.      During this period,    the Pastors and the couple      fasted and prayed.

Within this period, the man had a dream in which he saw two c children in a cage and he saw a man standing in front of the cage to prevent the children from being    coming out.

Suddenly, he woke up    and it became clear to him that God had given him children but a prince of Persia was stopping him from receiving his miracle.

What did he do?    The man and his wife intensified their prayers and worship . Then during one of      services at Laughter Foundation,    a word of knowledge was released that “ There is somebody here, your children have been caged    but the children are crying to be born and the Lord    said I will help you”.

According to the man,      he immediately remembered his dream . He therefore        intensified    prayers with the support of his wife.

Today, indeed just last month, they couple stood to testify with their set of twins; a boy and a girl.

Do you wish to know the secret of that challenge? 

Refer to Deuteronomy 29 vs 29 “ The    secret things belong to    the Lord our God: but those things which are    revealed    belong to us    and to our children    for ever , that we may do all the words of this law”.

Many have prayed with this verse and      the Holy Spirit has revealed the root of    their challenges.      The verse      may be read with a request that God should reveal not just the root of the challenge but also the solution.

The focus should be more on the solution rather than the      cause of the challenge.

This prayer is best said just before bedtime .

Are you    looking forward to marriage?-      Yours is still possible this    year.      Look unto Jesus    ,the Author and Finisher of our faith.    However,      be careful not to marry anyone out of desperation.

Pray and if need be fast about it and ask for the Lord’s mercy.

Ask him for Divine Connection with      your marriage partner and the Lord is able    to change your status.

Prayer is      important in choosing    a life partner.

Let me share with you an experience of a young lady      who fell in love with a young man.    However, the mother of the young man vehemently    opposed the marriage.

Somehow,      the couple    ignored her protest and went ahead to get married.    Of course the mother in law ( the husband’s mother stayed away).

Within three years, the couple had two children, then      problems that they could not explain set in.      The man’s mother mobilized all her resources; physical and spiritual against the lady and got her out of the home.    Immediately,      they ( the combined forces )got her out,    the man took ill.

So, ill that he was bedridden for several months.      At this time    he ran out of his resources.

On      his sick bed,      he sent for his wife through people who were not his relations.

He    wanted to have a discussion with her.

The lady got too angry to      visit him in time.

Finally, when she decided to      pay him a visit,    she    chose to go in the company of one of her fathers in the Lord.

They were to visit around  4p.m  but her husband had passed on about  12 noon.

She never got to hear what he wanted to discuss with her.

That will not be    your portion in Jesus name.