We must learn to always be thankful. Whatever state we are in, we must be content in whatever state we are in. One of the things that grieves the Holy Spirit is murmuring and complaining. God opened up the ground and swallowed the people perished because of it. What has opened up and swallowed you up because of complaining? Thanksgiving is being appreciative despite of favorable circumstances. That is why it is called a SACRIFICE of praise! Praise and thanksgiving is worshipping the Lord! Praise confuses the camp of the enemy! The enemy desire is to for us to give him a legal right to hold our murmuring and complaining against us in the Courts of Heaven! We must replace our complaining with thanksgiving! I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalms 34:1)! In closing, the songwriter said, "No matter who or what we are, we must praise!" Praise and thanksgiving is worshipping God. Our God is greater than what we are going through! Thank you Lord, thank you Lord, thank you Lord!

Let all things be done decently and in order is a biblical principle from 1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJV)

We must realize the importance of what we speak with our mouths. We must put a guard over our tongues to ensure that we are not rash with our words. We can create or destroy, become construction workers or demolition workers, speak life or proclaim death. The police understand this when they arrest you when reading your Miranda Rights, "Anything that you say will be held against you in the court of law." The same applies in the spirit realm, "Anything that we speak will be held against us in the Courts of Heaven or in the pits of hell!" Our words can bless us or curse us. We can bless our ourselves by building a godly memorial or build an evil altar with our words. Words create legal rights for heaven to move or for hell to move. Sweet and bitter words should not come out of the same fountain and blessings and curses should not come out of the same mouth. We bless our Creator, yet 🤬 out His creation (James 3)! In closing, a man/woman who is in control, is under control of the Holy Spirit. Remember, loose lips sink ships!

Our posture should ALWAYS be a posture of praise amd thsnksgiving. God does not like murmurers and complainers! We should learn to replace our complaining with thanksgiving! Murmuring and complaining reflects our heart posture and the condition of our ❤️. Instead of looking at our problems, we should look at our problem solver! We should tell our problems who our problem solvers is...I AM. Whatever we need, there is no correct answer until we fill-in-the-the blank with Christ! What must we do? Fisrst, we must ASK-SEEK-KNOCK. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8). Secondly, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours" (NIV, Mark 11:24). We must pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on us; We must walk by faith and not by sight; We must walk by faith and work by formula! In closing, we must be thankful for who God is. When we our thankful, our capacity is open to receive. Our appreciation equals an answered prayer.