LORD, WE RETURN TO SAY THANK YOU. · Her Calling His Purpose

Cherie Bradley

8d (edited) • Sisterhood Circle

LORD, WE RETURN TO SAY THANK YOU.

Luke 17:11–19

I want you to picture it for a moment.

Jesus is walking. Not rushing. Not distracted. Just moving with purpose…

And while He’s on this journey, ten lepers — see Him from a distance.

They know the rules.They know they can’t get close.They know they’re viewed as unclean, unwanted, untouchable.

But desperation will make you lift your voice even when life has told you to stay quiet.

And so they cry out:

Jesus, Master… have mercy on us!

There are cries that heaven cannot ignore.And othis was one of them.

But instead of laying hands on them…Instead of stopping…Instead of doing it the “expected” way…

Jesus gives them a simple instruction:

“Go show yourselves to the priests.”

ONE SIMPLE INSTRUCTION 👏👏👏👏

What simple instruction have the Lord gave you? Did you obey YET?

And here’s what moves me every time:

They obeyed.

Broken, hurting, rejected…but they still obeyed.

And the Bible says:

As they went… they were healed.

Not when they prayed.Not when they cried.Not when they asked.Not when they shouted.

They were healed as they obeyed.

But here’s where the story shifts.

Ten were healed…but only one came back.

Only one turned around.

Only one said, Wait… I can’t just keep walking like nothing happened. It was Only one refused to move forward without giving honor.

Chileeee He came back. He bowed low and He fell at Jesus feet. He lifted his voice and said THANK YOU.

And Jesus asked the question that pierces the heart:

Were there not ten? Where are the nine?

My Godddddd and this is where God started dealing with me.

Because heaven keeps count. Whewwww Heaven knows who returns. Heaven knows who remembers.

Healing is good… miracles are wonderful… blessings are beautiful…

But God is looking for the ones who COME BACK.

The ones who return with THANKSGIVING.

BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THANKSGIVING IS NOT ABOUT YOU, IT’S NOT ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU ARE OR EVEN HOW BAD OF A MISTAKE IT WAS THAT YOU MADE. BUT THANKSGIVING is ALL ABOUT JESUS.

The nine received healing…but only the one was made whole. Wholeness belongs to the ones who return. And when he worshiped, Jesus said something powerful:

Your faith has made you whole.

Today, we return.

We return to say thank You. We return to bow low. We return to remember who carried us. We return to acknowledge that from January to November — it was God.

When it could have gone another way…God kept you.

When life tried to break you…God covered you.

When the enemy thought he had you…God lifted you.

When you didn’t know how you were going to make it…God made the way.

You are here because God has been faithful.🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🥹🥹🥹

So today our declaration is simple and sincere:

Lord… we return to say THANK YOU.

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