{"id":7336,"date":"2025-10-12T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7336"},"modified":"2025-10-04T17:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:34:33","slug":"12-october-2025-the-feeling-and-posture-of-true-thanks-2-samuel-718-29-genesis-43-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2025\/10\/12\/12-october-2025-the-feeling-and-posture-of-true-thanks-2-samuel-718-29-genesis-43-7\/","title":{"rendered":"12 October 2025: THE FEELING AND POSTURE OF TRUE THANKS &#8211; 2 Samuel 7:18\u201329, Genesis 4:3\u20137"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><span class=\"tie-dropcap\">T<\/span>hanksgiving reflects the depth of your feeling. David remembered where God found him and where grace set him, and he \u201csat before the LORD\u201d to pour out words that could carry such weight (2 Sam. 7:18\u201329). He was not casual; he was captured by mercy. The stronger your grasp of what God has done, the greater the act that follows. I want you to feel the impact of grace \u2014 see the journey from insignificance to covenant, from rejection to enthronement \u2014 and then respond proportionately. Never call grace a right. For every lift you did not earn, return with thoughtful, measured, and timely thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posture matters because God reads the heart before He weighs the gift. Cain\u2019s offering was refused because his heart was wrong (Gen. 4:3\u20137). A proud soul can kneel and still not worship; a broken heart can whisper, and Heaven will stand at attention. Correct posture is humility \u2014 before God first, then before men. Sometimes it is kneeling, sometimes lifting hands, sometimes dancing like David, sometimes silence with tears, sometimes generous giving to honour the weight of mercy. Whatever the form, let the heart be right: thankful, reverent, and aware that without the Lord you can do nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Do not posture arrogantly in God\u2019s presence and expect your thanksgiving to touch Him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Practically, prepare your heart before you present your thanks. Repent of entitlement; ask the Spirit to align motive, words, and actions. Choose an expression that matches the moment \u2014 a testimony, a memorial seed, a visit to honour someone God used, or a private hour on your face before the Lord. Guard against performance: thanksgiving is \u201cbefore the LORD,\u201d not before the gallery. Teach your household the same \u2014 feel the mercy, posture rightly, and respond promptly. When feeling and posture agree with truth, thanksgiving becomes acceptable, powerful, and transformative in the sight of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> What recent mercy have I felt lightly that deserves a weightier response? How will I align my heart and posture, so my thanksgiving is humble, sincere, and proportionate to what God has done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Father, cure me of entitlement. Give me a sincere heart and a right posture so my thanksgiving is acceptable to You and honouring to men You used, in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-padding  has-padding-left has-padding-right\" style=\"padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;\">\n\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>LA BIBLE EN UN AN :<\/strong><br>Jeremiah 19:1-21:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-28, Psalm 82:1-8, Proverbs 25:9-10<br><br><br><strong>SPIRIT MEAT SUR ANDROID ET iOS<br><\/strong><br>Spirit Meat on Android: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatAndroid<br>Spirit Meat on iOS: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatIOS<br>YouVersion: http:\/\/bible.us\/r\/G7N<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>J\u00e9sus est Seigneur !<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>www.dreamcentreoftheloic.org<br>www.soundcloud.com\/reverendareogun<br>www.dciradio.org<br>https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatDailyDevotionalWhatsApp<br>YouTube Channel- Sola Areogun Ministries<br>+2348037252124<br>#SpiritMeat<br>#ReverendAreogun<br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br><em><strong>Copyright \u00a9\ufe0f 2025<\/strong><br>The public is hereby informed that exclusive copyright<\/em><br><em>subsiste dans cette \u0153uvre et donc toute tentative de reproduction,<\/em><br><em>copier, distribuer au public \u00e0 des fins commerciales, publier tout<\/em><br><em>traduction de l&#039;\u0153uvre, r\u00e9aliser un film relatif \u00e0 l&#039;\u0153uvre,<\/em><br><em>faire une adaptation de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans son int\u00e9gralit\u00e9, soit en grande partie<\/em><br><em>une partie de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans sa forme originale, soit sous toute autre forme<\/em><br><em>d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re reconnaissable de l&#039;original constitue une atteinte \u00e0 la<\/em><br><em>droit de l&#039;auteur et sujet \u00e0 litige sauf et sauf<\/em><br><em>l&#039;auteur a officiellement et clairement autoris\u00e9 ladite personne<\/em><br><em>ou les personnes ou l&#039;auteur sont clairement mentionn\u00e9s dans l&#039;\u0153uvre.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hanksgiving reflects the depth of your feeling. David remembered where God found him and where grace set him, and he \u201csat before the LORD\u201d to pour out words that could carry such weight (2 Sam. 7:18\u201329). He was not casual; he was captured by mercy. 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