{"id":7345,"date":"2025-10-15T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:38:56","slug":"15-october-2025-thank-the-source-then-the-channel-1-chronicles-2911-14-matthew-2613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2025\/10\/15\/15-october-2025-thank-the-source-then-the-channel-1-chronicles-2911-14-matthew-2613\/","title":{"rendered":"15 October 2025: THANK THE SOURCE, THEN THE CHANNEL &#8211; 1 Chronicles 29:11\u201314, Matthew 26:13"},"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>o keep thanksgiving pure, separate the Source from the channels God uses. \u201cThine, O LORD, is the greatness\u2026 for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine\u2026 of thine own have we given thee\u201d (1 Chr. 29:11\u201314, KJV). Men, systems, and circumstances may carry the blessing, but God remains the Doer. When you treat the channel as the source, you misdirect honour and drain your gratitude of power. Believe that God exists and that He is involved in human affairs; then bring Him the first and best thanks. After that, thank the channels properly \u2014 accurately, promptly, and according to weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, refuse \u201csilent thanksgiving.\u201d Thanksgiving is a physical expression to the invisible God. Give it voice and form. The woman with the alabaster box broke her perfume openly, and the Lord established her act as a perpetual memorial (Matt. 26:13). Let your gratitude intimidate the devil and encourage the saints. Speak it in prayer, sing it in worship, testify in church, write it in a note, show up in person, or give a memorial seed \u2014 do not hide the faithfulness of God behind private feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Visible honour trains your heart, edifies others, and stamps the record of Heaven with your response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Practically, make a two-step habit: first, acknowledge God as the Source \u2014 by words and a fitting offering; second, honour the channels \u2014 by message, visit, gift, or service. Keep your thanksgiving timely; stale thanks loses edge. Resist the temptation to explain away mercies as coincidence or competence. Say, \u201cIf the Lord had not helped me, I could not have come this far.\u201d Then act like it \u2014 return with substance. I want you to cultivate thanksgiving that is theologically correct (Source-first), relationally accurate (channels honoured), and publicly edifying (memorialised in words and deeds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> Where have I credited a channel instead of the Source, and how will I correct it today? What visible, timely act will memorialise my gratitude to God and honour those He used?<\/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>Lord, I acknowledge You as my Source. Receive my first and best thanks and help me honour every channel You used with accuracy and humility, 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 26:1-27:22, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18, Psalm 85:1-13, Proverbs 25:16<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>o keep thanksgiving pure, separate the Source from the channels God uses. \u201cThine, O LORD, is the greatness\u2026 for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine\u2026 of thine own have we given thee\u201d (1 Chr. 29:11\u201314, KJV). 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