{"id":7355,"date":"2025-10-18T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:08:03","slug":"18-october-2025-what-pleases-the-father-john-829-luke-1711-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2025\/10\/18\/18-october-2025-what-pleases-the-father-john-829-luke-1711-19\/","title":{"rendered":"18 October 2025: WHAT PLEASES THE FATHER &#8211; John 8:29, Luke 17:11\u201319"},"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\">A<\/span>s you grow in God, you must move from merely enjoying divine acceptance to pursuing divine approval. Acceptance is yours because of Jesus; approval answers to a life that pleases the Father. Jesus said, \u201cHe that sent me is with me\u2026 for I do always those things that please him\u201d (John 8:29, KJV). I want you to find what pleases the Father and do it consistently. Thanksgiving is one of those things. It delights Him more than your petitions, more than long fasts done with a murmuring heart. Gratitude says, \u201cI recognise Your hand; I agree with Your mercy; I return to give You glory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are immature ways to say, \u201cthank you,\u201d and there are mature ways that carry weight. Children mutter thanks because they were prompted; sons return unprompted and pour value into their words, posture, and gifts. In Luke 17, ten lepers were cleansed, but only one returned; to him Jesus said, \u201cthy faith hath made thee whole.\u201d Thanksgiving completes what faith begins. Many believers live under Heaven\u2019s frown, not because God has withdrawn acceptance, but because they have not learned the pleasure of prompt, precise, proportionate gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Pray to grow in genuine thanksgiving \u2014 free of performance, full of revelation, and fitting for the mercy you received.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Practically, train for approval. First, recognise: name exactly what God did, what He prevented, and whom He used. Second, return: do not delay; thanksgiving decays when it is late. Third, respond: choose words and a posture you would never offer a man, and let your gift tell the truth about how deeply you value the intervention. Build family rhythms \u2014 weekly gratitude reviews, testimony moments, and memorial seeds that say, \u201cThis is the Lord\u2019s doing.\u201d Let thanksgiving be your first language in prayer and your last word after every breakthrough. When you do the things that please Him, you will find His presence and partnership abiding with you in new measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> Where have I enjoyed acceptance but neglected approval by withholding gratitude? What precise return \u2014 words, posture, and gift \u2014 will I bring today that truly pleases the Father?<\/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>PRI\u00c8RE:<\/strong> <strong>Father, grow me from casual thanks to what pleases You. Teach me prompt, precise, proportionate gratitude that completes faith and attracts Your approval, 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 31:27-32:44, 1 Timothy 3:1-16, Psalm 88:1-18, Proverbs 25:20-22<br><br><br><strong>SPIRIT MEAT ON ANDROID AND 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>Jesus is Lord!<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>As you grow in God, you must move from merely enjoying divine acceptance to pursuing divine approval. Acceptance is yours because of Jesus; approval answers to a life that pleases the Father. Jesus said, \u201cHe that sent me is with me\u2026 for I do always those things that please him\u201d (John 8:29, KJV). 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