Thanksgiving, the Key That Unlocks the Supernatural

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Introduction

On this last Sunday of the year, Pastor Renathe YAO brings you a simple message that can turn around the end of your year and your entrance into the next one. One word, one posture, one key: thanksgiving. Not as a spiritual courtesy, but as a force that unlocks the supernatural, multiplies the blessings already received, and brings back to life what seemed dead in your situation.

You will see three passages that illustrate this: the ten lepers healed by Jesus (Luke 17), Job after the storm (Job 42), and Lazarus in front of the tomb (John 11). Three angles to help you grasp the same key and to invite you to activate it even before your circumstances have changed.

Sermon Outline

1. Turn back and give thanks like the Samaritan

In Luke 17, Jesus heals ten lepers. Nine leave with their healing. Only one, a Samaritan, a foreigner, turns back to give thanks. The others had received healing from leprosy, they left, and they treated it as something owed to them. They missed out on a second word.

Pastor Renathe puts it in simple terms: the other nine felt entitled. The tenth recognized that it was not a right, it was a grace. "I am healed. Did I deserve it? I do not think so." That recognition opened the door to something more.

She applies this very concretely to your life, especially to marriage. A sister prayed for years to get married. God gives her a husband. The marriage happens. How many afterward come to the pastor's office only to give thanks? Almost no one. What comes back instead are the complaints: "he did not do this, he does not say that." The pastor gently corrects you: you prayed year after year for this husband, and you never give thanks for him, you only complain. Let us settle that today: bless God for the man, bless God for the woman you have. Your thanksgiving will dispose their heart, and you will live happily in your marriage.

2. Multiplication: giving thanks multiplies what you have already received

When you give thanks to God, you multiply what you have already received. This is not only for those who are still waiting. Even you, who consider that you have already received, give thanks, because what you have is about to become more.

The Samaritan, by turning back, receives an additional word from Jesus: "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well" (Luke 17:19). In that word "well," there is everything: healing, protection, overflow, salvation. The other nine may be healed of leprosy, but they never had access to that second word. The tenth one enters into overflow.

It is simple, and this is where the pastor insists: God's matters are always simple. You confess with your mouth that you receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, and your name is written in heaven. You give thanks, you multiply. It is not complicated, you just need to experience it.

3. Giving thanks restores what you had lost (Job)

Job had lost everything. The devil had been allowed to touch his possessions, then his body. His friends accuse him. Job defends himself, and ends up putting God on trial. Then God answers him, and speaks to him about creation: the boundaries of the sea, the rising sun, the crocodile with its scales, the hippopotamus, the sky.

The message is clear: "Job, you are not the only one on earth. Look at my creation and recognize my greatness." Job's heart changes. He answers: "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:5-6).

The pastor hands you the same lever: if your own life does not yet give you reasons for thanksgiving, look at creation. The breath of life you have this morning is already an immense subject. No store sells breath. Give thanks for life, and you begin to multiply the subjects of thanksgiving that will come into your life. Job was restored to double after his thanksgiving. Expect a restoration.

4. Giving thanks brings back to life what was dead (Lazarus)

John 11. Lazarus has been dead for four days. His body already smells. Jesus arrives at the tomb and has the stone removed. Then he lifts up his eyes and says, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me" (John 11:41). He does not linger on the five senses: not the smell, not the sight, not what people around him are saying. He gives thanks, and Lazarus comes out.

Today, what is your situation of death? A breast that doctors have declared dead. Applications rejected by the bank, the school, immigration. A cancer. A stuck marriage. Pastor Renathe tells you: death is not your portion. You hold the key in your hands. Use it. Give thanks even before the situation changes. And declare like Jesus: "I thank you that you have heard me."

Key Takeaways

• Thanksgiving is a key, not a courtesy. It unlocks things that complaining never unlocks.
• Giving thanks recognizes that what you have is a grace, not something owed. That posture brings you back to the feet of Jesus.
• Giving thanks multiplies what you have already received. Never treat a blessing as something already settled.
• When your own life does not give you subjects, look at creation: the breath of life is enough to begin.
• Giving thanks activates life where death seemed to have won. Do not stop at what your five senses can see.

Personal Application

• Which blessing have you started to treat as something owed, to the point of no longer giving thanks for it?
• In your marriage, your family, your work, what two or three subjects of thanksgiving can you name today, even if everything else weighs on you?
• If your current situation gives you no reasons for gratitude, what element of creation or what breath of life can you bless this morning?
• What is the "situation of death" you are carrying at the end of this year? Are you ready to give thanks in advance, before anything visibly moves?
• How will you concretely practice thanksgiving every day until you enter the new year?

Scriptures Cited

• Luke 17:11-19 - The ten lepers
• Job 42:1-6 - Job recognizes the greatness of God
• John 11:41-44 - Jesus gives thanks before Lazarus is raised
• John 13:35 - Verse of the week: love, the mark of a disciple

FAQ

Does giving thanks still work if my situation does not change?

Yes. Thanksgiving does not depend on the situation, it depends on who God is. It is because you give thanks that the situation begins to move, not the other way around. Jesus gives thanks in front of a tomb, before Lazarus comes out.

I truly have no reasons to be grateful, how do I begin?

Start with the breath of life. Look at creation: the sun rising, a body that functions, a hand that helps, a shelter, a meal. God answered Job by showing him his creation. There is always material for thanksgiving.

Isn't giving thanks for an imperfect spouse just denying the problems?

No. No one is telling you your spouse is perfect. Pastor Renathe says it clearly: they certainly have their flaws. Giving thanks for what is good prepares the ground for God to work on the rest. You can give thanks and pray for what needs to change at the same time.