THE NINE LEPERS WHO FAILED TO SAY THANK YOU

THE NINE LEPERS WHO FAILED TO SAY THANK YOU
LUKE 17:11-19
Revd. Dr. J.A Aworinde

Facts from the passage we've read:
- Jesus encountered ten lepers
- They were afflicted with leprosy
- They were counted defiled by the society
- They were even spiritually unclean
- They were kept away fom public worship and social gathering
- They were object of shame
- They became object of ridicule

=>The ten lepers asked for mercy but they received healing which is a divine intervention of the Lord.
You will receive divine intervention before this year runs out in Jesus'name.
=>The lepers requested for arms but they obtained divine mercy in form of healing through Christ.
=>They received solution or answer to their problems because they had faith.
=>Nine of the ten lepers that came to Jesus failed woefully in saying thank you.
=>Are you an ingrate like these nine lepers?
=>How often do you forget to say thank you for God's goodness over your life.
=>Don't take God for granted. It is an act of ingratitude.
=>Pride hinders you from saying thank you.
=>Don't allow yourself to be carried away by the excitement of your achievement in life to say thank you to the source.
=>Out of ten lepers, only one remembered to say thank you, but alas He was a stranger.
=>You might have received blessings from God, but have you not forgotten to say thank you to the Lord and the instruments he used for you?
=>How will you appreciate God today?
=>Is God not expressing disappointment over your life due to your act of ingratitude.
=>It is one thing to receive blessing from God, it is another thing for it to be perfected. It is your gratitude towards divine blessing that brings about perfection of such blessings.
=>The leper who remembered to appreciate God was physically sound  and spiritually sound, but the other nine were only physically healed.
=>Gratitude expressed by the Samaritan leper brought about sound body through divine mercy and saved soul through faith in Christ Jesus.
=>Appreciate your Creator with something that will cost you a price.
=>Learn how to say thank you and express it wholeheartedly.
=>May God instill in us the heart of appreciation.

Remain blessed in His Presence!