Tuesday October 28th, 2025
« He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities »
36 Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.
37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,
38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.
39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”
40 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” So he said, “Teacher, say it.”
41 “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.”
44 Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.
45 You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.
46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.
47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
The source of good and perfect gifts
In 1 Kings 3:4, Solomon decided to give God a really special offering.
He sacrificed 1,000 cattle.
The priests must have been very surprised, but then Solomon considered the circumstances behind his birth and felt unworthy to be king.
Ordinarily, Solomon should have been hated by all, but there he was, the one chosen to be king. He knew he did not deserve what he had received from God so he spared nothing when it came to thanking Him.
Many a time, you don’t thank God enough because you think you deserve all that He has given you, but if you look closely, you would see that you are wrong.
The day God pointed out to me that because I am not a child from the first wife of my father, I ought not to be used by Him according to the law, but that His mercy had found me usable, I became more humble in my thanksgiving.
Isaiah 64:6NLT
« We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind »
- If you think your blessings are a result of your hard work, you should go and see some people who are working far harder than you, yet are not rich.
- If you think your success thus far is based on how smart you are, you need to go to the asylum and see many brilliant people who have lost their minds.
The fact that you can even wake up in the morning is enough reason to give thanks to God. Psalm 3:5NLT says
« I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me »
If you think deeply, you will see that you don’t deserve any of the things that God has given to you.
You will see that it is in Him that you live and move and even have your being, Acts 17:28.
You will see that without Him, You can do nothing, John 15:5.
I don’t know about you, but as for me, I know that I would have been long gone if it wasn’t for Him.
I know that everything I am is as a result of His tender mercies towards me, so I will praise Him with all my heart.
I will never hold back anything in giving Him thanks.
Application – Spend at least one hour just thanking God for all that you are and have today.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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