Thursday October 30th, 2025
« “He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.” »
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, and I will praise the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise You, for You have answered me, and have become my salvation.
Yesterday we identified righteousness as a precondition to access God’s presence.
- Once a person has clean hands and a pure heart, he or she would be able to access God’s presence with thanksgiving and praises as stated in Psalm 100:4NASB
« Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name »
If you try to get into His presence with complaints or even requests, the gate will not be opened to you.
Only those who approach Him with thanksgiving are attended to.
However, your thanksgiving will get you into His gates, but your praises will get you into His courts.
Being in His courts is definitely a step higher than just getting into the gates.
The keepers of the gates always check for how well you can praise God before they admit you in.
If they see that you are not one who is willing to praise God, they will lock you out.
David seemed to be talking to the keepers of the gate when he said in Psalm 118:19KJV
« Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD »
It is as though God had instructed them thus: “If anyone comes here with complaints or requests without thanksgiving or praise, don’t open this gate for the individual”.
That is why when Jesus was teaching us to pray in Luke 11:1-4,
He said we are to start with,
“Our Father who hath in heaven, hallowed be thy name”.
If you start your prayers that way, you are guaranteed access to the presence of God, where you can then present your requests. John 4:23Amplified
« But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers »
Since the Father seeks true worshippers, it means that whenever you worship Him, you draw down His presence to wherever you are.
Psalm 22:3 says that He inhabits the praises of His children.
You won’t have to struggle to get into His presence again, if you would just fill your heart with thanksgiving and praise.
Application – Spend at least one hour just praising God today.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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