02/08/2026
Showers of Blessings Service – 2nd Service
Theme: Jesus Christ Still Heals and Delivers Today
Speaker: Pst. Victor Samaila
Anchor Text: Luke 17:17
Introduction
No one has been created with the privilege of being sick. God has saved, healed, and delivered His people from destruction, and His healing power is still at work today.
Why Are We Thanking God Today?
Specifically, we are giving God thanks for a most refreshing and fruitful mid-year season. His faithfulness has preserved, sustained, and continually blessed us as a church.
What Is Thanksgiving?
As common as the word thanksgiving may seem, it is wonderful in its workings. Indeed, it is a wonderful thing to give thanks to the Lord.
Man is the only being with the God-given ability to influence what happens to him through the choices he makes. One of the greatest choices that attracts God's goodness is thanksgiving.
Gratitude is the foundation of value, and value produces increase. Thanksgiving is a force that attracts positive outcomes. Spiritually, thanksgiving is a divine force for positive attraction.
Wonders Embedded in Thanksgiving
1. Thanksgiving Creates an Atmosphere for Answers to Prayer. John 6:4–6
Thanksgiving moves our petitions from the realm of requests to the realm of fulfilled answers. It is the protocol of entry into God's presence, for thanksgiving opens the gates of heaven.
2. Thanksgiving Provokes a Supernatural Change of Story. Psalm 92:1
Thanksgiving keeps believers flourishing regardless of circumstances. It empowers us to rise above every situation and experience divine turnaround.
3. Thanksgiving Secures and Sustains Supernatural Church Growth. Jeremiah 30:18–19; Acts 2:46
4. Thanksgiving Facilitates the Fulfilment of Prophecies. Isaiah 38:19–20
5. Thanksgiving Revives and Brings the Dead Back to Life. John 11:42–44; Romans 4:16–20
6. Thanksgiving Secures Access to the Path of Life. Psalm 16:11
Through thanksgiving, we enjoy God's presence, divine direction, fullness of joy, and access to His ordained path for our lives.
Avenues for Showers of Blessings: Zechariah 10:1
1. Obedience of Faith. Genesis 22:16–18; Genesis 24:1
Obedience often requires doing what may seem humanly impossible. Every act of faith-filled obedience positions us for divine blessings.
2. Righteousness. Job 1:8
Living uprightly before God attracts His favour and establishes us as candidates for His blessings.
3. Affection for the Things of God. 1 Chronicles 29:3
A genuine love for God's house and His kingdom attracts supernatural rewards and lasting blessings.
4. Priestly Blessings. Numbers 6:22; Hebrews 7:7
Priestly blessings are fundamentally spiritual. Nothing manifests in the physical until it has first been established in the spiritual. The spiritual realm governs the physical; therefore, priestly blessings carry the power to influence every area of life.
5. Parental Blessings
Parental blessings empower us to become inheritors of both spiritual and physical inheritances. They release divine favour, preservation, and generational blessings upon our lives.