October 12, 2025
The SPIRITUAL life is filled with FAITHFULNESS & THANKFULNESS to God.
Galatians 5:22-23 SAYS SO…..…….
“But the fruit of the SPIRIT is 1) love, 2) joy, 3) peace, 4) patience, 5) kindness, 6) truth, 7) FAITHFULNESS, 8) gentleness & 9)self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
The SPIRIT-filled life is filled with the 7th fruit of the spirit, which is FAITHFULNESS & THANKFULNESS to God. This is in opposition to the wordly/fleshy life, which is filled with ungratefulness, complaining, fault-finding and blaming.
In the gospel we are studying in our weekly family Bible study, Jesus heals 10 Lepers! All 10 Lepers responded in FAITH before they were healed! The gospel says….”They cried out, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were healed of leprosy! All 10 of them responded in FAITH to Jesus because they all began walking, to show themselves to the priest before they were actually physically healed. They obeyed Jesus’ command because they BELIEVED Jesus could heal them. All 10 Lepers had the 7th spiritual fruit of FAITHFULNESS, spoken of, in Galatians 5:22-23.
However, only 1 Samaritan man came back to THANK Jesus! Luke 17:15 says, “When he saw he was healed, he came back to Jesus, shouting, “PRAISE God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, THANKING Him for what He had done.”
Jesus eventually says to the Samaritan man, “Stand up & go. Your FAITH has healed you.”
Jesus said FAITH healed the Samaritan man that came back to THANK him. FAITH also healed the other 9 Lepers but they didn’t know FAITH healed them because they didn’t come back to THANK Jesus and be in relationship with Him.
We don’t know if the other 9 Lepers just forgot to say thank you. Maybe they were just awestruck and in their own world. All they could think about was being physically healed of leprosy after many years of being outcasts. Their minds were consumed with joy with what they were going to do with this newfound healthy body! They could go live with their families again and get a job.
Sometimes now, even in modern times, people BELIEVE in Jesus, pray/ask for a miracle, get the miracle they asked for and then are so consumed with getting what they wanted they forget to THANK Jesus who helped them. They may second guess things after they get the blessing. They might think the healing came from a doctor, science, a food they ate, or a medication they took. The sad part, spiritually, is these other 9 Lepers did not use leprosy (their trial) to THANK Jesus and get the benefit of strengthening their FAITH and SPIRITUAL relationship with Jesus.
Jesus said the Samaritan’s FAITH healed him. FAITHFULNESS, THANKFULNESS to God and prayer are all beautifully connected. FAITH is patient hope. Prayer gives us FAITH/patient hope.
Prayer includes:
- THANKFULNESS to God
- Petitions/ Asking God for Blessings/Help/Miracles
- Conversation with God (Both Us Talking to Him and Listening to His answers)
The very beginning of prayer is THANKFULNESS to God! Jesus always began prayer with what he was THANKFUL for. Mathew 26:27 says, “Then he took the cup, GAVE THANKS, and gave it to them….”
Oprah has said that if you pray and all you say is “THANK YOU To God” then that is enough! Prayer can include the aforementioned 3 parts or just be as simple as “THANK YOU to God/Jesus!”
Charlie Kirk said his experiences with college students in the United States was that Republicans were THANKFUL for the opportunity and hope, which our country provided them. Whereas many liberal college students were ungrateful, often complained and blamed others for their situation.
2 Kings 5:14 (Old Testament/Jewish Torah)
Next Level GRATITUDE to God is telling others, publicly, what God has done in your life! Giving your TESTIMONY!
The Samaritan man was healed physically from leprosy by faith. Jesus said so. By publicly thanking Jesus, he not only grew his spiritual relationship with Jesus but he also grew the relationship of the entire crowd of believers watching.
Our vision back in 2017 (for our vlog on the AmenWeekly.com YouTube channel), was to tell our children testimonies and to have other parents tell their testimonies to their own children. Our vision still includes vlog testimonies that encourage parents to tell testimonies to their own children but adds the opportunity to tell these testimonies through an online, weekly family Bible study, vacation Bible school (VBS) called “Team Pink Entrepreneurship Camp,” and a Sweet Home Economics Class (beginning, intermediate & advanced levels). Just like Elisha would not accept Naanman’s money because Elisha wanted to point Naanman to God, we intend on keeping our vlog testimonies free to point other families’ to God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit.