HOTN - TEACHINGS

Quick question:
What has God promised you? Do you know them? What has he revealed unto you, do you remember them?

Consider how hard it could be to express thanksgiving for nothing or randomly.

“I just want to thank you.” Even the person you are talking to would ask, for what?

Communication is an integral part of any relationship, and God is constantly talking to each and every one of us.
The things He says to you form the basis for your expectation and thanksgiving.

Do you take notes?

Show me a Christian without a journal, and I'll show you a Christian that finds it hard to thank God (for what is yet to do).

Habakkuk 2:2
“write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.”

God knows the importance of you remembering His promises which are in His words to you (Rhema & Logos), that's why He looked into new 'technology' to work it.

God Said
"…..I will take away a heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh…..” "….I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts….” (Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 31:33)

If you don't know the story of Jehoshaphat, please read the account in 2 chronicles 20.

He was an example of someone that was well taught and who took notes...
When the kings came to attack Judah, Jehoshaphat went to God and explained what he knew about the situation ----- from his notes:

2 Chronicles 20: 5 -17

Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the LORD in the front of the new courtyard and said:
"O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.
O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 'If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'
"But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."
All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the LORD.

God was moved at such an informed conversation and God answered

'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's. Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.

Jehoshaphat was confident enough to put singers as his lead army because he knew what God has said.

Henceforth, make an effort; start keeping a journal of God's promises for you. It will dramatically enhance your disposition towards thanking him.
If you have forgotten some of them, then pray to God again to reveal them to you afresh.

Remember:

"Show me a Christian without a journal, and I'll show you a Christian that finds it hard to thank God (for what is yet to do)."