A GLORIOUS ENDING
Study Text: Ecclesiastes 7:8
Introduction:
- The end of a matter is a powerful moment in the calendar of God.
- Many started this year with expectations; some faced battles, losses, delays, and surprises.
- Yet we stand here today: not buried, not broken, not silenced, but thankful.
- Thanksgiving is proof that God was present all through the journey. Today, we celebrate not just survival, but a glorious ending.
- There are three things to note about a glorious ending:
1. A Glorious Ending Reveals God's Preservation
2. A Glorious Ending Redeems Great Problems
3. A Glorious Ending Releases God's Praises
1. A Glorious Ending Reveals God's Preservation
(Lamentations 3:22–23; Psalm 103:1–5)
- You are alive today because God kept you. You are standing because the mercy of God spoke for you. You are rejoicing because the grace of God prevailed.
- Thanksgiving reminds us that:
- God was faithful when men failed
- God preserved us from seen and unseen dangers
- God sustained us through the storms we never announced
- Before asking God for a new beginning, acknowledge Him for a faithful ending. Gratitude qualifies you for greater glory.
2. A Glorious Ending Redeems Great Problems
(Job 42:10–12; Genesis 50:20)
- Not every chapter of this year was pleasant, but God specializes in turning pain into praise.
- Joseph ended in the palace after the pit.
- Job ended in double after loss.
- Naomi ended in joy after bitterness
- What looked like delay was divine arrangement.
- What felt like loss was God clearing the way.
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.” — Job 8:7
- God does not judge your year by the battles you fought, but by the victory He gives at the end.
3. A Glorious Ending Releases God's Praises
(Psalm 126:1–3; Habakkuk 3:17–19)
- Thanksgiving is a spiritual weapon.
- When you praise God at the end of a season:
- You silence the voice of regret
- You close the year without bitterness
- You open the next year with authority
- Even if some prayers are still pending, you thank God because He is not finished yet.
- How you end determines how you enter. A thankful ending creates:
- A confident entry into the new year
- Fresh oil for the next phase
- Divine speed and open doors
- At Ultimate Power Gospel Assembly, we do not stagger into the future, we advance with praise.
Conclusion:
- This is not the end of your story—this is the crowning of God’s goodness in this season.
- What the enemy meant for shame, God has turned to thanksgiving.
- As you give thanks today:
- Every unfinished battle is handed over to God.
- Every delay is swallowed by divine acceleration.
- Every sorrow is exchanged for joy.
Lift your hands and declare:
- I end this year in praise and not in pain.
- My latter end is glorious by the hand of the Lord.
- Every remaining good thing assigned to this year locates me now.
- I cross into the new year with thanksgiving, favour, and power.
- The God who kept me will perfect all that concerns me.
- So shall it be, in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
