My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. One of the most blessed truths that is revealed in the
holy scriptures of the Bible is that God has a special purpose to fulfil through
the lives of His faithful servants. In the Bible we read about the life of Joseph,
who was raised from the pit to the palace.
Jacob had 12 sons. And Joseph used to snitch about his brothers to his father
Jacob. Now Jacob loved Joseph more than all his children, and he made him a
tunic of many colours (Genesis 37:3). Then Joseph told his brothers about the
dreams he had. He said, “Listen to this dream I had. We were all out in the
field gathering bundles of wheat. Suddenly, my bundle stood straight up, and
your bundles circled around it and bowed down to mine” (Genesis 37:7). He
had another dream and told this one also to his brothers: “I dreamed another
dream—the sun and moon and eleven stars bowed down to me!”(Genesis
37:9). When he told the dreams to his brothers, they hated him even more.
His brothers had gone off to Shechem where they were pasturing their father’s
flocks and so Jacob sent Joseph to enquire about their welfare. They spotted
him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot
to kill him.
“Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall
say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his
dreams!” (Genesis 37:20).
Moreover, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colours that was
on him and cast him into a pit (Genesis 37:24).
Joseph was sold into slavery, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out
of the pit and sold him to the Midianite traders for twenty shekels of silver.
And they took Joseph to Egypt (Genesis 37: 28).
After Joseph had been taken to Egypt by the Midianite traders, Potiphar an
Egyptian, one of Pharaoh’s officials and the manager of his household, bought
him from them (Genesis 39:1).
And the Lord was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he
did.
The Bible says: “The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man”
(Genesis 39:2).
Moreover, Joseph was mistakenly thrown in prison. God not only rescued
Joseph who was innocent but also made him leader over all of Egypt.
Furthermore, the King said to Joseph, “you have greater wisdom and insight
than anyone else.” Did Joseph’s dreams die with him in the pit? Not at all. God
had a marvellous plan for Joseph and appointed him governor over all Egypt
(Genesis 41:41).
My dear children of God, are you suffering due to many challenges just like
Joseph? Are you lamenting that there is no one to come to your aid in your
loneliness? Are you crying because you cannot see the end of the tunnel?
Under such circumstances cling to God like Joseph, He will deliver you from
every snare and raise you up. Do not be worried!
When you are a person of integrity in your profession and vocation, God will
raise you to high positions! He will bring you up out of a horrible pit, out of the
miry clay, and set your feet upon a rock, and establish your steps (Psalm
40:1,2). Hold firmly to God whatever be your circumstances.
God brought good out of all the trials that Joseph faced. He brought good out
of the rejection and betrayal. He brought good out of Joseph’s imprisonment
when he was falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife and He brought good out of
the seven year famine.This same God can bring good out of any situation,
challenge, rejection or betrayal that you may face or are currently facing. All
He requires is your love for Him.
Let the Lord cause you to prosper. May He go before you as a Counsellor and
make all the crooked paths straight! As you hold onto Him firmly, He will raise
you from the pit to the palace just like He did for Joseph!
Prayer: Loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. Lord, be with my
children as You we were with Joseph in every part of his life. You will raise my
children from the horrible pit and miry clay and set them upon the rock. Be
their Counseller and guide them.
In Jesus Name we pray
Amen.
We must trust in the Lord and His power and miracles, then you and your household will live. The Bible says: “just shall live by faith…” (Hebrews 10:38).
The Lord says, “if you would believe you would see the glory of God.” So you should trust the Lord. You must believe, “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.” (Mathew 8:17).
God saved Noah and his family from a great flood – because he trusted God. The faith that he had was – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13). Even in his old age Noah when he received the warning from the Lord built the huge ark. God’s plan was fulfilled, and his family was saved from the flood.
Some years ago, an old man suffering from intestinal cancer was brought to our prayer tower by his two sons. The doctors had said he won’t survive past an hour and in this abandoned condition they had brought him to me. I asked him, “What should I pray for you?” He looked at me and said, “You have been the reason many have wiped away their tears, God should grant you a long life. This is my desire.” At that moment I only had a few chocolates in the table. I took one chocolate and gave it to this elderly man who was only consuming water for the past three months. I blessed this chocolate with the blood of Jesus and gave him the blessed word, “You will live, you will not die and declare the works of God.” He started chewing the chocolate that I gave him and as he was consuming it, I could sense in my spirit the healing power of God descend on him. When his two sons came forward to lift him, he said “I can get up myself.” He went down the building by the elevator. He told his sons to buy him some idly from the nearby restaurant and he ate well. It is 8 years since this happened, and the father is still alive and well. Yes, when you trust in the Lord, you will receive the same miracles in your life too. Hallelujah!
Yes, our Lord desires not only that His children live and prosper but also will open ways to succeed in the lands that you have inherited. Personalise these promises in your life and be blessed! When you seek God, repent, and confess your sins, He will forgive your sins and remove your curses and enable you to prosper. When you trust God and His power and obey His commandments, He will cause you to live, prosper and prolong your days in the country where you live. Cling on to this Lord!
May God bless you abundantly! Amen.
Prayer:
Loving Heavenly Father,
I bless your children in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Your word says that
when we believe, we will see the glory of God and the righteous will live by faith.
Help my beloved children to have faith in you. Whatever troubled situation they
may be going through now, we pray that you will solve all their problems in Jesus
name. Make them to prosper. In Jesus name we pray .Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ! I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you for today, is taken from the book of Leviticus 26:13, “I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you walk upright.”
The Lord is telling you through this verse that He has broken your bondages and has set you free, and made you walk upright with your head lifted up. How is our God and what is He going to do for you? God is saying “I am going to make you walk with your head lifted up. This verse is saying that God is going to break all the bands of your yoke and help you walk with your head lifted up. Yoke means some kind of weight thrust upon your shoulder with which you are unable to lift up your head up. It is pressing your mind, your thoughts, and troubling you. God wants to release you from that yoke which is heavy on your neck. God wants to squeeze and break it asunder. Such pressure that causes pain, stress, sorrow and agony are the works of Satan. I have heard people say, “There is some mental pressure or struggle that keeps troubling me always.” From that struggle God wants to release you. The yoke is pressing your mind, your body, your soul and spirit. These are the works of the devil that causes you to be pressed by the yoke that has been thrust upon your shoulder.
People who are pressed with such kind of pressure even cry out saying that that they are experiencing much pressure on their shoulder, in their body and so on. This pressure is constantly pressing my head, they would say. Therefore God is going to uproot the evil spirit that has pressurised your very life, by sitting on your shoulder as a yoke and creating much trouble to you. And thereby You have lost all your peace. God is going to remove all the spirit of the yoke that has been laid over you and He is going to release you from all the sufferings that you are going through, because of the yoke and he will make you to walk with your head lifted up.
We see in the bible how the woman with infirmity was bent for nearly eighteen years because of the yoke laid upon her by the evil spirit of the devil. This evil spirit was sitting within her and was not allowing her to look up and walk steadily. Instead she was bending her back and never could see the world around her. She led a miserable life until the Lord met her and took pity on her and healed her of her infirmity. Today is a day when the Lord is going to meet you. God said to her, “You have been redeemed from the hold of Satan, therefore you shall no more walk with your bent back , but you shall walk with your head lifted up.”The very next minute her back which had been bent all these years straightened and she was able to lift up her head and turn around. The woman with infirmity jumped with joy at the miracle that the Lord had done for her. Her joy knew no bounds. The bible says, she rejoiced in the Lord and went home glorifying God. Similarly the Lord is going to do a miracle for you and remove the yoke from your shoulder that is constantly pressing you. He is going to straighten your head and make you walk with head lifted up, since all these years you have been pressed by the yoke.
May be some shameful deed would have caused you to bend your head and walk all these years. In that shameful deed the Lord is going to perform a miracle and make you walk upright. The creditors from whom you had borrowed money might have made you to walk in shame all this while by making you pay only the interest. Hereafter God will help you to pay all your dues and set you free from all your debts. God will help you to walk with head lifted up among the people in the society and in the midst of your family members. God will stretch out His hand and help you in this regard. And you shall go rejoicing and glorifying God.
Prayer: Lord we thank you. Lord I bless all the children who are reading this message in the name of Jesus. We thank You, Lord for causing us to walk upright. We thank you because you make us to walk with our head lifted up. There are many who are unable to lift up their head and walk boldly in the society because of their debts or due to some shameful incident which has taken place in their lives. Uproot all such problems from their lives, so that they may be able to walk with head lifted up. Remove all the pressure that has mounted upon them due to works of the evil spirit the Devil. Let them lead a happy and peaceful life. We submit all our thanksgivings at the feet of the Lord Jesus, who causes us to walk with our head lifted up.
In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen.
My beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God for today is taken from the book of Isaiah 61:3, “To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; and that He may be glorified.”
Today is a special day. It is called Ash Wednesday. The fasting day begins from today. This day will be the first day of 40 days fasting. In the above verse we read about the list of things that Jesus came to do in this world. And one among them is to console those who mourn in Zion, and to give beauty for ashes. He comforts those who are in trouble, or those facing problems in their life. When a man suffers due to sorrow, or is in pain and agony because of some distressing incident, his heart gets disturbed. His mind gets disturbed. He loses his peace of mind. So this day can be considered as a day when God wants to set right his life of sorrow. You will know that many will not be taking non vegetarian food during these days of fasting. Some of them will give up all the bad habits they are practising during these days, as a mark of respect to the Lord who died for them on the cross. Many will take good resolutions during these days. Especially these days are considered as holy days. So they will be careful to behave very holy and righteous these forty days. God says, God will console all those who mourn over the death of the Lord or because they mourn over the loss of their own loved ones or may be due to some distressing situation in their lives.
My dearly beloved if you have experienced any calamity in your life that has led you to mourn and weep and suffer anguish and pain, then the Lord is going to console and comfort you. He wants to give you beauty for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
There are some who would have been hurt by their own sinful life and would be in grief and sorrow. Therefore they would be filled with grief and pain in committing sin before God again and again. For such people the Lord is going to forgive their sins and deliver them from their sinful activities so that they may not sin against God in future, but be established in Him. Jesus came to deliver mankind from their sinful nature and thus console them and comfort them in their life. God has come into your house to set right all those who are fickle minded and unsteady in their life. God is making them all a new creation. He is not only going to console those who mourn in Zion but He wants to give them beauty for ashes. He also wants to supply those people with the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; and that God’s name may be glorified, through their lives.
God wants to give them beauty for ashes. Now do you know who will sit among the ashes? Only those who are severely broken in heart and also who suffer various problems will sit among ashes. They will apply ashes upon themselves and sit on the rugged sack. Ash indicates the nature of being destroyed or spoilt. They cannot be of any good use. That day we see about Job who was slowly decaying in his physical body and financially and he was under tremendous pressure because he had lost all his ten children and all his cattle and wealth were washed away and so he became a poor and despised man on the face of this earth. He was disregarded because of his poor state of life. He sat on the ash heap and applied some ash on his body to show that he was dejected and broken hearted. Any burnt stuff is known as the ash. It may be paper or wood, dry leaves or even human body, whatever is burnt becomes ash in the end. Job was sitting in such a situation so weary and worn out on ash heap. So we see Job sitting on the ashes saying all is finished in his life. There is nothing more tragic to happen any further. When all seems to have been over and there is no more hope, then Jesus comes into your homes to light up or give hope in your life. Because Jesus is not only Omega but He is also the Alpha or the beginning.
My dearly beloved, today what are the things that seem to be like Omega. All have come to an end for you. And therefore you are broken hearted and very grief stricken. Seeing your troubled state of life God wants to be Alpha in your life and give you a new beginning, and bless you with all good things. God wants to make you as a new creation and also start a new era in your life by consoling and strengthening you over all your grief stricken life and refresh your soul and mind. That is why He came into this world. And on this Ash Wednesday as you meditate during these days, on the sufferings of Jesus on the cross God will do a miracle for you. All those who cry out to God asking Him to stabilize you and console you , God will immediately descend upon you, and perform a miracle for you and establish you. You who are sitting among the ash heap and saying all is over in my life, God is going to renew your life and restart you with newness in life.
Prayer: Lord we thank you. Lord I bless all the children who are reading this message in the name of Jesus. We thank You, Lord for consoling us and comforting us. We see Daniel, who was taken as a refugee, made a commitment in his life that he would not eat of the kings delicacies, and thus defile his body. Since he made this decision in his life, God exalted him to sit with kings and princes. Similarly may your children make new resolution to remain holy and pure in their life. May they give up all their sinful life and live a life pleasing unto God. Create in them a new heart and new life that would be acceptable in God’s sight. Let their life be established in the manner that God is pleased with and may they live a glorious life for God. Remove all sorrow and grief from them, because of their debts, or disease or financial crisis, and gladden their heart. We thank You Lord for bringing about a change in their life. Lord You have said, that you will give them beauty for ashes. So consider all those who are sitting among the ashes and transform their lives to that of godliness, holiness, and pleasing in the sight of God.
In Jesus Name We pray.
Amen.
Dearly Beloved in Christ! I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you for today, is taken from the book of 1 Chronicles 29:12, says, both riches and honour come of thee.”
Riches and Honour come from heaven. Only God can give you riches and wealth. You need to understand that in order to make you rich God became poor by His death on the cross. God took upon himself all your poverty and bore it upon Himself and crucified them on the cross. So there is no more poverty for you. Until yesterday people looking at you might say, you are very poor and therefore they might have kept you aside. They would have refused to talk to you or have anything to do with you. For God is going to make you rich and wealthy. God is taking certain special steps in order to make you rich. He is going to open a way for you to secure a good permanent job so that you may earn money to manage your livelihood.
If you are not getting monthly salary then God will give you a better position that will help you earn good income. Not only that, God is opening ways for you to go abroad and make a better life. For some he is going, to open doors for them to do business. Yet again for some He is going to rejuvenate their business which have been in a fallen state, and thus help them to make a better living. For others He is going to open doors for them to do ministry and bless them do well in life. For the Bible says, Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things, and be in health just as your soul prospers. So God wants you to prosper you both spiritually and in the worldly aspect too. God will change all situations in favour of you which you go through in this life. Then everybody will begin to respect and honour you. You will walk with head lifted up with much honour.
Once you become rich and wealthy then you will not know how your debts disappeared from you. God is still doing something for you. He is trying to reduce your medical expense and stop all theft and robbery through which you had incurred great loss, and other unwanted expenditure, that you face on daily basis, so that your riches may not be squandered. He wishes that you retain your riches, and continue to grow wealthy. He does not want you to be stuck in poverty. He will destroy the swarming locusts, the consuming locusts, the crawling locusts, and the chewing locust which have eaten away all your revenue. God is going to let your cup overflow with blessings. Dear children of God hold on to this word, saying that, “Both riches and honour come of thee.” Say to the Lord, “I know that riches and wealth belong to You Oh Lord, therefore grant to me the riches and wealth with which I shall honour you.” The Bible says that ask and you shall receive. So ask the Lord to give you the riches and wealth. He will open the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessings that there will be no room to receive it.
The Lord says that Honour comes from Him. Until yesterday all would have thought very low about you. But hereafter all will respect you and honour you. The verse says, Riches and honour come from God. So firstly God will make you rich and then He will allow people to respect and honour you.
When the prophet Elisha asked the Shunamite woman, what she needed she told him that she had everything and that she lacked nothing. She said, “God has kept me as an honourable woman. So I have been blessed with all good things. God has not kept me in a poverty state of life, but as rich wealthy and honourable woman.” Are you being teased by others over your impoverished state of life? God is about to lift you up to an honourable position and admire at you. So never be discouraged in life. If you abide by His word He will crown you with riches, wealth and honour.
Prayer: Lord we thank You. I bless your children in the name of Jesus. Lord you said, that riches and wealth comes from You. I pray that You will bless all the children who are reading this message with riches, wealth, honour and prosperity. May God Himself descend upon them and open ways and means for them to enjoy such riches and wealth. May doors that are shut be opened for them to enjoy all wealth and riches. Open new job opportunities for them to make a better living. So that all the canker worms and swarming locusts, that are eating the wealth of the children may come to an end. Let their vessels overflow with blessings from above. May they prosper in all aspects of their life and thrive successfully. Help them to live a peaceful life with all wealth and riches.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
