My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Are you obedient to your parents and family members? Our Lord Jesus Christ obeyed His parents in everything (Luke 2:51). When you obey God’s word in everything, He is mighty to bring about marvellous miracles in your life. In case you have been disobedient, God’s wrath will come upon you (Ephesians 5:6). When Apostle Paul writes about obedience, he says: “submitting to one another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians 5:21).
When we obey His word, He changes adverse circumstances in our favour, Perhaps all the circumstances in your life are unfavourable and against your progress. But when you obey God’s word and submit yourselves to Him, He is mighty to change the hostile situations in your favour! (Mark 10:27).
We read in the Bible about the grim state of Jacob’s plight. Laban tortured Jacob. But since God was with Jacob, he became exceedingly prosperous (Genesis 30:43). The Bible says:
“ he deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.” (Genesis 31:7).
Even though Laban put Jacob through many calamities and catastrophes, God did not allow Laban to crush Jacob because He was with Jacob. When Laban intended to destroy Jacob, God appeared to him in a dream and warned Laban to leave Jacob alone (Genesis 31:24). With a grateful heart Jacob says:
“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.” (Genesis 32:10).
Jacob was victorious because of his obedience to God’s word. Young man/woman reading this Mangala Vaarthai, are the circumstances in your life unfavourable? Hold tightly to this Lord! He will change the adverse situations in your favour! Do not be worried!
Secondly, When you obey God’s word, He will do wonders and miracles in our life. The first miracle that Jesus did in the Bible was at the marriage at Cana where he turned water into wine (John 2:1-11). As soon as Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water” they immediately filled them to the brim. And when Jesus instructed them, “Now draw some out and serve it”, they instantly complied knowing quite well that it was still water. As a result, they were able to witness that the wine was the best wine served. Since they obeyed God’s word, they witnessed this miracle.
My dearly beloved young brother and sister when you continually obey God’s word, He will do wonders in your life! For He is a God of miracles! (Luke 1:37). Do not be worried!
Thirdly, When we obey His word, we receive His protection. When we read about Daniel in the Bible, we see how the high officials and the satraps were looking for some pretext to condemn him. But they could not find any fault with him. So, they established an ordinance, that whoever makes petition to any God or man for thirty days, except to the king, shall be cast into the den of lions. The Bible says: “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open win his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” (Daniel 6:10).
Because they threw Daniel in the lion’s den with a wrong motive, God sent His angel, and shut the lions’ mouths (Daniel 6:22). God gave Daniel complete protection. When you depend on God like Daniel, He will do mighty miracles for you!
My dear children of God are you lamenting like this – “When will the problems of my youth end? When will I be healed of my sickness? When will I find success in the exams? There is darkness all around me!” When you make a commitment to obey the Lord’s word, He will gladden you with countless miracles! He will clearly show you the way you should go! So be bold!
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father, I implore you to be with my children as you were with Jacob and Daniel in the Bible. Help them to be obedient to you and others. Make all the things favourable to them. I believe that You can turn any circumstance in their favour. Guide them to live a life of obedience to You.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My dear Brother and sister in Christ, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given you for today is from the book of Job 1:1 “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and Shunned evil. ”
My Dear Brother and Sister, We read in the Bible that Job was a good man who feared the Lord and turned away from evil. We also come to know that he was a wealthy, highly esteemed by all and a man of prayer with ten adult children. His reverence for the Lord is a distinctive feature, which identified Job as someone with a spirit of God and who had the desire for godly understanding. “For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One gives understanding”.
My Dear Brother and Sister, But we see that God allowed Job to be tested. So he was severely tested by Satan. His friend’s believed that God’s blessing exclusively fell on the righteous while His punishment only touched wicked men. His dialogue with his friends exposes this misconception. Because “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes from the Father of lights, Who never changes”, “for the Lord causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and He sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous”. We see that Job underwent immense sufferings. But his faith in God’s word honours His name.
My Dear Brother and Sister, Job’s sufferings and the way he faces the problems, provides us with an understanding of how God relates to man and His long-suffering kindness towards us. It helps us to understand, what the Lord desires from His people and the benefits of suffering in our lives, even when God’s actions seem to contradict His character. The sufferings of Job, helps to answer the question – ‘why do bad things happen to good people? Why do God’s servants have to suffer when the ungodly seem to have a problem-free existence?
My Dear Brother And Sister, God is always good, and evil is always the result of sin. God is the Creator of all that is good and wholesome, and it is God’s sovereign right to bless whosoever He chooses. And although He promises to bless those who trust Him, He does not promise that evil will never befall them. For God will turn evil to good for those that love Him. The Lord’s reply to Job did not answer his many questions, but it demonstrates God’s omniscience. His goodness and grace; His forbearance and mercy ; His wisdom and strength – His kindness and His favour towards His servant. Let us not only consider the sufferings of Job who was blameless, upright, feared God and eschewed evil, but let us also rejoice in the immeasurable grace of God – His never-ending goodness; His long-suffering mercy, His perfect justice and His everlasting righteousness.
My Dear Brother and Sister, many of you, who are reading this message, may be going through trials and tribulation like Job. You might have lost your loved ones. Some of you might have lost your jobs. Some might be suffering from severe disease. You might have incurred great loss in your business. Whatever might be your problem, if you remain like Job, God will bless you and keep you. Look at Job, though he was righteous God tested his faith. He proved to be a true man of God. The Bible says, In spite of all the affliction Job never committed sin by his lips. May God help you to be honest, faithful and blameless before God. Since Job feared the Lord, he was blessed with double portion of blessing. You too will be blessed with double portion of blessing, if you look to God in prayer and remain faithful to him.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father, we bless and thank You for the many lessons we learn from the life of Job. We have misrepresented Your grace and favour toward mankind, through our own lack of understanding and limited perception. Thank You for Your goodness and grace; Your forbearance and mercy; Your wisdom and strength and Your kindness and favour toward us all. Thank You for not giving us what we deserve but instead, has given us what we do not deserve. Help us to come to a deeper knowledge and understanding of Who You are and help us to live our life in a way that honours You.
In Jesus’ name we pray,
AMEN.
Isaiah 60:19, “The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory”.
Dearly Beloved, I greet and bless you in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious life giving word of the Lord for today is taken from the book of Isaiah 60:19, “The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory”.
In this verse, we see that the Lord has given us a guiding light. It means that the Lord will be your everlasting light. If you want to see the brightness in your life, in your future, in your job, business or anything else, it is only the Lord who can give that. The Lord is your everlasting light, and your God is the One who does glorious things. In the beginning God said, “Let there be light”. The Lord spoke these words when there was only darkness. It was the Lord’s desire and will, that darkness should not be found anywhere. When the Lord said, “Let there be light”, great light spread across this earth. Even now, the Lord is introducing the words’ Let there be light” to you. There will be a great light in your life, in your ministry and other matters.
The Bible says, “The people in the darkness saw a great light”. It was said at the time of the birth of Lord Jesus. It refers us to the Lord who brings us out of darkness to His Marvellous light. A great light is shining upon you today. Darkness will cover the earth and great darkness will cover the people, but in spite of that, the Lord will shine upon you. His glory will dwell with you and will perform glorious things. When the Lord’s light falls upon you, you will not do ordinary things but glorious things. The Lord has decided to perform great things through you since you lamented that you could not do even a little thing by your own strength. He has decided to entrust you with great responsibilities, with great works, ministry and business. The reason is that the Lord’s light is shining on you.
The Lord will be your everlasting light. Some say that they will see a breakthrough only if they remain in the sight of the Lord. The Lord is putting His light on those children who are saying so. The Lord will be your everlasting light. Therefore, you who were crying in the dark will see the light. The Lord’s light is shining on those who are depressed and dejected. Come into the light of the Lord. This light will give you a bright future. Your God will be your glory. In some families you may say that you have faced famine, destruction, losses and failures continuously, but good and joyous events will happen in your homes in the coming days. The King of glory will do glorious things in your lives.
PRAYER: Loving Lord, we thank you! Thank you, Lord, for the blessings which says that the Lord will be our everlasting light and glory. Let your children see the light. May they come out of every darkness and dark situation and see the light of the Lord. In the beginning you declared, “Let there be light’, even today tell your children, that there will be light in their life’ . Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings you are going to give your children. Let your glory shine upon their lives.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen!
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who created us and formed us and one who never ever forgets us. Firstly on behalf of my family, and on behalf of God’s Love Ministries, I wish you all a very Happy New-year 2023. May God help you to begin this New –year with a renewed life, clean and blameless life, casting aside all unwanted and evil ways of your past life. You are all anxiously waiting to hear the Heavenly Manna, for the year 2023; well the promise for you is taken from the book.”Isaiah 58:8, “Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
Firstly God says, then your light shall break forth like the morning.
Secondly, He says, Your healing shall spring forth like the bright morning light. Thirdly God says, your righteousness shall go forth before you, like the bright morning light, Fourthly God says, like the bright morning light, the glory of the Lord, shall be your rear guard. God has given you four different kinds of blessings for this New- year. To receive these blessings God has laid a condition for you. He will surely grant you all the blessing He has promised but you have to accept them with certain conditions.
We need to do certain things. Share your bread with the hungry. Bring to your home those who are poor and cast aside, and cover those without proper clothing. And do not hide yourself from doing good to those who are badly in need of help. This is the greatest form of thanking God for all his goodness towards you. If you follow all these instructions in the New Year, your light will break forth like the bright morning. God will grant you all the four blessings mentioned in this auspicious word of God.
Firstly God says, “That your light shall break forth like the bright morning, My dear children of God, What does the bright morning represent? It represents the New-year. God desires to lift you up from the fallen state of your life. During the past years you had been pushed to the back. You were kept in the dark. But hereafter you shall be like a city situated on top of the mountain. You shall be seen by all the people of the world. You shall not be hidden anymore.. Isaiah 60:1 says, “Rise and shine for your light is come. ’’ The glory of God is risen upon you.” This new year, there’s going to be an end to all your tears and sorrowful life.
Secondly, your healing shall spring forth like bright morning light. Some of you are young widows struggling in your life and are crying saying that there is no one to care for you, God who gave another life for Ruth to build her family will rebuild your marriage life too. God will bring a Boaz in your life. It is not God’s will that you remain alone all the days of your life. “The virgin of Israel, you shall be rebuilt again.’’ says the Lord. My dear children, the life of your children will spring forth soon. Your business will spring forth. Your job or your ministry will all spring forth soon.
Thirdly the Lord says, your justice shall go before you. This means that in which ever area you had not received justice, God will show justice to you in this New –year. God will give or provide priority to justice, that is to be shown to you. Wherever injustice had been inflicted upon you there the Lord will show justice to you. You are saying that a particular case is prolonging for generation together and you want that case to be dealt soon and justice be granted to you or the verdict of the case must be favourable to you. “How long will I struggle for justice, is your question.” God has seen your struggle and he will bring the case to an end with a favourable verdict from the court this year. You have been a government servant but for various reason you had to face the court case. You think this case should come to an end, so that you can rejoin your service and gain some benefit before your retirement. God will make it to pass. Your hope will not be lost; there is surely an end to all your struggles.
Fourthly God says, the glory of God will follow you from behind and shall be your rearguard. You shall have a protected life. God wants to protect you and your children from the plague and all other diseases that causes death thus inflicts pain and horror in your life. I pray that those who have seen the beginning of this new year should be able to see the end of it also. God assures that He will be a rear guard to you and your children by sending the glory of God behind you as a source of protection. Rearguard means that He will be a backup behind your family. Ever guarding you and your family from behind. Hence be assured of God’s blessings in your life. Once again , wish you a very happy & prosperous New Year.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we have entered the New-year with much hope and enthusiasm, I pray that that my children would have an attitude to help the poor and needy people. Let them take a resolution that they would be of help to others. Help them to give up all unwanted and evil habits and ways of life. Help them to live a new life and then, Your light shall break forth, like the morning, light in their lives. You said that they will rise and shine. Help them to shine in their life. Reunite all broken families together. Remember all the young widows. And give them a new life as you gave Ruth another opportunity to lead a family life. Let all those who have no children be blessed with children. Open their wombs that they may conceive and beget children and produce generation. Help them to grow their children as good children and be a blessing to others. Give them job opportunities. Let their business spring forth speedily. May their ministry be blessed abundantly. Protect them from all harm and danger and from accidents. Keep them safe from natural disaster. Heal all the disease however dangerous it may be. Many are waiting with many expectation, Lord please fulfil all their desires. In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen.
Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Creator, Maker, and Ever Unforgettable Lord Jesus Christ. The Blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Joel 2:24—26 “The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten, the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm,, my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.”
God is going to lead you, in a miraculous way. Halleluiah! You will have plenty to eat, until you are full and you will praise the name of the Lord, who has done wonders for you. Not the eyes of the strangers but your own eye shall see this. Many would have made fun of you, and laughed at you, since you went through great loss and misery. They would say, “Look you started business but, you went for a toss.”You have come on to the street. “Many would have laughed at you seeing your downfall. But this year the Lord will exalt you and make your name great with fame and praise. For God says, My people will never be put to shame. He will never put you to shame.
This reminds me of a sister who came to our prayer meeting, which is conducted every month in BKN Auditorium Vepery. She has been watching our programmes telecasted in Sathiyam channel and she has been blessed in her business and in her personal life. In one such meeting she gave her testimony. She is not a Believer but a very wealthy lady. She said, by hearing our messages daily she had faith in the Lord . She does business and has wealth, worth crores of rupees. But unfortunately one of her client came to collect his money that she had borrowed to run her business. On that particular day she did not have the required money of 15 lakhs, to return the person from whom she had borrowed. So he disgraced her, spoke ill of her and behaved in a rude manner. He went away hurting her for not returning the money on time. She was badly hurt. She couldn’t bear to think that she was unable to pay the man 15 lakhs, even though she had crores of money. She was humiliated. She felt ashamed. But as usual she began watching the programme, which comforted her the most. The Lord spoke to her through my message, I said, as prophesy, “Tomorrow you shall receive the needed amount to repay the man, who disgraced you.” She was shocked to hear this from my message. Her curiosity was to know how I got to know her problem. But it is the Lord’s way of dealing with people. She thought she would wait to see what miracle would happen the next day. And to her surprise another client who had borrowed 18 lakhs some years ago and had absconded, came back to return the amount he had borrowed from her. He said, he was sorry for cheating her and handed over the amount of Rs, 18 lakhs. She was bewildered and shocked, to see this big amount in her hand, the very next day, as she had heard through my message. She believed in Jesus, that He was a wonder working God. She returned to the man 15 lakhs from whom she had borrowed earlier. This testimony encouraged other business people who had gathered there for the meeting. God who performed miracle for this sister, will He not meet your needs? Trust in Jesus. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. … Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. You will prosper. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, it is amazing to know how You performed a miracle for that sister. It is unimaginable to understand how the man brought back the 18 lakhs of rupees and returned to her. We see the working of God in her life. Lord work in our lives also. Increase our faith in You, that we may grow strong in the Lord. Be gracious to us.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
