Dearly Beloved in Christ, 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 from the book of Ephesians 6:10, “Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”
How can we be strong in the Lord? It is when we hold strongly to the promising words of the Lord, that we will be strong in the Lord. Apostle Paul says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” This is called being strong in the Lord. To those who are thinking that they are weak and getting weaker in their soul or body, the word of God is speaking this verse to strengthen you in Him.
Bible says that the family of David grew strong day by day and the family of Saul became weaker and weaker. When we read why David’s family became strong and Saul’s family grew weak, it was because the Spirit of the Lord was upon David. As the Spirit of the Lord was taken away from Saul, he grew weak day by day. When the Spirit of the Lord is upon a person, they will become stronger. This is called growing strong in the Lord. If those of you who have gone away from the Lord return to Him once again, You will be able to grow strong in the Lord. The Lord is telling you to clothe yourself with Christ who strengthens you. Then you will be able to do all things well. For everyone who are wavering, should come to a conclusion today, that in order to be strengthened by the Lord You must allow the Lord to be within you. Just like Mary chose the good portion that was not taken away from her, you also must choose the good portion of God that will not be taken away from you. Then you will grow in strength day by day. Amen.
PRAYER: Loving Lord, we thank you! May Your children be rooted in Christ and be strengthened in the Lord. Let the strength of the Lord be revealed in the health of those who are lacking ,strength. Make them strong in their weakness. Help them to be bold in their workplace. Enable them to face all challenges in their life. Give strength to your children and help them to do all things through Christ who strengthens them. Forgive their sins and heal them. May they put on the garment of might and be blessed in their lives.
In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen!
Dearly Beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Psalm 107:7, “He led them by a straight way, to a city where they could settle.”
From the above context we learn that in spite of Israel’s sin of unbelief and murmurings against Him, the Lord graciously chastened His people for a season, and later responded to their cries and restored them into sweet fellowship with Himself. Thus we discover our faithful God restoring His people, and leading them by a straight way until they reached a city in which to dwell for, the Lord is good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon His name – and His love endures forever. So Let us walk in His ways, trust His word and give Him thanks and praise for His steadfast love.
We have a wonderful God and throughout His word we see over and again His loving-kindness, tender-mercies, and patient-endurance ever flowing out to His children and guiding us along the right pathway. We do not deserve it, yet He is true to His word and has promised never to leave us and always to lead and guide us in the way we should go, even during times when we prove faithless, and disobey Him or try to work things out in our own strength, He remains true to His promises and remains faithful towards us. So in case you want to go somewhere, or achieve certain goals in life, you need to listen to His voice. Then God’s grace and mercy will be poured over you as a flood of refreshing streams, for the Lord longs to shower compassion, mercy, comfort, on you who is distressed and to bring you to victory in your lives. God will lead you in a miraculous manner. Prophet Isaiah told them that the Lord would show mercy to His people and continue to lead and guide them, if they would only listen, and if their ears would hear a word behind them, saying, this is the way, walk you in it.
We too are sometimes disobedient and confident on our own abilities instead of trusting in His strength. God’s grace and mercy towards us is never changing, and He is always there to guide us back into the way of truth. All that He desires of us is that we listen to His voice, hearken to His word, trust in His love, rely on His sufficient grace and let the love of Christ guard our heart… so that every step we take may be directed by Him –for His greater glory. Therefore, Let us learn to listen to the Word of the Lord and hearken to His voice behind us – leading us, guiding us, directing us, and telling us which is the way that we should go, so that we are not tempted to turn to the right hand nor to the left – but keep our eyes on Jesus and our ears ever open to His still, small voice of love. God Bless You.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. We thank You for Your goodness and grace towards us and all our children. Lead us Lord along a straight path and may we walk in Your ways all the days of our life. Lord we, praise and thank You for Your faithfulness, even when we are faithless. We long to tune the ears of our heart to listen to Your voice. We thank You for sending Jesus to be our Saviour and our Friend; our Way and our Life, our Guide and our Comforter.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The Bible says, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9).
‘Pasture’ refers to a ‘prosperous future’. Dear child of God who is eagerly anticipating a bright future, today God is going to bless you! When you come in through our Lord, you will find a suitable life partner and a satisfying job. You will never land an undesirable job or be married to an unsuitable person when you enter through Him. He will reroute you saying, “Come my daughter, come my son for I have a better brighter future planned for you!”
Perhaps you were not successful in an interview. Do not be worried! The fact is, that was not an appropriate place for you. You have ordinary plans regarding your life and future, but our God has extraordinary plans for you (Jeremiah 29:11). Children of God never be disappointed due to unsuccessful interviews. Persevere with the faith that what God has planned for you, He will grant it to you! The Bible says: “Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared” (Exodus 23:20). God will send His angel to take you to the right place at the right time. The God who declared that He is the door is confirming that He has kept an open door before you! That open door could be an open door for your job, or an open door for a ministry, or an open door for marriage, or an open door for the gift of the child!
The gate of heaven will always be open for you even if the other doors are closed. Jacob discovered that gate. The angels of God were ascending and descending on the ladder that was kept at the gate of heaven (Genesis 28:12,17). Beloved children of God, no one can stop your prayers to God. When you pray, angels descend and take your requests to heaven. The Bible says: “See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it” (Revelations 3:8).
In the Bible, we see, that even after many years of marriage, Rachel was unable to become a mother whereas her sister Leah had many children. Even Rachel’s handmaids had several children. Unable to bear this humiliation Rachel was always fighting with her husband. She told him “Give me children, or else I die!”. Finally, Jacob said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? God is the door that you should approach” (Genesis 30:2,22-24). So, Rachel prayed to God for a child. Then God remembered Rachel and gave her Joseph.
God declared – I am the door, if anyone goes through me, he will be saved, he will be protected, he will go in and out and find pasture. So, my dear children of God, always seek Him first and He will lead you on a good path and open the door of all goodness in your life.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear God as my children submits them into your hand, open all the doors that have been closed in their life so far. Let there be no more loss or destruction in their path. Remove all the satan’s cunning confusing schemes and break the bondages from their life. May the Lord bless them with a prosperous future. Let my children live well in everything and also be blessed with a long happy life.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
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 from the book of Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you”.
Children of God who are lamenting that they are lonely or helpless, should take courage from this word of assurance given by the Lord. God knew you before you were first formed in your mother’s womb. He is telling you that He is the One who made you. You may be thinking where you were before you were formed in your mother’s womb. The Bible says, “You fill their womb with treasure, and they are satisfied with Children”. We are treasures near God in heaven. The Bible says, the Lord sends that treasure into a mother’s womb on a particular day. At that time, she will bear a child. We are the citizens of heaven, and we must one day, return to heaven. We must reach the place where we came from. Once we close our eyes here on earth, we must open our eyes in heaven. That is the will of God.
Before the Lord created you, He says that He knew you. The Lord who knew you has a special plan for you. Everything is happening beautifully according to his plan. So, what must we do, is just to submit to His will and plan, else we will stumble. If we live according to the Lord’s plan, we will be safe. We will not fear. Take the decision today, to follow the Lord and surrender to His will and plan in your life. Thank the Lord that He knew you even before you were formed in your mother’s womb and tell Him that you will submit to His will. The Lord will be with you and perform wonders for you.
PRAYER: Loving Lord, we thank you! We praise you for this blessed assurance that you have given us. We thank you because you remember us in our lowly estate. You are the God who made us, and we are your children. This is a great hope for us. We submit ourselves to You, for Your will and plans to be fulfilled in our lives at the right time. Let your will be done in the lives of Your children and not their own. Bless them to surrender and submit to the Lord alone, that they may live a fulfilled and wholesome life here on earth. Perform miracles and wonders for them
In Jesus Name we pray
Amen!
Dearly Beloved in Christ! I greet and bless you all in the matchless name of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
May God’s grace bless this new month in every way. Are you lamenting that there have been losses in your business or job these past months? Take heart our God is promising to open new avenues of blessings this month.
“In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).
When Jesus lived on this earth, He suffered, carried the cross, died, was buried, rose again and before going to heaven looked at His disciples and said, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” The Bible says, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13). So be encouraged!
This new day let us meditate on how God encourages us amidst our problems.
God strengthened David, he recovered all: Now the Amalekites had taken captive David’s wife and children along with wives and children of the six hundred men who were with David. David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God (1 Samuel 30:6). Then David asked the LORD, “Should I go after the people who raided our town? Can I catch up with them?” “Go after them,” the LORD answered. “You will catch up with them, and you will rescue your families” (1 Samuel 30:8). David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. What are you unable to recover in your life today? Is it your spouse who is separated from you or your wayward child? Today God is declaring over you – you will recover all! Your family will be a miniature model of heaven on earth.
Once, a brother came to me for prayer. A few years back he had taken a loan for four lakhs. So far, he had paid ten lakhs towards interest alone, but the principal amount remained the same. His full salary was entirely used to repay just the interest. He cried, “How many years am I going to be paying like this?” As I prayed for him, “Restore his fortunes, O Lord as the dry streams in the South are restored by the torrents of rain. Speak to the person who loaned the money and turn his heart favourably towards him, so that he says, “You have already paid a lot of money as interest far above the loan amount. So, there is no need to pay anything anymore.”
Soon it was the date for paying the interest for that month. When the debtor called the brother, he was fearfully sitting at home and did not take the call. So, the debtor came directly to his house. This brother was sitting forlorn on a mat spread on the floor, there was no other furniture or household article in his home. When the debtor saw the brother’s wife and children and his pathetic condition he was moved with compassion. He was shocked, “I did not know that you were living under such dire conditions, there is not even a plastic chair for guests to sit in your home. Aren’t you earning well? You have already paid ten lakhs in the place of the four-lakh loan. You don’t have to give me one paisa more. I came here to reprimand you for not paying the interest this month. But seeing you like this is very pitiful.” He gave the brother one lakh and left his house. Hallelujah! When you put your trust in God, He will help you recover all that you have lost.
Prayer: Loving Lord, we thank you! We thank You for restoring everything that David had lost. You blessed him and his people. Likewise I pray that you will bless the children who are reading this message with great hopes, to restore everything they had lost . Let this month be a month of blessing to them. Help them to overcome tribulations and succeed in their lives. In Jesus Name we pray.
Amen!
