My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Numbers 24: 5-6 , ”How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, Your Dwellings, O Israel. Like Valleys that stretch out Like gardens by the river side, Like Aloes planted by the Lord, Like Cedars beside the waters.””
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that Balaam was delighted to see the tents of the Israelites all arranged according to their tribes and neatly set up in order pitched in the plains of Moab. He breaks forth into admiration of their beautiful order as they lay ranged under their several standards. They look like gardens pleasant and fruitful and secured by a fence. Like a sweet smelling trees in a garden yielding shade and shelter to man and beast. The tents are temporary living quarters while dwelling implies a permanent living space.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Prophet Balaam was hired to curse Israel. Balak the King of Moab said to Balaam, “ I know that whomever you bless is blessed. And whomever you curse is cursed.” He called upon the services of Balaam, who had a reputation for powerful, divining. Balak wanted to put a curse upon the Israelites so as to overpower them and drive them out of Egypt. But God said to Balaam, “ You shall not go with them, you shall not curse the people for they are blessed. ” When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, He raised his eyes and saw Israel, encamped according to their tribes. And the spirit of God came upon him and uttered words of praise over Israel. “How lovely are your tents O Jacob. Your Dwellings O Israel, Like Valleys, that stretch out like gardens by the river side. Like Aloes planted by the Lord. Like Cedars beside the waters.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, “ The episode of the defeat of the counsels of Balak and Balaam against Israel, was not by might nor by power but by the spirit of the Lord of Hosts. The Bible says, “The Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.” The Dwellings refer to the house in which you live. God is keen in blessing you and your family. He wants to bless your house with all good things. If you allow Jesus to enter into your house then your dwellings will be lovely like Cedars beside the waters. And like aloes planted by the Lord. He wants to decorate your house with all good things. Peace, joy, happiness, good health, wealth and prosperity. God says, “The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and Riches will be in his house and his descendants will be mighty on earth.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Are you interested in acquiring these blessings, Do you want to live in a house like gardens, by the river side. Then you need to fear the Lord, and walk uprightly, for the faithful man abounds with blessings. The blessings of the Lord makes one rich and does not cause sorrow. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for turning our curse into a blessing. Help us to live in houses that are like well watered garden. May we fear the Lord at all times and walk uprightly to inherit His blessings. Help us to be like sweet smelling trees that spreads the fragrance of Christ in our lives. May we be a channel of blessing to others.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of 2 Chronicles 7:14, ” If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. ”
From the above context we see how God is pleased with those that humble themselves. He always makes a condition, before He executes His plan and purpose for us in our lives. He says, “If His people will humble themselves, and pray and seek the face of God then He will hear their prayer from heaven and heal their land and bless them.” The Bible says, they that humble themselves shall be exalted.” For God gives grace to the humble.” When God is pleased with you then His eyes will be open and His ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. He is ever willing to hear your prayer from heaven. After Solomon dedicated the temple, the Lord appeared to him and gave him some reassurances. “The Lord appeared to him at night and said: ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.’ When there is no rain, or when locusts come to devour the land or if there is a plague among my people, “’ then if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land” This is the promise given to the people of God.
All the blessings of this world are condensed in this single word, Heal or Restore.” Yes God wants to heal and restore your land, your property, your job, your business, your family, your children who are unruly and disobedient. God wants to heal them all. But you need to humble yourself before this mighty God. Be honest in all that you do. Then God will be pleased with you and bless you. You might have seen elderly people bless the younger couples during the time of their marriage. Or any young people being blessed by elders. “Blessing” is very important. And to be blessed by God is all the more important. To whom will God bestow His blessings? He will bless those who humble themselves. God had entered into a covenant with Israel and promised to take care of them and cause them to prosper as long as they obeyed Him. Because of the covenant relationship, there was a direct correspondence between their obedience and their prosperity. This implies to us also. If we obey His ordinances then we too like the Israelites will be blessed.
While Jesus lived in this world, he told his disciples, a parable. Jesus told this parable: to his disciples to show them the importance of being humble. “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood near the altar, by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people, like the robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give one tenth of all I get. ’He boasted about himself, before God. “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He did not even come near the altar of God. He thought he was unworthy, to come before God. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt they will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
God is not looking at how much money or offering you give unto the Lord. He looks how willingly you give Him. How generous you are. We have heard some parents say, “Look my son bought this shirt for me.” or my daughter bought this dress for me.” Parents may be rich, they have abundance of clothes to wear. Yet when their daughter or son purchase a dress for them they become so excited and happy, they go about telling what their children have done for them. So is God, when you offer Him from the abundance of your heart, God is pleased with you. Therefore humble yourselves before God. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You, for this blessed day. Lord, we are thankful to You for hearing our humble prayer. Have mercy on us and be gracious to us. Forgive us of our sins and heal our land. May our land bring forth its yield. Teach us to obey your condition that we should, humble ourselves, and seek Your face and turn from our wicked ways. Help us to walk according to your expectation.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brother And Sister 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“Job 1:21″ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
My Dear Brother And Sister, from the above context we learn that Job was a spiritual man who trusted God. He was a prayerful man, who kept his seven sons and three daughters covered by prayer, appealing to the Lord for their spiritual well-being. He was a wise man who had been blessed by God in many ways, and he was a pillar of spiritual piety among his peers, but Job was unaware of the spiritual battle that was raging in heavenly places. Although he knew God as Creator and worshipped Him with reverent fear, Job did not know that the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, was using him to challenge God’s sovereign authority. The Lord had referred to Job as, “My servant,” and said of him, “there is no one on earth like unto him.” The result of Satan’s dialogue with the Lord, and his evil accusations against Job, allowed the Lord to permit the devil to test Job’s loyalty to God and his faith in his Creator, Whom he served with reverent fear.
My Dear Brother And Sister, Multiple disasters befell the stricken man, including the death of his ten children and the loss of his entire material assets. His many possessions and dearly loved offspring were all snatched from Job in one day – but this godly man did not curse the Lord, despite his broken-hearted grief. He tore his mantle in anguish of heart, shaved his head, as a sign of mourning. Although he was troubled at heart, yet he fell on the ground in order to worship the Lord, and cried out, saying, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Satan had wagered that Job would curse God when such intense disasters befell him, but Job recognised that everything he had was a gift from the Lord, and acknowledged that God retains the right to bestow blessings and remove them. He acknowledged that God is equally justified in permitting evil to overtake his servants as well as good. This grief-stricken man understood that all he had was from the Lord, and the loss of his estate and dearly loved children did not negate the goodness of God.
My Dear Brother And Sister, Job had long understood that we are born into this world with nothing, and that when we die, we leave this world equally empty-handed. Job’s response to his tragic loss, demonstrates a truly extraordinary man with a truly remarkable faith in God. He reacted to his woes with worship, and to his devastating losses with reverence and humility of heart. Job did not curse the Lord, as Satan had supposed, and despite his ongoing problems and pain, he retained his faith in God, which honoured the Lord. Satan was entirely wrong in his assessment of Job’s relationship with God almighty. His godly devotion, saintly worship and reverential fear of our heavenly Father reveals his extraordinary faith in God. For it is often when we are in pain, or in deep distress that we cling more tightly to the God of our salvation, for there is no one else to turn to, because He has the words that comfort us. However, we need to follow the attitude and behaviour of Job who was a saintly man. For he was a man of prayer and praise. He was a man who knew and trusted God’s Word. We too should be prepared to reiterate the words that came from Job’s mouth and the sentiment that ruled his heart, even when we do not know or understand why difficulties and disasters strew our pathway. May we be prepared to cry like Job, saying, “ The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You for the amazing lessons we can learn from Your servant, Job. We thank You for the many blessings You have graciously given us throughout our life, and we pray that we may hold the things of this world lightly, knowing that all we have is from You –Lord. And that whether we are rich or poor, whether, whether we rejoice or mourn we will accept the truth that whether You give or take away – we pray, that we may rejoice in Your goodness always, in order that we might live, to Your praise and glory.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
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 Acts 3:6-8, ” Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk . And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.”
From the above context we learn about a man, who was lame by birth. In the midst of many needs in his life he was sitting at the Beautiful Gate, begging for alms. He could not do anything by himself. He had to depend upon someone else to help him meet his need to shift him from one place to another. Life was miserable to him. He wondered as to when this situation will come to an end. He would have been crying over his pitiable situation. It was then that he noticed the disciples, Peter and John going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, and the lame man who was lame from his birth was carried, by someone and was usually laid at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those that entered into the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple the lame man, stretched out his hands and asked for alms. And Peter, fixing his eyes upon him with John, said, look on us. And the lame man listened unto them, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, unto him we don’t have Silver and Gold but what we have, we will give, you. In the name of Jesus Christ, of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
And Peter took the lame man, by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God: And all the people who came to the temple, knew that it was the lame man, who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at the incident or the miracle which had happened unto him, by the disciples. Are you like the lame man sitting and crying over your helpless situation, that you cannot do anything without the help of anyone. God suddenly changed his entire situation because he thought it was enough that he suffered as a lame man begging for food and alms. God sent his disciples John and Peter to deliver him from that horrible situation. They did not have silver or gold to offer him to meet his needs but they gave him something more than he could think of. God gave him an opportunity for him to walk and run and live joyfully like other men and women. He will not be sitting at the temple gate anymore begging for food rather he would go out and work to earn his lively hood.
God wants to revive you from your difficult situation. Many of you are suffering from Arthritis, but today God is healing you from your pain. He is strengthening every limb of yours that has failed to function properly. Just as God had planned that the lame man should not be begging for food, for the rest of his life, God made him walk. Likewise, I do not have silver or gold to give you, but I have Christ, with me which I wish to offer to you in the name of Jesus. When you have Jesus Christ within you then all that you do will be prosperous. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, I bless you with a divine healing that your twisted legs might straighten and your hip bone which had been causing much pain might be healed in the name of Jesus. You rise up and walk from all your sickness, your debts, your poverty state of life and from your laziness, from the demonic and evil spirit that has got hold of you in the name of Jesus. Let all forces of darkness come out of you and may you obtain that Great Light. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank You because of your unfailing love, your grace and mercy. Thank you Lord, for healing our bones which were weak. We praise Your holy name for restoring our health and strengthening every area of our life with Your power, that we might be able to work and earn our livelihood and not be begging. Thank You for enabling us to walk and run and live joyfully.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
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 Job 14:14, “If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days, of my hard service, I will wait, till my change comes.”
From the above context we see that Job questions God, as to when a change will come in his life. He says, “I am waiting for the end time of my affliction to come.” Our God is one who brings about changes, in our life. But he does not change. At the same time He changes, our circumstances. In the case of Job, it was God who allowed him to be afflicted in order to check his faith in God. Job proved himself to be blameless and righteous. He did not murmur against God, neither did he grumble over his situation. He believed that God will bring about a great change in his life, after the period of his affliction. He says that he is waiting for the appointed time, for God to bring about a change in his life. He had faith in God that God the Father will not destroy him in his affliction; instead he will change his sorrow into joy and also help him see the days of glory as he had lived in the past days of his life. This shows how wealthy he had been in the past with his wife and children. He had lived a respectable life.
But now his condition was miserable. I see in my spirit, many of you reading this message with much expectation, hoping for a change to take place in your life. Those of you who are going through affliction and trials due to financial crisis, joblessness, failure in business, poor payment, huge debts, and poor health condition, may be anxiously waiting for a change to happen in your life. You may be saying, “Will not God open His eyes and see my affliction? How long am I going to suffer like this? When will I see good days in my life? When will I get a good job? When will I earn more money? When will I get settled ? When will I have a child? I am living in great shame and humiliation, How can I face the society? When will I do well in my business? ”These are some of the questions that may arise in your mind. Well as prophesy, I wish to say that God will soon bring about a change in your life provided you remain quiet like Job who waited for the appointed time of change in his life. God says, surely there is an end, to all your sufferings. Your hope will not be cut off. There will be an end to your sickness, your state of poverty, and your debts. God will bring an end to your shame and humiliation, He knows all your problems and sorrows that you go through in your life. The Bible says, “The eyes of the Lord look down from heaven, upon the children of men. “God keeps looking at you and your needs to support you when you are in trouble. All you need to do is to wait upon God patiently for His time.
Job was living peacefully as a wealthy man with his wife and ten children. But disaster suddenly struck his family. He lost his ten children on a single day, then his cattle, his wealth and all glory and honour. He took a potsherd with which to scrape, the boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. His friends looking at his disfigured body wondered whether he had committed some secret sin against God. Even his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die. But he spoke to her saying, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks.” Shall we who accepted good from God and shall we not accept adversity? And in this Job did not sin with his lips. So when affliction strikes your door then count it all joy when you fall into various trials. Because once the period of affliction gets over then God will pour out his blessings upon you. He blessed Job who endured very patiently, a double portion of blessing. Then his brothers and sisters, and all his acquaintances, came to him and ate food with him, consoled and comforted him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold. The Lord blessed the latter days of Job, more than his beginning. God will bless you also as he had blessed Job. Wait patiently for the appointed time of change. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank You for telling us about Job and his affliction. Help us to bear patiently the affliction that we need to go through. Give us the grace we need to wait upon God, when we go through affliction.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
