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 Proverbs 13:12, “ Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
From the above passage we see how Adam was to simply choose to take and eat of the fruit that hung from its branches, for he could freely eat of every tree in the garden with one exception. That he was not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for in the day that he eats of it he shall surely die.” The moment he sinned against the Lord, Adam died spiritually and began the slow process of physical death, which has been passed to all his offspring, for all are imputed with sin and all must face death because of one man’s sin. God immediately banished Adam and his wife from the garden of Eden. In the Bible in the last book of Revelation we discover the return of the Tree of life standing in the midst of the paradise of God. “It produced twelve types of fruits, and yielded its fruit each month, while its leaves are given for the healing of the nations.” Paradise lost, in the beginning, becomes Paradise restored at the end. and whoever ‘overcomes’ will be able to eat from ‘the Tree of Life’ – For “whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world – even our faith.
We have all been taught that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and a knowledge of God gives understanding, and in Proverbs we read, that “wisdom is a Tree of Life, and to them that lay hold upon her: and everyone that retains wisdom is blessed.” Those who feed on Christ in their heart by faith with thanksgiving, have eternal life and are freed from condemnation – because He is the Source and Sustainer of life. Many reference has been quoted regarding the Tree Of Life. Firstly “the fruit of the Righteous is a Tree of Life. The spiritual fruit of the believer who shares the truth of the gospel with others brings life and truth and hope to the lost. Again we find that, “a Wholesome Tongue is a Tree of Life, while perversity is a breach in the spirit.” Both the references, point to Christ as Word of truth, for in Him is Life… and He is the wisdom of God and the power of God, for all who believe. He is the One who holds the keys of death and hell and He has within Himself the Words of eternal life. Wherever the Tree of Life is mentioned, we see an important link with faith in Christ, Who is the personification of all-wisdom. And that is why we read that, “hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a Tree of Life.”
This is a statement of fact for each one of you. For when aspirations die, plans fail, and hope is delayed, the soul is disappointed and distressed and the heart becomes sick. However, when the longings of the heart are fulfilled it becomes a Tree of Life. When a desire is delayed, plans are thwarted, then the human response is sadness and disappointment, and too often we become ‘heart-sick’. “But when the desire is fulfilled it is a Tree of Life.” When aspirations are achieved and plans come to fruition what rejoicing fills the heart. Blessed is the man that trusts in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord our God. For He is the true Vine. He is the Bread of life, and He is the living water… the Rock of our salvation, the Hope of all the ends of the earth, and ALL who feed on Him in their hearts by faith, with thanksgiving… will eat of the Tree of Life and find Him to be their Source and Sustainer through time and into eternity. May the Lord help you to eat of the Tree of Life. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You, for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank You that Christ is the Light of the world and in Him is life, and health, and wholeness. Thank You that in Him we find peace with God when we trust Him. Thank You that as Your children, we have Your heavenly peace – the peace that passes all understanding, which guards the heart and the soul. Thank You Lord, for the forgiveness of sin, and life everlasting.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
Dearly Beloved, 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 Isaiah 35: 3, 4, “Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted,” ‘Be strong, do not fear, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.”
Today God wants to tell those of you who are reading this message that you need not be perturbed or disturbed about your current situation. You need not grow weary about yourself. God is about to strengthen your feeble hands and your legs that cannot be stretched, in such a way that you will regain strength and your feet will be like that of the deer that you may run fast. God will help you to be brisk and smart. So be strong and do not fear. Behold your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you. Isaiah speaks words of encouragement to the people of God. This still speaks to us today. You may look at your past and see a wasted life. You may look toward the future and all you see is doom. But take hold of another reality in the midst of your suffering: God will come to save you! So don’t give up. Be strong. Do not fear. God was faithful in Isaiah’s day, He will be faithful today.
Do not be perturbed, for the Lord will do justice to you. God will come and save you, He will deliver you from your problems, and He will descend upon you and give you good health and cause your life to bloom. The Lord will strengthen you who are reading this message. So God has strengthened your hands, your knees but also wants to strengthen your heart. If your heart is in good state then all the other parts of your body will function properly. Therefore God is about to strengthen your heart. When the heart is fine then your mind will function well and you will be able to think well. You seem to regret that you have not been able to achieve anything in life. But God wants you to be a great achiever. That is why God has strengthened your hands and legs. Knowing that your heart is very important, God has strengthened your heart. When the heart trembles, man loses hope in life. He desires to commit suicide. He plans to elope with his fiancée, he wants to do something wrong to himself. He goes to the arrack shop and drinks a lot in order to overcome his pain and agony. He gets entangled in unwanted matters, to keep his mind free from pain and struggle. He does wrong deeds in the society and hides himself in order to vent his frustration.
Thus we see how one’s heart is very important, to function as a good person. But why does he fail to function well? This is because he is in constant fear. There is some kind of fear in his heart, in his mind, in his thoughts. He therefore goes through depression because of pain in his heart. You might have heard people say, when they are questioned, as to “what is wrong with you? Why have you not eaten properly? They would says, well “My Mind is not fine.”If you ask them why haven’t you, taken a shower or groomed yourself? Then they would again say, “My mind is not fine.”My mind is upset. So for everything our mind needs to be in good condition. Today God wants to set right your heart. Therefore God is telling you not to lose heart, or not to be perturbed. Cheer Up.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank You for your care and concern for us. Help us to acknowledge your love for us. Thank You for strengthening our weak hands, knees and our hearts. Help us to excel in our business and in our family lives. Reign peace in our families.
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.
Dearly Beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of Deuteronomy 28:12 ,“The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land, in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.”
From the above context we learn that God will open the heavens to pour out His blessings upon you. He will cause to rain upon your land and you will see greenery and prosperity in your life. God will bless all your work and everything you put your hand to.
This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, namely the blessing and the curse. They are real things and have real effects. The blessings are placed here before the curses. God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy. It is his delight to bless. It is better that we should be drawn to what is good by a child-like hope of God’s favour, rather than we be frightened to it, by the fear of his wrath. The blessing is promised, upon certain condition that you need to diligently hearken to the voice of God. You need to keep up religion, the form and power of it, in your families and nation, and then the providence of God would prosper all your outward concerns.
To whom is the Lord promising these blessings. Many of you are longing for these promises to be fulfilled in your life. God will surely bless you as per his promise, mentioned in the above verse on one condition that you listen and obey the voice of the Lord. You need to obey the commandments of the Lord and above all you need to live according to your conscience.
The Lord shall open unto you, his good treasure. The Bible says, the Lord has his treasures of snow and of hail, and of wind, but here his good treasure, is his treasure of rain. He will send rain upon the just and the unjust to show his concern over you and help you to grow and multiply. That is God will open the heaven, to give the rain unto thy land in its season; where his good treasure of rain is laid up, and bring it forth or, for the enriching of the land, or will open the windows thereof, and pour down the blessing; so that at the proper time, both in autumn and spring, for the one is called the former, and the other the latter rain; for watering it when sown, and the latter before harvest. With this blessing the Lord will bless you and your children.
You will thus, with a good harvest be able to pay back all your debts, and begin a new business. Your barns shall be plenty and vats shall overflow. God will bless all the work of your hand; especially in agriculture, for without the blessing of rain, all the labour of the farmers would be of no purpose: And when you become prosperous, you shall lend to many nations, or people , and you shall not borrow; The connection of these words, goes to say, that you will have sufficient corn and also left over, to supply or furnish other countries with corn. And that you will even trade your produce like millet, honey, oil, and balm with other nations. Thus you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God. Therefore may God help you to listen and obey the voice of the Lord God that you may inherit all the blessings mentioned in the above verse. God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord, teach us to listen and obey the voice of the Lord. Help us to achieve all the blessings mentioned in the verse. Give us the heart to walk according to the word of God. May we and our children inherit the blessings of God. Please provide former rain and latter rain in its season so that we may reap a good harvest. Lord if you prosper us we will surely lend to others and never borrow from others. Help us to eat and be satisfied and praise the name of God.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
Dearly Beloved, 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 Isaiah 49:14, 15 , But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”But The Lord says, “Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.”
God directs this word given in the above context to Zion. Zion is the people of God. Zion turned against God and followed after the other gods of the lands. They provoked the Holy One of Israel. Owing to the misery Zion, began to doubt the power and kindness of God. Therefore Zion said “The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.” We see that Zion is dejected and downcast. She refuses to see God’s hand working for the well being of Zion. Sometimes in our life too, we may have to go through some kind of affliction or some difficulties. Then we need to suffer for the sake of our goodness. God might have allowed such difficulties for the wellbeing of our life. But we may not realize God’s goodness for us. We begin to murmur against God like Zion. She will not acknowledge nor thank God for all the wonders He has wrought upon them. All the day long they hear the bitter words: “Where is thy God?”What a foolish way for Zion to talk! She denies the reality concerning Jehovah. God is our God regardless of our current situation. God is God and all is well no matter where or what. When God allowed satan to test Job the righteous and blameless man, God permitted on one condition. That satan has no right to take away his life but to trouble him by all other means. But Job stood the test. He did not sin by his lips therefore God blessed him with double portion of blessing. God is thus concerned about you as He was concerned about Job.
We rise up in unbelief, looking around ourselves and our situation wondering where God is. In the midst of a world steeped in sin and increasing in iniquity the people of God are being battered about. There are personal questions and concerns and struggles. We are required to bear weighty crosses and heavy burdens. We struggle to see the comfort and mercy of God. We focus on our present affliction. We dwell on the difficulties that God has placed on us. God urges His people to look around! There is abundant proof that God loves us and that God will preserve us to all eternity. God responds to Zion’s doubts, by saying, “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” God will accomplish all that He has set out to perform. He stands far above even our earthly parents. They love us, but they may forget. But Not Jehovah! Even in the darkest night, He remembers His children. A mother or father may be turned away from their child because of his wrong doing, but not Jehovah from His children. He loved us while we were yet sinners!
God’s tender love is seen in His love for His children. God tenderly holds each of His children in the hollow of His bosom. God feeds His little infants with the milk of His word. They are the apple of His eye. God leads them, He has sympathy for them, He cares for them, He provides love and firm discipline when necessary. Can you then confess God, to be the God of your life? David says, “ I have kept the Lord always before me, therefore I shall not be moved. Can you say, like David, if so, God will surely save you from the hands of your enemies.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You, for this blessed day. Father, we adore You for who You are. We are foolish to think that You Have forsaken us or forgotten us. But You have engraved our image in the palm of your hands. Our walls are ever before You. For You are more concerned about us. You remember us in our lowly estate. You remember our frame that we are dust. We thank You Lord for Your kind remembrance about us.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
