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 Luke 13:11-13, “And Behold there was a woman, who had a spirit, of infirmity, eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her He called her and said, “Woman you are loosed from your infirmity. “And He laid her hands on her and immediately she was made straight and she glorified God.
From the above context we learn about a woman, who had an infirmity for eighteen years. And she couldn’t lift her neck and look upwards either to the sky or upwards. She was bent at the back and her back bone was bent. Jesus couldn’t bear to see this woman bending always. He wanted her to appear like all other woman, He considered her as Abraham’s daughter and therefore she needed immediate healing. But why did this sickness come upon her? She was criticised, because she went about bending. She was ridiculed. We know that sickness comes because of our sinful nature. People who smoke suffer from breathing problem. Those who drink suffer from liver problem, and abdomen pain. Some use tobacco and they suffer from mouth cancer. So we see how our bad habits cause sickness in our body. This does not mean that all suffer from sickness because of sin and sinful nature. This woman who suffered from infirmity was because she was subjected to some family curse. In some families I have heard them say, that when men reach 40 years then they die. Some families we see most of them die of accidents. In some families their children never get married. And there are some who get married but never get children all these are signs of curse.
Our God can change the curse into a blessing. Praise the Lord. The Bible says, He who covers his sins will not prosper but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. Sin separates us from God. Therefore God wants us to cleanse ourselves of our sinful nature and sanctify us so that we may live a life without sickness. Sometimes God Himself will send some sickness in order to test our faith. Such people need not worry over their sickness because at the end of affliction, God Himself will help them get over their sickness. And they will become healed after the period of affliction. And God’s name will be glorified. We see how Job endured patiently when he was covered with boils all over his body. He was a righteous man. He was blameless before God then why did he suffer from boils. God allowed him to suffer. Job therefore knew that this was an affliction by God and he endured it patiently. He also knew that God will bring him out of this terrible situation. The Bible Says, Job waited for the appointed time when his problem would come to an end. God healed him after the period of affliction was over.
Therefore every one reading this message, in case you have been involving in some bad habits please give them up, so that your body does not get polluted. Those who are acquainted with evil habits, please give up your bad practices. Then you will be healed of your disease. Look at this woman she was attacked by an evil spirit, as a result, her body had a curve in the backbone, and she could not look straight. She couldn’t lift her neck upwards. Do you wish to suffer like her or wish to be healed of your disease? The choice is yours. Bad habits are very attractive and enticing. But once you get involved in them, then you become the slave to such bad habits. The Bible says, “He who sins is of the devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. And who ever has been born of God does not sin. For His seed remains in him. Allow the seed of God to be within you. Then no sickness or the evil spirit can penetrate into your body. May the Lord help you to live a spotless and blameless life. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank you because you have taught us through this message how we ought to be. What happens when we commit sin and enjoy bad habits. Keep us free from sin and evil habits. Give us the strength to overcome such sinful activities. May we be like Job who endured patiently when he was afflicted. Give us the grace to live a clean life before God.
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 Matthew 21:42, “Jesus said to them have you never read in the scripture, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. The Lord has done this and it is marvellous in our eyes. “
The Lord is telling in the above context that you who were driven out from your family members, and was rejected, by everyone will be exalted. They might have told that you are good for nothing. But God says, since they have rejected you, He will make you the corner stone of your family. Your name will be exalted above all other members in your family. And when this happens it will be marvellous in our eyes. God will make you, be helpful to all. You shall be a great nation among others. God will make your name famous and popular among others. God will not cast aside all those who come unto Him. God will show you favour and support you. In the same family in which you were rejected and cast away, God will turn you into a blessing in that family. Generally we see in the families that even parents prefer those children who are smarter than other siblings. They may be fair in complexion, good looking or they may do well in studies, parents will like them more. In case one of their children, for various reasons is weak in studies and may be a slow learner then they condemn such a child and count him worthless.
God expects us to give more attention to those children who are weak in nature. Special attention should be shown to those who are helpless and immature in their nature. Parents must show extra love and care for such children rather than the clever ones. Those who are bright in studies can manage themselves whereas the weaker ones need more help from parents. When a child in the family is considered dull and worthless, then even there is a tendency for the siblings to consider him/her worthless. So parents got to be careful as to how they estimate their children. It doesn’t matter if the child is weak in studies because God would have given every child a special talent. If one could identify the hidden talent in the child then he can progress in life. He might be a good athlete or sports person. He might become a good singer or a musician. He need not be a Doctor or an Engineer, for life is not based in this career alone. One can shine in life even without good education for there are many uneducated genius. Such people have excelled in their life.
When you cast your children aside then they will be hurt in their mind. They will feel very upset about their mother or father, elder brother or sister because they have been badly neglected. This damages their spirit as well and never allows them to progress in life. Once they get to know that no one likes them in the family then they are likely to leave home or hurt themselves or hate others for no reason. Therefore parents must show more love and care for such children. After all they are your children. Never differentiate them with others. God has blessed you with good children. Look around and see how many parents do not have children. They are not blessed with children. Think of such parents. So what God has given you must be taken care of. Never treat your children with partiality. Where can they ever go? Today God is calling such rejected children to Himself saying, “Come to Me, dear son, dear daughter I will make you the corner stone of your family. I will make you a great person right in front of them. I will exalt you. You will be at the top and not the bottom.” To make you become great is a simple matter for the Lord to do. My Dear Children of God, I wish to tell those of you reading this message, if ever you have neglected your children then repent of your mistake and ask God for forgiveness. Never disregard your children. Let not your behaviour hurt the feelings of anyone especially your children. For the Lord has a future and a hope for them too.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we ask of thee to help us bring up our children without partiality. Help us to treat all our children alike. May we show special care for the weaker children and show more love and concern for them. Guide us and teach us how to bring up our children more wisely and intelligently in the fear of God.
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 Exodus 3:8, “So I have come down to deliver them, out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up, from the land, to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”
From the above context we see what God says, about his people Israel. He says, that He saw their affliction, He heard their cry, and that He knows their agony with which they suffer in the hands of the cruel task masters. So God couldn’t bear any more of their sufferings therefore He said to Moses that He will deliver them from the hands of the Egyptians and bring them to Canaan, a good and large land flowing with milk and honey. God wanted to make his people prosperous after all their sufferings. The people of Israel suffered affliction in Egypt, for 430 years. They were treated as slaves. They were beaten and whipped, they had to make bricks without hay. Their wives and children suffered shame and humiliation. Actually when Joseph was the governor of Egypt, he saved the people during the time of famine. Not only Egypt, but also all the surrounding nations, were supplied with grains because Joseph foretold Pharaoh about the oncoming famine. They stored large amount of food grains and helped all the nations with grains during the time of famine.
It was then that Jacob and his sons entered Egypt and settled amicably. But later after Joseph died, the new Pharaoh ill treated the people of Israel, such that they lifted up their voice and cried out to God, to deliver them from the hands of the Egyptians. They were being tortured day after day. The people of Israel were in large number and the Egyptians were afraid of the Israelites. They wanted them to work for them in constructing huge structures like erecting pyramids, and great sphinx. Thus the Israelites suffered in the hands of the Egyptians. They were never paid properly for their hard work. They were suffering from poverty and hard labour. Though Moses was brought up in Pharaoh’s house as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, for 40
years, he fled from Egypt and settled in Midian. Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord, appeared to him in flame and God called Moses from the burning bush and asked him to go back to Egypt, and tell Pharaoh to allow the people of Israel to worship their God Yahweh, in the wilderness, and if he failed to liberate his people then God would perform signs and wonders in the midst of the people, such that Pharaoh and the Egyptians will themselves, ask the people of Israel to leave the land for ever with all their wealth and possessions to inherit the promised land Canaan, flowing with milk and honey.
Dearly Beloved , just as God saw the affliction of the people of Israel, God is watching all your problems. He knows all your pain and sorrow. He knows your agony. He has heard your cry; He wants to help you out of your problems. Are you afflicted by the creditors from whom you have borrowed huge sum of money? Is your boss troubling you at your work spot? Is the land lady causing tension to you because you failed to pay the rent on time? Is your neighbour afflicting you, causing unnecessary nuisance to you, hurting you with bad words. And inflicting pain to you such that you are unable to sleep peacefully? May be your mistress under whom you work, might be extracting too much of work. And abusing you often and not paying you well for all the labour you do for her. Well God has already sent His angels to support you and show mercy to you. God will bring an end to all your problems. God has seen your affliction he has sent his angels who are all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister, unto His children. God will wipe away your tears. He will prosper you just as He prospered the people of Israel in the land flowing with milk and honey. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank you for watching over us. You see our tears and hear our cry. You act immediately to relieve us from our affliction. So we thank You Lord. We thank You for redeeming Your chosen people from the hands of cruel Egyptian task masters. Set us also free from all our bondages and help us to inherit your prosperity.
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 Matthew 28:20, “And Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
From the above context we see that God has promised to stay with us till the end of our life. And when He stays with us He assures to increase us day by day. We read in the Bible, that David became greater and greater because God was with him. When you come across problems in your life then all your friends whom you trusted will desert you. Some of your friends will be closely drawn to you, like ants that surround a sugar candy, as long as you have enough money to spend on them. But the moment they come to know that you are in great trouble then nobody will come to help you. You will be left alone to face the problem. But God will then descend upon you in a marvellous manner and help you. God says, “Fear not for I am with you, Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Fear Not you worm Jacob, you man of Israel, I will help you.” says the Lord.
As long as you have name, fame and wealth people will be friendly with you. But when you have a problem then they will all disappear. If you call them on the phone they will not respond to your call. Only when we face problems, then do we realize the true nature of people. But David says, it was good that I was afflicted that I may know your precepts. This shows that only when people go through problems they read the word of God and draw more closely to God. There is a great difference between God and man in the way they extend help to you. When a man helps you, he expects something in return for having helped you. But God helps you without demanding anything from you because He freely gave His only begotten son Jesus to die for you on the cross to redeem you, from the mouth of the grave. What a great God we have.
God is Almighty, all powerful; God accepts you just as you are with all your problems. What is your problem? Is it debts? You may have crores of rupees to repay. You did not do well in business because of poor knowledge in handling the business. Therefore you seem to have incurred a great loss. Don’t worry cast all your burden upon the Lord. He will sustain you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He will lead you beside the still waters. Where there are green pastures so that you lack nothing. He says, “Come unto Me all you that labour and are heavy laden for I will give you rest.” So I urge all those of you who are reading this message to draw close to God. God will be your hiding place; God will protect you from all your trouble and surround you with songs of deliverance. He will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; He will counsel you with His loving eye. So if God is with you, then You will flourish. You will bloom. You will be successful in all your endeavour. God will meet all your needs, according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus. There will be a solution to all your problems, if Jesus lives inside of you. Receive Him today in your heart. For today is the day of Salvation. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank You for helping us when we go through problems. We often find that our friends and relatives forsake us, at times of difficulty. But You will never forsake us. We thank You Lord for reaching out to us during crisis. For guiding us for being with us always, and solving all our problems and helping us to flourish.
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 kept for you today is from the book of “Isaiah 54:11, 12, “O you afflicted one, Tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay your stones with colourful gems, and lay your foundations with sapphires. I will make your pinnacles of rubies, Your gates of crystal, And all your walls of precious stones.”
From the above context we learn that God is our refuge especially to those who are being oppressed. Just as a demolished city lashed by storms needs to be rebuilt God will help you to rebuild your oppressed state of life with precious stones of rubies. God will not only help you to rebuild but also comfort Zion. What is the Lord going to do for you during the period of oppression? He is about to do great many things for you. Firstly He will send his word and comfort you. Secondly, by the power of His word He will give you refuge in your period of affliction. The Bible says, “The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. God says, He Himself will be a Shield, and Shelter, to the oppressed and to those who have been rejected. For the Lord will not only give them refuge, but also help and support them during the time of oppression. The Bible says, “God is our refuge, and strength. A very present help in trouble.”
Are you going through a trying period, of your life. May be you are inflicted because of serious disease or because of loneliness, or have you been dejected because of rejection, and being despised by your dear ones? Are you trapped, due to huge debts, and you are not able to be relieved from it. May be you are frustrated because of shame and humiliation in your life. You are unable to face your friends and relatives. All these oppression causes you to panic and you are gripped in fear and threat. Are the neighbours causing oppression to you? Are you facing oppression at your work spot? Is someone causing trouble in your ministry? Are people speaking bad about you and your ministry? Well, My God says, when you go through oppression, “I will be a refuge to you. “You are reading this message hoping that God will show you a ray of hope in your life. The Lord will send His powerful word and comfort and console you. He will protect you from your evil neighbours and from your enemies. All their weapons aimed at you will not prosper because God will be a wall of fire around you. He will deliver you from the hands of all the wicked and cruel people who do all things to curb you from your wellbeing.
When people go through oppression, they go far away from all the comforts which they had enjoyed previously in their life, and they are apparently forsaken by God. But God who seems, to have forgotten them says, Behold, I will lay your stones. ‘For Jerusalem shall be rebuilt up with sapphires, and emeralds, and precious stones; and of pure gold. And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl, and stones of Ophir. Just as God desires to decorate the temple of God in Jerusalem by rebuilding it with precious stones, in a similar way the Lord will brighten up your days with beauty, magnificence, purity, strength, and solidity. God will not only help you to prosper, but He will help you to lie down in peace, once you have passed through the period of oppression.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You God for being our refuge and helper in times of oppression. Thank You Lord for telling us the reason why You allow affliction in our life. Help us to remember You and return back to You. Give us the strength to bear our trials and affliction when we are compelled to go through such oppression. Lord be our strength and shield. Help us to come out of it quickly and be relieved.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
