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 Isaiah 40:5, “And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that God’s glory will be revealed and all flesh will see it together. The above word means, evidently the majesty power and honour, of Yahweh. He would display His power and show Himself to be a covenant keeping God by delivering His people, from their bondage, and taking them to their own land flowing with milk and honey. This glory and faithfulness would be shown in his delivering them from their captivity in Babylon, and it would be still more illustriously shown in His sending the Messiah to accomplish the deliverance of His people in the later days to come.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, All the flesh indicates, all human beings will see the glory of God. The idea is that the deliverance of His people would be such a display of the divine nature—So that all the nations would discern the evidences of his power, and glory. In the same manner the day has come for the Lord to make His glory shine upon you, outwardly in your life. For whomsoever the Lord has called by name, and has held them by His hand, the Lord wants to perform His glory openly for such chosen people and has brought them thus far. May be until now nothing good has happened in your life. If you take one step forward you seem to slip four steps backward. For such children who are saying that nothing good is happening, the glory of the Lord will shine upon them. The glory of the Lord will be revealed upon you, your children, and your generations to come.
My Dear Brother and Sisters, until today you might have been at the peak of your shame for no reason of yours, or maybe you have been cheated by someone, God is going to reveal His glory in those matters. You are burdened with a heavy heart because of some serious illness or you seem to be very unsuccessful in your studies or career. God is going to reverse all your situation for the welfare of your life. For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and to those who are called according to His purpose. For the Lord says, I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Halleluiah! The day has come when He will exalt your name in the same place where you have been put to shame. Hereafter you will stand up and shine for the Lord. Even if the darkness covers the face of this earth the glory of the Lord will not depart from you. And you shall witness it through your own eyes. Halleluiah
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father we thank you for this blessed day. Lord thank you for revealing your glory to us. And thus lifting us up in our lives. Teach us to believe that the glory of the Lord will be revealed through us in our studies, in our career, in our family life, in our spiritual life too. Make us to understand how great and awesome you are in all your majesty and royalty. Bless us according to Your mercy and grace.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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 , Isaiah 55:13 “Instead of the thorn shall come up the Cypress tree. And Instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that here is a gracious offer of pardon and peace and of all happiness. It will not be vain on the part of anyone who seeks God. And today His word is calling to us. And His spirit is striving with us. We need to alter not only our ways, but we need a change of mind. We must alter our judgements about others. Instead of being profane contentious or selfish, we need to be patient, humble, kind, and peaceable.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, when we alter our ways, we will receive fullness, freeness and greatness of the rich mercy in Christ. There shall be neither pricking brier nor any grieving thorn but instead of them there shall be trees that yield shade and refreshment.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Briers and thorns represent a general state of wretchedness and sin. The Fir and Myrtle represent a happy external condition of life. Therefore seek Jehovah while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return to Jehovah and He will have compassion upon him and will abundantly pardon.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, there is one such incident in the Bible which records about Hannah, a faithful woman. She is one of the two wives of Elkanah. His other wife Peninnah had many children. But Hannah remained childless. So she was tormented by Peninnah. Jealousy can make a woman cruel. Bible says, she provoked Hannah severely, irritating her constantly by mocking Hannah’s lack of children. One day Hannah went to the temple, and poured her heart before the Lord. She made a vow to the Lord, saying that if God blessed her with a son, She would dedicate him to the Lord as a Nazi rite. She spoke so silently. But the priest thought that she was drunk. She convinced him that she was not drunk. And said that she was a woman with a sorrowful spirit. So the priest told her that God will surely grant her wish. Therefore she went home cheerfully.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, She was no more sad. Eli’s words seemed to have a profound effect on her. And in due time she bore a son. All her sorrow was turned to joy. The Bible says, hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. She began to praise God saying, “ My heart rejoices in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies.”Yes she could boldly smile at Peninnah who criticised her of her childlessness.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters today you too might be experiencing such a thorny, Brier like situation in your life. But God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think or pray and will change your troubled situation joyful. So do not lose your hope in God. He turns your mourning into dancing. God comforts all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion to give them beauty for ashes. Instead of thorn shall come up cypress tree and instead of the brier, shall come up the myrtle tree. Therefore do not be with a sorrowful spirit, but gladden your heart in the Lord.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord, teach us to walk by faith like Hannah. Help us to pour out our heart to the Lord when we are in trouble. Never to grow weary but to grow strong in the Lord. May we change our attitude, and adapt mannerism and habits that are humble, kind and peaceable.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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 Psalms 37:18-19, “The Lord knows the days, of the upright. And their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil times. And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
My dear Brothers and Sisters, It is destined for man born in this world, to pass through three stages of his life. The period of harvest, the problematic period, and the summer season or period of prosperity. While a person is going through a glorious period of harvest, he is likely to face at times certain problems too. But while crossing through a period of trial, God comforts His children by saying, when you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through the rivers they shall not overflow, you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned. Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the Lord your God, The Holy one of Israel.
The summer season begins after the autumn. So is the life of a man. After he faces problems or trials then he goes through a period of prosperity. The above context refers to the Psalm where David, explains the contrast nature of the upright, and the unrighteous. He says that the Lord knows the days, of the upright. His foreknowledge made him laugh at the proud; but in the case of the upright he sees a brighter future. This is our comfort, always, that all events that take place in our life are known to God. And nothing in our future can take Him unawares. No arrow can pierce us by accident; no danger can smite us by stealth, neither in time nor eternity can any unforeseen ill occur to us.
The futurity of a person trusting God shall be a continual development of the good things, which the Lord has laid up in store for him/her. And their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time. Calamities will come but deliverance will come also. The righteous will never be disappointed. They will cast their burden upon the Lord. For God is not a friend in the sunshine only. He is a friend indeed and a friend in need. And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
David says, the righteous have that which is better than wealth, peace of mind, peace with God, and peace in God. Not one day’s work shall go unrewarded. Their days on earth are numbered but their heavenly happiness shall be forever. So my dear Brothers and Sisters, do not lose hope in God. Trust Him at all times. He will perfect all things in due time.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for encouraging us through thy word that You will fulfill all things perfectly in our life, in its time. We give you all the glory and praise. Lord you protect the righteous when he goes through troubles and rescues him from all danger and harm. Lord continue to help us as we pass through various stages of life, in sorrow and in joy. Lord strengthen us each day of our life.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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 Luke 8:47 , Jesus said, “Daughter, be of good cheer, your faith has made you well.” “Go in peace.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, From the above context we understand that Jesus was pleased to see the faith of the woman and therefore He said, to the woman “Your faith has made you well. ”Jesus was on His way to the house of Jairus. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He came there and fell down at the feet of the Lord Jesus Christ, and begged him to heal his daughter who was dying. She was just twelve years of age and was dying. So Jesus was rushing towards his house. But on the way a large crowd gathered around Him. The woman who was suffering from flow of blood, hearing that Jesus was passing through her town, decided to meet Jesus. In the midst of such a crowd she came from behind and touched the border of his garment, and immediately the flow of blood stopped. What makes the woman’s healing unique is that she was healed because of her faith. She thought no one had noticed her. But Jesus turned around and said “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, when the woman came to know that she was not hidden she came trembling and fell down at the feet of Jesus. She declared to him in the presence of all the people, the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. She was suffering for almost twelve long years. And she had spent a lot of money on physician but could not be healed. But the moment she came to meet Jesus a miracle happened in her life. She had simple faith that if she meets Jesus the healer, she would be healed of her disease. So Jesus, on seeing her faith said, “Your faith has made you whole, Go in Peace.”’
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Let us not complain of a crowd or a throng as long as we are in the way of our duty and doing good. Because during such times many a poor soul gets healed, and helped and saved by Christ that might be hidden in a crowd and nobody notices it. This woman came trembling, yet her faith saved her. There may be trembling yet there is saving faith. Jesus spoke words of comfort to Jairus, saying “Fear not, Just Believe.”And your daughter shall be made whole.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, Today God has given you an opportunity to receive the healing touch of Jesus. Come and receive your blessing. Be strong when you go through serious illness or through some kind of affliction. Look up to Him in faith. Some experience affliction for a period of time assigned by God himself. Job was one such person. He was one who feared God, He was a blameless man and upright. Yet God permitted him to suffer that he might come forth as refined gold. You too might be going through such affliction in your life. Be strong in the Lord, Cast away all your fears. Do not be discouraged. Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help us to have faith in God. Not to trust in our money or any things of this world. Because it will not bring healing or forgive our sins. May we completely rely in God for all our needs. Make us to understand that God heals all our diseases if we approach Him with simple faith.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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 Deuteronomy 23:5 “, Nevertheless the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee because the Lord Your God Loves You.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that our God loved Israel. Those whom the Lord loves are blessed. Hence the Lord turns the curse into a blessing through the very mouth of Balaam. ’For both the tribes Ammonite and Moabites had not met the children of Israel with bread and water while they were on their way to Canaan the promised Land. Balak hired Balaam to curse the people because whatever He spoke was wonderstruck. The Lord overruled his tongue and put such words into his mouth in such a manner that instead of cursing he blessed Israel.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God delighted in David and wished to set him on the throne, of Israel because the Lord loved Israel forever. He made him King of Israel to do justice and righteousness. The Bible says When Israel was a youth I loved him. And out of Egypt, I called My son. Because God loved Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the fathers of Israel, he set his love on their descendants too after them.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, the Psalmist says, God, shall choose our inheritance for us. So we submit our will, our choice, our desire wholly to Him. Our Heritage here and hereafter, we leave to Him. Let the Lord do with us as seems Him good. The Excellency of Jacob whom he loved, He divided their portion according to their tribes. God was the glory of Israel. He loved His people and became their greatest glory. God loves us and He shall be our exceeding joy. As for the latter days, may our portion be in the Lord Jesus Christ. Our beauty, our best treasure, lies in having such a God to love us.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Love is a fundamental part of God’s nature. We are able to love Him or anyone else because He first loved us. God expects us to love Him with our whole heart and from our whole soul, and from our whole mind, and from our whole strength. In fact, God wants us to love Him with our whole being. God is love and He became a man, Jesus Christ. When we receive the Lord Jesus Christ We receive all that He is into our spirit. The good news for us is that we can turn our hearts to Him as He is in our spirit. God commanded us to love Him absolutely. Our Love for God actually originates from God Himself. It comes from His love within us which is higher than anything we can generate.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Have you tasted that the Lord is good? If not taste and see that the Lord is good. Feel the kindness of God in your life and His love for mankind. Evidence of God’s love is all around you in the beauty of sunshine, the kindness of a friend. Receive Christ into your life and trust Him as your Saviour. God shows His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord, we are grateful to you for the Love you have displayed on the cross of Calvary. Help us to love You with all of our soul, heart, mind, and strength. Teach us to love Him with pure love. May we make the Lord the treasure of our life. Let God be our exceeding joy in our life.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
