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 Ephesians 4:31,32 , “ Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
From the above context we come to know how important it is to forgive others. Forgiveness matters. Without forgiveness in our world of relationship, life would actually become unbearable: Forgiveness is particularly important for believers in Christ. That’s because believers are forgiven people. In these verses in Ephesians, the apostle Paul says that believers should forgive, as God has forgiven us. But forgiveness isn’t always easy. It’s particularly hard when the hurt is big, or when the person who caused the hurt refuses to acknowledge what they’ve done. We need to understand why forgiveness matters. When we do, we can see that forgiveness is not only possible for believers, it is also incredibly powerful for our lives and relationships.
The above verse refers to many kinds of sin, such as anger, rage, brawling and slander. But all these emotional nature of man is the outcome of bitterness. The Cure for bitterness is a Heavenly Vision. I wish to narrate the story of the blind songwriter Fanny Crosby who wrote more than 8,000 songs. When Fanny was just 6 weeks old a minor eye inflammation developed and the doctor who treated her was a quack and the potion (drink) that he prescribed resulted in her becoming totally and permanently blind! There was every reason for her to hoard bitterness against this doctor, But this Spirit filled woman harboured no bitterness against the physician and she said, “If I could only meet the doctor, I would say, “Thank you, over and over again for making me blind.” This may seem foolish. But Fanny Crosby considered her blindness to be a gift from God to help her write the 8000 hymns that flowed so freely from her pen.
Bitterness reflects a brooding grudge, filled attitude, an unwillingness to forgive or a harsh feeling. Bitterness is the opposite of sweetness and kindness. Only the attitude of Love finds a way to cover a multitude of sins. Apostle Peter, says, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins”. When Bitterness is removed from your heart then you will easily control anger, rage, brawling and slander.
Those of you who are reading this message may be suffering from bitterness against someone? Are you not able to forgive your foes? May be you were kind and helpful to others, but they did not understand you. You might have trusted your loved ones but they have cheated you. They might have slandered against you. Forgive them. God will be pleased with you. I see in my spirit some sisters suffering in your parent’s house just because your husband has deserted you. It pains to think that your parents had spent so much to get you married but now you are struck with grief and sorrow and loneliness right in your parent’s house. God is aware of your struggles. Try to forgive your husband. Pray for his salvation the Lord will open his eyes to understand how good you had been to him. Forgive your in-laws who were the cause for your separation. The Lord will magnify you. God will visit you in your affliction as He visited Hagar in the wilderness. Believe in God Almighty and you shall see the glory of God. God Bless You.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father, forgive us of any bitterness that we have harboured in our heart against others. Thank You that we have been forgiven by grace through faith in Christ. Help us to live our life acceptable unto God. And help us to be slow to anger, quick to forgive and abounding in steadfast love, kindness, compassion and forgiveness. Teach us to live for the glory of Jesus Christ.
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 Psalms 107:9 “For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.”
It is God who puts hunger in our heart. And when that man or woman is hungry and thirsty and aches for peace with God -they are satisfied. But it is also God who instils a deep hunger in the heart of the Christian, to know that unknown God, like Paul. And when they cry out saying, “that I may know God and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. ” Then God reveals Himself to them, as He revealed to Paul on the way to Damascus. And the one who has been saved by grace through faith begins to learn that salvation is rebirth into the family of God, and it is also a long and difficult journey through life. And God is proved to be faithful to them once again. They discover that this life is a day by day journey, where they have sweet fellowship with the Father and the Lord Jesus becomes more real to them, and so much precious, than on the day they first believed. Thus God satisfies their longing soul.
The Bible says, “Blessed are they that seek the Lord with their whole heart, and those that seek Him with their whole heart discover over a period of time, that He is indeed the one that satisfies the thirsty soul, and calms the troubled breast. Christ alone is the living water of life and those who know Him discover Him to be a well of refreshing water that springs up into everlasting life. The one who yearns for the fullness of Christ is satisfied. The one, who pants, like the exhausted deer, for the refreshing water-pool in the midst of a dry and dusty desert is satisfied. The one who cries out, “My soul thirsts for the Lord. My soul craves for the living God, Such a person has satisfied his thirsty soul, and his hungering heart, He has been filled with many good things.
Many of you who are reading this message are longing for various things in this life. You may need a good job, a good life partner, a successful business. Whatever your need may be, when you thirst to know more about Jesus, your needs then will be satisfied. May be until now you have not received the desire of your heart but soon God will satisfy your longing soul. The Bible says, “For He satisfies the longing soul and the hungry soul He fills with good things.” God will undo all kinds of barriers that prevent you from receiving your blessing. Everyone desires to prosper in this world. The Bible says, King Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success. King Asa said “ We have sought the Lord , and He has given us peace on every side.” He built fortified cities in Judah and prospered. When you seek the Lord you will prosper.
Dearly Beloved, David behaved wisely in all his ways, and David became greater and greater, for the Lord the God of Hosts was with him. If God is with you things will change. You shall be blessed with all good things. You will get a good job, a good life partner, and you shall be blessed with a child, for which you had been waiting for many years. God will open new doors for your business. In case someone has done some witchcraft against you, and hindered you from receiving your blessing the Lord will intervene today and He will drive away, every form of witch craft and sorcery from you and your family. God will put a hedge of protection and cause you to be victorious. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord our soul longs for You in a world of disappointment and distress. Help us to have close contact and more intimate fellowship with You. Thank You that You have satisfied our lost soul with Your saving grace so that we have peace with You. Let the peace of God reign in our heart. May we grow in grace and be satisfied with all good things.
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 Psalm 34:19 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the Lord delivers him out of them all”.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous. This means that those who wish to be righteous will have to undergo trials and temptations like Jesus. Scripture does not give us the idea that goodness will secure us from trouble; on the contrary, we are again and again warned to expect tribulation while we are in this body, if we live for Jesus. Our afflictions come from all corners, and are tormenting and painful. We will find thorns and briars growing in our pathway, yea, to lie down among them, and our rest will be disturbed, and broken by sorrow and grief. But be comforted for the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Through troops of ills, difficulties, and struggles the Lord Jehovah shall lead his redeemed children unhurt and triumphant. There is an end to the believer’s affliction and a joyful end too. None of his trials can hurt so much as a hair of his head; neither can the furnace hold him for a moment after the Lord brings an end, and bids him come out of it. The same Lord who sends the afflictions will also recall them when his plan is accomplished, but He will never allow the fiercest of them to rend and devour his beloved. The Bible says, “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears. And delivers them out of all their troubles.”
We read in the Bible thatthe king of Syria, wasmaking war against Israel.SoProphet Elisha, warned the king of Israel, to be watchful and not to pass that place because the Syrian king was about to attack him. Therefore the king of Israel was saved. When Elisha’s servant went out the next morning and saw the army, which had surrounded the town in the night, he became afraid of the large army and said, “Alas, my lord, how shall we do?” But Elisha quieted him, saying, “Fear not, for those with us are more than those with them.” He then prayed that the Lord might open the eyes of his servant. As a result his servant saw the mountain upon which the town of Dothan stood full of fiery horses and chariots round about Elisha. The fiery horses and chariots were symbols of the protecting powers of Heaven, which surrounded the prophet. This incident shows How God delivers, the Righteous.
David too, always looked unto God like Elisha, and found that alone with God he was stronger than all against him. Therefore, respecting his afflictions he cries out in this psalm, many are the troubles of the righteous; but The Lord delivers him out of all. Thus, by his own wisdom David measures the condition of the righteous, and says, many are the troubles of the righteous; and, he shows how they should be healed, saying, The Lord will deliver him out of them all. The lawyer can deliver his client from strife, the physician can deliver his patient from sickness, the master can deliver his servant from bondage, but the Lord delivers us from all.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Strengthen us when we are weak and give us the courage to face the problems boldly. Lord we thank you for delivering us from our afflictions. Teach us to acknowledge You as our Lord and Saviour. Help us to trust in God like David, and Job. May we be able to endure sufferings like Jacob.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that Lord has given me to bless you today is from the book of Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”. In order to avoid death and condemnation from God, you need to keep yourself away from all sins. King David says, in Psalm 51:5, “Behold I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me.” Being conceived in sin, King David asks God to cleanse him from all his sinful nature. He says, ‘Lord purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean’.
To get out of the bondage of sin, you must first arise from your situation. The Lord is asking the sinners to come out of their sinful life. The Lord has given unto you the strength to overcome the power of the satan. When you do something wrong, you must repent for what you did and ask the Lord for forgiveness. The Lord will forgive you. After asking for forgiveness, you must not commit the same mistake again. Jesus loves you. Submit yourself unto the Lord and sin no more. He does not want anyone to fall into the trap of sin and perish. He wants you to lead a righteous life and set an example to others.
The Lord says, in Isaiah 1:18, “Though your sins are like scarlet. They shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool”. Our God is a God of forgiveness. He is ready to forgive our sins and trespasses, if we submit ourselves to Him. Christ died for our sins on the cross so that we may be set free. Colossians 2:14,15 says, “Jesus Christ took away all the power of satan on the cross. Jesus nailed all our sins on the cross. He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”
Do not get yourself entangled in sinful activities. Repent for your sins and the Lord will deliver you from all the evil forces.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. I pray that You may give strength to Your children to come out of their sinful life. Father, please forgive their sins and remember their sins no more. Let them enjoy Your mercy and grace. Fill their hearts with Your love. In Jesus name we pray,
Amen
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given you for today is from the book of Matthews 25:21. His Lord said to him, “Well done good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things I will make you a ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.”
In this context we see that the master was going on a long journey so he gave talents to each of his servant, according to his own ability. And when He came back He asked them what they had done with their talents. The one who received five talents said that he had gained five more talents. The one who received two talents said, he had gained two more talents besides them. But the one who received one talent said,“ ‘Master, ’I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.” His master was very much displeased with his servant, so he said, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest”
His Lord appreciated his other servants who made good profit of the talents given to them. So said unto his servant, well done, My good and faithful servant, you have done well. You know that you cannot do anything by yourself, without the help of God. For you know you can do nothing well of your selves, and when you have done all you can, you acknowledge that all you do is owing to the grace of God. You are a good and faithful servant: who have the grace of God implanted in you, You have begun a good work and possess good qualities, and abilities, without which you can never be good servants to your master. You have been faithful over a few things: so the master said, “I will make you ruler over many things.”
Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; for when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us suffer because of it. A faithful servant by serving his master to the expectation of his master and to the best of his capacity, gains confidence of his master, such that his Master entrusts him with bigger opportunities that needs greater responsibility, for the master is now, confident that his servant is capable of doing the given task perfectly. While we observe the shepherd boy David we see his faithfulness in tending his father’s sheep. David refers to integrity and uprightness as the attributes that will preserve him. And David exhibited both integrity and uprightness that is necessary for a good servant. His enemies were trying to discredit him, but the Lord knew David was righteous. David certainly could trust the Lord to do what was right and keep him safe. David states that he was waiting on the Lord. The word “wait” indicates that David was trustfully expecting the Lord to fulfil His promises, to make a great name for David, to give him rest from his enemies, to give him a heritage, and to establish his kingdom forever. This should be the attitude of every servant who will be willing to wait on the Lord their Master and gain a good portion of reward.
The parable of the talents though it speaks about the kingdom of heaven, but it offers an important lesson about success. God measures our success not by what we have, but by what we do with what we have-for all that we have is a gift from Him. We are really only managers to whom He has entrusted resources and responsibilities. The key thing, He looks for is faithfulness doing what we can to obey and honour Him with whatever He has given us. We may or may not be “successful” as our culture measures success, in terms of wealth, prestige, power, or fame. In the long run that hardly matters. What counts is whether we have faithfully served God with what He has entrusted to us.
From the above passage we learn that if you wish to lead a happy family life, or do your ministry effectively and peacefully, or work efficiently at your work spot, or do well in your studies, or prosper in any profession, then God expects something important from you. You need to be honest in few things that God has entrusted to you. If you are found faithful in few things then God will make you ruler over many things. May the Lord help you to be wise and serve faithfully. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for telling us through this message that we need to be honest and sincere in all that we do. Help us to be like those servants who invested their talents and made a good profit. Give us the wisdom and understanding to serve those in authority with reverence and diligence.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
