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 Genesis 28:15 “Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. And will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, wherever we are, we are safe if we have God’s favourable presence with us. The Lord whom we worship respects each one of us. He is a great creator. He is an Almighty God. The Earth or the World could not contain Him. He has authority over heaven and Earth. Such a great God, respects the ordinary man. Or in other words is mindful of man. God likewise expects us to respect others. We are nothing when we compare ourselves to God. Yet He loves us and wants to have relationship with us. We see now a days that man wants to have relationship with similar people. God does not look for status. He has no partiality. He treats the rich and the poor alike.
My Dear brothers and Sisters, We see in the Bible, a young man, Jacob who experiences personal relationship with God Almighty. One day his parents Isaac, and his mother Rebecca, called Jacob blessed him and asked him to go to his uncles place, to make his livelihood. Being young he had to take up some job and help himself for his survival. In those days rearing sheep was the main occupation. Jacob was an obedient son to his parents. He did not receive any money or take his share of wealth or any investment to start his business but just received the blessings of his parents and departed to his uncle’s place. He considered the blessing of his parents more valuable than anything else. We see that the blessing of parents is so important, if one must be blessed by God. The Bible says, he acquired all the blessing from his father Isaac. As a result Jacob feared his brother Easu, who wanted to kill him.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jacob never argued with his parents or questioned his parents about leaving to his uncles place. He honoured and Respected his parents He was a humble man. So God was pleased with him. Whether Jacob knew or not, about the presence of the Almighty, God was with him. He had chosen him even before the foundation of the world. Now that he feared his brother he was in trouble, obliged to flee, so he looked up only to God, to make him dwell in safety. He had to take up a long journey from Canaan to an unknown country. He was prepared to lie down and sleep in the open air, with his head upon a stone. God’s time to visit his people with His comforts is when they are most destitute of their comforts.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God gives his people graces and comforts, accommodated to the events that shall be, as well as to those that are. Jacob at that point of time was forsaken by all, even by his own family members. God foresaw what hardship Jacob would face in that strange land especially in his uncles service. So God promises to keep him. God visited him while he was asleep. He saw a ladder, which reached from earth to heaven. The angels were going up and down and God himself, was at the head of it. Christ is the way to God. All God’s favours come to us from God through Christ. All the glad tidings we receive from heaven come through Christ. God assures him saying” Behold I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go. And will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”God was mindful of him. So he says, I will not leave you nor forsake you. Whom God loves, he never leaves. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you Lord for telling us the importance of getting the blessing of our parents. Help us to be obedient to our parents and also to honour them. Make us a blessing to others. Teach us to have a personal relationship with God as Jacob had. Accommodate us with your graces and comforts when we are forsaken by all.
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 53:3, “ He is despised and rejected by men. A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, And we hid as it were, our faces from Him. He was despised and we did not esteem Him.”
Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we come to understand that the Lord Jesus Christ was nailed on the cross for you and me. He was rejected and despised by mankind. He was rejected that you should not be rejected and despised by others. The Lord is speaking prophetically to you through this message that whoever has rejected and despised you and has therefore caused misery and anguish in your life, and have pained your heart, then God will bring them back to you and surrender to you.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It may be your debtors, who lent money to you, your own relatives, or any other person. Whoever it may be they will one day, repent of their wrong doings, and come back to you. God will change their minds and help them come back to you. That is why Jesus hung on the cross rejected and despised for you.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Your own husband or your own wife might have despised you. They may not be listening to what you have to say. The wife complaints that her husband has despised her. And the husband says that his wife has despised him. All this occurs in the family because there is no true love between them. One hates the other. This is the state of many families. But Christ hung on the cross for you and me, just to bring peace and harmony between husbands and wives in the families. God is good all the time. He is watching your tears. God is soon going to bring about a change in the life of your husband, or your wife. May be soon after your reading/you read, the message, you will see a change in their life.
Similarly if you happen to be a boss, of a company or doing business, kindly don’t mistreat your workers, employees, working under you. Never despise or reject them, for they too have same feelings like you. Mother in laws, never mistreat your daughter in laws. Treat them like your own daughters then God will do wonders in your life. He will be pleased with you. May God help you to esteem others better than yourselves. Remember that God was a “Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief just because he wanted you to enjoy the fullness of your life. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for opening our eyes to the truth, that You hung on the cross rejected and despised in order to save mankind. Lord help us to love and respect one another’s feelings and never to reject or despise anybody. May we learn to live in harmony and in peace.
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 8:48 “Your faith has made you well.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we come to understand that the woman was of great faith. Since she exercised faith in her life she was made well. The incident occurred while Jesus was travelling to Jabirus house, actually to heal his daughter but on the way a large crowd thronged around. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for almost twelve long years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors. And had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, in a person’s life sickness come in many ways. May be because satan sits inside of him and causes disease. Some might become sick due to taking unhealthy junk food and cause disease for himself. Sometimes due to family curse, or generation curse a person might acquire certain disease. Sometimes God Himself might allow illness in order to test the faith of that person. Often people get so worried about their illness. It would look like a mountain before them. They are afraid that the sickness would lead to death. What does the Bible say? “An evil disease has clung to him therefore he has fallen on his sick bed.”Since he has fallen on his sick bed he will not rise up again. They say that is the end of him.” They might say, it is an incurable disease. This is the assumption of people. But God is above all. He 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. ” No matter how a person is affected by sickness God is able to heal all kinds of disease. He is God of all flesh; there is nothing too hard for Him that He cannot do.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, We read of a woman in the Bible whose name is unknown. She was a woman having a flow of blood for twelve long years. She spent all her lively hood, on physicians, and could not be healed. Therefore having heard that Jesus was passing by the road side. And though there was a great crowd she managed to come from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately the flow of blood stopped. She was healed of her disease completely in a moment. An extraordinary power was released from Jesus upon her. So Jesus questioned as to who touched Him, Just then the woman admitted that it was she who touched His garment. She declared to him in the presence of all the people, the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. Looking at her Jesus said, “’Daughter be of good cheer, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”’Many thought that she who had fallen sick with the issue of blood, will never again rise up. Some thought she would die of this sickness. God’s power is beyond human prediction. For in a moment the issue of blood was stopped. God gave her free healing. God gave her another opportunity to live her life.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, What kind of incurable disease are you suffering from. Are you taking many types of medicines? And yet you are unable to get cured. You don’t seem to get better in spite of taking good medication. For such kind of people, God is going to perform a miracle for you today. For those of you who are reading this message, make use of the opportunity that is given to you. Increase your faith in God. Just as the woman with the issue of blood, was healed because of her ardent faith in Jesus, you also will be healed of your disease. Exercise faith in your daily life. You will enjoy the rich blessings of God.
God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Increase our faith in You Lord. Make us to be bold like the woman with an issue of blood, to approach Jesus. Thank You Lord for releasing your power upon us. Thank you for healing all our disease. Help us to move forward in our life with hope and dependence upon God and His favour.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
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 41:8,3. An evil disease, “they say, clings to him, and now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.” But the Lord will strengthen him on his bed of My Dear illness. You will sustain him on his sick bed.” From the above context we learn that the disease wherewith he is afflicted will certainly make an end of him, for people consider that it is the punishment of some great, enormous crime which he will not repent of and which proves him however he has appeared to be the son of Belial. The people feel that God has begun to punish him. He will continue so to do till he destroys him and then we shall get rid of him and they say that they will divide the spoil of his preferments. For they say, “’ Now that he lies down on his sick bed he will rise up no more”.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, We often complain about the sincerity and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men. For people usually take pleasure in the fall of another especially his own associate, closely known to him. But the Bible says, that the Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing. “Strengthen” means to support, to uphold, to sustain, in other words it means that God would enable him to bear his sickness or would impart strength to him when his body fails to be healthy. It does not mean that He will turn his sickness to health; rather He will relieve and comfort him. The general sentiment is that God will show Himself merciful to those who are merciful and kind to those who are kind.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, There is a difference between the prediction of man and plan of God. What man thinks is that he will die due to illness on his sick bed. But what does God say, “He will not die rather live to proclaim the gospel of God. Many are thinking that he will never again rise up from his sick bed. But God says, He will allow him to arise from his bed of illness and let him live.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, there are many who are reading this message today, well to those of you who are suffering with serious illness and are lying down on your sick bed, I wish to encourage you, never get frustrated, for the Lord who made you and has given you life is able to cure all your disease and it is a trivial thing for the Lord to do. There is nothing that God cannot do for you. All things are possible to them that believe on His name.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Only God can deliver you from any crisis, be it health issue, financial crisis, or any affliction that you may go through. If God gives healing for a person, He will not add sorrow to it. For the Bible says, I am the Healer. The Lord gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. We are healed by His stripes. God bore our sins in His body on the cross so that we might die to sins. Yes, sin leads to sickness. Therefore we need to keep away from sin. He who commits sin is a slave to sin. However when a person comes to faith in Jesus Christ, he or she, is set free from sin. No more sickness can enslave your body. You will be healed completely. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you because you bore our sins, in your body. You forgive all our iniquities and heal all our diseases. We praise you Lord for you are kind to those who are kind and merciful to those who are merciful. Heal us of our sickness and help us to live this life peacefully.
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 Colossians.3:13 “Bearing with one another, and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, So you must also forgive.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that it is highly important to forgive others as we have been forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ. With the grace and mercy shown to us we are always, able to start new life with God. When we repent of our sins, we are given full forgiveness of our sins because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God commands that in return we need to forgive others and extend grace as we have been shown grace. Forgiving others may be one of the hardest things we face in life. The pain and hurt that others have caused us in our life is simply great and beyond expression. But when we forgive others we are not saying what others did was ok, but we are releasing them to God, and letting go of it’s hold on us. May God therefore help us to forgive others and set right our relationship with God.
My Dear brothers and Sisters, We see in the Bible, how Jesus forgave a woman taken in adultery. A group of scribes confronted Jesus, in order to interrupt His teaching session in the temple. They brought in a woman accusing her of committing adultery. Claiming that she was caught in the very act. They wanted to stone her to death as a punishment for her wrong behaviour. At first Jesus ignored their interruption and wrote on the ground, as though He did not hear them.
But when the accusers continued their challenge he quietly stated that the one who had not committed any sin should cast the first stone at her. Then the accusers and congregants departed realising that none of them were without sin, leaving behind Jesus alone with the woman. So Jesus asked the woman if anyone had condemned her. She said to Him “No one Lord.” Then Jesus said to her, ”Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more.” This is how Jesus forgave the woman.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, What about you, have you forgiven your foes ? Has anyone damaged your good spirit? You were kind and helpful to others, but those whom you trusted have cheated you. They might have spoken wrongly about 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. You think that your parents have spent so much to get you married but now you are struck with grief and sorrow and loneliness. God is aware of your hardships. Try to forgive your husband and if he comes accept him. Receive him and try to rebuild your family life. God will forgive you of your errors.
My Dear Brothers, have you despised your wives just because she is not too fair or is not so good looking ? Has she committed any mistakes? Does she listen to her parents and insults you because you are earning less than her ? Is she often leaving you alone and going to be with her parents? Kindly forgive her of her wrong deeds. Please forgive your wife, accept her. Start a new life, especially during this Christmas season. Give her another opportunity to live her life.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, This is a season of forgiveness. Have no foes. Never hold any grudge against anyone. When you forgive others God will help you live a joyous and content life. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You Lord for teaching us to forgive others of their wrong deeds. Help us not to have any grudge against others. Help us to remain friendly with others and forgive our foes if any. May we be affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honour giving preference to one another.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
