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 Matthew 17:17 “ O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, The above passage pictures a lesson on faith and power. This incident happened on the day after the transfiguration of Jesus Christ. Jesus and his three disciples had gone up to the mount of transfiguration. And they were coming down to rejoin the others. There was a crowd at the bottom of the mount waiting to meet Jesus. Just then a man cried out to Him. He was pleading Jesus to heal his son. He said that his son was an epileptic and suffers severely. He said to Jesus, that his son, often falls into the fire and often into the water. Mark, in his Gospel, speaks of his foaming mouth, grinding teeth rigid body and not being able to speak. Luke mentions his crying out, convulsions bruises and so on. The boy was actually demon possessed. He had an evil spirit that tried to kill him by causing him to fall into the fire and into the water.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, actually Jesus had given to his twelve disciples the power to overcome unclean spirits, and to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of diseases. But in this particular case, the disciples could not drive out the demon. Hence the man tells Jesus very pathetically that he approached his disciples but they couldn’t cure the boy. Then Jesus answered and said the above statement. “ O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall be with you. How long shall I bear with you?” Then Jesus moved with compassion towards the boy, rebuked the evil spirit out of his body. Immediately the boy was cured. Jesus restored him and set him free from his bondage.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Some of you like this boy must be suffering from such kind of bondage. You might have tried different ways and means, to overcome this bondage. But may not have succeeded. And hence you might be in a dilemma as to what you should do about it. The Bible says, then they shall call and the Lord shall hear, they shall cry, and He shall say, here I am.
Which means the Lord is ready to answer your call. The Lord says, when they call on Me I will answer. I will be with them in trouble I will be with them and deliver them. When you have such a wonderful God, the Lord Jesus, why don’t you turn to him and be healed? For God says, “For I am the Lord who heals you.” Do not delay, This is the day of salvation, Or this is the time of favor. So turn to him and be healed. God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help us to realize your power of healing. Teach us to exercise our faith in a useful manner. Give us the strength to overcome all our weaknesses. Help us to walk in wisdom. Thank you, Lord for healing us and setting us free from bondage.
In Jesus name we pray.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As I waited upon the Lord, the blessed word that the Lord gave me to bless you is from the book of Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. God always has good thoughts for you. From the time a child is born, God takes note of the child’s life. Every act of his has been recorded in the book of life.
He watches over each one meticulously to provide a better future and hope. God has a plan and purpose for everyone. You might be awaiting good things in your life. God is promising you that if you wait upon Him, He will show you great and unsearchable things you would not have known.
For this to happen, you need to believe in God’s word. Only those who believe will see the Glory of God. God has an appointed time to fulfill His plan in your life. You should wait patiently to receive His blessings.
Even if it delays, it will be for your good. He will not harm you. He will fulfill His promises. Prepare yourself to receive a miracle.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank you for this blessed day. I pray that You may bless your dear children. I pray that you may perform a miracle in their life. Let them experience the great things that you are going to do in their lives. 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 Matthew 7:11, ” If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your father which in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we do understand, that in the midst of all our evil, there is still that element of natural and pure affection. Which makes the fatherhood of men a fit parable of the Fatherhood of God. As all mankind in general, are both by nature and practice, they are conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity, are evil from their youth, they are corrupt and do abominable things. But the Bible says, even such people know how to give good gifts, to their children. They give their best to their children though it costs them much.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, When these evil parents can afford to give good gifts to their children, how much more shall your Father who is omniscient and omnipotent knows your need and will bless you with His choicest blessings.
The Bible says, God gives all good things to them that ask him. The context shows that the “good things” are spiritual gifts. The wisdom, and insight which we all need or rather the one gift of the holy spirit. Not only temporal gifts, as meat, drink and clothing but all spiritual good things, every supply of grace, all things, pertaining, to life and godliness. Spiritual gifts include grace, everything that is necessary for the spiritual and eternal good of his people. But to receive these gifts one must inquire of and seek after, and ask God for them. For every one who asks receives, the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks the door will be opened.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God expects us to ask him when we are in need. He says, “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive that your joy may be complete.” He further urges us to ask by saying, “Whatever you ask in My name, This I will do. That the Father may be glorified in the son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” Also we need to believe that if we ask God in prayer, we will receive it and it will be granted to us. May the Lord help you to ask Him when you are in need. David in his Psalms says, “To You all flesh will come, For you hear prayer.” God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. We thank you because you hear our prayer. Teach us to ask you when we are in need of help. Thank you for the gifts that you have bestowed upon us, both spiritual and temporal. Though we are sinful in nature, yet you consider us and guide us in the way we should go. Bless us, Lord with Your Divine Spirit that we live in tune with God.
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 1:3, ” He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season. Whose leaf also shall not wither, And whatever he does shall prosper.”
My dear brothers and sisters, from the above verse we do understand that whatever the blessed man does God causes him to prosper. The Psalmist says, “And he shall be like a tree planted, or chosen, or considered as property cultivated and secured. But if the plant which the heavenly Father hath not planted shall be uprooted.’’ The Psalmist goes on to say, that “He is like a tree planted by the rivers of water.” This means that the water in the river never goes dry. It refers to the rivers of grace, the rivers of promise, and rivers of communion with Christ. they are never-failing sources of supply. The tree is expected to bring forth fruit in its season. The man who delights in God ’s word brings forth the fruit of patience, in the time of suffering, the fruit of faith in the day of trial, and holy joy in the hour of prosperity. Fruitfulness is an essential quality of a gracious man. And that fruitfulness should be reasonable. “His leaf shall not wither’’ which means, that even his little deeds of love shall be in remembrance. He shall neither lose his beauty nor his fruitfulness.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Maybe all these days, you have been like a tree planted in dry parched land that does not bring forth fruit in its season, and all that you have done may not have been prosperous. And even the leaves from your tree might have withered and fallen off. Which means that every effort you had taken to prosper might have failed. There would not have been any fruit so far in your life. You have been an utter failure or may have been a waste until this time. But God is going to change the very course of your life. He is going to pluck you out of this dry and parched land and replant you in a very green and fertile land by the side of still waters or rivers that would never run dry and you shall be prosperous and you would bring forth fruit in your season.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Your effort in achieving your goals will never become a failure. All the work of your hands shall be prosperous. For the Lord, your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty to send rain, on your land in season and to bless the work of your hands. To prosper you need to meditate on the word of God day and night. Such people will be blessed. Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hands. May the Lord help you to be like a tree that brings forth fruit in its season.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord thank you for planting us in the fertile place and for making us be fruitful in the season. Lord, Let all our efforts be successful and help us to establish the work that God has entrusted to us. Lord bless the work of our hands.
In Jesus name, we pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our maker, creator and ever unforgettable Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given us this day is from the book of Psalm 115:12-14 says “He will bless his people Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron, He will bless those who fear the Lord—small and great alike. May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.”
The Lord is mindful of us. He will bless us. The Lord says that He is mindful of our family. It is not that God is concerned only of one person in the family, He is concerned about your entire family.
According to Luke 19:10 ‘For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost’, God is more concerned about those sheep who have gone astray from His herd. He knows how to bring them into His fold.
Saul was a person who was against God, who tortured and persecuted the children of God. But God was mindful of him too. One day the Lord met him and turned him to be like Paul. God has His own ways of doing things. Many parents are crying over such children. You are frightened as to what might befall your children. God will bring them to His fold. The Lord will bless them as he is mindful of them.
Today, whatever blessings you may lack in, God is gracious enough to fulfill it to you. Today every one of you in your family is going to receive some kind of blessing. Blessings of the Lord awaits you and your family.
Prayer:
Our Loving Heavenly Father, thank you for being so mindful of us. I pray that You may bring back all those children who have gone astray from their family. Lord, we thank You for what You are going to do this in the lives of Your beloved children.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
