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 Job 2:10, “Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept, adversity? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” My dear Brothers and Sisters God allows the good and bad things in life, and we can trust Him to work all things.
In a single day Job received news that his oxen donkeys and camels were stolen. He heard about the death of his ten children. He lost everything. He tore his clothes and sat in ashes. His grief was inexpressible. God saw all that He had made and it was very good. When it comes to good and evil, we should not forget that there is both good and bad in the world. And one must face such challenges during the course of his life. When good things happen, we need to enjoy the goodness of God in our life. But when times are evil you need to allow God to rule your life. Soon the dark cloud will disappear and you will see a silver lining emerging brightly.
Satan brings calamity in our life. At such times you must believe that God’s will is the only good and perfect way. Job’s wife couldn’t tolerate the pressure of disaster that occurred in the family. Hence she became vexed in life and rebuked her husband saying, “Are you still maintaining, your integrity, curse God and die.” But Job told her that she was behaving like a foolish woman, and tells her, “Shall we expect good from God and not trouble? “Job seemed to be a man of better understanding. He knew very well that both good and evil comes from God and He is capable of changing, evil into good.
Dear brothers and Sisters we are not to condemn Job’s wife for behaving in such a manner because she was actually a good woman. But the terrible circumstances that she was going through and height of disaster made her to speak like a carnal person. Job refers her to an ungodly woman. Therefore he reproves her of her folly.
Job suggests that he and his wife had received many good things from the Lord. And they had very much enjoyed the blessings of God. So when God permitted disaster Job was prepared to accept it from the hands of God. The Bible says, in all this Job did not sin.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, I urge you to consider the life of Job, when troubles strike your doors, and in case you are struggling in your life remember to hold on to God like Job and believe with all of your heart that God is able to change your sorrow into joy, and He will never put you to shame. If you remain firm in Him, then just as the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, He will bless you too. He will change your curse into a blessing.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you Lord for reminding us to walk like Job. Never to sin with our mouth even if we have to go through worse situation in our life. Guard us and preserve us to be faithful till the end. Never to shrink in our faith. Bless us Lord as you had blessed Job with a double portion of blessing. 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, Hosea 14:5, “I will be like the dew, to Israel; He shall grow like the Lilly. And lengthen the roots like Lebanon”.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, the above context refers to the word of God, “My Words Shall Be like the Dew to Israel.” The essential word of God, is like the dew, either in His divine or human nature, but it is to be understood, of the blessings of grace He is to His People as Mediator, being to them wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption.
Again the line “He shall grow like the lily refers to the people of God, and the church are compared especially for their beauty and Calmness in Christ. Usually the root of the lily lies buried in the earth for a long time. Sometimes it seems as if it was dead. But all of a sudden it springs out of the earth and grows up to a great height and becomes very flourishing. This is not owing to its toil, but because of the dew of heaven. In the same manner, Gods elect, in a state of nature are dead. But being quickened by the grace of God, spring up all of a sudden, and grow very fast. This is not because of themselves, but because of God’s divine grace and due to the influence of the Holy Spirit, they rise up in their faith and hope to the high calling of God in Christ and such people become fruitful, in grace and in good works.
Dear Children of God, the Lord will make you to stand firm like the roots of Lebanon. He will plant you in the place that he has promised to take you and there He will plant you and no harm shall befall you. You shall be a blessing, in the land that the Lord takes you. You shall successful in all that you do, provided you do everything in accordance to the will of God. You shall be like the roots of lily that shoots up to a great height, strong and sturdy. God will straighten you like that of the lily. You shall be a blessing, and you will be fruitful. If only you obey His word, and walk according to his will, God will bless you with a good income, prosperity in your business, and bless your future. May you be fruitful and flourishing.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our Loving Heavenly Father, We thank you for this blessed day. Lord help us to discern your will in our life. May we understand that all our achievement is not because of us but it is the gift from God. We realize that we are blessed because of Your divine grace. Thank You for the dew that comes from heaven to satiate our longings. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of Isaiah 54:2-3, ”Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide. Do not hold back, lengthen your cords, Strengthen your stakes. For you will spread, out to the right and to the left. Your descendants will dispossess nation and settle in their desolate cities”.
My dear Brothers and Sisters the above context explains how the Lord is mindful of you and that He desires that your borders should expand to the right and left. The Bible says, that Jabez prayed to the Lord, in this manner, “Oh that you would bless me, indeed and enlarge my territory. Let your hand be with me and keep me from all evil so that I may not cause pain.” And God granted him his request. God wants you to prosper in all things and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
God will grant your request too, if you abide by His word. God wants you to prosper in all things and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. Well God will break all the hindrances that refrains you from progressing in your life. The Lord will bless you and enlarge your dwelling place. The Lord says, He is going to bless you with an own house. You might be wondering as to how the Lord can bless you when there is no possibility of you, getting a house. For God it is a trivial thing. Nothing is too hard for the Lord.
All things are possible to them that believe in His name. If you have simple faith in the Lord then you will expand as per the context mentioned above. If you just believe you shall see the glory of God. To expand your dwelling place, God needs to perform certain miracles. He has to bless you with a good job with a good salary. And when you remain faithful in that job with which God has blessed you, then He will exalt you and bless you more than your expectation.
Without faith it is impossible to please God. So have faith in God and he will lift you to glory. Believe in all of your heart, that Jesus will work wonders in your life. He will not only give you a job but also settle your marriage life. He will bless you with a house of your own. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly, above all that you ask or think. Believe and receive every word that is being spoken as a prophetic word for you. Our God who speaks by His mouth and performs by His Hand will fulfill all that He has promised in your life.
God says, that He is going to expand the curtains of your dwelling. Curtains represent the beauty of your house, your family. House does not only mean the building, it also means the members of your family. The Lord is going to beautify every member of your family with His goodness. Are you worried that there is no progress in your life. Then don’t worry, The Lord of expansion has come into your house. God will change your sorrow into joy. He will expand you to the right and to the left.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you Lord for Your Love and Concern, and your desire to expand my territory. Well help me Lord, to trust in You for all my needs. Make me a blessing by granting peace in my family life, at my work spot, in my business and my good relationship with others. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My dear Brothers and sisters in Christ, 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 Job 13:15, “Though He slay me yet will I trust Him. Even so, before Him. I will defend my own ways, before Him”.
Job was a wealthy man. He lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless, and upright and one who feared God and shunned evil. Being a wealthy man he lived with his large family and extensive flocks. Job had seven sons and three daughters. He retained his piety throughout his lifetime. God boasts about Job’s goodness. But satan argues that Job was good because God had blessed him abundantly. The book of Job relates the sufferings of Job over a period of time. God Himself allowed satan to test Job. God set out to prove to satan that Job is righteous just because he is being blessed. God allowed satan to have power over Job, but not to lay his finger on the man. Therefore Job lost everything, his sheep, oxen camels, his servants, and all his sons and daughters. But remarkably he did not lose his faith in God. So we see how Job lost everything. Having Lost everything Job arose, tore his robe and shaved his head and he fell to the ground and worshiped God and said, “ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord”.
In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. Even Job’s friends doubted him and started to blame him for his own troubles. They thought he must have sinned to suffer such trials. Like the refiners fire God often uses sufferings that we might depend upon him totally. It may be that he is trying to get our attention through the sufferings. Even when his wife rebuked him saying,
“Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die. Job replied to her,”’ You are talking like a foolish woman . Shall we expect good from God and not trouble.” Since Job was righteous and blameless God blessed the latter part of Job life more than the beginning. Though his friends despised him he prayed for them and therefore the Lord restored Job’s losses. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. My dear brothers and sisters If you too will endure sufferings like Job patiently God will honor you and give you double portion of blessing.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for this blessed day. Lord teach us to be faithful like Job and not to sin against you. Help us to bear the sufferings patiently in our life. Lord give us the desire to stand firm for You and your glory that we too might inherit a double portion of blessing. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved 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 Genesis 28:15, “And behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places wither thou goes and will bring thee again into this land, for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.” God is promising this assurance for you today.
Jacob was left alone to face the challenges in life after he was sent away by Isaac His father and Rebecca his mother from the land of Canaan to the land of Paddan Aram. This is what God did for Jacob while he was moving to his uncle’s place. God protected Jacob from wild beasts of prey, in lonesome places, through which he might travel, from thieves and robbers, to whom he might be exposed. Even from his own brother Easu and uncle Laban. Even now, God is able, to perform all things perfectly for you.
Our God is a God of promise. If he has promised you something He will surely fulfill it in your life. He said to Jacob “I am with you, and will watch over you wherever you go.” He is a God who takes care of you. He says, cast your cares upon the Lord for He cares for you. He will never leave you nor will He forsake you. The Lord will personally go ahead of you. Therefore, do not be afraid and do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. For through God, you will do valiantly. For through Him you shall do victoriously.
My dear brothers and sisters, wherever we are, we are safe, if we have Gods favorable presence with us. Jacob had such a favor from God. Whom God loves, He never leaves. This promise is sure to all the children of God. The Lord was with Jacob, as He had promised and He caused him to return back to Canaan to his father’s house from Paddan Aram. The Bible says, ‘Those that are entitled to peculiar favors must be a peculiar people.’
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Daniel, Joseph and Job, were some of the most peculiar people during Bible times. We see that all God’s children are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. You should praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. God watches over you wherever you go. Do not be afraid.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord I thank you for keeping a watch over my children. Help them to hold on to Your hands and walk through their dreary path. Never leave them alone. Teach them to throw off everything that hinders their closeness with God. Sometimes they trip and stumble every time they try to draw closer to the. Therefore I pray that You guard their steps and enable them to approach You fearlessly. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
