Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord had given for you today is from the book of 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, ”Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”.
When we go through tribulation the only tool that will help us to overcome our battle is Prayer. In the Bible we read in James 5:16 “The effective and fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”.
Likewise King Hezekiah prayed and God heard his cry and extended the years of his life. Isaiah 38:5 says, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears, I will add to your days, fifteen years”.
Once a Couple visited me to pray for their son’s life. They were actually quarrelling between themselves over their son. They had invested a huge amount for the business that their son was doing. Crores of rupees were given to him but he could not run the business successfully. He had borrowed money to run the business and thus his debt increased. Their son had come to a point where he could not repay to the people who had lent him.
He had approached his father for help. But he was not in a position to help. Then the son approached his mother and she interceded with his father to help him. The mother insisted to sell their house to help their son. The father was moved by her wife’s love for their son and decided to sell the house. It was at this time of struggle that they approached me for counselling. All that they had was only a house as their property.
I was moved with compassion for this family and pleaded unto God. I asked the Lord “Is it necessary for them to sell this house to clear their debt? Lord even without selling the house you can help them to clear their debts. It is an easy thing for you”. The Lord replied me saying, they need not sell their house. Meanwhile their son wrote to his friend in the US regarding his down fall in business and about his debts. He told his friend that he wishes to work abroad and requested his friend to look out for a job. His friend was the recruiting officer in his company. To his surprise he got a job in the US with a salary of Rs.3,50,000/-.
This was a real miracle to them. The son went abroad and worked and sent his salary to his father regularly to pay back the dues he had to pay month on month. Father started repaying the debtors. In the meanwhile those who lent him money said that he was a good person and had paid the interest correctly and therefore they said that he need not pay the interest anymore but only return the principal amount.
When God descends, such miracles will happen. To obtain such miracles, you need to pray. Prayer breaks all the barriers and obstacles in your life. Prayer changes things in life. Even today, you might also be stuck in such a problem with debts over your head. God is telling you not to lose hope. Just pray and ask God to open a new way. He will open a way and lead you through it successfully.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank you for this blessed day. I thank You for answering the prayers of Your children and restoring all that they lost in life. I thank you for breaking all the barriers and liberating them from all problems. May You help them to pray without ceasing. Open new ways for them to clear their debts and lead a peaceful life. In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Genesis 17:1-2, “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Abraham was a righteous and blameless man. He loved the Lord. He was called the friend of God and was known as the ‘father of faith’.
The Lord had promised Abraham that He would make him a great nation. So, Abraham patiently waited for God to bless him with an inheritance. He was seventy five years of age when God had promised him. Years passed by. He reached the age of ninety nine. God suddenly descended to meet and speak to him. That was when God fulfilled His promise.
Abraham and Sarah were broken in heart as they did not have the gift of a child. Sarah had passed the age of conceiving a child. Abraham never murmured about it. But they were distressed as they did not have a child to carry on their generation. Both of them were too old to raise a child. Sarah’s womb was closed. There was no chance to deliver a child. When every hope was lost, God descended to meet Abraham. The reason was that God does not tempt anyone beyond their capacity.
1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” Abraham waited for ninety nine years patiently. He had great faith that God who made a covenant will keep his covenant. God honours those who wait on Him patiently. According to His promise, God blessed Abraham with a child and he held the child in his arms at the age of 100. He called the child Isaac, as God had told him. As Abraham was blameless before God and was righteous in all his ways, the Lord blessed Abraham in an exceedingly. Isaac was the chosen inheritance of Abraham. God fulfilled the covenant that He made with Abraham and changed their sorrow into joy.
Are there long waited promises to be fulfilled in your life? You might have waited for many years and would have lost hope now. My dearly beloved, I encourage you to stand firm in faith. Faith can move mountains. There is nothing that the Lord cannot do. He has an appointed time for the fulfillment of every covenant. Just wait patiently like Abraham. The Lord will do mighty miracles in your life.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. You know the promises that You have made to Your dear children. I pray that You may fulfil the covenant that You have made with Your dear children in due time. You are their only hope. Father, may Your children be glad all the days of their lives. In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Hebrews 11:1, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen”. Everyone will have to go through trials and tribulations in this world. During the time of struggle, you need to have faith and a strong prayer life.
The bible says that Job was a man of faith. Job said “I have lost my wealth, my cattle and above all my children, and my flesh stinks and has become rotten, even though he slays me, I will keep trusting in Him.” His faith was unshakeable. You need to have this kind of faith. It is this faith that will lead you to a bright future. Are you worried that you are not married yet? It is this faith that will lead you to conduct your marriage. It is this faith that will open your womb that had been closed for several years and it is this faith that will lead you to reach a glorious height. Faith enables you to secure a job and will help you to close all your debts. Have faith in God. Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross for your wellbeing.
Job lived by faith. He knew that he should walk by faith and not by sight. That is why he was able to say, “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.” He had immense faith in God. Therefore God turned his sorrow into joy. The Lord blessed the latter days, of Job more than his beginning.
Similarly, just like Job, you must also develop this faith on God. Even if you go through the toughest situations, do not lose your faith in God. You might be put to test. Whatever be the situation, stand firm in your faith in God. The Lord will do mighty wonders.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord, there are times when Your children go through a lot of problems and lose faith in You. I pray that You may increase their faith in you. Father, I thank you for instilling the spirit of faith in Your dear children. May they walk by faith and not by sight every day of their lives. In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Ephesians 3:20, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us”.
Everyone face trials and tribulations. When some people are unable to handle their problems, they go to the extreme of ending their lives. They fail to realize that there could be at least one last option. The most common problem that they get themselves tangled in is, debt. When you are unable to afford something more than your budget, you end up borrowing. To pay back that debt, you will have to work very hard depending on how much debt you have taken. If you are unable to make up that money, you end up borrowing from another person to pay the debt. This keeps going on like a chain. If you lose hope because of debts, then the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary will become meaningless. Jesus died that you might live and He became poor that you might become rich. 3 John 2 says, “Beloved I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health just as your soul prospers”. This is God’s desire for you. God wants you to put all your burdens upon Him and He will take care of it.
I would like to share a testimony with you. While I was ministering in Sri Lanka, I met a person who was hiding himself in shame and humiliation as he had a huge debt. He had a very luxurious house but there was darkness inside. The family was filled with fear, sorrow and shame. This man had a debt of nearly seven and half crores. He was staying in his own house for rent. He said that there was no chance of closing his debts, and the only solution was to commit suicide. After sharing God’s word with him, he attended our cottage meeting that evening. He gained confidence and took me to his go-down and his factory. We made a small prayer. Later, his Co-workers and other business partners, dealers came up to him and encouraged him by supporting him in his business. They asked him to restart his business and promised to help him financially. There was a great change in the attitude of the customers and other business men. They said that he possessed good marketing and exporting capacity too. All because of his faith in Jesus, he cleared all his debts and is now one of the leading business men in town. God exalted him as he believed that Jesus and also blessed him and his family once again. God changed his sorrow into joy.
Similarly, you need to trust and have faith in the Lord. When you trust and put your burdens upon Him, He will do immeasurably more than what you expect.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank and praise You for this blessed day. I thank you for all the blessings that you have given to Your dear children. You came to redeem that which was lost. May Your children flourish in all that they do. I pray that they may learn to trust you in every situation. May You do immensely great miracles in their lives. In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace, those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you”. My beloved, God is telling you that this day forth, cling onto Him firmly. If there may be a person whom you can trust, it would be God alone.
You might have been going around for various works but would not been able to accomplish anything that you wanted to do. This is because you would not have taken Jesus along with you. Many of you will pray earnestly till you get your work done. Once it’s done, you tend to slide back from the Lord. This is when you face downfalls in what you want to accomplish.
I would like to share with you a testimony. There was a young man who had finished his studies and did not have a job for quiet many years. He attended many interviews but faced failure after failure. He came to me and told his problem. I prayed for him and broke the powers of bondage upon his life and sent him. In a few days, God opened a way for him. He was called for an interview. Before he could go for the interview, he asked Jesus to go along with him. He got selected and also got the offer letter the very same day. They told him to wait for some time till they send the joining letter. He was amazed that he got the job. In that excitement, he left Jesus in the same place and went to tell his friend the good news. He waited eagerly for the joining letter for six months. Later he came to me to pray. God revealed what took place. Then he cried and repented for what he had done. From that moment on, he took Jesus along with him. In a few days, he got his joining letter as well.
My dearly beloved, when you take Jesus along with you and involve Him in all your works, all that you do will surely prosper. You will be successful. But if you leave Jesus, without your knowledge, everything will start to topple. God should be the center of your life. You will reach great heights.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. You know that Your children have put in all their efforts and have toiled hard for what they want. But they would not have known that the secret to their success is You. They might have left you behind. Father, I pray that Your children may take You along with them wherever they may go. May they see Your wonders in all that they do. Lord, May You bless them with success and prosperity all the days of their lives. In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
