September 7, 2024
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. On this day, the 7th of September, I am pleased to meet you directly through this Mangala Varthai message. May the Lord bless you. Let us take and read the auspicious word the Lord has kept for you today from the book of John 10:9: “I am the door; if anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”
My dear brothers and sisters, this is a very auspicious word. “I am the door.” I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I am the door. I am everything. Whoever enters through Me, that is, if anyone does something through Me or is ready to do something through Me, God is telling us that they will come in and go out and find pasture, and surely, they will be saved. In short, you cannot do anything without God. If you think you can do something with your strength, intelligence, wisdom, or talents, even then, you will not be able to succeed. God says, no matter what you do, “I am the door.” The door is very important—whether to enter a house or to leave it. This is why people pray when they install the door during the construction of a house, a tradition that has been followed since Old Testament times. Even now, pastors are called to pray when the door of a house is laid.
Today, God is saying, “I am the door.” If one enters through Me, that is, if you put God in the first position, and enter the house through Him or leave the house through Him, that person will come in and go out and find pasture. To come in and go out means you will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out through the door. This means you will be blessed within the city and blessed outside the city. If you come into the city with God, there will be blessings inside; if you go out with God, there will be blessings wherever you go. You need to visualize that God is standing there, and you need to leave through Him. This means you must take His blessing when you leave and take His blessing when you come in. This is what it means to come in and go out.
Another blessing in this context is the idea of coming in and going out, referring to both worldly and spiritual blessings. “In” refers to spiritual blessings, and “Out” refers to worldly blessings. Both can be attained only through God and only when you go through Him. When you do any activity through God, give Him the first place, seek counsel from Him, and take Him with you in whatever you do, then everything you do will prosper.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, we thank You. You have said that You are the door. You have promised that if we enter and leave through You, we will find pasture, receive salvation, and experience spiritual and worldly blessings. Today, You have declared, “I am the door.” May these children respect You and, through You, be united. Whatever they do, being united with You, let them gain victory. I bless them and pray that they will retain their victory and receive spiritual and earthly blessings in abundance. From today onward, let there be no failure, loss, or disappointment in their lives. Do great things for them. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
