August 4, 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. May the name of the Lord be glorified. Take with me from the book of Job.42:10, “When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored Job’s losses, and gave Job twice as much as he had before. God Changed his captivity. ”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, From this verse we need to understand that we should pray for our friends. In case they give you wrong counseling, You need to ask God on their behalf. You need to intercede for them to the Lord. You need to ask God on their behalf. Lord change all their wrong ideas. Give them good counseling. You are marvelous in your counseling. Give your counseling to them Oh Lord. You are bound to pray for your friends. We see in the life of Job, that he went through a great sorrow and very big captivity. He lost everything. He lost all his children, he lost all his wealth. All his servants were dead. He was accused by his own wife . so he had to hear bad words from her. He was full of disease. He had boils all over his body. So he had to scratch his body with a shell. So he had to sit on the ashes and scrap his boils from his body. It was a pitiable situation. But even in that situation he prayed for his friends. It is possible to pray when one is comfortable in health , but to pray with all disease and pain not for himself but for his friends, is beyond our understanding. It needs a lot of mental stability, and you need to have a good heart. He had that good heart and mind. He had a good spirit. God looked at his good heart, and wondered how he could pray for his friends to open their eyes, and not for himself. God was pleased with Job because he prayed for his friends in that painful situation.
So, God decided that he should not be troubled any more, but he should live happily and be well. Since he thought good about others, God decided, to change his captivity at that point of time. After which he got back a double portion of blessing. He got back all that he had lost. So on this friendship day I wish that all of you must pray for your friends. And when you pray for your friends, God will change your captivity. You may be in poverty; you pray for your friends. You pray for their future, their wellbeing, for their salvation, ask God to open the eyes of your friends to see what is right and what is good and bad. You pray in this way then God will see your good heart, and He will help you. There is a good style in the Bible, If you think well about others, then good will happen to you. This is what God wants to convey on this friendship day.
Each of you must get the good nature of Job, which he had towards his friends, on this friendship day. Then many good things will happen in your family. Your captivity will change. Disease will change, debts will change, poverty will change, and an end will come to all destruction, and loss. God will give you a double portion of blessing.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, we thank you. Lord, you have taught us through the character of Job about good friendship. And we thank you Lord for the same. Lord like Job , let all the children learn to pray for their friends. Asking God to open their eyes, and that they may receive the grace of God, to pray for their captivity. Lord, I pray that you will infuse or instill in their mind such good thoughts. Never think, “I myself am suffering, how can I ever pray for my friends, or how can I help him.” Even in your difficulties, if you can pray for your friends, that they must do well, if you have that good spirit, or that good nature, Lord, I pray that you would give all of them such a good heart. Lord all those who are watching this program, may they make a decision today, that even if they do not do well, but all others must do well, if they have such a good heart or mindset, let the Lord honor all those who have such a good spirit, keep them well. Let all the bondages or captivity of these children be removed or changed. Help them to get back all that they have lost in life, and grant them a double portion of blessing and honor them. Lord, however dangerous the disease, may be, Lord give them all a deliverance from all these things and honor them dear Lord.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
