I greet you all in the name of our Lord! “Mother’s Day” wishes to all mothers reading this message. The word ‘Mother’ immediately brings this verse to our memory “As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you…” (Isaiah 66:13).
‘Mother’ is a symbol of love, compassion, and kindness. God has specially equipped a woman with the ability to console and comfort others with love and compassion. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who can comfort us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God (2 Corinthians 1:3,4). A mother’s love supersedes everything else.
In the Bible we read about the life of the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4: 8-37.The Shunammite woman was a notable lady in Israel. Whenever Elisha came to Shunem for ministry, she always enquired of his welfare with concern and made arrangements for his stay. She was such a person of love, care, and concern. Having experienced her warm hospitality and care, Elisha purposed in his heart to do something for her. So, he called the Shunammite woman and enquired how he could help her. But she kept mum. Then Elisha came to know through Gehazi that she was yet to bear a child. Elisha blessed her saying, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” (2 Kings 4:16,17). In the same way, the woman conceived and bore a son when the appointed time had come, just as Elisha had told her. Thus, the Shunammite woman was greatly blessed because of her compassionate nature.
Then, there came a test to the Shunammite’s faith. The son born due to Elisha’s prayers died due to a severe headache. But she was steadfast in her faith in God. She carried the boy up to Elisha’s room, put him on the bed, and left, closing the door behind her. She informed her husband that she was going to meet Elisha at Mount Carmel for a good cause. With faith in God and hope in her heart she went to meet Elisha. When Elisha came to know of the situation, he hastened with her to see the boy. And brought him back to life. That was how God blessed her to live with happiness and peace despite the challenging circumstances. The Shunammite woman had a fulfilling experience because God blessed her and enabled her to have a peaceful life.
God has given every woman the same qualities that the Shunammite woman had – to be compassionate and to comfort others. But many of us do not exhibit these qualities. Let us strengthen our faith, receive His compassionate nature, and extend comfort and consolation to others. Then we will be richly blessed just like the Shunammite woman. The Bible says: “The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.”(Psalms 29:11).
The Lord has already blessed us with a comforting spirit. Start exercising your faith by demonstrating this. Then He will bless you richly with His wholesome blessings.
Prayer: Loving Lord Jesus, Thank you for this day. You are a God who comforts us like a mother comforts us. Just like you comforted the Shunammite woman and made her a blessing to others, give us the grace to show these qualities of compassion and care to others. Strengthen our faith and keep us as a blessing to others. Help us to take care of our family with wisdom and peace.
In Jesus name.
Amen.
My Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The psalmist says in Psalm 139:24, “See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting”.
Dear children of God, it is very important to walk with God in every situation of our life. Do you go to Him only with your struggles and agony or can you boldly declare that you live in Christ? The Bible says, “To this, you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.” (1 Peter 2:21).
Here as Apostle Paul states, the experience of walking with Jesus is keeping Him as our example, following His footsteps and living with an attitude of gratitude no matter what we face. The first step we must take to walk with Jesus is to accept Him as our personal saviour. You should become deeply rooted in Him and be built in Him. “As you, therefore, have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6,7). According to this verse when we walk with Jesus, we will be established in our faith and flourish! Do not be worried!
Secondly, to walk with Jesus we must not only daily read His word but also meditate, obey, and apply it in our lives. Jesus says “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14:23).
Yes, when we keep God’s word, our heavenly Father will always be pleased with us. He will come and dwell amongst us and lead us in our spiritual path. Be strong!
Dear children of God. instead of idolizing and imitating man, let us submit to follow the footsteps of Jesus all our lives. Only then will you be able to lead a victorious Christian life and walk with Jesus. Will you surrender your lives starting this November month to walk with Jesus? Let us pray.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father, we want to live a life pleasing in Your sight, so we submit ourselves into Your hands. Accept us Lord and guide us in Your path. Lord, we accept You as our personal saviour. We yield ourselves completely to the plans that you have for our lives. Thank You, Lord, for going before us in and making every crooked path straight. Help us be rooted in You so that Your presence that was with Enoch, Moses, and Joseph will always be with us. We commit ourselves into Your loving hands.
In Jesus name.
Amen.
My Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The blessed word for today is from the book of Psalms 9:18, “For the needy shall not always be forgotten. The expectation of the poor shall never perish forever. “
Everybody lives with hope saying, One day, “I too will become great, I too will get a good job with a good salary. One day I too will get married and I too will have children.” These are some of the hope you have for the future. The Lord is telling you that your hope will never go in vain. The above verse says God will never forget the needy. Your hope will never be destroyed. Maybe your relatives would have forgotten you, for many years. But the Lord says, “Even if your father and mother may forget you, I will not forget you. I have engraved you in the palm of My hands and you are in My thoughts always.
The Lord loved Ephraim the son of Joseph, so He says, “How will I forget you? How will I forsake you? I am not a God who forgets you. Whoever touches you, will be likened to one who touches the apple of My eyes. You are always in My sight.” The Lord says, “Surely the poor will not be forgotten. Your loved ones may forget you but, I will never forget you because it is I who sustains you. I am the Lord who leads you. “I know all your needs, and since I know I who sustain you, I will help you at the right time. He says, be calm, be still and know that I am God. I am He, who formed you in your mother’s womb. Even before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you were born, I sanctified you. “
All those of you who are crying and lamenting in brfore darkness will see the Light. Your days of sorrow will come to an end. The Psalmist makes a contrast between the wicked men who despise God with the future hope of those that are persecuted for righteousness sake and are often abused by their enemies. He highlights the end of those who oppose the Lord and rebel against His truth and He comforts those who trust in His Word and honour His holy name, by saying, “The needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.” May the Lord speak to you and comfort you through His word. So, throw away the fear and look to the everlasting Light, Jesus Christ. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord thank you for telling us that you never forget the needy. Your words comforts us Master. We also thank You for saying, that our hope in You will never go in vain. And no disaster will befall our doorstep. Help us to come out of darkness and walk in the light following Your word everyday.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious life-giving word of the Lord, for today is from the book of Jeremiah, 1:8, “Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah lived in the midst of a world at war and we too live in a world that is equally dysfunctional, angry, and evil, but may we never forget that we have the eternal promise of our God and Saviour to deliver us. Lord knew us before we were conceived. He knitted us together in our mother’s womb and scheduled every day of our lives. We do not need to fear what man can do to us, nor become unnerved by Satan’s wiles. There is nothing that man can do to us that can remove us from His protective love and care. He has promised to deliver us from the snare of the fowler, the noisome pestilence, the terror of night, and the arrow that fly by day. We have an anchor for our soul and a strong tower in which to hide. God promised to rescue Jeremiah from every danger and distress, and that same promise of protection is our inheritance too, “for greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.”
Today the Lord is going to come along with you and finish all the things that were incomplete in your life. When the presence of the Lord goes before you, then all the obstacles that block your progress will move away. When the obstacles will move away, then a miracle will happen. So, the presence of God is going to come along with you, wherever you go, to support you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. I bless my children wholeheartedly in the name of Jesus Christ. The Lord said, “I am with you to protect you.’’ Be with all my children wherever they go today and protect them. Cause all that they undertake to be a success. Help them to see wonders, so that they will rejoice with a shout of praise, having experienced the miracle of God in their life.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of the Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. Today the Lord is telling to you that He will exalt you and you will move up in your life. “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory.” (1 Samuel 2:8)
God is declaring to you that He will make you “the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath” (Deuteronomy 28:13). Consider the progress in David’s life. God exalted David from an ordinary shepherd to becoming King of Israel. Look at Joseph’s life. He was thrown into the pit by his brothers. But God promoted him to be the governor over all of Egypt (Genesis 41:41). Examine Daniel’s life. God elevated him for all the agony that he suffered while in prison (Daniel 2:48). This same God who raised them is faithful to promote you in due time. The lives of the saints in the Bible serve as a testimony of God’s goodness. Hence, do not lose heart!
Our God desires to exalt everyone but He is very much pleased to exalt the one who is humble. The Bible says “he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11).
Many people become puffed with pride with a sudden promotion in life. They develop an air of superiority that causes their downfall. Let us not let pride of letting pride enter our lives because many have fallen due to pride than due to sin!
God says: “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Learn to be humble from our Lord Jesus Christ! He humbled Himself and became obedient to death on a cross! Prophet Isaiah humbled himself like this, “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5). David humbled himself saying, “But I am a worm. A reproach of men, and despised by the people (Psalm 22:6). Apostle Paul humbled himself testifying, “I am the worst sinner of all” (1 Timothy 1:15). So, my dear children of God, be discerning and learn to be humble. Great and mighty things will happen in your life when you humble yourself. You will be exalted by the Lord himself and everything will be added to your life. Do not be worried!
Prayer: Dear Lord, I thank you for every soul who has committed to be humble after reading this message. Lord, I pray that as they submit to You, help them to wait patiently till they receive the promotion from You. Lord grant them the blessings that they desire! Bless each one of them because of their humble spirit.
In Jesus name.
Amen!
