I greet and bless you in the name of our Creator, Maker, and ever unforgettable Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Proverbs 12:7.”The Wicked Are Over Thrown And They Are No More. But The House Of the Righteous, Stands Firm.”
From the above verse the Lord says that the house of the righteous, who walk in truth and is faithful to God will stand firm. But the house of the wicked and unrighteous person will be over thrown and will be destroyed. So it is necessary that we should be righteous before God. Where people stand before God makes all the difference in this life and the next, this proverb seems to be stressing. The people who reject God and His ways, who go about their business with no regard of Him, are said here to be overthrown completely. They have no sure future, no way. What surety do they have if God can call them to account at anytime? No one knows the hour of their death, and there is only judgment awaiting the lost.
But the righteous household has no fear of dangers that might befall it. The righteous person’s surety is in God, and they will stand regardless of whatever happens.
If you have committed yourself, to grow into the kind of person that God wants you to be, then you will flourish like the palm tree. And will grow like the Cedar of Lebanon. If you have submitted to live a righteous life then you can boldly say, My House will stand firm. My Family will stand firm. The Words of the Lord will never fail. The Lord is telling as prophesy that your house which has been shaken will be made to stand. Your business that has been shaken during Corona period will again be made to stand firm. You might have lost everything but you have not lost Jesus Christ. So you are safe. But if you have lost Jesus Himself because of your unbelief then you are bound to lose all that is left over. So take care never to give room for disbelief . You might have bought a house but because of lockdown you would have lost your job, as a result you could not pay your dues. So the owner of the house would auction your house. All your goods would have come for auction. All the jewels that you had pledged in the bank would have come for auction. But the Lord says, Believe on Me I will open new doors for you to survive. I will open new ways for your livelihood. I will help you with ways and means for you to redeem all that you had lost in your life. Trust in Jesus then You will shine.
The house of the righteous will stand: God will preserve His own righteous men and women. They and their house will endure that which would overthrow the house of the wicked. A man may sometimes do a good work with one good word. God’s blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown. He that lives in a humble state, and who has no one to support him, but gets bread by his own labour, is happier than he that glories in high birth or gay attire. God who promised that He will provide a house for David will also provide a house for you, because you totally depend upon Him. The Lord God who is our helper called Ebenezer is with us, and is also with you, at times of struggles. So don’t lose heart. He will open new doors for you to flourish. In case you have more than necessary then give it others. Don’t fail to help someone in need because he might die and never return the next day to receive from you. God will be pleased with such people because the Bible says, and let our people also learn to maintain good works. To meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
Your preservation and prosperity, and that of your family – depends on your righteousness. For the righteous man and his family will endure, in this world and the next, because God, men, and nature are on his side. May the Lord help you to live a righteous life and gain the appreciation of God rather involve in wickedness and die in sin and shame. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help us to see better days in our life. We have suffered enough during lockdown period. We have lost all that we had earned through hard work. We promise to trust in You Lord. Please be with us and make our life prosperous. May we lead a Righteous life and not involve in wicked ways that would displease you. Be our Ebenezer in our life. Grant us house to live and secure a job to manage our livelihood. Help us to dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in quiet resting places.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved 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 2 Chronicles 7:14“ 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
From the above context, we learn that God has risen in the midst of His people to shower His richest blessing. God says, “ If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face then I will bring healing to their land”. After Solomon dedicated the temple, the Lord appeared to him and gave him some warnings and reassurances. “The Lord appeared to him at night and said: ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.’ When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land”. In the past, we have seen how the people of Israel often backslid and engaged themselves in wicked ways. God would be angry with them and He would punish them and from time to time, God would send judgment upon the land in the form of drought, locusts, or pestilence.
God warned king Solomon, He said, “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you then I will uproot Israel from my land, and I will reject this temple also. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. This temple will become a heap of rubble, all who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, that is why He brought all this disaster on them’”. Solomon recognized this warning as a reiteration of God, who made a covenant with Israel and promised to take care of them and cause them to prosper as long as they obeyed Him. He also promised to bring curses upon them if they failed to obey and if they disobey, they will be judged.
The judgment is meant to bring Israel to repentance, and God assures Solomon that, if they will be humble, pray, and repent, then God will deliver them from judgment. This is a promise not only to ancient Israel but also to us who are called the children of God, that if we will repent and return to the Lord, He will rescue us from all our problems. Those who call upon His name and humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face, and repent, then God will heal their land, there will be moral and political healing as well as economic healing. May the Lord help you to fear God and obey His commandments, for then you will receive the shower of blessing and the Lord will heal your land. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank you for speaking to Solomon and telling him how the people ought to be. If the people will obey the commandment of God then they will be blessed. But if they disobey then they will be judged. Help us also to obey Your word and walk in Your ways. Teach us to humble ourselves, pray, seek Your face, and repent, so that You will heal our land.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
I greet and bless you in the name of our Creator, Maker, and ever unforgettable Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed word that the Lord has given for you today is from the book of Isaiah 40:29, ”He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.”
From the above context we learn that God gives power to those who are very weak and increases the strength of those who have no might. Weakness is a special weapon that the devil uses to spoil the lives of the children of God. Weakness is a tool which the devil instils in the lives of the children of God, that they do not advance in their life, and therefore they cannot be victorious too. When a man becomes weak he cannot work properly and neither can he concentrate on anything in particular. He falls into depression. His heart is pushed towards weakness; He loses his health and even his trust on himself. As a result he becomes sick that leads to severe disease. He loses all his sleep. The Lord wants to strengthen those of you who are weak and heavy laden. God wants to give strength to all those who are weak.
The strength of a person is not in the body but in the heart of a person. When the heart grows weary then the person does not feel like eating or drinking. He is engrossed in his worries, so he is not able to enjoy anything around him. He doesn’t even feel like talking to someone. Weakness cripples a man from all his activities. The organs in his body fail to cooperate with him. They will not be able to do anything. In some families they would have lost their dear one in their family, as a result they would be filled with sorrow. Relatives might comfort them and ask them to eat and drink something so as to keep their body healthy. But they wouldn’t listen to them because of the sorrow they go through. They will not have an appetite to eat anything. Instead they would cry out their sorrows. They would think as to, what is the next step they have to take. Or how will they be able to bring up their children, having lost their husband. These are the fears that would keep troubling them at that particular time. Worries will encroach their mind, and they will think of the struggles they would have to go through in the future. That is the time when they will lose their faith in God. But children of God should be careful during such times. They should not shift their faith on anything else but the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says, Cast all your burden upon the Lord Jesus Christ, And He will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
God says that He gives power to those who are very weak and increases the strength to those who have no might. He refers to the spiritual weakness of the person. The Lord not only wants to stabilize the physical weakness of your body but also wants to stabilize the weakness of your spiritual life. Once a spiritual life of a person, becomes weak, then his prayer life gets hindered. They will not be able to pray properly. They will not like to meet others or speak with others. They will look as if they have been shattered in life and have no interest in anything whatsoever. Today Jesus is going to give strength, to such depressed and sorrowful people. God will give you strength to regain stability in life. That they may focus on their future, and carry on their regular or routine chores In life. How will God strengthen them? He will make some alternative for the thing that they have lost in their life and, make them joyful in life. We read about Isaac. He was the son of Abraham. He was born when Abraham was 100 years old. He was thus the son of his old age. His mother was fond of him. He too loved her much. But she died and she did not see the marriage of her son. Isaac was filled with grief. He couldn’t bear the loss of his mother Sarah.
Abraham was worried about his son Isaac. He sent his servant Eliezar to his own people to select a bride for his son. But Isaac went to the fields to meditate on the word of God during the evening time. He remembered the past memories of his mother and was kindled with grief all the more. On one such evening he saw camels coming towards his tent. Eliezer had found a beautiful bride for him and she mounted from the camel, on seeing Isaac. Isaac was filled with great joy. The Bible says,”And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel; for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. God substituted Rebekah in the place of Sarah his mother. God will do the same for you also. God will grant you, peace and joy in your life when you meditate on the word of God as Isaac meditated every day in the evening, to forget his sorrow. God will change your sorrow into joy. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank You for giving power to the weak and increasing the strength of those who have no might. Help us not to become weak physically or spiritually. May we be strong and sturdy in life so that we may not fall in depression or give up our prayer life. Teach us to be healthy in mind and body even when we go through hard times. Give us strength to overcome all the difficulties that we face in our day to day life. Grant us peace and joy.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly Beloved 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 Matthew 24:45, “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?“
From the above context we learn that the master, usually appoints the faithful and wise servant to take charge of all things in his household, so that he might provide food for them at the proper time. Christians must be faithful and wise in all that they undertake. We are to faithfully carry out the good work that God has given us to do. It might be your job or business or your ministry. There are however two types of people : the spiritual type and those that are worldly. The spiritual person, is here identified as a wise and faithful servant. The faithful servant obediently carries out the instructions of their Master. Similarly, let us faithfully heed the instructions of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and obediently carry out our duties for His glory, knowing that such a servant will receive a wonderful reward.
While talking about a faithful servant I wish to relate an incident that took place in my own life many years ago. A brother by name Rajendran was our neighbour in Kanyakumari. He wanted to purchase a car so he enquired the church pastor in our town as to where he could purchase a good car for his budget. Immediately the pastor referred my name , as I was doing car business then in Chennai. Those days my business was flourishing in chennai. The pastor told Mr Rajendran that there is a young man very honest and faithful in his business. If we approach him he himself will do all necessary things and we shall be able to buy the car from his company “Stephen Cars.”So they came to my office.
Mr Rajendran did not know that I was the proprietor of the Stephen Cars Company. While negotiation was going on, suddenly he saw my mother coming out from our house. He rushed up to her and asked her, “How is it that you are here, have you also come to buy a car ? ” Then my mother told him, “The owner of this company is none other than my son Stephen.”Mr Rajendran was shocked , he thought that Stephen was someone else. He couldn’t believe his eyes, because he had seen us in Kanyakunmari as a poverty stricken family. He then asked me a good question, “Who was your back up? Which Sait, Marwadi or business magnate helped you in your business?” I told him, “My Back Up was JESUS”. Yes my dear children , when we remain faithful in little things then God will make us ruler over many things. This happened in my own life. God exalts those that humble themselves before God. May the Lord help you to be faithful in little things. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, We pray that we may faithfully fulfil all the work that You have called us to do in a cheerful way. Help us to be honest and faithful in little things and not be careless about our work. Be our backup Lord in our lives. We cannot trust anyone, not even our own people they often forsake us and betray us. So help us to stand tall before them. Guard and protect us.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
Dearly Beloved 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 Daniel 10:19 , “And he said, ‘O man greatly beloved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.’ And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, ‘Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
From the above context we learn that the angel Gabriel spoke to Daniel addressing him as “Greatly Beloved.” Peace be unto thee; all prosperity of body and soul; inward peace of mind, a freedom from all hurry of thought, and commotion of the passions, and eternal peace and joy in the world to come: The Angel told Daniel not to fear, as He is the Beloved of the Lord. Not to fear men or devils. The Angel encouraged Daniel in his times of trial to be strong, “; Yea, be strong; take heart, pull up the spirits, be of good courage, be strong in the Lord, and in his grace, and fear nothing: “ and Daniel says, “ When the Angel had spoken unto me, I was strengthened: divine power going along with his word; the prophet found his bodily strength renewed, his spirits revived, his heart cheerful, and his soul comforted, and all fear and dread removed from him; which was owing to the energy of divine grace; for otherwise not only men, but angels too, would speak in vain:
Daniel, having been strengthened, by the Angel, asked Him to continue speaking. for the Angel had strengthened him. Daniel was able to bear the sight of Him, support in his presence, and hear his words, and take in what He said, which before he was unfit for; so an Angel may be an instrument of strengthening a saint, a prophet, and even our Lord Jesus Christ himself as man. So today, I pray earnestly that an Angel would comfort you as He had comforted Daniel. Dear children of God, there are many names given to our Lord Jesus Christ. “Many years ago before the birth of Jesus, Prophet Isaiah had mentioned several names in his book. And one of them was “Prince Of Peace.”That Prince of peace has come down directly to give you His peace. The Psalmist says, The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. So you shall receive double blessing today. Both strength and peace.
In whichever area you have lost your peace due to financial crisis, or lack of securing a good job, or because of marital problem or because your wife has deserted you, or maybe you are suffering from some kind of disease, or maybe you are caught up in huge debts and wondering as to how you could come out of it, God is looking at you and saying He will perform a miracle for you in the area where you lost your peace. God will establish peace into your heart. The Lord Jesus Christ, before his death called all His disciples and told them not to be perturbed because of His death on the cross, but that they should remain in peace. He admonished them not to fret and fear. He said to them, “Peace I leave with you, My peace, I give unto you: not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” God is assuring the same peace to you also. So be cheerful. God Bless You.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, we thank you for sending the angel Gabriel, to comfort Daniel during his trial period. Thank You Father, for strengthening him through the angel. We also suffer from want of peace. Please send your angels and comfort us through You word. Strengthen us and bless us with peace, that we may live a happy and content life.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
