I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you , today is from the book of Luke 13: 11-13 A woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
From the above passage we come to understand, that Jesus put His hands on a woman with a spirit of infirmity for 18 years, who came seeking for Jesus Christ in the temple. She was desperately in need of deliverance. God gave her deliverance. She immediately, straightened up, and praised God.
In fact she had got used to looking at people out of the corner of her eyes, by looking up and sideways., she could hardly remember any other way of seeing the world. But on this particular Sabbath, there was a special excitement at the synagogue, where she regularly went to worship. A Galilean preacher and prophet, Jesus of Nazareth, had arrived in town and would be teaching there. She and the others in town had heard reports about Jesus–how he talked about God’s reign arriving soon and how he healed sick people. She was not sure how many of the rumours to believe, For Her life already had too many disappointments to count.
When she entered the synagogue, the place was abuzz. As Jesus began to teach, however, the room was hushed. Moments later, his words turned from teaching to invitation. He had caught her eye, It was no mean feat, for He had to lean over and incline his head to do so. “Come here,” he said to her. She slowly made her way to the front of the assembly. What happened next amazed the whole congregation. “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When Jesus, spoke those words and put his hands on her broken, bent body, she felt power surge through her. Without hesitation, she straightened her once crooked back. She stood tall and praised her God.
When the Lord removed all the evil spirit from her body her back straightened and she became healthy. She went away praising and glorifying God. In the same way God wants to give deliverance to you also. He wants to bring about a change in your life also. God desires that his people are set free from bondage and slavery. To enjoy freedom from bondages , keep on praising and thanking God. Draw more close to God. May be all these days you might have been moving away from the presence of God. By moving away from God you have been facing only loses, pain ,sickness, prisons, cases, and more of such things. So God wants to draw more close to you.
God wants you to come out of all these struggles. He wants to open new doors for you in your life. God wants to provide a life of Canaan. A life flowing with milk and honey. An abundant life for you. To receive such a life you need to submit to God. When you sanctify yourself, all the evil spirit will disappear. And you will receive the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit removes all sickness, sinful nature and evil spirit out from you. God will bring deliverance to you as He gave deliverance to the woman with a spirit of infirmity. But when that which is perfect comes, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help us to receive complete deliverance from all our infirmities. Straighten all the crooked areas in our life. Teach us to be diligent, filled with knowledge and wisdom. May we desire the life of Cannan in our life. Teach us to go the extra mile in order to receive what has been appointed for us. And not be slothful and lethargic in achieving our goals.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given you for today is from the book of 2 Samuel 7:29. “Now therefore let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You O Lord God have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
From the above context we learn that, David’s prayer is full of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we possess must be looked upon as Divine gifts. He speaks very highly and honourably of the Lord’s favours to him. God knows us better than what we know ourselves; therefore let us be satisfied with what he has done for us. David ascribes all to the free grace of God. Both the great things He had done for him, and the great things He had made known to him.
When Prophet Nathan tells David as prophesy that God is going to build a house for him. And when David received the word through Nathan he says, “Lord the moment my ears heard that You are going to build a house for me, I am encouraged to pray for a house. Dear Brothers and Sisters God is speaking to you through the words of Nathan, that God is going to provide a good house for you to live and also establish you as a family. Just as David was encouraged to pray for his house, you too should pray and ask God to provide a house for you. May be your children are living abroad. You might be wondering if it is possible for you to have a house of your own in foreign countries. Well anything is possible if the Lord intervenes in your life. When God decides to bless you with what you desire then no one can stand against you or stop you from getting your blessing. For God cares for you. He knows your desire. Halleluiah. !
If God promises to bless you, He will fulfil it. He will never fail you. When God built a house for David, He entered into his house with a grateful heart and began to thank God, saying Lord let it please You to bless the house of Your servant. David knew very well that unless God blesses him and his house, he cannot be blessed. He believed that every gift comes from above and comes down from the father of lights with whom there is no variation. You cannot inherit anything unless it is given from His hands. God opens his hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing.
David asks God to bless his house that it may continue forever before God. David wanted God to keep an eye upon his house all the time. He wanted his house to be always filled with God’s presence. He knew that life without God or a house without God’s presence cannot be blessed. David desired the blessings of God. He expected God to bless everything that entered into his house his wives , his children, all his wealth, etc. David loved God with all of his heart for God found David the son of Jesse, a man after God’s own heart. So David maintained a personal relationship with God in order to inherit God’s blessing. David had great faith in God. He knew that life without God is vain. He refused to accept anything that entered into his house without the blessing of God.
How about you dear brothers and sisters? Do you want God to bless your house with the goodness of God.? Are you willing to receive God into your house and bless you? Is your house worthy of God’s presence? Say, Lord search me, and know my heart today, Try me, O Saviour, know my thoughts, I pray. Then God will bless you and your house.
Prayer: Our Loving heavenly Father, We thank you for this blessed day. Lord bless us and our children with a good house. Let them not suffer in rented homes. Bless our homes with your presence O Lord. Protect us and surround them with your angels. Let peace be within our walls and prosperity be within our palaces.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given you for today is from the book of 1 John 4:12 “If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.”
The Bible says, that God is Spirit, and John tells us that no one has seen God at any time. But the invisible God was made manifested to the world, by His birth, through His only begotten Son Jesus. Today however the invisible God is manifesting Himself through His Church, and we are called to abide in Him, to rest in Him, to remain in Him and to live holy in Christ Jesus. When we abide in Him and live godly in Christ Jesus, then the Holy Spirit abides in us and He transforms us into the likeness of the Lord Jesus, and when we remain and abide in Him the love of God is perfected in us. Christian love for one another is the outward manifestation of the invisible God in our world today. As God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. And we become a channel of His love to each other. Hence the way God manifests Himself to the world today is through the love we have for one another.
From the above context we learn that God expects that His children love one another and dwell in unity and harmony. To such people God would command his blessing, even life for evermore. God wanted to bring about unity between the two brothers Easu and Jacob. So He urged Jacob to return to his home land, to his father’s place. So Jacob having become a wealthy person decided to return to his father’s place, along with his wives, children and cattle. He was on the other side of Jordan. He came to Haran with a staff, but now God had blessed him with two companies.
Jacob was a wealthy man of God. He was afraid to meet his brother Easu who was beyond Jordan with four hundred men. If he crossed Jordan and went to meet his brother he knew that trouble awaited him. There was a breach between him and his brother. Their enmity lasted for years. Because Jacob had cheated his elder brother twice. Once he had taken away Easu’s birth right cunningly and later he had grabbed all the blessings of Easu from his father Isaac. Therefore he was afraid of meeting his brother.
Now Jacob was prepared to lose anything in order to renew his relationship with his brother. So he divided the flocks and herds and camels into two companies. He prayed to the Lord to deliver him from the hands of his brother. For he was afraid that he would attack him and his family. He put the maid’s servants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. Then Jacob crossed over before them and bowed himself seven times and he came near his brother.
But Easu ran ahead and met Jacob and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him and they wept. Thus God reunited the brothers. Jacob said to Easu, “If I have found favour in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God” It was a moment of great rejoicing. This is what God expects of His children. Relationship is so important in one’s life. You cannot afford to lose relationship for it causes deep pain. The Bible says, “A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city.” Therefore remove all bitterness from your heart. In case there is some misunderstanding between you and your siblings then take immediate steps to reunite with them. When you renew your relationship with your siblings and dwell in unity then God will bless you abundantly from heaven.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord take away the spirit of separation from us. Help us to live in oneness of mind and unity. Renew relationship between parents and children husband and wife, and among siblings. Help us to be humble and submissive to each other. And teach us to love one another as God loved us.
Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of Psalms 86: 14, 15, O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them.15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
From the above context we understand that David wanted God to reveal, a token or sign that the God of Israel, was dealing with him, not for evil, but for good. That those who hate him might see it. He wanted to ensure that God was with him and against his enemies. David cries out to God, saying O God, the proud are risen against me. The enemies could not let God’s poor servant alone. His walk with God was as smoke to their eyes and so they determined to destroy him. Unitedly the oppressors sought the good man’s life; they hunted in packs, with keen scent and eager foot. David says, Lord those who do not fear God are not afraid to commit violent and cruel acts. So he says, “But thou O Lord Art a God, full of compassion, and plenteous in mercy and truth.” Thus we know that “Here is compassion for the weak, grace for the undeserving, longsuffering for the provoking; mercy for the guilty and truth for the tired.”
In this context David says, “Many people had assembled to take away his life; people of his own family and strangers too were in the list. In this circumstance what he did was to say, that these people walked without their consciousness. If only they had conscious they will not chase me to hit me and to hurt me. They will not cause such pain and agony to me.” But You O Lord are a God who knows my problem and shows compassion to me.
David complained that it was his own father in law, King Saul, who took David’s wife Michal and gave her to another man Palti to be his wife even though David did not make any mistake. David was pained at heart at the separation of his wife. King Saul was greedy of power and kingship. So he did not want to give David, the kingship even though he was anointed by prophet Samuel, to become the next king of Israel. On the other hand King David’s own son Absalom also planned to kill David, his father to seize his kingdom and power from David’s hand. Moreover King Saul had gathered three thousand brave soldiers to attack David who was hiding in the hill at Hakilah. David was also attacked by the Philistines because he won the giant Goliath. Thus David was surrounded by many enemies so he cries out to God, saying “O God the proud have risen against me and a mob of violent men have sought my life. And have not set You before them. But You O Lord are a God full of compassion and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy.”
Today many proud men would have risen against you, for various reason, within your family, at your work spot, In the ministry you work or in the college, there may be some rising against you. So in case you are confronted with such type of people, then commit them to the Lord, and trust also in Him and He will bring it to pass. Commit such people in the hands of the Lord. And He will save you from their hands. David did not retaliate with his enemies or argue with them but proved that the battle was God’s and He will fight for him. He made God his confidence. Halleluiah!
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, David says, “Lord you are a God of compassion, You are a God who knows my heart, and there is no one besides you. Even my wife has gone away from me, with her father.” He was truly pained at heart. Therefore he submitted his life, to God asking God to take care of his life. And he complained about the people who did not set God before them. And said that they had no conscience in seeking to hurt him or take his life. Therefore he asks God to show him a sign, for good that those who hate him may see it and be ashamed. For God has promised that he will not suffer the innocent to be oppressed but will always, at length succour them. Thus David confided in God, and encouraged himself in the Lord God of Israel. May the Lord help you also to confide in the Lord like David.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank You for teaching us to confide in You O Master. May we realise how great You are and to commit our ways, unto You and put our trust in you believing that You will bring it to pass. Teach us to walk wisely as David walked before God. In spite of all the troubles be with us and help us to be victorious in our life.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. As I waited upon the Lord, the blessed word that the Lord gave me to bless you today is from the book of Genesis 26:22 it says, “He moved away from there and dug another well,… So he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Isaac went to Gerar for his livelihood. There was no rain during that season. But God said to him “You sow seeds, in faith and I will let it grow”. The moment he dug the well, water sprang forth. But when people in that place had dug wells, they never got water. So the people fought with him. They then said that, the well belonged to them as he had dug it in their land.
During the process of digging the well, Isaac had to face many obstacles. Isaac did not give up. He moved on to another place and dug a well. Isaac knew that if one door closes, God would surely open another door and also knew that he would be blessed in that land. He had to give up the well he dug, to the hands of the people who lived in that land and move on to another. The book of Genesis 26:22 says, “He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it” So he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” Rehoboth means God causes ‘Extensions and Expansions’. God gave him extended blessings. God says, until you reach Rehoboth, you will have to face many obstacles. Only when there are obstacles, ‘Rehoboth’ will be created.
When you face any challenge in life, never give up. Do not lose heart. For you are made strong in your weakness. If one door closes, God will surely open a new door. Our God is compassionate towards us.
God bless you.
Prayer:
Our Loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. I pray that You may give Your children the strength to reach Rehoboth, so that they may receive their blessings. Give them the courage to overcome all the obstacles they face. Strengthen them Lord. In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
