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 kept for you today is from the book of Deuteronomy 8:18, which says, “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth. ”
From the above context we learn that we need to remember the Lord who gives us the power to get wealth. Deuteronomy 8:18, is really saying that we need to remember the God of Israel, because only through Him, we are able to be the kind of people – people of valour, virtue and might, both physically and spiritually, to serve Him and to do His will in establishing His covenant. Moses reminds the people of Israel, that they need to remember the Lord their God, That he was the author of their beings, the God of their lives and mercies; what great and good things he had done for them in Egypt, and in the wilderness; and particularly in putting them into the possession of such a fruitful country, Canaan, abounding with all that heart could wish for: Moses tells them that It is God who gives them the power to get wealth; for though men may have seeming opportunities for getting wealth, may have capacities for the management of business for the acquisition of it, and may not be wanting in diligence and industry, yet may not attain it; but it is the blessing of God that makes one rich, and to that it should be imputed whenever it is enjoyed;
For the Bible says, It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. For the Lord provides for those He loves. When we obey his commandments, and realize that it is God who gives us the power to get wealth, then God would establish his covenant which he swore unto their fathers, that he would give the land of Canaan to their seed, and make them a rich and flourishing people, as they would be when they possess the land. Moses was rather afraid and worried that when their heart is lifted up, and they forget the Lord, their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; who led them through that great and terrible wilderness, in which there were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for them out of the flinty rock; who fed them in the wilderness with manna, might say out of pride in their heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.”
God does not condemn wealth. He wants us to prosper, but He also wants us to be aware that wealth can powerfully distract us from Him. In one sense, it is dangerous for Him to give His people wealth because wealth can turn us away from God, without our being aware of it happening. For all God’s gifts are in pursuance of His promise. As Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation. There is no fickleness, neither shadow of turning. People usually have a craze for cars. And so they desire to have a car. It is a good desire. You think, if your neighbour has a car then you need to buy a car. So you get big loans and buy a car. That too, a big costly car. Month on month you need to pay from your budget an EMI. For the first four months you will be able to pay, then from the fifth month you may not be able to pay the dues. You begin to struggle. You suffer without enough funds to repay the car loan. There are many things you need to know before you buy a car. You need to put petrol for the car. Once a year you need to pay insurance for it. Then you need to pay tax for the purchase of the car. Sometimes you may have to repair and give the car for service. Keeping all this in mind you need to buy a car. There is a saying, “Look before you leap.”
To those of you who are reading this message I wish to tell, that you need to be wise. May be you are caught up in a loan, Car loan, House loan, Education loan, and personal loan. All these are necessary but you need to be wise in choosing your priority. Give importance to what is most necessary then the rest follows. You need to move forward slow and steadily one at a time. Many foolishly get entangled in the snares of material desire and end up either in financial crisis or ruin their life. Wait until God lifts you up to a good status. Then God Himself will provide you a good car, a house and all that is essential for you. We see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob our fore fathers were all blessed. They were rich and wealthy. They lacked nothing because they walked in the ways of God. If you walk according to the ways of God and keep His commandments then God will help you to be rich and wealthy. For both riches and honour come from You, God, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great. And to give strength to all. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father God, we thank you for telling us that we ought to remember, that it is God who gives us the power to get wealth and not we by ourselves. Help us to be wise and careful while dealing with money. Not to be greedy of money or material. Always give importance to what is priority and not accumulate unnecessary goods in the house through loans. Teach us not to look at our neighbours and follow wrong ideas. Rather be wise and careful in money matters.
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 kept for you today is from the book of Jeremiah 22:3, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place”
From the above context we learn that the Lord does not wish the needy and the poor to be oppressed. God wants us to do what is just and right in His sight. We should not do any wrong or cause violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Thus the Lord, says, that we need to extend righteous Judgment; without respect of persons, and without a bribe or corruption. When the fatherless and widows go through hard circumstances, we need to help them to defend themselves;
In times of trouble, the Lord Himself will give refuge to the oppressed. Oppression is malicious, unjust treatment or exercise of power over the weaker section. David faced much oppression through his wife, his son Absalom, and his children and from the neighbouring kings. His own uncle king Saul, kept chasing him even though David brought victory to Israel by fighting against the Philistine, giant Goliath. David was appointed as the next king of Israel. Yet David never harmed Saul, the anointed king. David spared his life. When Saul went after David with three thousand men to kill him on the rocks of the Wild Goats, David noticed him hiding in the cave. And he cut of the edge of Saul’s robe, while he was asleep. David did not kill the king as he was anointed by God. Therefore Saul said to David, “You are more righteous than I for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.” Even though he was oppressed he kept praising the Lord. He says, I will praise the Lord as long as I have my being.
We read in the Bible about another character, Joseph who was oppressed by his own brothers. He was thrown into a deep pit, later he was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. But Joseph rose to become Vizier, the second most powerful man, in Egypt, next to Pharaoh. But before he could become the Governor of Egypt, he was badly oppressed by Potiphar’s, wife, who was the captain of Pharaoh’s guard. Joseph was falsely accused because he did not yield to her desires and therefore Joseph was thrown into the prison for no fault of his. Yet Joseph endured patiently in the prison for two long years, until one day God delivered him from the prison and honoured him, as the governor of Egypt. The dreams which he shared to his father and brothers came to pass in his life. There was famine in the land of Canaan and so his brothers came to Egypt for grain and later for their survival. Thus we see the people of God being oppressed, severely and how God delivered them. Joseph married Asenath and had two children. Manasseh and Ephraim. When the second son was born Joseph said, “God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Today the Lord is prophetically saying, to all of you who are reading this message, that God knows your affliction that you are going through. The Lord will soon cause you to be fruitful, Hallelujah! God who exalted Joseph in that strange land, will exalt you also. He will grant to you all that you desire. He will magnify you and lift you up in life, if you remain in the hands of God for a season of time until God Himself will deliver you from your affliction and cause peace into your life. Often we hear of death due to Corona, or people commit suicide because of huge debts. They are unable to clear the loan. Are you in such a difficult situation, be patient as Joseph was in the jail? God will open a way where there seems no way. Even in the jail Joseph never murmured against God he was just seventeen years, yet he was confident that God will make his dreams come true. He knew that God had a purpose in his life and so he was sold as a slave to the Egyptians. He held on to God Yahweh and continued to be faithful. He had the gift of revealing the dreams of the baker and butler, while he was in the prison and this gift brought him out of the jail. For He revealed the dream of the Pharaoh about the seven years of famine that was to hit the land and God had prepared him to save the lives of the people from starvation. So when his brothers came to him for grains he said to them, “But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”God will turn your sorrow into joy. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father God, we thank you for showing us through the characters of David, and Joseph how they endured oppression. Help us also to endure patiently our troubles. Give us the grace to overcome our oppression that we go through by our own people. Teach us to be more faithful and devoted to God so that we can not only bear our sufferings but also receive deliverance from oppression.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
Dearly Beloved, 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 kept for you today is from the book of Numbers 6:25,26 , “ The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
A person must receive the grace of God to have a brilliant future. Only then can he rise and shine. The Bible says:
God had commanded the Levites [priests] that whenever they blessed the Israelites, they were to bless them only with these verses. We are not consumed because of God’s mercy. The Lord says, “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.” (Isaiah 54:10). Grace is God’s unmerited favour. We will inherit blessings because of this grace. This grace is crucial/essential to us. The Bible says:
“Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. (Psalm 103: 3-5)
In the Old Testament times, God had purposed in His heart to strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. But He was gracious towards the Israelites. He promised Moses and Aaron, “Put the blood of the lamb on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” In the same way the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, but graciously saved the Israelites (Exodus 12:12,13). The same God is alive even today (Hebrews 13:8). This same God will annihilate this terrible coronavirus. He will protect you and your children from this dreadful virus. So, join hands with others in corporate prayer either as a family or as a group for the nations of the world. God will hear your prayers and do miracles.
You are going to toil again with the faith that the pandemic is going to be completely conquered. The Lord is going to give you fresh opportunities. New Jobs and new ventures in your business are going to come your way. His grace will achieve this for you. To shine in your ministry, to flourish in your business, to be a topper in your studies, to have a prosperous career – His grace is quintessential.
When you put your faith in God, His grace will manifest in your lives through miracles and healing!
God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father God, we thank You for comforting us through this message. Let Your grace manifest in our lives. Thank You for redeeming us from destruction and crowning us with Your loving kindness. In Jesus name we pray Amen.
Dearly Beloved, 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 kept for you today is from the book of Malachi 4:2, “But to you who fear My name, The Sun of Righteousness shall arise, With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.”
From the above context we learn that the Sun of Righteousness will arise upon those who fear the name of the Lord. God will bring healing to them and they will go out like well-fed calves, fat and healthy. We see that while good people namely the remnant, of God’s children live, there will also be some wrong doers, living in the midst of such good, God fearing people. Even John the Baptist warned the proud, self-sufficient, evil-doers of his day. He also gives words of encouragement to the believers, by saying that “the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall”. The Sun of Righteousness that is JESUS came as the light of the world, two thousand years ago. He came as the light to illumine the hearts of men. He came as a light to lighten the Gentiles. He is the fountain of light for all who put their trust in Him and He is our righteous Saviour, “The Lord Our Righteousness.” Therefore, gracious forgiveness, health, and healing, is the portion for those who call on the name of the Lord, “for the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing on His wings.” They are likened to young calves that leap and skip with joy, when released from the confinement of their restrictive stalls.
We read about Ruth in the Bible. She was a young widow. She was a Moabite, the daughter in law of Naomi. Naomi and her husband, Elimelech had two sons. A famine causes them to move with their two sons, from their home in Judea to Moab. But there Naomi loses her husband and her two sons who were married to Moabite women. Being destitute, Naomi returns to Bethlehem with one of
her daughter-in-law, Ruth, whom she could not dissuade from accompanying her. Her other daughter-in-law, Orpah, remained in Moab. Ruth went back to Bethlehem along with Naomi. There they found grace in the eyes of Boaz an old, but rich man who allowed Ruth to glean corn in his field. Ruth decided to live with her mother in law, as she was left alone and support her. She was keen about the well being of her mother in law. Naomi too was very concerned about Ruth. She advised her as to how she should behave before her master Boaz. Since Ruth had sacrificed her youth in order to take care of her mother in law. God honoured her and opened new way for her to bloom again in her life.
Today God is looking at you and saying that if you wish to bloom again in your life then you need to be prepared to pass through difficulties like Ruth. Do you know that there is great joy in serving others? You may not realize this, but God observes your thoughts, your intentions how good or bad it is before God. And when your ways are pleasing to God then He will help you to bloom even when circumstances don’t seem to be feasible. Boaz married Ruth and she brought forth Obed and all the neighbours praised Naomi saying that God had not left her without a kinsman. We see how the Lord healed the two broken hearted women through Boaz. Both Naomi and Ruth received freedom because they trusted in the God of Israel and returned to Bethlehem the house of Bread.
Although this verse was given to Israel by prophet Malachi, this is applicable for all who have believed on Christ, in their hearts by faith, this is a truth that has already been fulfilled in each of us when we received Jesus as our Saviour. For HE IS God our righteousness and He is God, our Healer, and He is God our Saviour Who has set us free from the slave-market of sin, so that we can also go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. To those of you who are reading this message my question is, “Have you received Jesus as your saviour?” If you do so, then your life which has been under curse will be revived and you will bloom once again like Ruth. God gave her another opportunity to live. God will rejuvenate your ruined business, your ruined relationship among your family members, your job at your work place, and if you are studying then He will help you to excel in your studies. What more? God is looking out for you, like the Prodigal son who went out of the house spent all his father’s money and when he was left in the famine to eat the husk that was given to the pigs, regretted of his wrong doings and returned to his Father. What a glorious day it was in his life. He was not only forgiven but a feast was held on his behalf. He was clothed with new dress, and ornaments. God is ever willing to receive you. Will you accept him? You will shine. You will be set free, to skip and jump about like well fed calves from the stall. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father God, we thank You for the healing touch of Your Son Jesus Christ Who has clothed us in His righteousness and removed the scales of unbelief from our heart. Lord take pity on all who do not know Your grace and have rejected the light of Your truth. Draw many from the earthly desires and from the kingdom of darkness into the light of Your glorious grace. Thank you for teaching us through the story of Ruth and Naomi to care for one another. These characters speak of your love and care for us. Help us to remain true to You and others too.
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 kept for you today is from the book of Proverbs 3:27 “Do not withhold what is good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbour, “Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow”– when you now have it with you.”
From the above verse we come to understand that we should do justice to those who deserve it while we have the power to execute it. When one comes to you in need of help you should never say to him, go home come tomorrow and send him away when you have with you, what he is in need of. It may be money or some food stuff, or some urgent requirement. What is the use of helping those who are rich and have full. And Jesus said to his disciples, Render therefore to Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and to God the things which be God’s. Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honour to whom honour is due. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith. Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
One day Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, on a Sabbath day. There was a woman who had been crippled by a spirit, for eighteen long 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 hand on her and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Jesus wanted to bless her instantly as He considered her as the daughter of Abraham and needed to be blessed. “After this Jesus went up to Jerusalem. There in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. Jesus relieved the lame man instantly with His power. He was a God of authority. Jesus never considered whether it was a Sabbath day or not. He went on doing good for the people around wherever He went.
Jesus was a God of compassion. No one could stop Him from doing good. Jesus never postponed what He wanted to do for the people. “Jesus and his disciples entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them. Peter’s mother-in-law was healed totally. She required no convalescence. Jesus had infused her to full strength enabling her to minister and serve the household, probably preparing a meal for them. God cares for us and He will deliver us when we are in trouble.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father God, we thank You for teaching us to help others any time, any day possible and not to postpone helping others. Thank You Lord for showing to us through this message how you went about doing good. The scribes and Pharisees were trying to find fault with You, yet you continued to help people whom You came across. Use us also to be of some help to others while it is possible.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
