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.
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 Psalms 12:5, “For The oppression of the poor for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise says the Lord. I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
From the above passage we understand that God is ever willing to arise for the poor and those who are oppressed. He knows what it is to be poor and the trouble one goes through his life, if they are poor, since Jesus Himself was a poor carpenter’s son. He knows their toil and the sorrows they go through. How the world looks at them and the kind of struggles one has to go through being poor. God assures that He will set him in safety from the hands of the evil doers. God says, “I will come in the midst of you who are poor and needy and downtrodden.” When one is poor and needy he will be filled with sorrow and pain. He will be longing for someone to help him. The Bible says, “The lamentation of the poor is being heard by the Father in Heaven.”
Since our God is a God of compassion, He has come in the midst of you to change your poverty state of life, into a life filled with joy and gladness. He wants to change your sorrow into joy. He wants to wipe your tears. And cause you to be successful and victorious. God will send His angels to attend on you. Usually people cry out loudly when they go through trouble. The Bible says, “This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him and saved him from all this troubles. We actually do not know why he cried. All we know is that he was poor. He could have cried because of his pain due to disease, or he might have been hurt or he might have been ridiculed by someone, or he must be badly in need of some help. So he must have cried out. But the joy is that God heard his cry and saved him, not from one of his troubles, but all his troubles. Halleluiah!
We see Job, a man of sorrow. He was afflicted. He was in great distress and we read that Job lamented over his circumstances. Any one for that matter will lament while he goes through bitter sorrow. God says, He will rebuild the ruined state of your life. The ruined future of your children. One of your relative whom you trusted, could have turned your own child, ( daughter or son) to come against you. Therefore you are so broken in heart. You are unable to get the love of your children. For whose cause you had laboured so much to give them the best. Now you feel so cheated. God knows your pain and agony. Such children could have wrongly been trapped by your relative and now your children are unable to release themselves from their hold. That is why the Lord is saying, “ I will arise to deliver your children from the hands of your enemy. David himself says, He delivers me from mine enemies: yea, thou lifts me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. God hears not only the cry of the poor but also the sighing, of the needy. Sometimes when things don’t happen the way we expect and causes big distress or disturbance in our minds, then we release a huge sigh with intense pain, from our heart. You may not know how to overcome this grief or sorrow. You might have invested money in your business but because of Corona, you could not see any gain. You could not even get back the money you invested. So you are broken in heart. You might give a deep sigh of regret and sorrow. God is directly about to deal with your problem. He will deliver you from this situation, and help you to overcome your difficulty.
To those of you who are reading this message with a broken heart and with much distress, I would like to tell you that, Your calculations to come up in life, may be wrong, your business might have been at a loss, all your effort to do well in life, might have gone wrong, due to various reasons. No one, whom you considered would help you, came forward to assist you in your endeavour. In such occasion all you need to do is to look up to the Lord and say, “Hear O Lord, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Do not hide Your face from me. Do not leave me nor forsake me. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries.”The Bible says, “God’s ears are open to the cry of the poor. The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him.”The Lord will not leave you who are poor and needy to be afflicted by your enemies. The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Your own people may be roaring like enemies because of jealousy, God will surely save you from the hands of such cruel and wretched people. God will arise since you have called on His name, and He will renew the poor state of your life. He will send help from above. And allow you to settle peacefully. Just as God delivered the people of Israel, from the cruel hands of the Egyptians, God will deliver you from those who oppress you and help you to live in peace and harmony. 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. In sorrow and distress be our consolation. Help us to call upon Your Name which is above all other names. Keep us from being trapped by our own relatives who at times emerge as our rivals. Protect our children and our family from the hands of such wicked and cruel people, when they oppress us. Never neglect us O Lord. Help us to say, “If God Is for Us Who Can Be Against Us.”Lord Increase our faith in You.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
