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 Revelation 3:8 , “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.“
From the above context we learn that Christ speaks through the words of John the Elder, in the book of Revelation, to the seven churches, saying, “I know your works.”God wanted the people to know that no human works are needed for attaining Salvation. Many people were simply confused about receiving Salvation. Salvation is indeed a free gift of God. It cannot be earned by anyone’s works. God wanted the people to have Salvation as part of their way of life. No amount of work, no degree of quality of work, can earn that gift for us. This is what God offers us. He offers us the opportunity to be born again into the Kingdom of God. Salvation is a free gift of God, and to receive this Salvation all you need is an open heart. This is the open door kept before you.
Jesus did not censure the church at Philadelphia neither did He rebuke the church in Smyrna. Jesus said, “’ I know your works” Because nothing escapes the notice of the Lord Jesus. Nothing that goes on in any churches has ever passed His attention. Jesus knows. There is nothing that He does not know. Jesus knows their “works.” He knows how they produce. So He says, “ See, I have set before you an open door”. Jesus, therefore provides favourable conditions for serving him. In the face of adversaries, He gives opportunities to serve Him.
Open doors are something that Jesus gives out of His grace. We do not earn or deserve the right to serve Him. Our opportunities for service to God are unadulterated gifts of grace from the Lord Jesus. The word “open” means a door that Jesus opened in the past with the result that the door still stands open. God opens doors of positive volition as He did for Nineveh, where an entire city came to God. And when God decides to open the door, He also keeps these doors open, and no one can shut it. No force, whether man or Satan, can shut a door, that Jesus opens.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Have you ever decided to enter this door. Jesus opens doors of opportunity because of prayer. Do you pray for opportunities? God is responsible for opening doors of opportunity if people open their hearts to Him. When God opens these doors, no opposition will stop your service for Him. Although you may not have much strength, God will use you.
God knows your frame and remembers your service to Him. He knows your strength. God told Gideon, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel, from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you? ” Yes, any service you do for the Lord must be acknowledged by God. Only then you will find success in your life. Jesus has the key of government and authority in and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his people, he opens a door to his ministers; he opens a door of entrance, opens the heart. He shuts the door of heaven against the foolish, who sleep away their day of grace; and against the workers of iniquity, how vain and confident so ever they may be. The church in Philadelphia was commended by God yet with a gentle reproof. Although Christ accepts a little strength, yet believers must not rest satisfied in a little, but strive to grow in grace, to be strong in faith, giving glory to God
Has the doors of opportunity been closed in your life? Has the doors been shut that you cannot open by your skill? By your own strength then wait on the Lord, who gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. God will not only open the doors for you to secure a good job, but will also provide the Visa for you to go abroad. He will also help you to take your family and settle abroad. All you need to do is to allow God to come into your heart. Once He comes inside of you, then you will experience a great change in your life. He will work miracles for you. He says, “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” When you make “prayer your life style” and pray to the Lord then, all the doors that had been closed until yesterday, will begin to open and you shall glorify God. May the Lord help you to be like the church at Philadelphia who were true to the truth by being faithful to the Word of God. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord thank you for revealing to us how the churches ought to be. For telling us that you have kept open doors of opportunity for us to serve you even though we have little strength. Help us to be true to your word, even in the face of opposition. May we allow Jesus to come into our heart. And thus receive the blessings He has kept in store for us.
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 for you today is from the book of Job 5:9 which says, “He does wonders beyond numbers.”
From the above verse we understand that our God does wonders or miracles for those who put their trust in Him. Job was badly affected by the loss of his wealth, property and his ten children on the very same day. He couldn’t bear the crisis, yet He boldly said, the Lord gave and the Lord has taken. He was confident that God was able to do miracles for him and get back all that he had lost in his life. According to this verse God is going to do miracles for you, and your children. Our God does not tell lies. Our God is good. He is a good God. He does instant miracles. If you believe you will see the glory of God. God says, that He will perform miracles to those who humble themselves on their knees.
Job’s friend Eliphaz, reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, but by committing sin. As Job was going through severe affliction, his friends started criticising him. They blamed him that he should have committed some crime to suffer such affliction. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so easily observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. But Job did not sin against God. At the end Job was blessed in a double measure.
God says, He will hold your hands and lead you. He will perform many miracles for you before the very eyes of all the people who once cursed you, because of jealousy. Many considered you useless and good for nothing. Such people shall see you being exalted in the days to come since you have come under the wings of the mighty God of Israel, to take refuge. All those who caused pain to you shall see you. All those who despised you shall see you. God says, “Until I accomplish this promise, I will neither leave you nor forsake you. ” So be confident in the Lord like Job. God will bless you with double fold blessings.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help to acknowledge You as our Lord and Master even though we go through troubles and trials. May we have the patience to endure all the sufferings that we go through. Teach us to wait on the Lord in prayer and supplication. And thus renew our strength in God as Job did and therefore he was blessed a double fold. Bless us too as you had blessed him.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, 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 Isaiah 65:22 “They shall not build and another inhabit, They shall not plant and another eat, —And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we learn that all God’s people are designed to enjoy the fruit of their labours. Then the children will not be troublesome, to their parents or will get into trouble. Thus all shall live in harmony. God says that they shall be blessed with the undisturbed enjoyment of all that is needful for their happiness. The above verse says, every man shall enjoy the avails of his labour. In the Bible we see that the Israelites inhabited the houses built by the Canaanites. Thus we cannot afford to build houses through hard labour and lose it in the hands of our enemies or strangers.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, In case you had built a house and someone else has cheated you, and made a duplicate or false document and had obtained it from your hands through wrong mean, God is about to change their heart and intention so that they regret for their wrong doings and will return the documents and the house back to you. Until yesterday, you were not able to enjoy the fruit of your hard labour. You must have gone through a lot of trials and agony to construct a house. You should be able to live in the house you built. But in case you are unable to occupy the house you built, or you are unable to occupy the flat which you have purchased with your hard earned money, because someone else is obstructing you from occupying your flat, God is making ways, and means, for you to possess your house. It will be Marvellous to your eyes. Halleluiah! For the word of God says, God’s children shall inhabit the houses they have built and shall not be dispossessed by an enemy.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Similarly you would have taken great pains to grow an orchard. It must have taken years to have grown and you should be able to eat the fruit of your hands for which you have worked so hard. But unfortunately your neighbour or a stranger has secretly intruded into your orchard and has robbed you of your fruits. God is intervening on your behalf because he had witnessed your hard labour. He knows your pain, and your hard work. He has seen your tears and heard your cries. Therefore he will speak into their hearts and convict them of their wrong deeds. And they will never again intrude into your orchard. That is why God says, They shall not plant for others to eat.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you Lord , for your promise which encourages us that our enemy shall not eat of the fruit of our tree or occupy our house that we build. Thank you for helping us to inhabit our own hard earned house. Come and dwell in the midst of us Oh Lord. We need your presence in our lives.
n 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 Job 5:9 which says, “He does wonders beyond numbers.”
From the above verse we understand that our God does wonders or miracles for those who put their trust in Him. Job was badly affected by the loss of his wealth, property and his ten children on the very same day. He couldn’t bear the crisis, yet He boldly said, the Lord gave and the Lord has taken. He was confident that God was able to do miracles for him and get back all that he had lost in his life. According to this verse God is going to do miracles for you, and your children. Our God does not tell lies. Our God is good. He is a good God. He does instant miracles. If you believe you will see the glory of God. God says, that He will perform miracles to those who humble themselves on their knees.
Job’s friend Eliphaz, reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, but by committing sin. As Job was going through severe affliction, his friends started criticising him. They blamed him that he should have committed some crime to suffer such affliction. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so easily observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. But Job did not sin against God. At the end Job was blessed in a double measure.
God says, He will hold your hands and lead you. He will perform many miracles for you before the very eyes of all the people who once cursed you, because of jealousy. Many considered you useless and good for nothing. Such people shall see you being exalted in the days to come since you have come under the wings of the mighty God of Israel, to take refuge. All those who caused pain to you shall see you. All those who despised you shall see you. God says, “Until I accomplish this promise, I will neither leave you nor forsake you. ” So be confident in the Lord like Job. God will bless you with double fold blessings.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord help to acknowledge You as our Lord and Master even though we go through troubles and trials. May we have the patience to endure all the sufferings that we go through. Teach us to wait on the Lord in prayer and supplication. And thus renew our strength in God as Job did and therefore he was blessed a double fold. Bless us too as you had blessed him.
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, Haggai 2:19, “But From this Day forward, I will bless you.”
From the above context we learn that many farmers spoiled their good work, of farming by going about with unclean hands which means they failed to store seeds. for the next harvest., and hence were likely to gain no advantage by their seeds. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we render it unclean by our corruptions. When we begin to make conscience of duty to God, we may expect his blessing; and who is wise will understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. God will curse the blessings of the wicked, and make bitter the prosperity of the careless; but he will sweeten the cup of affliction to those who diligently serve him.
Prophet Haggai says, that even in these last days of the month, ever since they had begun their work, there were no signs for the betterment of farming. There was yet no “seed in the barn,” the harvest having been blighted and the fruit-trees stripped by the hail that rained from above, there were no signs of change, no earnest sign that the promise of God should be fulfilled, But God pledges His word, by saying, “from this day I will bless you,.”The Spirit of the Lord is looking at you and saying these words. “I will bless you from today” which means, God is about to start, a new beginning from this day onwards. It is true that till yesterday there would have been much struggle in your life.
There had been a lot of failures till yesterday. What ever happened till yesterday let it go. But whatever is to happen hereafter, will be for your good alone. That Is why God says, “ I will bless you from this day onwards.” God does not say He will bless you alone but your family as well. Your children might be studying out station, or abroad. Your husband will be working abroad. Your family may be living in different parts of the country due to various reasons, wherever it may be the Lord will help them. God is going to bless you and your family.
Lets us see how your state of affairs was till yesterday. The verse raises a question? Is there seed still in the barn? The “seed” here represents the investment you could make in the future. Usually no one eats the seeds completely. They will eat only the grain, instead of the seeds. But in case you had eaten away the seeds also, then you will not have seeds for the next harvest. Usually every time the farmers harvest their crop, they store some seeds, for next plantation. Only the rest of the grain will be consumed by them are sold in the market for money. Till yesterday because of poverty you had taken the seed also and eaten away. You seem to be vexed with your life because you could not make it big in life, like others.
Don’t lose hope in God. The bible says, for surely there is a here after, your hope will not be cut off. You had borrowed from many creditors and all the banks possible. You cannot borrow from anywhere any further. So God says, it is true that you had suffered much in the bygone days, You had to go through terrible days in the past, and you had to live in the midst of much affliction. But Hereafter God wants to bless you, with a bright future. He says, He will contribute investment for you. He will provide seed for you to sow and bread for your food. He assures you by saying, that He will supply the needed seed for you to sow, and also increase the seed you have sown, and cause you to prosper. Isn’t that wonderful? What a God He is! He will fulfil the desire of your heart. He will neither forget you nor forsake you. He will soon wipe away your tears. Your image or frame remains in the palm of God’s hand for ever. Your walls are ever before Him. So be cheerful. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You Heavenly Father for watching over us and helping us in our helpless situation. We thank you for providing seed for sowing and also for providing bread for our food. And also increase the seed that we have sown, and cause us to prosper. Help us not to eat the seeds away but to store it for the next season of farming.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
