I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of Luke 23:34 “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
Today being “GOODFRIDAY” the whole world commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. This Friday comes before Easter Sunday that is the third Day of his death. This is a crucial day of the year as it celebrates the cruel death of Jesus Christ. 2000 years ago, while Jesus lived on the face of this earth, Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. He never did harm to anyone. He always did good all the days of His life. Yet those who received good from Him, turned against Him, and therefore the Pharisees, and Saudducees, and the high priest of the temples, being jealous about the ministry of Jesus and fearing that people would make Jesus their king, turned the people against Jesus by saying all sorts of false accusation on Him and with the help of the people and the power of the high priest they crucified Jesus on the cross of Calvary.
While Jesus was hanging on the cross of Calvary, He uttered seven words. And one of them was the above words, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,” Despised, rejected and dying on the cross, with outstretched arms of love, to redeem mankind from their sins. The first thought on the mind of our Saviour was not hatred, revenge or self-pity but eternal forgiveness. He demonstrated a depth of forgiving love that passes all our understanding. Even while He was hanging on the cross, the mind of Jesus was all about the people. So He cried out to His father, saying “Father forgive them for they know not what they do. ”Till the very end of His life, He was a God who forgave all those who put Him to death. That is why He is God. He was born as an ordinary man, and lived the life of a man. He suffered on the cross as an ordinary man. His body was bruised for our sins. He was wounded for our transgression; He was bruised for our, iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him. He became sin for our good. He became poor that we might become rich. He died that we may live.
In the midst of hatred against God and His son Jesus Christ we have a glimpse into the Father-heart of God and the infinite passion and love of the Son Jesus by the following words uttered by Jesus while He was on the cross. “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” There was no resentment or anger, no bitterness, no feelings of hostility or damaged pride. Instead, Christ revealed his act of divine forgiveness that embraced the crude Roman soldiers and the governor who compromised with their fabricated allegations and false testimony. The love that flooded from the heart of the Father and blood that streamed from the body of the Saviour was a demonstration of divine forgiveness and love divine – so that all who believe on His name are forgiven forever.
Jesus not only forgave the sin of the people but also gave them another opportunity to live their life. The scribes and Pharisee brought to him a woman caught in adultery. They said to Him, “Teacher this woman was caught in adultery. What do you say? ” But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground, with His finger. “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”Woman was standing alone with Jesus left behind. All the others had disappeared from there. Jesus looked at the woman and said, “I do not condemn you, go and sin no more.”Jesus gave her another opportunity to live her life. The Bible says, “He who is unjust let him continue to be unjust. Let the wicked continue to be wicked. And let the righteous continue to be righteous.”
If you are alive in spite of Corona which caused death to many thousands of people, then remember that God loves you and has spared your life that you may live for Jesus. Repent of your sinful life and turn to God on this Good Friday, for God is ready to forgive and receive you as you are. God wants to change your lifestyle. Never cheat anyone. But live a God fearing life. Make a decision today as Daniel made. He made a commitment in his heart that he would not defile himself, with the portion of the kings food, or with the wine, which the king drank. And because he made such a commitment, God exalted him in Babylon. God will exalt you also if you repent of your sin and turn to God. Forgiving others is a good experience. Many would have hurt you. They would have caused much shame to you. They would have been the cause for ruining your life. Yet all you need to do is to forgive them. When you forgive others God will forgive you. May God help you to forgive your neighbours, your enemies, and all those who hurt you. Then God will be pleased with you. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Loving Father we bless and thank You, for Your love that was so great, that You sent Your only Begotten Son, Jesus to be our Saviour. Lord we pray that You will give us the nature of forgiveness to show the love of Christ to others. May our life be an instrument of praise and glory to Jesus our Saviour. Teach us to make a commitment like Daniel and also forgive us of our sins and give us another opportunity to live. Help us to observe the Good Friday with piety and sincerity. And reveal our true love, to God and His son Jesus Christ, who died on the cross.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
My dear Brother and sister in Christ, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. And comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation.”
My Dear Brother and Sister, From the above context we read about the nature of God. And the various gifts, He bestows upon mankind without any partiality. Whether it is good gift or perfect gift, or anything you ask for, comes down from Heaven, which is the origin of every good and perfect gift. It is Heaven that creates these gifts. It is sent or given to us, from the Father of Lights. We receive it from God and enjoy these gifts. What are the gifts which you expect from God? Are they obstructed from reaching you? Well God is today reasoning out, as to how He could grant you these gifts that you desire for.
My Dear Brother and Sister,God is the giver of anything that is good. Everything that we have is a gift from God, undeserved. After we receive salvation then, every gift from God is a bonus. Every situation, no matter how difficult, is a gift designed to bring us good in both this life and the next. The word “gift” denotes the act of giving. The emphasis is on the Giver. God is the Author of each and every good gift. He never solicits us to do evil; He always does good. He always gives based on His character. He does not stop giving to us just because we fail Him. God gives to us on the basis of His character and not based on our character. God never gives us anything on the basis of who and what we are. God does not bless us because we give tithe, witness, or pray. We never earn or deserve anything from God.
My Dear Brother and Sister, God’s gifts to us are good because they come from Heaven . Because God is God, His gifts never lose their intrinsic value. Secondly . The word “gift” refers to the thing given, rather than the act of giving. This is a gift granted as bounty, benefaction. God is both the Giver and a generous source of “good” gifts. Everything that God gives, whether spiritual, physical, or social, is “perfect.” God’ gives His gifts “from above” as an act of His grace. “The Father of lights” refers to God as Creator of the heavenly luminaries, the sun, moon, and stars. God is bountiful in His giving to us. God never lets us down. We fail Him, but He never fails us.. He never charges us for anything. We do not pay Him for the sunshine we enjoy.“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Everything that we have is “from God.” Any prosperity that we possess came from God. Do you believe that everything that comes to us is a good gift even if we don’t see it as such? Since God is working all things for our good? In other words, if we are living according to His will, then everything that comes to us is good and perfect?
My Dear Brother and Sister, God knows the desires of your heart. The Bible says, For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart from where all the desires emerge. The Bible further says, The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold. His eyelids test the sons of men. To those of you reading this message, I wish to tell you that God understands your thoughts, your intentions, your desires, and accordingly He grants gifts to each one of you without partiality. God also knows the problems that you are going through. He knows every movement of your life. As parents you know by looking at the face of your children, whether they are sad, or worried or cheerful. You even recognize their voice. If you parents can understand your children, then how much more can God understand you and your thoughts. The Bible says, “ if you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven, give good gifts to those who ask of Him? Therefore ask and you shall receive good and perfect gift. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank You Lord for telling us that every good and perfect gift comes from the Father of lights in Heaven. You show no partiality. You treat us alike. You give us even when we fail you. Lord help us to realize the value of these gifts that you give us and may we use them properly, with much fear and respect. Not to misuse the gift of God but to use it carefully.
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 Exodus 9:12, “But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them just as the Lord had told Moses.”
From the above context we learn that Pharaoh hardened his heart towards the Israelites. The Bible says, “With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd. Thus we see that, “God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom He wants to harden.”Since the heart of Pharaoh was hardened against the people of Israel, they wanted a change to take place in their lives. And they were delivered by Moses from the land of Egypt to Canaan a land flowing with milk and honey.
Whenever you are oppressed at your work place then remember that God is about to open a new way for you in your life. I wish to illustrate, with an example of how a girl was thrown out of her job and later how God blessed her with a new job. The young girl spoke to me about her experience as to how God opened a new way for her in the midst of agony. She was a hard worker. In order to improve the status of her company she took an extra mile, and her part was quite extraordinary in improving the status of her company. She took much effort to lift the company to a bigger level. Even when her father questioned, about her working for long hours, she told him that it was necessary to put on hard work as the company was on its way to progress. She said that all the workers needed to cooperate for betterment of the company.
But suddenly for no reason, she was thrown out of service from the company. She was very confused and did not know what to do. She cried out to me saying that she had taken huge sum of loan to purchase her house, a car, and other household articles trusting her job and her salary. She had to pay Rs 70,000 as EMI and she did not know how to pay for the next month. So she cried bitterly. Just then God spoke to her through me saying, “My Daughter, just as the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and thereby the people of Israel were delivered, in the same manner, seeing your hard work God wants to honour you and improve your status by hardening the heart of your authorities. So cheer up, God is about to open a new door or way for you.’’ She left hearing the promise of God for her. Later after three days, she had secured a good job with a better scale of pay. She was also provided with a car from the company. She couldn’t believe her eyes.
As soon as she got this new job she came back to me and said that God had performed a great miracle for her. She said, “I thought God had forgotten me, but I never thought that God would bless me in such a manner. I am very much astonished.” Yes, God will astonish you too with signs and wonders if you are diligent in your work and faithful to your authorities. Trust God for who He is and He will perform a miracle for you. He will pick you up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay and set your feet upon a rock, and establish your goings. He will put a new song in your mouth, even praise unto our God. Let the Lords name be glorified. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord help us to come out of debts, poverty, and all other tribulations that we are going through in our life. Lord perform a miracle for us with your mighty hand and outstretched arm that we may prosper in all the work of our hands. Help us not to borrow money from others, but lend to many. Give us life flowing with milk and honey.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you, today is from the book of Matthew-5-16, “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and. glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
From the above context we see, the instruction of Jesus to the disciples. He says, that, “what should be seen in us are the good deeds that we perform.” God expects us to live righteously for God’s sake. While we live as strangers in this world, where Satan has become the god of this world, God has truly blessed us for it is God who works in us, both to will and to do to His good pleasure. In other words the good works that we do are not our own good works, for we ourselves can do nothing that is worthy of praise. The good work that we do is because of the new-life that Christ has placed within us. It is the Light that He created, and placed upon us that causes us to shine in our lives, in our business and in our ministry. So that others may see our good works and glorify our Father Who is in heaven.
When God created the Light, Bright Light shone into the world. Similarly when we have the Light we will also begin to shine in this world. God desires that all His children will shine in their phase of life in their family, in their business, in their ministry. We see such a family in the scripture who were blessed by God as the Light was placed upon them. They were known by all men living around them and were respected for their faith in God. He was Isaac the son of Abraham. Isaac moved away and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped. Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well “Esek”, because they disputed with him. Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it “Sitnah.”
Isaac did not quarrel with his neighbours, namely the Philistines. But quietly dug another well trusting in his God. For, Isaac believed that the affairs of men who are righteous, would receive the blessings, of God. When He dug this well the people did not quarrel with him anymore. So Isaac called this well as Rehoboth. He further said, now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. The people were surprised to see that wherever Isaac dug wells, springs of water were running from the deep. So Abimelech and his men came to Isaac and said to him, “We have certainly seen that the Lord is with you.” And they desired to make a covenant with Isaac. The people respected Isaac and wished to be in favour with him as they saw some extraordinary Light in the life of Isaac. So the Philistines not only observed this with regard to Isaac, but also desired to enter into a covenant with him on that account. The Bible says, “When a man’s ways, please the Lord He makes even his enemies, to be at peace with him.”
Are you facing such similar situation like Isaac in your family circle, or in your business or in the case of your children’s education, or their future prospects? Has the people in your family, church or those with whom you are closely associated causing tension to you and your family members? Are you being threatened by your relatives? Are you living in fear all the time? Are you shifting from one place to another to avoid problem like Isaac? Then it’s high time that you receive that Light into your heart. God will solve all your problems as He solved the problem of Isaac and also honoured his faith in God by blessing him with springs of water. For God says, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, then you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. May the Lord help you to receive the Light which the Lord created and saw that it was good. Let us seek to grow through humble obedience to His Word, so that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God, according to His power that is at work within us. God Bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Father we pray that the light of Christ remain in our heart and shine brightly before men, in such a way that they may see the good works that we do in Your power and strength – and glorify You, our Lord and God, Teach us to behave wisely like Isaac with our neighbours. May others see Christ in us.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
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— Deuteronomy 6:11, “ Houses full of good things, which you did not fill, hewn out wells, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant.
From the above context the Bible scholars tell us that we need to meditate on Gods words in our hearts, that our thoughts may daily be engaged by them. We ought to speak about the plain truths, and laws of God, and the things that belong to our peace. Frequent reading of the word of God, makes the word familiar, to us. This helps us at all occasions and to restrain us from sin, and direct us in duty.
When we are rich in God’s word then He blesses us with all good things. From the above context we understand, that God is going to fill your house with good things. God provided such good things to his people Israel. He provided more vineyards than that was available in Egypt. And more of olive trees, in Canaan which the people of Israel had not planted themselves. Their houses were full of good things for which they toiled not. They were rich of the fruits of the earth, of corn and wine, and oil, and also perhaps, of gold and silver. That’s why it was known as a land flowing with milk and honey.
They had many deep wells, with good water, sufficient for them and their cattle. But they did not dig all these wells, which in those hot and dry countries, were in much esteem and of great worth. By providing all these essential things, God expected the people of Israel to love Jehovah, it’s God with all its heart, and with all its soul, and with all its strength. Jehovah was the God of Israel, and had manifested Himself as one God.
God is going to build your house also. Building your house does not mean the construction of your house, but your family as such. God is going to bless you with all good things. He is going to fill all the empty vessels of your house. God created the Light. He saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. God is going to remove all darkness from your house and enlighten your house with brightness. There will be light in your family, in your business centre, at your work spot, in your ministry, in your education. God always, desires that his children be blessed with good things.
You are going to witness many good things, happen in your life. May be in the past you might have experienced many evil things. Poverty, debts, losses, many deaths, and loss of many good things. All these things would have taken hold of you, but just as God separated light from darkness in the same manner, you will experience, a great change in future. In order to do good things in your life, God is going to descend upon you in a marvellous manner.
Many of you have mortgaged your jewels, to meet your financial needs. But soon you will be able to redeem all your jewels. For God has silver and gold. It belongs to Him. God says, With Me are riches and honour, enduring wealth and prosperity, So we see that both riches and honour come from God. God also told me during the time of prayer, that many good things will happen for you, even without your knowledge, all in a moment. You would not even have thought about it. But it would happen. You will not lack any good thing.
Many people suffer from want of sleep may be because of problems or physical weakness and mental stress. God says, “I will cause you to lie down in peace and sleep. And your sleep shall be sweet. God prefers that His Children be blessed with all good things. The Bible says, “Beloved I pray that you may prosper, in all things and be in health just as your soul prospers.” This is how God wants His children to be blessed. We pray that God bless you according to His promise.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for providing sufficient food to eat, sound sleep to rest and fill our house with all good things. We bless your holy name. May we realize the goodness of God in our Lives. Teach us to know that God is our provider. Both silver and gold belongs to You O Lord our God. And from your hand comes all this abundance. Help us to be grateful to You.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
