Dearly beloved in Christ, 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 given for you today is from the book of Joel 2:24—26 “The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten, the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm,, my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.”
God is going to lead you, in a miraculous way. Halleluiah! You will have plenty to eat, until you are full and you will praise the name of the Lord, who has done wonders for you. Not the eyes of the strangers but your own eye shall see this. Many would have made fun of you, and laughed at you, since you went through great loss and misery. They would say, “Look you started business but, you went for a toss.”You have come on to the street. “Many would have laughed at you seeing your downfall. But this year the Lord will exalt you and make your name great with fame and praise. For God says, My people will never be put to shame. He will never put you to shame.
This reminds me of a sister who came to our prayer meeting, which is conducted every month in BKN Auditorium Vepery. She has been watching our programmes telecasted in Sathiyam channel and she has been blessed in her business and in her personal life. In one such meeting she gave her testimony. She is not a Believer but a very wealthy lady. She said, by hearing our messages daily she had faith in the Lord . She does business and has wealth, worth crores of rupees. But unfortunately one of her client came to collect his money that she had borrowed to run her business. On that particular day she did not have the required money of 15 lakhs, to return the person from whom she had borrowed. So he disgraced her, spoke ill of her and behaved in a rude manner. He went away hurting her for not returning the money on time. She was badly hurt. She couldn’t bear to think that she was unable to pay the man 15 lakhs, even though she had crores of money. She was humiliated. She felt ashamed. But as usual she began watching the programme, which comforted her the most. The Lord spoke to her through my message, I said, as prophesy, “Tomorrow you shall receive the needed amount to repay the man, who disgraced you.” She was shocked to hear this from my message. Her curiosity was to know how I got to know her problem. But it is the Lord’s way of dealing with people. She thought she would wait to see what miracle would happen the next day. And to her surprise another client who had borrowed 18 lakhs some years ago and had absconded, came back to return the amount he had borrowed from her. He said, he was sorry for cheating her and handed over the amount of Rs, 18 lakhs. She was bewildered and shocked, to see this big amount in her hand, the very next day, as she had heard through my message. She believed in Jesus, that He was a wonder working God. She returned to the man 15 lakhs from whom she had borrowed earlier. This testimony encouraged other business people who had gathered there for the meeting. God who performed miracle for this sister, will He not meet your needs? Trust in Jesus. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. … Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. You will prosper. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Dear Lord, it is amazing to know how You performed a miracle for that sister. It is unimaginable to understand how the man brought back the 18 lakhs of rupees and returned to her. We see the working of God in her life. Lord work in our lives also. Increase our faith in You, that we may grow strong in the Lord. Be gracious to us.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you for today, is taken from the book of Psalms, 116:12,13 “ What shall I render to the Lord, For all His benefits toward me?I will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.’’
We are coming almost to the end of this year. According to the above verse David cries out to God, saying “Lord how shall I thank you for all that you have done for me in my life? I shall take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. ” If you see the life of David, we can find that the Lord had done great many things in his life. So he wants to show his gratitude towards his God. Therefore he says, “ I will take the cup of salvation and call upon your name.”The Lord has done many benefits for him. God had saved him from the mouth of the death several times. He was almost at the verge of death many times but at the last moment the Lord stretched out his arms and rescued him from his death. That is why in one of his Psalms, He says,“The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.”God not only honoured him but also caused him to be victorious before his enemies. Though King Saul tried to kill him many times God saved his life from his cruel hands. God saved his life from the mouth of wild animals that attacked him while he was tending his father’s sheep. God lifted him up from the low state of shepherding the flock of sheep, and raised him to the level of a king in Israel.
David had tasted the love of God inch by inch. That is why he says, What can I do for all that God has done for me in my life? The Lord has done much help for me whenever I needed His help. How can I compensate for all the blessings that He had done for me. He therefore says, “ I will take the cup of salvation and call upon His holy name and worship Him. ”He thought that if ever he should give something for the Lord then the cup of salvation will be the best gift offering to the Lord. That is what the Lord will expect and be pleased with David too. Cup of salvation indicates the transformation of man into a new creation. God would like the renewed form of man having acknowledged as the Lord and Master of his life. When one receives salvation of God and forgiveness of his sins then there is great rejoicing in heaven about the newly changed person. I will fall at his feet as a man free from all curse and sin and worship Him. If you think that God will be pleased with you in something great then that would be the thanksgiving that you would offer as the highest form of tribute.
As you have come to the end of the year, Instead of entering the New Year with all your old sinful nature, be renewed in the Lord, and enter the New Year as a new creation, a new person fully changed into the newness of God. Worship the Lord with a purified heart. Be sanctified and worship him in truth and in spirit for this will be the kind of worship that could be offered as a form of thanksgiving for all the benefits that you have obtained from the Lord.
Surrender your life to the Lord completely. Ask God to give back the last redemption in Christ in case you have lost your redemption. David also sinned against God. He committed adultery with Bathsheba, He fell in the sin of lust. But after he came to know that he had sinned against God he repented of his sin and asked God to hide His face from his sin, and to blot out all his iniquities. He tells the Lord, “Restore to me the joy of your salvation. ”He was very careful not to lose his salvation. And he cries to the Lord, “ Do not take away the Holy Spirit from me.” But uphold me by Your generous spirit.”He asks God to deliver him from the guilt of bloodshed and praises God with his tongue.” He says, “ My mouth shall show forth Your praise.” This was the kind of experience that David enjoyed in his life and this was a wise thing that he did. We too should adapt ourselves the attitude of David and enter the New Year with renewed spirit. Not a spirit of weariness but spirit of enthusiasm. You also should repent of all your sins and tell God that you have gone far from Him and now you like to draw closer to God. Ask God to give you back the lost salvation. As salvation is very important in your life. He will willingly accept you and bless you as He had blessed David, and the New Year will really be a blessing to you.
Prayer: Lord we thank You. I bless all the children in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord for keeping the hand of grace upon them. As per this verse, may your children cry out to God saying, “Lord what shall I give back in return for all the good You have done for me in my life.” Give us a good heart that we may take the cup of salvation and come before your presence with a renewed heart and worship You. Let them worship You in the beauty of Your holiness. Bless all those children who have fallen at Your feet, with more than their expectation than what they think or ask, or pray for. Bless them Lord in the coming year with every good gift and honour them with a successful life.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you for today is taken from the book of Joshua 3:5, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
From the above verse we understand that if God must do wonders in your life then you need to be sanctified by God. You need to be washed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the Bible, we can see that the people of Israel too were ready to enter into the land of Canaan. Canaan is right in front of them but they could not inherit the land as they had to cross, the river Jordan which was right in front of them. So only if they cross the river, they can inherit the Promised Land. Now there are only few more days left for you to enter into the land of Canaan, that is the new year 2023’. New Canaan, new life, the New Year 2023 that has been blessed according to His promise is just before you to inherit. The Promised land is very near to you. All you got to do is to inherit it.
But before you inherit the land, in the New Year, you need to get prepared. There may be many challenges in your life during the current year 2022, and you have your own fear as to how the New Year is going to be. The people of Israel too had such fear. They too had many challenges and they had to overcome all those challenges. Before they enter into the land of Canaan. They too had fear as to how the new land which they were going to possess would be. God through Joshua gave them a good guidance, Joshua gathered the people and instructed them, and they asked for forgiveness of their sins and sanctified themselves, with much fear and trembling before God Almighty.
Immediately the next day, the high priests carried the ark of God and stepped into the waters of River Jordan. Only then the waters of river Jordan separated and gave way for them to walk through the waters of river Jordan. The waters went behind. What did the high priest carry along with them? They carried the ark of God. The ark of God represents the presence of God Himself. They carried His word, the Ten Commandments, in the ark. The word that the Lord had given them was carried by the high priests. So, they carried the Lord, which was the word of God and stepped into the water. Jordan was separated into two. The day before the people of Israel sanctified themselves, as a result the next day when the high priests stepped into the water the Lord who breaks all the barriers went before them and separated the water. The Holy God descended upon them and stayed with them and they carried the ark which represented God and since they stepped into the waters the water immediately separated.
Today through this message, God is counselling you. What must you do before entering the New Year is that you need to sanctify yourself. You need to become holy and perfect in your life as much as you can. Just as the high priests carried the ark of God on their shoulders, we also need to carry the Lord Jesus Christ through the reading of God’s word and through prayer and praising God and thanking Him for what He has been to us, during the past year 2022. Then God will be pleased with us, and He will perform a miracle for us. God will open a way for us to enter into the New Year.
Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank you for encouraging us through this verse. Lord, give your children an opportunity, to sanctify themselves. Forgive them of all their sins and wrong behaviours. Lord, you forgive them. If you remain in them they will not commit sin. They will live a clean and blameless life. Let your children carry You within their hearts and enter into the new year. Help them to enjoy their life in the land, flowing with milk and honey. In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you for today, is taken from the book of Jeremiah 30:18, “Behold I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents, And have mercy on his dwelling places.”
My Dear children of God, before you enter the New Year, God wants to bring an end to all your captivity and bondage. God doesn’t want you to live again in the New Year with the same bondages and struggles. He wants to liberate you from all your bad circumstances. God wants you to enjoy yourself as a free bird in the New Year. That is why we read in the above verse that, “God would bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tent, And have mercy on his dwelling places”.
What are the bondages you are caught up today? Are you caught up in a sin, or maybe you are caught up in a bad habit, like smoking, tobacco, and other things and you are unable to come out of that habit? God wants to liberate, you from all your sinful habits and help you enter into the new year as a clean person.
You need to give your heart to Him and ask God to help you come out of all these bad habits. Say, “Lord deliver me from all these bondages. Release my mind from all these wrongdoings and thinking. My Mind is tied up O Lord, You please release my mind. I am not able to think well or correctly about any issues, that rise up in my day-to-day activities. Even without my knowledge I commit sin. Lord bring me out of these bondages.” If you ask God in this way, God will surely help you and deliver you. God will come straightaway and redeem you from all your sinful nature, and all your captivities and He will have mercy on your dwelling places. Which means your family life, your business, and ministry, whatever you may be doing, God will help you to succeed. God says He will be merciful to you in all that you undertake. How many of you are ready to accept the mercy of God as you enter into this New Year.
My Dear children of God, How many of you are ready to give up all the old and evil practices of your life. God wants you to be a new creation to enter into the new-year. For the Bible says, “Behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth.” God will renew and cleanse you by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. God be with you, keep you and bless you in all walks of your life.
Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank you for talking to us through this verse. Dear Lord, let the thoughts of my children be renewed. Let their thinking be changed. Let all their actions be acceptable in your sight. Give them the thought of Christ, may they consider things above and not below on the things of this world. As a result, make their future bright and cause it to shine in all its glory.
In Jesus Name I pray.
Amen.
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The auspicious word of God that comes to you today is taken from the book of Isaiah 9:2, “The People who walked in darkness, have seen a great light”.
From this verse, we come to understand that people were walking in the darkness, and they saw a great light “Jesus”. All darkness was dispelled. And the Light shone all around. Many people who were walking in the darkness suddenly saw a great light through the birth of Jesus. The Lord said, “I am the true light”. He came as a great light into this dark world to enlighten the people. There shone a bright star when Jesus was born. The star led the three wise men to the place of the birth of Jesus Who was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a stable. Light, Brightness, and Star all of these lead to Jesus. One who walks in the light will be able to reach the heaven where the Lord is seated on His throne. If one goes into the darkness, then he is bound to go into the everlasting pit, called Hell. There is no relation between light and darkness. As soon as the sun shines the moon disappears. Today in the midst of darkness in your life, Jesus came to give you a bright light. He who said, “I am the true Light,” has come into your life to transform your darkened life into brightened future. He is being born in your life.
My dear children of God, you also need to give this light to others. You are thinking I myself have not been in light then how can I give light to others? I myself am in the dark. I have not seen a bright future. How can I give light and brighten others? If you begin to shine for Christ then the life of many others will begin to shine. You may be saying, Lord, I haven’t got a job as yet, and therefore my life is still in the dark. Today the Lord is not only giving you a job, a ministry and a business, but He is going to brighten up the life of many others who are still in the dark because of your hard effort and your faith in Christ. All those people will be fed by you. Many people will be employed under you and you will make their payment. The Bible says all things are possible to them that believe in his name. If you believe you shall see the glory of God. You will give life to many others, God will surely help you to be a great blessing to others.
Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank you for talking to us through this verse. Lord, you said that people in the dark saw a great light. The Lord who said, that You are the true light, was born to give light to others. All the children who are crying that they have not been able to shine in their life, I pray that you help them to get up and shine in their life in whichever field they may be in. Let all darkness disappear from them. Let them come out of the life of darkness of sin and help them to come into the marvellous light. Grant them a bright future and help them to prosper in all the work of their hands and honour them before others.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
