What is the population of the entire Human race....may be few billions!!
But How many other types of things/creatures exist in the nature and the sky.
I was just thinking that When God had in mind we will be so numerous and HE MADE EACH ONE OF US SO UNIQUE!!!
And he cares about the needs and minds of the over 6 billions unique personalities....he gave even much more for each one of us to like...
Coz every one of us has different interests....and there so many!!
Coz Some like Roses, some like lilies...Some like mountains, some like seas, some like the Stars..and even in that there are so many to choose from!!
Some like plants...some like Black colour....some white...some Blue...some like the oceans, some like the lakes, some like the waterfalls...
Shouldnt we be glad that God gave us sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many things to choose from!!
He gave us Infinite things to be delighted in for these finite people!!
AND THE SOLE REASON HE DID THIS IS FOR US TO REALIZE JUST ONE THING!!! THAT HE CARES.....HE LOVES....He wants us to understand!!
He is there for us....having HIMSELF....MORE THAN WE CAN EVER ASK OR IMAGINE!!!
Though he has every reason to treat us like nothing!
He even TORE APART THE DIVISION THAT WAS THE CURTAIN SEPARATING US AND GOD WHICH WAS TORN APART..
Just now God told why he was so strict in the old testament...the reason is that If he would have always shown us so much grace....we would never understand his love and be arrogant!!
If we are taking God for granted Now....how much we would have taken him for granted...if he always have Loved and gave us so much freedom from the beginning....
ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT AND EVERY THING THAT HAPPENED IS JUST FOR US TO UNDERSTAND>.....HOW AWESOMELY AWESOME.....GREAT......POWERFUL.....HOW MUCH UNWORTHY WE ARE......HOW POWERFUL HE IS.....SO HOW MUCH UNDESERVING WE ARE OF HIM!!!!!
GOD IS MORE THAN WE THINK OR IMAGINE!!!!
THIS IS ALL JUST FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS OFFERING US MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE OR THINK THAT IS INFINITE...>THAT IS HIM!
AN INFINITE GOD FOR A FINITE HUMAN!!!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Why Do we fail to Love the Lord
Genesis 16:35,36
The people ate the manna for 40 years, until they came to the land of rest, that is, until they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.*
(The measure they used for the manna was an omer. An omer was about 8 cups.)
Israelites have been fed by the hand of the LORD for fortyyyyyyyyyyy years!!
The Lord was gracious through it all and we know through this forty years they have rebelled many many times yet the Lord fed them.
The reason we fail to understand the Love God has for us is mostly bcoz:
1)WE TAKE HIM FOR GRANTED AND FORGET WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH!!!
2)IF WE DONT MAKE AN INITIATIVE TO TRY TO LOVE HIM ....WE WILL BE BLINDED AND SIMPLY CANT SEE HIS ACTS OF LOVE BY OUR ACTS OF SINS WHICH BLIND US!!!
3)WE TEND TO FORGET ALL THAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND HOW HE RESCUED BY HOLDING YOU WITH HIS OWN HAND!!!!
Our LORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE AND HE IS ABLE AND FOREVER IS....For the Heavens are his handiwork.
He is telling us that The solution to all our life's problems lie in the simple truth!!
The truth is
For God so Loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son
That whosoever loveth him shall not die but shall have everlasting life.
All we have to understand is he loves us with an undying Love.
The people ate the manna for 40 years, until they came to the land of rest, that is, until they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.*
(The measure they used for the manna was an omer. An omer was about 8 cups.)
Israelites have been fed by the hand of the LORD for fortyyyyyyyyyyy years!!
The Lord was gracious through it all and we know through this forty years they have rebelled many many times yet the Lord fed them.
The reason we fail to understand the Love God has for us is mostly bcoz:
1)WE TAKE HIM FOR GRANTED AND FORGET WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH!!!
2)IF WE DONT MAKE AN INITIATIVE TO TRY TO LOVE HIM ....WE WILL BE BLINDED AND SIMPLY CANT SEE HIS ACTS OF LOVE BY OUR ACTS OF SINS WHICH BLIND US!!!
3)WE TEND TO FORGET ALL THAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND HOW HE RESCUED BY HOLDING YOU WITH HIS OWN HAND!!!!
Our LORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE AND HE IS ABLE AND FOREVER IS....For the Heavens are his handiwork.
He is telling us that The solution to all our life's problems lie in the simple truth!!
The truth is
For God so Loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son
That whosoever loveth him shall not die but shall have everlasting life.
All we have to understand is he loves us with an undying Love.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Israelites and Us
Exodus 16:27
Then the people traveled to Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees. So the people made their camp there near that water.
Exodus 17:1-2
Then the people left Elim and came to the Desert of Zin, between Elim
and Sinai. They arrived at that place on the 15th day of the second monthb after leaving Egypt.Then the whole community of Israelites began complaining again. They complained to Moses and Aaron in the desert.
The Israelites year started with their exodus(depart) from Egypt, the concepts of months started with their freedom from Egypt by the awesome works of the Lord's hand
which includes
1)Aaron's staff becomes snake
2)Moses's hand became leprous as white as snow and the next moment back to normal.
3)The Plague of Blood(done my Egyptian magicians)
4)The Plague of Frogs(done my Egyptian magicians)
5)The Plague of Gnats-(All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats)-Egypt magicians could not perform this
6)The Plague of Flies
7)The Plague of Livestock
8)The Plague of Boils
9)The Plague of Hail
10)The Plague of Locusts
11)The Plague of Darkness
12)The Plague of FirstBorn-The Israelites Untouched bcoz of Passover held
13)Crossing of the Red sea on DRY Land.
14)The waters of Marah and Elim(bitter Water became sweet at marah)
During all the plagues God made a distinction by making only Egyptians affected but not the Israelites nor their livestock!!
So even after seeing miracles...even the Big big miracles in the last couple months..still they grumbled on the onset of trouble as in Exodus16:27, 17:1,2
We too often forget or take for granted the things God did for us previously and grumble about the present!!
The Lord said to Moses, "I have heard he grumbling of the Israelites.Tell them.
'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread.
THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD!!!! Exodus 16:11-12
So basically God said in the last line "Then you will know how much I do for One I LOVE!"
see the way God attaches his name with the ppl of Israelites. saying LORD YOUR GOD!!
He showed himself as a provider....tht he cares.He could have been angered by their Unbelief and left them to die in the desert...but he let them continue the journey by his grace!!
And now after thousands of years after it happened....he is right here with us and if u are reading this...its by his grace the Holy Spirit is giving you a chance to Rejoice in the Lord...
How gracious of the Lord....AND HE STILL CARES....Psalm 121:4 He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep!
And so does not sleep......He is forever waiting on us....like the Father of the Parable of the lost son was always waiting at the gate for his Son all the time!!
Lets not keep him waitin anymore....lets grab this opportunity and
while we would be still a long way off ...
Our Father would see us from afar and
have compassion on us and
Run towards us and
throw his arms around us and
kiss us!
All God wants to remind us today again is that HE LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE....Jeremiah 31:3
May we always understand the unending depth of his Love for us!
Then the people traveled to Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees. So the people made their camp there near that water.
Exodus 17:1-2
Then the people left Elim and came to the Desert of Zin, between Elim
and Sinai. They arrived at that place on the 15th day of the second monthb after leaving Egypt.Then the whole community of Israelites began complaining again. They complained to Moses and Aaron in the desert.
The Israelites year started with their exodus(depart) from Egypt, the concepts of months started with their freedom from Egypt by the awesome works of the Lord's hand
which includes
1)Aaron's staff becomes snake
2)Moses's hand became leprous as white as snow and the next moment back to normal.
3)The Plague of Blood(done my Egyptian magicians)
4)The Plague of Frogs(done my Egyptian magicians)
5)The Plague of Gnats-(All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats)-Egypt magicians could not perform this
6)The Plague of Flies
7)The Plague of Livestock
8)The Plague of Boils
9)The Plague of Hail
10)The Plague of Locusts
11)The Plague of Darkness
12)The Plague of FirstBorn-The Israelites Untouched bcoz of Passover held
13)Crossing of the Red sea on DRY Land.
14)The waters of Marah and Elim(bitter Water became sweet at marah)
During all the plagues God made a distinction by making only Egyptians affected but not the Israelites nor their livestock!!
So even after seeing miracles...even the Big big miracles in the last couple months..still they grumbled on the onset of trouble as in Exodus16:27, 17:1,2
We too often forget or take for granted the things God did for us previously and grumble about the present!!
The Lord said to Moses, "I have heard he grumbling of the Israelites.Tell them.
'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread.
THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD!!!! Exodus 16:11-12
So basically God said in the last line "Then you will know how much I do for One I LOVE!"
see the way God attaches his name with the ppl of Israelites. saying LORD YOUR GOD!!
He showed himself as a provider....tht he cares.He could have been angered by their Unbelief and left them to die in the desert...but he let them continue the journey by his grace!!
And now after thousands of years after it happened....he is right here with us and if u are reading this...its by his grace the Holy Spirit is giving you a chance to Rejoice in the Lord...
How gracious of the Lord....AND HE STILL CARES....Psalm 121:4 He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep!
And so does not sleep......He is forever waiting on us....like the Father of the Parable of the lost son was always waiting at the gate for his Son all the time!!
Lets not keep him waitin anymore....lets grab this opportunity and
while we would be still a long way off ...
Our Father would see us from afar and
have compassion on us and
Run towards us and
throw his arms around us and
kiss us!
All God wants to remind us today again is that HE LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE....Jeremiah 31:3
May we always understand the unending depth of his Love for us!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Believe and You shall Receive
Today is March 23 ....and i checked my rediffmail to see any sermon that i usually get daily...but i dint find any!!!
The Holy Spirit told me that you will be geting in gmail .....so i checked gmail account but i dint find any new mail!!!
But i knew since God promised me i would receive his word.....i knew I would !!!
SO I DID NOT GIVE UP!!!
And i was pretty sure God would definetly give me his word through mail!!!
And wolaaa....Later a little while hardly 10 minutes...tops!!!..
i checked and i got a mail from Christian Fellwoship Church (Zac Poonen)
And im posting here wat he shared!!!
WORD FOR THE WEEK 22 March 2009 12:04pm
Christian Fellowship Church, Bangalore, India
http://www.cfcindia.com
------------------------------------------------------------
God Doesn’t Work According To Human Logic
Zac Poonen
This is a follow-up to last week’s article: “Beware of
Missing God's Plan For Your Life”
Like a bird with two wings – one opposite to the other –
that enables it to fly, two Biblical truths often look like
contradictions of each other. This is called a paradox. But
both opposites must be held together simultaneously, if we
are to understand the truth correctly. Only then will we be
able to fly - spiritually. Otherwise we will be earthbound -
and depressed.
The WHOLE truth is contained (as Jesus told Satan) in “It is
written” and in “It is ALSO written” (Matt.4:7).
If you have missed God’s perfect plan for his life through
disobedience, it doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. You can
still be an overcomer if you believe that your Almighty
heavenly Father can do a miracle for you.
The Bible begins with two cases of failure that God turned
to amazing profit.
First: God created the heavens and the earth perfect. But
when some of the angels sinned, the earth became "formless,
empty and dark" (Gen.1:2). But God worked on that shapeless,
empty, dark mass and made something so beautiful out of it
that He Himself finally called it "Very Good" (Gen. 1:31).
The second case: God made Adam and Eve and had a perfect
plan for them. But they frustrated God’s plan by sinning.
But God came to the garden and promised them that the seed
of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent. That was
a promise of Christ crushing Satan on Calvary.
But Christ’s death was part of God’s perfect plan from all
eternity. He is referred to as "the Lamb Who was slain from
the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). Yet we know that
Christ died only because Adam and Eve had sinned. So
logically speaking, we could say that God’s perfect plan to
send Christ to die for the sins of the world was fulfilled,
not despite Adam’s failure, but because of Adam’s failure!
We would not have known God’s love shown on Calvary’s cross,
were it not for Adam’s sin!
This baffles our logic and that is why the Scriptures say
that we should "not lean on our own understanding" (Prov.
3:5). God doesn’t work according to mathematical logic!!
When solving an arithmetic problem, if you make a mistake at
any step, the final answer will always be wrong. According
to such logic, if you missed God’s will at any time in your
past life, you cannot fulfil God’s perfect will now.
But God says "My ways are not your ways." (Isa.55:8,9). His
plan doesn’t work according to mathematical logic. If it
did, then not a single human being would be able to fulfil
God’s perfect plan. For we have all failed God at some time
or the other. We have sinned even after becoming believers.
But the amazing truth is that there is still hope for every
one of us.
If God worked according to mathematical logic, then we would
have to say that Christ’s coming to the earth was God’s
second-best. But it would be blasphemous to say so.
What is the message that God is trying to get through to us?
Just this that God can take a man who has failed repeatedly,
and still make him fulfil His perfect plan.
This is because even the failure may have been part of God’s
perfect plan to teach him a few unforgettable lessons. This
may not be possible for human logic to grasp, because we
know God so little.
God can use only broken men and women. And one way He breaks
us is through repeated failures.
Genuine victory over sin is always accompanied by the
deepest humility. Repeated failures help to destroy our
self-confidence so that we are convinced that victory over
sin is impossible, apart from God’s enabling grace. Then,
when we do get victory, we will never boast about it.
Further, when we have failed repeatedly ourselves, we cannot
despise another who fails. We can sympathise with those who
have messed up their lives, because we have discovered the
weakness of our own flesh, through our own innumerable
falls. We can then "deal gently with the ignorant and
misguided, since we ourselves are beset with weakness" (Heb.
5:3).
If you now say, "But I have messed up things so many times.
It is impossible for God to bring me into His perfect plan
now", then it will be impossible for God, because YOU do not
believe that He can do that for you.
God’s law is: "It will be done for you according to your
faith" (Matt. 9:29). We get what we have faith for. If we
believe that something is impossible for God to do for us,
then it will not be done for us.
On the other hand you will discover at the judgment seat of
Christ that another believer who had made a greater mess of
his life than you did, nevertheless fulfilled God’s perfect
plan for his life - because he believed that God could pick
up the broken pieces of his life and make something "very
good" out of it.
So all of us - young and old - can have hope, no matter how
much we may have failed in the past, if we will only
acknowledge our failures, humble ourselves and believe in
our wonder-working, Almighty Father.
Thus we can learn from our failures and fulfil God’s perfect
plan for our lives.
And in the ages to come, God will show us forth to others as
examples of what He could do with those whose lives were
total failures. He will show what He could do in us, through
the "surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:7). Hallelujah!
Amen and Amen.
The Holy Spirit told me that you will be geting in gmail .....so i checked gmail account but i dint find any new mail!!!
But i knew since God promised me i would receive his word.....i knew I would !!!
SO I DID NOT GIVE UP!!!
And i was pretty sure God would definetly give me his word through mail!!!
And wolaaa....Later a little while hardly 10 minutes...tops!!!..
i checked and i got a mail from Christian Fellwoship Church (Zac Poonen)
And im posting here wat he shared!!!
WORD FOR THE WEEK 22 March 2009 12:04pm
Christian Fellowship Church, Bangalore, India
http://www.cfcindia.com
------------------------------
God Doesn’t Work According To Human Logic
Zac Poonen
This is a follow-up to last week’s article: “Beware of
Missing God's Plan For Your Life”
Like a bird with two wings – one opposite to the other –
that enables it to fly, two Biblical truths often look like
contradictions of each other. This is called a paradox. But
both opposites must be held together simultaneously, if we
are to understand the truth correctly. Only then will we be
able to fly - spiritually. Otherwise we will be earthbound -
and depressed.
The WHOLE truth is contained (as Jesus told Satan) in “It is
written” and in “It is ALSO written” (Matt.4:7).
If you have missed God’s perfect plan for his life through
disobedience, it doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. You can
still be an overcomer if you believe that your Almighty
heavenly Father can do a miracle for you.
The Bible begins with two cases of failure that God turned
to amazing profit.
First: God created the heavens and the earth perfect. But
when some of the angels sinned, the earth became "formless,
empty and dark" (Gen.1:2). But God worked on that shapeless,
empty, dark mass and made something so beautiful out of it
that He Himself finally called it "Very Good" (Gen. 1:31).
The second case: God made Adam and Eve and had a perfect
plan for them. But they frustrated God’s plan by sinning.
But God came to the garden and promised them that the seed
of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent. That was
a promise of Christ crushing Satan on Calvary.
But Christ’s death was part of God’s perfect plan from all
eternity. He is referred to as "the Lamb Who was slain from
the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). Yet we know that
Christ died only because Adam and Eve had sinned. So
logically speaking, we could say that God’s perfect plan to
send Christ to die for the sins of the world was fulfilled,
not despite Adam’s failure, but because of Adam’s failure!
We would not have known God’s love shown on Calvary’s cross,
were it not for Adam’s sin!
This baffles our logic and that is why the Scriptures say
that we should "not lean on our own understanding" (Prov.
3:5). God doesn’t work according to mathematical logic!!
When solving an arithmetic problem, if you make a mistake at
any step, the final answer will always be wrong. According
to such logic, if you missed God’s will at any time in your
past life, you cannot fulfil God’s perfect will now.
But God says "My ways are not your ways." (Isa.55:8,9). His
plan doesn’t work according to mathematical logic. If it
did, then not a single human being would be able to fulfil
God’s perfect plan. For we have all failed God at some time
or the other. We have sinned even after becoming believers.
But the amazing truth is that there is still hope for every
one of us.
If God worked according to mathematical logic, then we would
have to say that Christ’s coming to the earth was God’s
second-best. But it would be blasphemous to say so.
What is the message that God is trying to get through to us?
Just this that God can take a man who has failed repeatedly,
and still make him fulfil His perfect plan.
This is because even the failure may have been part of God’s
perfect plan to teach him a few unforgettable lessons. This
may not be possible for human logic to grasp, because we
know God so little.
God can use only broken men and women. And one way He breaks
us is through repeated failures.
Genuine victory over sin is always accompanied by the
deepest humility. Repeated failures help to destroy our
self-confidence so that we are convinced that victory over
sin is impossible, apart from God’s enabling grace. Then,
when we do get victory, we will never boast about it.
Further, when we have failed repeatedly ourselves, we cannot
despise another who fails. We can sympathise with those who
have messed up their lives, because we have discovered the
weakness of our own flesh, through our own innumerable
falls. We can then "deal gently with the ignorant and
misguided, since we ourselves are beset with weakness" (Heb.
5:3).
If you now say, "But I have messed up things so many times.
It is impossible for God to bring me into His perfect plan
now", then it will be impossible for God, because YOU do not
believe that He can do that for you.
God’s law is: "It will be done for you according to your
faith" (Matt. 9:29). We get what we have faith for. If we
believe that something is impossible for God to do for us,
then it will not be done for us.
On the other hand you will discover at the judgment seat of
Christ that another believer who had made a greater mess of
his life than you did, nevertheless fulfilled God’s perfect
plan for his life - because he believed that God could pick
up the broken pieces of his life and make something "very
good" out of it.
So all of us - young and old - can have hope, no matter how
much we may have failed in the past, if we will only
acknowledge our failures, humble ourselves and believe in
our wonder-working, Almighty Father.
Thus we can learn from our failures and fulfil God’s perfect
plan for our lives.
And in the ages to come, God will show us forth to others as
examples of what He could do with those whose lives were
total failures. He will show what He could do in us, through
the "surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:7). Hallelujah!
Amen and Amen.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Livin a Dream!!
Do u know what it is to Live a dream!!!!!!!
For our God-God Almighty....
The God of Abraham
The same God who promised Abraham....
Promised him when it looked highly impossible for him to have a son when he was hundred years old and his wife too old to give birth.
And we can see the in the day of their distress when they called upon the LORD for a son...he responded and he gave them a son.
The God of Isaac
The same God who promised Isaac his Children when his wife was barren for almost 20 years after marriage(That's pretty long enough)...The Lord not only answered their prayer by giving them not one child but twins..but also answered when Rebekah inquired as why the babies jostled against each other in her womb and God responded saying There are two nations in your womb...so it is rightly said That God waits sometimes so that he can give us the BEST!!
The God of Jacob
The same God who promised Jacob who was fleeing from his home coz he feared his brother Esau.His condition was hopeless..he was a running man, he was not even a faithful or a good person...coz he cheated his brother for the birthright and blessings.
But God still was gracious to him and he promised Jacob when he appeared in his dream and said this.. Genesis 28:13-14
"I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Issac.
I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.
All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go,(This thing Jacob remind himself again in Genesis 35:3)
and I will bring you back to his land.
I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
In Genesis 35:3 Jacob says this of God...that "God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever i have gone."
So the LORD who promised Jacob has been fulfilling his promise as he said that HE WILL NOT LEAVE HIM and he dint!!!
And today we know how richly the country Israel is blessed and that they are as numerous as the sands on the sea shore and the dust of the earth.
The same God....is talking to us today....for he is STILL ANSWERING US IN THE DAY OF OUR DISTRESS AND HE STILL IS WITH US WHEREVER WE GO!!
I experienced that personally in my life for he never left me nor abandoned me for he loved me more than i could comprehend!!!
Isn't it beautiful that the same God who's been al through the people of the Bible is STILL here with us an still he is willing to be concerned for our lives more than we ever are..and he said that I have Plans for you...........woaahh...
The same God who spoke this Universe into existence and the same God who planned all the beautiful waterfalls of the earth...the same God who created all the beautiful landscapes of this world too numerous to count and too beautiful to comprehend!!!
That very same God is talking to us today and he is saying I HAVE PLANS FOR YOU, plans not to destroy you but to give you a hope and a FUTURE.!!!
Should we be worried about anything in our life than to continuosly think about how to please our only TRUE MASTER.
So when he says For I have plans to Give you a Hope and a FUTURE!! Would it be any less than a dream!!
So lets reach out to our dream.....for our God is ready to make our lives just as incomprehensible as if it were a dream and you are thinking its just tooo good to be true.....but it is for its the LORD Who answered you and he MEANS IT!!!!!!!!!!
People may betray your trust and may hurt you...but the LORD has the best of plans just so that WE MAY KNOW THAT HE LOVES US!!!
That HE LOVES US MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!
So lets get Lost in his sea of Love....for he has lot to offer than YOU CAN EVER THINK OR IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!
Abraham dint have the least of Idea when God said what would he bring to pass as part of his promise to him
and neither did Issac and neither did Jacob!!
AND NEITHER CAN YOU!!!!!!!
Coz what he is going to do in your life will blow your mind....coz its going to be absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!
Please read the before line again coz I'm telling you You don't have any idea yourself what GOD means he says that he is ready to do more than you can EVER THINK or Imagine!!!!!!!
May the Understanding of the Love of the God and our saviour Jesus Christ be our forever quest in our lives...
Amen
For our God-God Almighty....
The God of Abraham
The same God who promised Abraham....
Promised him when it looked highly impossible for him to have a son when he was hundred years old and his wife too old to give birth.
And we can see the in the day of their distress when they called upon the LORD for a son...he responded and he gave them a son.
The God of Isaac
The same God who promised Isaac his Children when his wife was barren for almost 20 years after marriage(That's pretty long enough)...The Lord not only answered their prayer by giving them not one child but twins..but also answered when Rebekah inquired as why the babies jostled against each other in her womb and God responded saying There are two nations in your womb...so it is rightly said That God waits sometimes so that he can give us the BEST!!
The God of Jacob
The same God who promised Jacob who was fleeing from his home coz he feared his brother Esau.His condition was hopeless..he was a running man, he was not even a faithful or a good person...coz he cheated his brother for the birthright and blessings.
But God still was gracious to him and he promised Jacob when he appeared in his dream and said this.. Genesis 28:13-14
"I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Issac.
I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.
All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go,(This thing Jacob remind himself again in Genesis 35:3)
and I will bring you back to his land.
I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
In Genesis 35:3 Jacob says this of God...that "God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever i have gone."
So the LORD who promised Jacob has been fulfilling his promise as he said that HE WILL NOT LEAVE HIM and he dint!!!
And today we know how richly the country Israel is blessed and that they are as numerous as the sands on the sea shore and the dust of the earth.
The same God....is talking to us today....for he is STILL ANSWERING US IN THE DAY OF OUR DISTRESS AND HE STILL IS WITH US WHEREVER WE GO!!
I experienced that personally in my life for he never left me nor abandoned me for he loved me more than i could comprehend!!!
Isn't it beautiful that the same God who's been al through the people of the Bible is STILL here with us an still he is willing to be concerned for our lives more than we ever are..and he said that I have Plans for you...........woaahh...
The same God who spoke this Universe into existence and the same God who planned all the beautiful waterfalls of the earth...the same God who created all the beautiful landscapes of this world too numerous to count and too beautiful to comprehend!!!
That very same God is talking to us today and he is saying I HAVE PLANS FOR YOU, plans not to destroy you but to give you a hope and a FUTURE.!!!
Should we be worried about anything in our life than to continuosly think about how to please our only TRUE MASTER.
So when he says For I have plans to Give you a Hope and a FUTURE!! Would it be any less than a dream!!
So lets reach out to our dream.....for our God is ready to make our lives just as incomprehensible as if it were a dream and you are thinking its just tooo good to be true.....but it is for its the LORD Who answered you and he MEANS IT!!!!!!!!!!
People may betray your trust and may hurt you...but the LORD has the best of plans just so that WE MAY KNOW THAT HE LOVES US!!!
That HE LOVES US MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!
So lets get Lost in his sea of Love....for he has lot to offer than YOU CAN EVER THINK OR IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!
Abraham dint have the least of Idea when God said what would he bring to pass as part of his promise to him
and neither did Issac and neither did Jacob!!
AND NEITHER CAN YOU!!!!!!!
Coz what he is going to do in your life will blow your mind....coz its going to be absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!
Please read the before line again coz I'm telling you You don't have any idea yourself what GOD means he says that he is ready to do more than you can EVER THINK or Imagine!!!!!!!
May the Understanding of the Love of the God and our saviour Jesus Christ be our forever quest in our lives...
Amen
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Abram's Faithfulness
Genesis 15:1
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:
"Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward."
If you see how this verse starts, It says "After this"...
So what happened before??
We see in Genesis 14:21-24
Here Abram chose to Depend on God no matter what Whether in Good or Bad!!
We usually resort to God in worst case scenarios only....only when things are out of our control...but if they ..we don't care!!
But Abram dint!
Because of this faithfulness shown by Abram, God personally came and you can see in
Gen 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
And he promised him a great promise.
So to the Level of faithfulness shown is directly proporional to a blessed abundant life.
Faithfulness Shown-------Yes---Greater abundant life..A set of new opportunities
|---No----Less abundant life tan you were supposed to have
if said yes.
Abram had no idea when he was saying No to such a great treasure..(it was the treasure left after defeating 4 kings...well that would have been definitely HUGE!!) that God will promise him a treasure of his children who would never cease to exist!
So friends lets us stop thinking about What God will do for me today!!
But instead lets think in a different way...Think about What can you give as ur gift for the Lord today.....Tell God ...Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening!!
And he will show what needs to be done...He does speak!!
For he said...Call unto me and I Will answer You. Jeremiah 33:3
And our God is not a liar!! So lets not devil fool us into making God a liar!!
When We don't believe his word...that means we are actually saying that God is a liar!
So lets hold onto the promises God gave us in his word!!
May You all be blessed with the understanding of his everlasting Love!! Amen
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:
"Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward."
If you see how this verse starts, It says "After this"...
So what happened before??
We see in Genesis 14:21-24
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself."
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.' 24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshcol and Mamre. Let them have their share."
Abram was presented with a very TEMPTING offer but he remembered his oath to the Lord...and that he dint want anyone else to take glory for making him rich!! He wanted God to have the glory.....Wanting to depend on God totally.
These days we sometimes saying I depend on God as if that's our last resort!!
Here Abram chose to Depend on God no matter what Whether in Good or Bad!!
We usually resort to God in worst case scenarios only....only when things are out of our control...but if they ..we don't care!!
But Abram dint!
Because of this faithfulness shown by Abram, God personally came and you can see in
Gen 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
And he promised him a great promise.
So to the Level of faithfulness shown is directly proporional to a blessed abundant life.
Faithfulness Shown-------Yes---Greater abundant life..A set of new opportunities
|---No----Less abundant life tan you were supposed to have
if said yes.
Abram had no idea when he was saying No to such a great treasure..(it was the treasure left after defeating 4 kings...well that would have been definitely HUGE!!) that God will promise him a treasure of his children who would never cease to exist!
So friends lets us stop thinking about What God will do for me today!!
But instead lets think in a different way...Think about What can you give as ur gift for the Lord today.....Tell God ...Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening!!
And he will show what needs to be done...He does speak!!
For he said...Call unto me and I Will answer You. Jeremiah 33:3
And our God is not a liar!! So lets not devil fool us into making God a liar!!
When We don't believe his word...that means we are actually saying that God is a liar!
So lets hold onto the promises God gave us in his word!!
May You all be blessed with the understanding of his everlasting Love!! Amen
Monday, March 9, 2009
Dont Cry!!!
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.
As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.
And a large crowd from the town was with her.
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry."
Its amazing that the Lord has been ever compassionate all through the ages even now...I know it...coz i Know how he talked to me and said to me Don't Cry when i myself cried in hopelessness!!
I have spent 3 years of my college in a very remote place and its was so remote i dint have any kind of Christian fellowship for all these years!
God could have let me go, coz i was not living a life worthy of him that he has to be with me there...where i was the lone Christian in my college!!
It was tough..But the Lord was always there...He never left me!!
In spite of my wretched lifestyle there...God never left me...He always was there...taking care of me..Many times he gave me peace when I came to him restless!
What I found was .....WHENEVER I CRIED UNTO HIM....HE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED...>SOOOO MANY TIMES!!
SO when i read this scripture it was sooooo true!!
And i know it was the same God whose heart went out for the widow mother in the scripture...and same God whose heart went out When he saw ME CRYING!!
He is forever same....he always was....So loving ...so caring...Such an amazing Father...Who cant stand his children's tears!!
Can you hear God say Don't Cry...Understand that I Love You...For I am with You says the Word of God!!!
When u Cry ....Don't think God doesn't care....he does...and he Understands our pain...our weakness...Thats Why he got up on that Cross!!
Just to say that I Love you and willing to do anything to have you back in my arms!!!
As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.
And a large crowd from the town was with her.
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry."
Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Luke 7:11-13Its amazing that the Lord has been ever compassionate all through the ages even now...I know it...coz i Know how he talked to me and said to me Don't Cry when i myself cried in hopelessness!!
I have spent 3 years of my college in a very remote place and its was so remote i dint have any kind of Christian fellowship for all these years!
God could have let me go, coz i was not living a life worthy of him that he has to be with me there...where i was the lone Christian in my college!!
It was tough..But the Lord was always there...He never left me!!
In spite of my wretched lifestyle there...God never left me...He always was there...taking care of me..Many times he gave me peace when I came to him restless!
What I found was .....WHENEVER I CRIED UNTO HIM....HE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED...>SOOOO MANY TIMES!!
SO when i read this scripture it was sooooo true!!
And i know it was the same God whose heart went out for the widow mother in the scripture...and same God whose heart went out When he saw ME CRYING!!
He is forever same....he always was....So loving ...so caring...Such an amazing Father...Who cant stand his children's tears!!
Can you hear God say Don't Cry...Understand that I Love You...For I am with You says the Word of God!!!
When u Cry ....Don't think God doesn't care....he does...and he Understands our pain...our weakness...Thats Why he got up on that Cross!!
Just to say that I Love you and willing to do anything to have you back in my arms!!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
There is no one soo bad that God is wont willing to Change
George Whitefield, the famous British travelling preacher in 1700's England/America, preached several times a day before thousands, but some would laugh and mock.
At Rotherham some men met in a tavern, making bets to see who could best mimic his sermons. Each had to stand on a table, open the Bible and pretend to preach like Whitefield, while the others laughed.
One named Thorpe was the last to act. He jumped onto the table saying, "I will beat you all." He opened the Bible and read the first verse he saw, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."(Luke 13:3) Suddenly he realised the solemn truth of the text, and was deeply convicted of his lost condition. He tried to preach, but instead of mocking, he spoke very seriously. A solemn quietness spread over the whole group, and those who'd come to scoff went away in tears.
Thorpe was saved by the Lord, later laboring for many years as a faithful preacher of the gospel.
At Rotherham some men met in a tavern, making bets to see who could best mimic his sermons. Each had to stand on a table, open the Bible and pretend to preach like Whitefield, while the others laughed.
One named Thorpe was the last to act. He jumped onto the table saying, "I will beat you all." He opened the Bible and read the first verse he saw, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."(Luke 13:3) Suddenly he realised the solemn truth of the text, and was deeply convicted of his lost condition. He tried to preach, but instead of mocking, he spoke very seriously. A solemn quietness spread over the whole group, and those who'd come to scoff went away in tears.
Thorpe was saved by the Lord, later laboring for many years as a faithful preacher of the gospel.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Did u know this was in the BIBLE
friends....ive just come along this as i was reading and thought i should share it!!
Here is where in the Bible we can see that the concept of WATER CYCLE (Evaporation condensation...) was known to the people of biblical times.
In verses 27 where it says so very clearly which was discovered after much scientific research ...here we see Elihu speaking about it while trying to tell JOb of his folly and reminding BEFORE WHOM IS HE STANDING BEFORE!!
Later in the last verse....we see that even cattle known when earthly calamitites occur befire they happen....which is known to occur and scientists have found that it is indeed true...
This is just what i found today and thought i wanted to share it !!
26 How great is God?beyond our understanding!
The number of his years is past finding out.
27 "He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams [c] ;
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
how he thunders from his pavilion?
30 See how he scatters his lightning about him,
bathing the depths of the sea.
31 This is the way he governs [d] the nations
and provides food in abundance.
32 He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
33 His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.
Here is where in the Bible we can see that the concept of WATER CYCLE (Evaporation condensation...) was known to the people of biblical times.
In verses 27 where it says so very clearly which was discovered after much scientific research ...here we see Elihu speaking about it while trying to tell JOb of his folly and reminding BEFORE WHOM IS HE STANDING BEFORE!!
Later in the last verse....we see that even cattle known when earthly calamitites occur befire they happen....which is known to occur and scientists have found that it is indeed true...
This is just what i found today and thought i wanted to share it !!
26 How great is God?beyond our understanding!
The number of his years is past finding out.
27 "He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams [c] ;
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
how he thunders from his pavilion?
30 See how he scatters his lightning about him,
bathing the depths of the sea.
31 This is the way he governs [d] the nations
and provides food in abundance.
32 He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
33 His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.
Friday, February 13, 2009
WE Crucified Christ bcoz of our Wretched Lives
Today in the morning of 13th Feb,2009.
I woke up a little before than usual so that I can spend some time with God.
I wanted to hear from him, so I switched on my phone to see if i got my daily verse.
So I believed that i would get it.
Couple of minuted later...there rings my phone and i got the message and it said.
"Beloved I pray that you may prosper in a ll things and be in health , just as your soul prospers. 3 John1:2
I prayed God and asked God "Would you show me your love a new this morning"
then God reminded me to see Isaiah 53
This started from a few verse before that is Isaiah 52:14
Just as many people who appalled at him-his appearance SO disfigured beyond that of ANY MAN and his form marred beyond human likeness.
See the words SO and ANY MAN...Bible doesnt lie that means He was disfigured than any other person YOU have ever seen in your life.
Then started to think
Would you leave the hand of your Dad if you know that he would die for you!!!
Wont you do anything possible from stop it from happening to save your Dad....to not see ur Dad dying!!
I was just thinking Wouldnt it be better if our foolish minds would have understand the Love God was tryin to pour out on us since the very beginning.
God had since the beginning trying to say the same thing of How much Love he has for us in his heart!!!
But our minds couldnt perceive it and he was ready to get on the cross just to make us understand that HE LOVES YOU!!!!
What would you do if you want your child to understand your Love for him...
Godtried to make our minds understand in many many ways..
But in the need he had to Give up his only Son Jesus Christ!!
I woke up a little before than usual so that I can spend some time with God.
I wanted to hear from him, so I switched on my phone to see if i got my daily verse.
So I believed that i would get it.
Couple of minuted later...there rings my phone and i got the message and it said.
"Beloved I pray that you may prosper in a ll things and be in health , just as your soul prospers. 3 John1:2
I prayed God and asked God "Would you show me your love a new this morning"
then God reminded me to see Isaiah 53
This started from a few verse before that is Isaiah 52:14
Just as many people who appalled at him-his appearance SO disfigured beyond that of ANY MAN and his form marred beyond human likeness.
See the words SO and ANY MAN...Bible doesnt lie that means He was disfigured than any other person YOU have ever seen in your life.
Then started to think
Would you leave the hand of your Dad if you know that he would die for you!!!
Wont you do anything possible from stop it from happening to save your Dad....to not see ur Dad dying!!
I was just thinking Wouldnt it be better if our foolish minds would have understand the Love God was tryin to pour out on us since the very beginning.
God had since the beginning trying to say the same thing of How much Love he has for us in his heart!!!
But our minds couldnt perceive it and he was ready to get on the cross just to make us understand that HE LOVES YOU!!!!
What would you do if you want your child to understand your Love for him...
Godtried to make our minds understand in many many ways..
But in the need he had to Give up his only Son Jesus Christ!!
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