Month: April 2022

And they said ” Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house”.

–Acts 16:31

Paul and Silas directed the jailer to a faith in Christ that brings blessing both to him and his family.The whole household recieved the teaching of Christ and took baptism.

Testimony:

               The same thing happened in my life also. We belong to an R.C church and worship the idols of all saints. We are six children and I am the youngest. Jesus choose me first. It reminds me of  Psalms135:4″For the Lord has chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His  peculiar treasure”. He choose me as a peculiar treasure and I came out of R.C.church. My house was close to my parents house. I was able to reflect  Christ to them. So my mother came to Jesus. When I was born her uterus came out with me. It gave her much trouble. And the doctor told surgery and fix the date. Me and mother prayed so much and God did a miracle. On the day of surgery doctor examined and said no need of surgery as the uterus shrinked

“But know that the Lord hath set apart  him  that is godly for Himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto Him”.

–Psalms4:3

Mother started reading bible and came out from R.CChurch completely. Later my three siblings also joined us.Mother’s  death was also a testimony. She told us to sing throughout  her buried.All came to view said her face  look like an angel.

God gave me and my husband the blessing to look after her till her death and to bring her to Jesus.

       “That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life”.

-John3:15

I am sure that she is there with her beloved.

Faith is the key that opens  our  understanding to the Christian life and the Manual is the Bible.

Those who put their trust in Lord Jesus for salvation are to grow and develop in Him with the word of God.

We must love, obey and serve Him above all others, including those closest  to us.

        Paul and Silas did not direct him to use the means of grace, to pray or to continue  to seek for salvation. They said “believe” on the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a simple, a plain and an effectual direction.

Prayer

        Loving Father, thank you that I am saved  by grace through  trusting in Jesus. Thank you for your word. I believe that I can do all things through faith in Christ, who gives me the strength. Amen

–Sol.Rani John

B L E S S E D

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ARE THEY THAT MOURN:
FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED".

M A T H E W 5:4″

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When there are great sufferings  in our life,we usually go into depression. It is a huge pit and we cannot climb out on our own.In my life there was every chance of going into depression  as my husband was having  severe heart problem and I had to look after two small children and an ailing father-in-law and mother-in-law and above all I have to go for work.Now when I look back,wonder how I did it all.

P S A L M S 118 : 23

THIS IS THE LORDS DOING , IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES”.

I know that I was in my Lords hands at that times and HE comforted me with the word (Isaiah 41:10,43:2,Psalms91) and gave me the PEACE that passeth understanding Philippians4:7

Yes?,we have sorrows and anxiety when going through such situations. But when Jesus enters into our heart sorrow and anxiety will flee from us.It is usually caused by the enemy.In the presence of Jesus he cannot stay there, so he flee away as James said in 4:7

2 Corinthians 7:10 says” For godly sorrow worketh repentence to salvation……but the sorrow of the world worked death.”

Godly sorrow gives us inner strength to endure sorrows while worldly sorrow cause us to be weak. Joyful spirit replaces our weaknesses ,afflictions and mourning.He turns our mourning into song and dance. PSALMS 30:5

Lord replaces our regrets with fulfillments and hope, and our tears with laughter. God collects our tears in a vial. when we sow in tears,we reap in joy.when we are comforted praise and thanksgiving continually flow from our hearts and lips.on seeing the tears of barren Hannah God comforted her and raised a great prophet Samuel from her.when our near and dear ones do not understand what troubles our heart and mind,God gives us comfort,deliverance and relief.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for drawing  us near you and comforting us.Give us the grace  to endure  sufferings  and praise you through the storm.
                         Amen

SOL.GIJI JACOB

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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,

THIS DAY HAVE I ROLLED AWAY THE REPROACH OF EGYPT FROM OFF YOU.

Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

Joshua 5:9 (UKJV)

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Slavery Is A Reproach.

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Many of our people are under reproach today.
Reproach of poverty
Reproach of unemployment
Reproach of disunity
Reproach of separation in married life
Reproach of misbehaving children
Reproach of divorce
Reproach of children not getting married
Reproach of barrenness
Reproach of not getting proper companion in life
Reproach of financial stringency
Reproach of debt & loans

All these are various kinds of slaveries.
All these slaveries are the result of Adam’s sin. All the above are suppressing a man in order that he may not rise up & take authority to rule over his life, the Church, his Constituency, his territory, the State, the Nation.

Can you take a list of all the items that are pushing you down in body, soul & spirit?

Jesus says,
Matthew 11:28-29 (UKJV) 

COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:

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AND ALL OF YOU SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS.

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If one is under struggle
In body (with sickness)
In soul (rejection, loneliness, bitterness, enmity, jealousy, etc)
In spirit ( in sin)

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Until you shake off these burdens & until you find rest, you cannot think of winning countries, States & willing souls.

So let us come out of all the reproaches
Never allow any slavery
Are you under financial burdens?
There are people who look for you to give you jobs.
( Pl give contact nos)
Are you under sickness? There are healing ( Give contact nos)
Are you under any other burdens
There are provisions.
Let’s come out from this reproaches & work for the Lord.

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SR. ANGELICA AOJ

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“AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER,

Martha,Martha,Thou Art Careful And Troubled About Many Things”.

Luke 10:41

As Jesus and His disciples went on their way,He came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him in her home.She had a Sister named

Mary,who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to His teachings.

Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and complaint to Jesus.,’Lord,don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me’.
Lord answered her,”Martha,Martha,thou art careful and troubled about many things.

 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part?, which shall not be taken away from her".

Here Martha was distracted by worldly things while serving Jesus. Usually we are also serving Jesus in the same way. Martha was there in the home with Jesus but she was not sitting at His feet listening to Him.How sad? Similarly we go to church for our satisfaction and to show others our spirituality. How sad it is?

Mathew 15:8 Jesus said “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,and honoureth me with their lips but their heart is far from me”.

Martha had an opportunity to serve Jesus.What a privilege. But she is doing it without any joy. Even if you go to church and worship Jesus,what if you are doing it without any happiness. She is here complaining to Jesus.Just imagine the way we complaint about others and serve Jesus without any joy but hatred in our mind to others.

Mathew 7:1 says”Judge not,that you be not judged”.
Spirit of complaining and grumbling taken over her that kill her joy of serving Jesus.Now she is manipulating the heart of Jesus by asking’ do you not care?’ She pushing her frustration on everybody around her and accusing them”” not caring”.

It is not because they don’t care but because they learnt how to serve Lord with joy.

Like Mary if we sat at the Lords feet and study it will please the Lord and HE will be near to us. So what needed to please Lord is always obey Him,trust Him,draw near to Him.

Jesus said in Mathew 11:30″For my yoke is easy,and my burden is light”..walking with Jesus and serving Him gives us joy which will not be taken away from us by Satan.

We are anxious about everything our future, health, about our children ,but Paul says in

Philippians4:6-7″ Be careful for nothing: but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” ” And the peace of God,which pass-through all understanding,shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”.

Here Mary chose the good portion of sitting at His feet and listening to His teaching.sitting at His feet is the time we spent with Jesus without any distraction Enemy cannot steal your intimacy and fellowship with Jesus.Today we also have to choose the good portion which Satan cannot take away.

Lord Jesus give me the strength and courage to sit at your feet and listen to your teaching.Give wisdom to choose the good portion which Satan cannot take away.Increase our intimacy and love for you, Jesus.

Amen

Sol.ArokiaMari, AOJ

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M A T T H E W 2 1 : 1 - 10

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As Jesus and His disciples approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olive, He sent 2 of His disciples saying (verse 21:2-3) “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
Verse 21:5 is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

In verse 21:2-3, Jesus talking to His disciples. Now He is speaking to us.

Here we read that Jesus sent His two disciples. Similarly Jesus wants to send us too. Where to? The Lord desires to send us into the midst of those who are against Jesus and His kingdom. He wants to send us to those who are under bondage to heal, deliver, and pray for them. Here Jesus says, “You will see a she ass and its colt.

J E S U S T E L L S  U S , 
you who are not desired by anybody, I need you, who are under bondage, He needs to make your life full.

In Exodus 13:13, according to Moses law, all first-borns are for the Lord. The neck of the first-born ass is to be broken, which means they are in bondage. When Jesus comes into us, who are under bondage, we will become respectable, noble, and desirable to others.

The donkey represents the authority of the word of God. One needs to rely on the word of God.

Man chooses what strikes his eyes and mind, while God chooses the less obvious that strikes the heart as good.

Jesus chose fishermen and ordinary people as His disciples, not scholars.
The donkey knew that all the praise and appreciation that came along the way was for Jesus. Like the donkey, we should consider that it is enough for an owner to be used by Jesus to carry His message to the world and seek no reward or honor beyond that. The presence of Jesus on the donkey was enough reward and enough blessing. Always remember that we are God’s chosen donkeys to do the will of God. Never take the credit for all, just be grateful for His grace that we have been chosen to do His will.

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Lord, I praise you. You freed us who were bound. Now send us according to your will, to free many of those who are in bondage.

SOL.ALOYSIUS, AOJ

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“All your children are taught by the LORD,

And Great Shall Be The Peace Of Your Children”

Isaiah 54:13.

Proverbs 22:6
"TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO,
AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT".

Isaiah 48:17-19 says

“I Am The LORD YOUR GOD who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow”.

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There will be abundance of peace and overflowing resources of righteousness if God,s people listened to Him. There would have been no need for destruction

God give me a family in the year 2001, 15th January and blessed with four children, three sons and a girl..My third son,Lokam Joshua was in the hostel from October 2019 while he was in classVlll . He was influenced by bad friends and followed their ways.There were problems in my work place and many other things. But Hebrews 1:3 comforted me that He sustains everything by the mighty power of His command.

In the first week of March when sister Angelica preached about the restoration, many restorations took place in my life. Among them one was the restoration of my son Lokam Joshua from his bad habits and bad friends. I give all glory for God’s love, grace and mercy upon my son.It is the fulfillment of God,s promises that Jeremiah 33:26″your children will return from their captivity and have mercy on them.”

Now he is working hard for getting good results in std 10, as he is preparing for the coming CBSE(Central Board of Secondary Examination) and wanted to Crack the NERIST NE exam. All glory and honor to Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

Therefore" I Tell You , You Can Pray For Anything And If You Believe That You Have Received It, It Will Be Yours."

M  a  r   k         1  1  :    2  4 .

Psalms 37:4 “take delight in the Lord ,and he will give you your hearts desire”.
But without faith it is impossible to please Him,for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Isaiah 54:10 says”My covenant of blessing will never be broken”.
John 6:45says”They will all be taught by God;Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me”.

Heavenly Father I thank you for restoring my lost things.I surrender myself and my family completely into your hand.I pray for the restoration of all who are going through such situations
                     
Amen

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Sol. Sikap, AOJ

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IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED;

That I Might Learn Your Statutes.

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Pfsalms 119:71 (UKJV)

We are afflicted in so many ways every day. The cause of affliction will vary

• Our own negligence in duty
• Our carelessness
• Our weaknesses
• Our sicknesses
• Others’ envy on you
• Not getting enough results out of our labour
• Betrayal by others etc.

Whatever be the cause, 
God is concerned about us & our afflictions
When we are in affliction, He also is affected with us.

Isaiah 52:5 (UKJV) Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people is taken away for nothing?
As long as His children are with Him, He is happy. But when His Children are taken away, the Lord is also in pain.

While going through affliction, if the people cry out to Him, He hears and come down from heaven to protect them. He takes all measures to deliver His children . He brings changes in the whole scenario.

HE BRINGS THE REQUIRED CHANGES IN OUR LIVES TOO AND SHOWS US WHERE WE WENT WRONG, WHERE WE STOOD UNPROTECTED ETC.

He will also teach you more strategies of warfare,
How you fought this war, how you could have fought in a different way & taken victory, how you could have avoided certain situations, temptations by standing with Jesus, what precautionary steps you should take in future to avoid such situations etc. The outcome is, at present you are more equipped for a high level war with the enemy.

Then your whole life itself will be changed.
That is why the Psalmist said,
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.

Since I am living in Tamil Nadu, I learned Tamil. The Lord gave fluency in Tamil. Since I got saved & was conducted trainings in Tamil I started reading Tamil Bible. I was not fluent in English Bible verses . At a time the Lord asked me to use English Bible. 3,4 times I was prompted in my spirit to read Bible in English. But I discarded it wilfully.
All of a sudden, I was taken all over India to share the ENHF vision. Speaking in English, especially quoting Bible Verses in English popped up as a big issue for me. If I had obeyed the Lord & used English Bible, by that time I could have easily rectified that problem. Anyway I thanked the Lord and begged him to forgive me. He solved it & gave me fluency in English. I became more alert to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. All glory to God .

Sr. Angelica AOJ

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“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.”

Isaiah12:2

Prophet Isaiah says,God is our salvation.Isaiah means salvation is God.Isaiah prophesied what the  Lord told him.He faced many hurdles in life, however he was steadfast.

  “The Lord is my rock,my fortress,and my saviour; my God is my rock,in whom I find protection.He is my shield,the power that saves me,and my place of safety“.

Psalms 18:2

“But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.They will soar high on wings like eagles.They will run and not grow weary.They will walk and not faint.“

Isaiah40:31 

As mentioned in Isaiah40:21“Have ye not  known?have ye not heard?hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?“.

               Even if storms and heavy rains come against the eagle, it will overcome all such obstacles. Similarly one who establishes himself in Jehovah will lead a blessed life. When Job had to face so many tribulations in his life ,even his wife asked him to reject  God  .Job replied she was talking like a fool/idiot.

“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him”.

Job 13:15

Whatever difficulties come in his life, he said,he will never reject Him.Job said he will wait for God,s redemption.

The song Moses and Miriam sang when the Lord made the Israelites cross the Red sea.

“The Lord is my strength and song, and HE is become my salvation:He is my God”.

Exodus 15:2

The Red Sea was in the front and the Egyptian army was behind them. According to the Lord’s  guidance Moses stretched his rod across the water.The Lord sent a strong wind and made the waters of the  Red Sea retreat and opened a dry path for the Israelites to walk through. They crossed through the dry land. The Egyptian army who followed the Israelites were drowned in the Sea and all of them were swallowed by the water.The Lord saved His children.Exodus14:20-30

Testimony:

               My beloved went to be with the Lord in Nov 8 th 2018 .I was left alone as my two  sons are living in far  off places in connection with their jobs. I am living in the house  where we together  came to faith after leaving our families .After retirement we started serving the Lord full time. The Lord embraced us without making a laughing stock in my conservative family(Isaiah12:2,Psalms 18:2)

         I joined AOJ in2019 and this became a blessing in my life.This was a great turning point in my life.It helped me to discuss many things in groups and learn many lessons.

Prayer:

Abba Father, let the peace you gave me in my life be a help to many who are in sorrow. Amen

–Sol.Shylaja Satheesan

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

–Eph 3:17- 19

The above is a prayer of Apostle Paul that the Ephesian church to be rooted in a love that surpasses all human knowledge a love that cannot be understood by human mind.

 ^“And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us”.

–Romans 5:5

We see from Romans 5:5 that holy spirit has the same love poured into our hearts. When the Bible says so do we see this form of love in our family, our churches or in our Christian societies today. Why this love is not found among us. Well God gives us a simple answer – “nobody asked me”. Jesus said “Ask & You shall receive. God cannot give us something we did not ask for. God cannot give this love to us to forgive who wronged us, or to love the people who rose against us or people whom we don’t like or see them lower than us until we desire and ask Him. Jesus just didn’t say in Mt 5:44 to love our enemies but he gives us the love to do so.

The Same love Jesus exhibited in this world. He was made just like us flesh & Blood but at the cross when he was bruised, spatted on and mocked he endured it all through the help of the love which was poured on him through the Holy Spirit

The first character in the fruit of the Spirit is Love. Apostle Paul in his longest letter to the Corinthians when introducing the gifts of the Holy Spirit in I Corinthians 12 & explaining them in detail in I Corinthians 14 he placed the importance of love in between. The first three verses of I Corinthians 13 says if we speak in tongues, if we preach or prophesize or even give our wealth to the poor or have a immovable faith but if any of these one’s is done without love it finds no meaning in the sight of god ..

Many can say I have the love of God but is it the love the Bible tells:

In a shop we buy a kg of rice, but how is it measured without a weighing scale. Without the measure how do we know it is sufficient. I Corinthians 13 is the measure of love which shows 13 qualities of Love, the love that transcends from God & poured in us, by the holy spirit. Let us ask this love from God through this love we establish God’s Kingdom in our families, our church & our society.

Prayer:

Our father in heaven i pray that everyone who reads the above message has the desire to pray to understand your love for us and to exhibit the same love to one another.Amen

–Sol. Leo

The Spiritual Gift of Faith:

To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise
advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The
same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit
gives the gift of healing.

-1 Corinthians 12:8-9

Gift of Faith is the power gift specially given to
certain people who will not misuse it. This gift has to be used with great
discretion or else there will be confusion and chaos. Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you
can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in
your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that
you’ve received it, it will be yours.
Mark 11:22-24N. Imagine we all had such a gift what would happen to the world ?
According to our whims and fancies and personal convenience the the mountains
and rivers will start shifting places, and climatic conditions will vary
dramatically, This is the reason the Lord does not give this gift to many. In
the Bible we find a few people who were bestowed with this power gift. We find
Joshua stopping the moon, prolonging the day till his battle is won. 
Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the
Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain
during the next few years until I give the word!”
1 Kings 17:1
He was bold enough to talk this to
the King and it really happened as he trusted God.. But to bring back rain he
had to pray continuously putting his head low. There rain occurred as he
prayed. He was a man of prayer.
The miracles done by Moses were ordered and planned by God and he had the faith
to proclaim what was going to happen.
Psalm 34:6 says “by the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and the
host of them by the breath of His mouth. ” Breath means Spirit, Hebrew
11:3 says, By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God.
We people should have this faith to trust God and to depend on Him. If the word
of God abide in us we ask anything we need God will give that. Healing happens
with such faith. If we do not trust and have faith in God our life is so
miserable. Let us have full trust in God hope that whatsoever He does for us is
for our good only. Paul talks about faith that could move mountains? This means
if we speak with divine faith believe that you received it. In the Acts of the Apostles
we find this divine gift of faith acting through the apostles. Even today this
can happen. As Jesus said we should have that divine authority and gift of
faith and God will grant the wisdom to use it with discretion.
Have faith in God. This faith is given to us by His grace. God bless.

-Sol.Salomi