Month: April 2023

I received 2 Chr 20:20-29 for our monthly worship prayer time on 31/3/23.

Here are a few thoughts I would like to share which we can learn from King Jehoshaphat’s life.

Jehoshaphat was one of the most righteous rulers of Israel. While this king had many strengths and obeyed God, there are still lessons we can learn from his leadership. These include the following:

1. We need to surround ourselves with the right people. King Jehoshaphat had good intentions, but he surrounded himself with King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel. Because of this, he opened himself up spiritually to a host of problems and bad counsel. Make sure those around us are committed to the Lord & His ways.

2. We need to maintain a constant humility before God. As armies converged on Israel, King Jehoshaphat called for a nation-wide fast. Everyone humbled themselves before God—even down to the children! They considered God their foremost priority. Are we willing to give up things that are standing in the way of our closeness with God?

3. We must always go back to the Word. King Jehoshaphat sought the Word of the Lord, and so must we. Every day, we must go back to the Word, and surround ourselves with people who do the same. If we do this, we’ll remember that It’s not about how strong we are, but how strong God is!

Israel’s victory against their enemies wasn’t because Jehoshaphat was a great king. It wasn’t because Israel was skilled in battle. Their victory came because th ohh b5ey fell on their faces and surrendered to their all-powerful God. Let us fight our battles in the same way, and see the victory like Jehoshaphat had in our own lives!

The enemy is an impostor. He “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour”(1 Pet 5:8). He is being exposed in this hour. The King of our hearts, our Lion of Judah is roaring over His Bride, the Church. His roar is calling us higher, awakening our spirits to hear & be in tune with all He wants to do. Fight smart this hour. Paul has given us divinely inspired words to walk by concerning our warfare(2Cor 10:3-5)

2 Corinthians 10:3 -5 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

We will do well not to fight our spiritual battles according to worldly wisdom or tactics & choose how we react in every situation that comes up. Our senses must detect the enemy’s evil schemes & send their camp to confusion by our godly responses.

Also a member of the body of Christ with whom  I am associated with received a vision on 1st April,23 that all of Heaven was rejoicing over the church awakening in India. So keep it up soldiers, God is moving in Splendour

Sol. Joan

Armor of God

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes

Ephesians 6:10

In tamil translation & KJV English version we can see the word wiles used in the place of schemes of the devil meaning cunning or tricks of the devil.

In our life some people would have conned us. We perceive them to be good at first but later we find them cunning and lying to us. If these people are cunning how much more satan will be whose is behind these people to deceive us and take us away from God.

How do we protect ourselves from these devil schemes?

The answer as per the above verse is to put on the armor of God

In the Navy warships when the soldiers to go to bed they keep their uniform, shoes and other things ready. When there is an emergency and when the siren rings they get ready within a minute and get ready for the emergency. This practice is followed all  365 days even when there is no war or threat near them.

Are we putting the armor of God when we get up from bed?

 We are in a war with satan and every morning when we wake up satan is planning schemes against our family, our travel, our job etc.

But when we get up and sit with The Lord we can put on the armor of God. The first part is to praise and thank God for all he has done and the second part is to examine our life about the previous day what we have missed and what we have done wrong against God  & confess our sins &get cleansed by the blood of Christ . Because everyday we may miss something and sin against God & may not know it . But on the next day when we examine ourselves in the light of The Holy Spirit we can find our short comings & when we confess it God is good & faithful to forgive & cleanse us.

We are all humans & we may sin knowingly & unknowingly & each sin gives enemy to advance or gain more power against us. When we confess then we can put on the 4 armors of God

1.Belt of truth

2.Breast plate of righteousness

3.Helmet of salvation

4.Feet with the readiness of The Gospel

When we pray & mediate on the world of god we will be prepared with the 5. the sword of the spirit & 6. shield of faith to attack the enemy when he comes to us with a spiritual attack

Everyday morning when we wake up we have to do this. Once I saw a prayer group having this beautiful quote “Part time Christians cannot fight full time devil” . Yes this is true because we cannot fight a devil who is planning evil schemes at us day & night without sitting with the lord in prayer.

Prayer

Our loving heavenly father we pray that we have wear your armour & stand against the devil schemes & gain victory over the enemy, In Jesus name I pray , Amen.

Sol.Leo

Do not limit God

Our wrong belief systems can limit God in our lives.

Proverbs 23:7 tells us that as the man things in his heart, so is he . The way we think decides the way we live our lives (Romans 12:2).

God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34) and He wants to do absolutely miraculous things in each of our lives

( Jer 29:11; psalms 139:14) !! God has called you for something beyond yourself and reach the people around you; The people in your sphere of influence like your family members, neighbours, friends and co-workers. ‘Yeah, they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy one of Israel’ Psalms 78 ;41. None of us have exhausted, Gods ability, resources, and power for our lives.

God is infinite and huge! And he calls us to do something that is beyond yourself ! ‘For you, see your calling Brother , how that not many wiseman after the flesh , not many mighty, not many noble are called’ 1 Cor 1:26 .

Healing is one area where we can limit God .

According to 3 John 2, God does not want a sick yet we often limit God in how he can heal us. ‘And Moses was 120 years old when he died and his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated’ Deut 34:7 . If God will do that for a person in the old covenant, imagine how much more he will do for those of us, who are under the new covenant !! We limit God by thinking that things have to be a certain way just because that is the way others are experiencing it. ‘If thou shall say in thin heart, these nations are more than I ; how can I dispose them?’ Deut 7:17 . When the Israelites doubted God’s promise , they limited God and He couldn’t drive out the enemy nations ( Heb 4:2) For the good news was preach to us as well as to them . But the word preached did not benefit them because it was not mixed with faith in those who hear it. ( 2 cor 10:12)

Some of you are praying for your life to be different, and you have no joy. You are depressed because you are not doing what God called you to do. God is pulling you one way, but you have decided to go another since that is what you have learnt so far from the world, from others!

God wants to flow through you …. ‘ now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that work in us.’ Eph 3:20

‘But you will love and build yourself up in your most holy faith ; pray in the Holy Spirit .’Jude 20 . Likewise, in the area of finances too, we are given the choice. We do not have to let the world dictate over our finances. Our finances are dictated by heavens economy, not the system of this world . If we are average, that means we aren’t good or bad, we are lukewarm (Rev 3:16).

Believer should be doing better than the average person since Jesus died to deliver us from the present evil world( Gal 1:14) . God said we Are the head and not the tail ( Deut 28:13)

We are supposed to be rejoicing in the midst of our problems. There is no excuses, but there are reasons we face certain problems.

Sol.Deepthi Jones

“He that goeth forth and weepeth ,bearing precious seed,shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him”. 

Psalms 126:6

           We need to go forth.We cannot sit in depression and bemoaning our fate. The Lord had set a time for weeping and a time for rejoicing like the time for sowing and time for reaping. That is why in Psalms  30:5 it is written “…..weeping may endure for a night , but joy cometh in the morning “.

The climatic factors favourable for the growth of the crop plants, like the period of sunshine, cloud cover,rain etc are not in our hands.Similarly in between weeping period and rejoicing what all things happen to us are not in our hands,it is in God’s  hand.We need to be patient holding on to the precious seed of the word of God.The seed is precious for it gives hope.The seed is precious  as it is the seed of goodness,greatness,glory,hope and salvation of all mankind.It is the seed of excellence,success and fulfilment.

                  When we cry out and pray to God with genuine faith and thanksgiving,the Lord will see our tears of faith,and He will wipe our tears.He values our tears of repentance and He will encourage, comfort and strengthen us.We need to carry the seed to our work place.We need to be messengers of the Lord wherever We go.

^{Our tears of repentance, gratitude and love moisten the precious seed  and cause it to germinate and grow. We need to spend hours and hours in prayer with tears and thanksgiving claiming His promises. The word of God is a bag of powerful precious seed. We need to dip into this bag as often as we can for the Lord is the giver of seed. Lord gave His Son,Jesus,who fell to the earth like a seed,died and rose  again and multiplied to populate the kingdom of God. We need to intercede for the human souls of this world with tears and pleading.}

               Lord assures us with the word “doubtless”,that we find the tearfully sowed seed developed into a flourishing crop( soul).As the farmer waits for the seed to grow,we need to be patient and wait with hope for the fulfilment of the promises. A man of faith rejoices even before he receives the fulfilment of the promise or the actual harvest.

Philippians 4:4 says “ Rejoice in the Lord always:and again I say, Rejoice.”

We should not keep the seed to ourselves but sow where it is needed in the life of others.

                _{In my life I have that awesome experience that whenever I was afflicted ,I claimed the promises for that particular affliction and got delivered.God is faithful, He will fulfill it in His own time. So wait patiently with faith and expectation.}

        Father God give us the grace to overcome all our problems depending upon the precious seed,Your Word.In the name of Jesus Christ ,I. Pray.Amen

Sol.Gigi Jacob

He gives grace to the humble. Proverbs 3:34 b

But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” James 4:6

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6

Humility is the prerequisite quality of a Christian. Does it mean that he should look poor, disheveled and needy before others, though he can put up a decent appearance. Not at all.  That is false humility or a pretense of it. Humility is an attitude and a mental attribute of accepting the sovereignty of God and walking in submission to His love and directions; according to His precepts and will.  Walking with God is inclusive of love and respect for others, as they are His children. That’s the reason the Bible exhorts us to submit to each other in Godly love.

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:5-6

The first sin was pride which happened in heaven.

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. Ezekiel 28:14-17

Beware of pride.

Pride goes before a fall.

David was called a man according to God’s own heart. God called him so. God knew him  as one who is humble before God.

After removing Saul, He made David the king of Israel.. God testified concerning him:

 ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22

David had a heart for God. He had human weaknesses. But he loved God and trusted Him. Whenever he realised his mistakes and sin he sincerely repented and cried out for forgiveness.

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalms 51:17

This realization is great in his relationship with God. David was king and had authority. But he was not arrogant. He gave due respect to King Saul as he was the anointed of the Lord.  Even when Shimei uttered reproachful words against David he didn’t strike back telling that the Lord had allowed it.

In Luke 18 we come across two people, a Pharisee and a tax collector who came to the temple to pray. Pharisee appreciated his own position and self-righteousness and assessed himself superior to the tax collector. But the tax collector humbled himself before the Lord and cried out for mercy.

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:14

Let’s see what st. James says

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (6-7)

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(10)

James 4:6-7, 10

The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Matthew 23:11-12

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 13:14-17

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11

Who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Philippians 3:21

Prayer

Loving heavenly Father, we are sorry for being arrogant and proud at times. Help us to come closer to You Lord with a broken and contrite heart. Forgive us Lord for forgetting Your sovereignty and our helplessness. Let us be always thankful for your support and provisions in spite of our lack of gratitude.

Sol.Salomi Kurian

SECRET ANSWER TO PRAYER

You know that Jesus gave us the no. 1 secret to always pray and to always get your prayers answered. Jesus said, in the gospel of Matthew.

“But when you pray, go into your room, and when you shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

Matthew 6:6

In this there are seven secrets to answered prayer that we totally miss.

“But you, when you pray,” In that it says, “when you pray”.  It doesn’t say if you pray.  That means every person is called to pray every day. At least 2½ hours: Recommended!

“Go into your room”. That means you need to have a place that you consistently go in, with the purpose and intention to seek God and pray. That is the secret place.

“And when you have shut the door”. This is like physically getting alone and becoming quiet and also removing yourself from every distraction so that you quieten your soul and begin to hear from the Spirit of God.

        How do you quieten your soul? Read Isaiah 26:3

“You will keep him in perfect  peace, whose mind stayed on You.”

The Lord himself will quieten your soul when.  you are in the secret place.

“Pray to your Father who is in the secret place”. You are not praying to Jesus or the Holy Spirit, rather you are praying to God the Father in Jesus name by the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Remembering Jesus promise in the gospel of (John 14:13-14) “And whatever you ask in My name that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

“And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Matthew 6:6)

“And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do.  Heathen means Gentiles, “For they think that they will be heard for their many words. (Matthew 6:7)

Therefore, do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matthew 6:8)

Then Jesus thought the “Lord’s Prayer” in this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen

Testimony:

Our eldest son and his family were down on a short holiday in Goa, last two weeks. Then they returned to the UK on 16^th of this month (April 2023).

Two days later, early morning, at around 3.30 am local time, we got a call saying that the baby who is three months old, started vomiting her feeds. Soon after her father got the same attack and hours later his wife and son got the same problem. It was probably a viral attack.

We prayed online and said the “Lord’s Prayer”, the “Our Father”, and fasted. Today the 20th April 2023, in the afternoon we got a call that everyone of them is fine, and this was confirmed through a video call. All praise and glory to God Almighty. We experienced the power of deliverance through the prayer “Our Father”, Jesus thought. Amen.

Sol. Gerardo

We love because he first loved us.

1 John 4:19

• UNCONDITIONAL LOVE – AGAPE

We love him because HE first loved us.

 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

JESUS who involved himself in our life and opened our eyes to receive the salvation. we never work for this salvation. Really, I felt sometimes what I can give him for this much of Love. I belonged to a typical Hindu family worshipping God and singing many slogans. I strongly practised by my parents to have faith to that God. I learnt more things from my family like Love to God, Truthful to God, Respect to God but without knowing who the real God is. My soul was searching a God who can speak with me. Many days I stare to my god Idols for a long time whether it will speak to me. It never happened in any day.

 The true God of helpless people who I seek speak with me when I was in a helpless situation. I feel his presence, I hear his voice first and the voice of God was WILL YOU TRUST ME. I could not answer since my heart is full of worries. Again, HE ASKED WILL YOU TRUST ME.MY EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS.I REPLEID GOD, I DON’T KNOW HOW TO WORSHIP YOU AND TO READ THE BIBLE. From that day onwards I came to know there is a speaking God who will speak to us without any invitation. JESUS IS A REDEEMER TO ALL THE HELPLESS PEOPLE.

Listen! My beloved!  Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains,  bounding over the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:8

• INTIMACY WITH GOD

RELATIONSHIP with God is very important in our spiritual Life. King David never forget he is a shepherd throughout his life. He always confesses to God and maintain a good relationship with God. When God raised us to a certain growth in our spiritual life, we should always confess that he is owner of our all-good deeds. Pride is only thing which breaks the relationship with God immediately.

Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.

Proverb 22:4

Sol.Jothi Kumari

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

We remember these verses in our difficulties. Let us see the background of this verse when Jesus was saying it to the disciples. The disciples were with Jesus for three whole years and they were blessed abundantly. They had no worries in life as everything is taken care by Jesus. The disciples had big dreams and hopes but these words came to shatter all dreams the disciples had. The chapter starts Jesus explaining all the struggles the disciples going to face very shortly after the cross.

They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 

John 16:2

In our life are we expecting only blessings or accepting the struggles of the world?

Now lets see why there is struggles in the world. When Adam & Eve sinned , it separated them from God & gave satan the power over them . Yes sin separates us from God & gives way for Satan to enter our life. Satan has no control over the nature or anything on this world but he can control people when they fall in sin

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child

1 John 3:10

There are only two categories of people in the world as per scripture , The Satan creates selfish people who by their selfishness, destroys the world . A few years back we never heard many diseases or people dying after eating a meal in hotels. But now we see all these because Satan controls people who does selfish things to get profit in their business . We see immoral relationship & people with no love committing all the crimes in this world. There are struggles in this world , health issues, deaths, murders, cheating, breakups or fights in families but it is not from God but by Satan controlling the people to do it .

But in the midst of all this struggles we can win since our Lord who won the world is with us.

But how do we win? Jesus said “Carry your cross“

A famous preacher who is known very well in South India once shared a testimony of his life . He was disabled when he was 5. He was very sad all through his school & college days when he saw his fellow students playing & enjoying life. But when he came to Jesus after college days he understood that this was the cross given to him to carry. He said God is powerful to heal me completely but I don’t expect God to cure me because it is my cross which I have to carry in this life. God has now blessed his life by saving lakhs of people & led them to Salvation & kept him blessing for others.

There is a parable of a guy carrying a heavy cross in his shoulder & walking . A Satan in the form of a man came to him & said why are you carrying such a burden you give it to me I will lesser it for you he said. He gave his cross to him. Satan shortened the length of the cross & gave it to him and now the guy was very happy to carry it, because now the length of the cross is less. He started his journey of life. When he came close to heaven he saw a big river to cross to reach heaven. He saw how people were crossing it . They put the cross as a bridge to cross the river. When he put his cross since the length was short the cross fell in the river & he lost his way to heaven.There are no shortcuts and ways which we think are easy but they make us lose our paths completely.

There are struggles in this world but lets carry our cross given to us & win the world holding on to Jesus. Amen

Sol.Leo

Faith without obedience is no faith.

Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6)

If we do not hold the unwavering belief that our Heavenly Father has plans and blessings of great goodness in store for us, we will be unable to obey Him. Although many of us have been promised much by the Lord, few of us have borne witness to the fulfillment of these promises. The root cause of our disappointment may lie in our own unbelief, which breeds disobedience. God tests us in the crucible of life, as He would refine gold, in order to purify us before we arrive at the promised land. And the crucial step in passing these tests is to submit ourselves in obedience to His will. Without complete trust in our Heavenly Father, we will lack the necessary faith to follow His commands.

Abraham, the faithful servant of the Lord, received a divine promise. To demonstrate his unwavering faith, he obeyed the Lord, left his homeland and settled in a foreign land. The Lord blessed him and Sarah with a son, Isaac, as promised. However, the Lord then asked him to make a tremendous sacrifice to test his heart – to offer his only son as a burnt offering.

He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” (Genesis 22:2 NIV)

Despite the great difficulty of this task, Abraham had unshakable faith in the Lord, believing that He could resurrect Isaac to fulfill the promise. Thus, he was ready to obey the Lord’s command, showing that his faith was unbreakable. His faith brought obedience and the fulfillment of the promise.

When the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, the Lord promised to deliver them from bondage and lead them to a land of milk and honey. However, when they reached the Red Sea with the Egyptian army behind them, they found themselves trapped and without an escape. Despite the promise they had received from the Lord, they began to doubt His ability to save them.

They also complained to Moses, “Wasn’t there enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt anyway? 12 While we were there, didn’t we tell you to leave us alone? We’d rather be slaves in Egypt than die in this desert!” (Exodus 14:11-12)

They saw the impossible before them and lost faith, causing them to complain against the Lord. Many times the Israelites didn’t trust the Lord and disobeyed him. All of them didn’t see the promise but died in the wilderness except Joshua and Caleb. Israelites’ unbelief caused disobedience and brought death.
In the Garden of Gethsemene, Jesus fervently prayed to the Father, asking Him to remove the suffering that He knew lay before Him. Though Jesus wished for the suffering to be taken away, He ultimately surrendered to the Father’s will.

Abba,[a] Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” (Mark 14:36 NIV)

Initially, it appeared that the Father had not answered Jesus’ prayer, and He faced death on the cross. Nonetheless, Jesus trusted the Father even when His prayers seemed unanswered. He obeyed the Father’s will and faced His suffering with unwavering faith. On the third day, the Father raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand, giving Him dominion over everything. Jesus’ faith led him to obedience and fulfillment of the promise.
The path to the Lord’s promises is not always smooth or easy. Like Abraham and Jesus, we must obey the Lord’s commandments and trust Him wholeheartedly, even when the circumstances around us seem impossible. We must believe that the Lord who has made the promise will fulfill it, and this faith will cause us to obey and the fulfillment of the promise.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)

Prayer
Father, give us a new heart and a renewed mind, that we may trust in you with all our heart and submit to your will, allowing you to make our paths to our promised land straight. Amen

Sol.Edvitta

JESUS  HAS  ALL  POWER

After His Resurrection, Jesus these Words :

“All powers in heaven and earth has been  given under me. Therefore go and make disciples in all nations . And be sure of this : l am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Mt 28:18

      The word “POWER” in the Bible always means power to Rule, to take Dominion and  Authority. ALL simply means that the devil has none. .Through His death,  Jesus has dethroned him.

“l am the first and the last,l died but see l am alive forever have the keys of death and the grave.”

Rev 1: 17,18.

JESUS Gave Power To Believers:–

He gave the same power and Authority to His disciples and believers

The70 disciples He sent returned with great joy saying ” Lord even the demons submit to us in your name And Jesus said to them” Yes”, !  I saw Satan falling from heaven like a lightening flash. These signs shall follow those who believe. Mark 16 :17.  So we have no reason to fear demons, it is they who tremble in our presenc. It is most important to know who we are in Christ Jesus.                                

^{If your name is written in Heaven ,it   will be known in hell .!Those who turn away from the Lord or don’t believe in Him will be written in the  earth. Because they have turned away from the spring of the Living Water.Earthly powers and positions are for a moment when compared to eternity.}

PURPOSE OF GOD:–

God has a purpose in our lives. Our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life to evangelize the earth. The devil knows it and trembles .We have authority on earth. But we have to have a childlike Faith and right relationship with Jesus. God delights  in using His children to defeat the enemy. He chose a young shepherd to slay the giant Goliath. He has chosen poor,foolish and weak to shame the rich and wise.It means God can choose any of His children to defeat the devil if they know who they are in Him.                  

DEVIL’S WEAPON IS DECEPTION:—

  The reason for so many defeated Christians is  DECEPTION of devil. He deceives by his lies. Jesus said “ “He is the father of all lies “. If we believe his lies as Eve did in the garden of Eden, then he will gain a foothold in our lives to destroy ; if there’s no resistance from us.lt we become weak ,his next step is to accuse us , condemn us and make us feel guilty to hide from the Holy God; instead of Repenting and asking for Forgiveness, forgetting that He is our loving and forgiving Father.

Testimony :–

Jesus was crushed , broken ,derided , beaten and humiliated before he was asked to carry a heavy and rugged cross to be brutally, mercilessly nailed on it for sins of the wholeworld.

Prayer:–

Thank you Lord for that pain, sorrow and slights you bore and the heavy price you paid on that Cross where our names were written .We repent of all our misdeeds ,please forgive us Lord , our manyfold sins and mistakes ,in your Holy name we pray.  Amen.

                 Sol Noreen Francis