Daniel 2 Message 01.12.2023

Micah one of the prophets of God, forewarned the people (Israel) of the terrible judgment to come. They had forsaken the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob, who promised them glorious blessings if they would walk in His ways. In this verse we see a future time when God will pardon their iniquity and pass over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession. Their rebellious nature and the rejection of their forefathers God, God opened salvation for the gentiles also. Any one who believes in Jesus become the children of God.
God will forgive His children their sins because the blood of their saviour will cleanse all who cry to Him.

He does not remain angry forever but releases His love and mercy upon His children, when they repent and seek His mercy. We too as believers must forgive, not being revengeful, bitter and judgmental. The Lord allows sun and rain to fall equally on the righteous or God fearing and the wicked who do not know Him. Likewise ,in our dealings with others, we should not judge those who have erred against us.


Such a forgiveness will come only with the grace of God . So we need the help of the Holy Spirit to develop such forgiving attitude.Jesus ask us to go extra mile and to bless the aggressors.( Mathew 5:41) if we have such an attitude it pleases the Lord and He will bless us abundantly. If we take revenge on others,we are not allowing Lord to play His role and hence He will not act on our behalf.


True repentance means that we should not repeat the very act that we sought and obtained mercy for.The Lord does not keep a record of our wrongs once we confess and commit not to repeat it.He delights in showing mercy to us The wages of sin-death is paid by Jesus,once for all.(Romans6:23) We can now enjoy the rewards and blessings of eternal life.
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Daniel 2 Message-30.11.2023

Living Water Springing Up

Gen 22:14 (KJV) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

God is our provider, Jehovah Jireh. We, as creations fashioned from His breath, find our completeness and sustenance only when firmly rooted in Him. He fills our hearts and souls with His love and goodness daily. When we are not rooted in Him, we feel incomplete, unable to feel and enjoy His provisions and presence.

Psalm 23:6 (NIV): “Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”

Psalm 23:1 (NLT): “The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

Living in connection with the Lord ensures that we lack nothing. As a benevolent Father, He abundantly provides for our needs, whether they be financial, worldly, relational, or spiritual – love, comfort, children, peace, joy, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, anointing of the Holy Spirit, gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit etc.

Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV): My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Our soul, a container, ought to be brimming with God’s provisions, overflowing limitlessly for the benefit of others. Yet, in our reality, due to our unrighteous acts, cracks are created in our soul, resulting in the loss of blessings despite God’s continuous outpouring. These cracks emerge when we engage in unrighteous behavior like
Failing to trust the Lord wholeheartedly,
Loving/prioritizing others over the Lord,
Claiming glory for ourselves,
Offence
Hurts
Unforgiveness,
Pride,
Harboring grudges,
Indulging in ungodly activities,
Relying on our strength, leaning on worldly wisdom,
Neglecting godly order in families,
etc.

John 7:37-38 (NIV) : “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

To mend these cracks, we must turn to the Lord in repentance, allowing His light to replace the darkness within us. Through repentance, God transforms our shortcomings into His love, peace, joy, and divine wisdom. Our flaws meet His forgiveness and redemption. Closing these cracks allows us to accumulate anointing and blessings in our souls and overflow. As we overflow, the living water flows out from our souls, becoming a blessing to others.

Revelation 22:1-2 (NIV) : Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Heavenly Father, we humbly come before you, acknowledging the cracks in our souls that we, in our ignorance, have allowed to form. We realize that these cracks have caused us to lose the blessings and anointing that you generously pour out on us each day. We confess that at times, we did not comprehend why the living water did not flow as abundantly from our souls as it should. Today, we bow before you, seeking your forgiveness and mercy. We repent of our shortcomings and ask for your divine intervention. Forgive us, Father, for the cracks we have created in our souls through unrighteous acts, through misplaced priorities, and through moments when we relied on our strength instead of yours.

Sol.Edvitta

Daniel 2 Message-29.11.2023

Don’t be cheated , Be careful .

The Main Priests, the Pharisees, Sadducees etc., who read the scriptures and preach in temples have known very well the coming of Messiah Jesus Christ to the world, and that He will be born in Bethlehem.

They could not accept the teachings and miracles of Jesus Christ because their lives were as the prophet Isaiah said ,”And in vain they worship Me,


teaching the doctrines as the commandments of men.” Seeing that there was always a large crowd following Jesus Christ, they became jealous of Jesus. They were afraid that He would endanger their position. So, many times they asked for a sign to believe that whether He is the Son of Man. When the high priest took Jesus and questioned him, they came to him again and asked him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Jesus, when he confessed that he was the Son of Man as the high priest said, they accused him of blasphemy and put him to death.

See the statement of the man born blind when he was healed by Jesus Christ. We can see this in the verses John 9:30-33
The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does His will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

The chief priests and Pharisees, who knew very well that Jesus Christ would rise again on the third day, they told the soldiers who reported about resurrection of Jesus to say a lie ;  they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 

Why do they not believe in the resurrection of Jesus? Although they openly claimed to be the disciples of Moses and the sons of Abraham, they did not follow their commandments.

we see what Jesus Christ said in Luke 16:31. He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

When Jesus was nailed to the cross, when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

This is John the Baptist, who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” He testified of the coming Jesus, He who comes after me is mightier than I. He said he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. The Pharisees and Jews did not accept both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

After listening to John’s preaching, the elders and others were baptized by John and declared that God is righteous. Scripture says that the Pharisees and the scribes rejected God’s counsel by not being baptized by Him.

Prayer

Sol.Mohana Sundaram.

Daniel 2 Message-28.11.2023

Shield of Faith – Protection/Kavach

Faith and Trust are very important to grow as a Believer and True Disciple

We need to grow in Faith – Steadfast Faith which cannot be shaken under any circumstances_

Ephesians6:16 talks about our shield of Faith

It says In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

It’s very important to understand that our Faith on the unseen will help us win over and extinguish the Fire from Satan – Not only arrows but Burning arrows Deuteronomy28:7 – Says The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven

Faith has no limitation_ It needs to be beyond limits

We see that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego when summoned by King Nebuchadnezzar refused to obey the issued decree to fall down and worship the image of gold and whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace_

When death is in front of us – it is very difficult to still have faith and Trust God which is the best condition of 99% of believers and followers today_

Verse 25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

They did not Compromise_

It’s very important that during our Faith and Trust on the Almighty we do not compromise_

Suppose we get 2 crores as Lottery Winner and if we put 1 Crore in bank – we get 12 Lakhs per year which is 1 Lakh per month plus our 1 crore is safe in bank and we have 1 crore in hand to live lavishly_

What do we do – do we call it mercy and grace of our God and get busy with worldly life and don’t have time any more for

  • Personal Prayers
  • Congregation
  • Reading word
  • Family prayers
  • Dawn Prayers
  • Special Meetings
  • Worshipping the Lord

Sincere and Humble Faith Filled obedience is very important in relation with God

We cannot follow the world and remain in Worldly desires_

Our eyes and focus with thoughts should be on God’s unconditional love Mathew 14:26-29

When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when his focus changed – he started drowning Mathew 14:30-32

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. So our focus need to be constant and Hence Faith and Trust with 100% not 99.9% HE is the Alpha and The Omega

Hebrews12:2 – says fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Genesis15:1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:

Sol.Amit Aggarwal

Daniel 2 Message-27.11.2023

THE LORD WHO SURROUNDS US TO PROTECT US

When the Israelites came out of Egypt,they encountered a no-way out situation,when they stood right before the Red Sea and behind them was the Egyptian Army. But even In Such a situation,God saved The Israelites.

In the midst of all such dangers and troubled circumstances ,let’s see how David looks at God in the verses quoted below.

Prayer

Sol. Dr. Petricia

Daniel 2 Message-26.11.2023

  Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

( Matthew 10: 29-31)

  Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies ?  And not one of them is forgotten before God. why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, you are of more value then many sparrow.

( Luke 12: 6-7)

  These verses in the Bible are a great comfort to everyone who reads them,  because they show us how highly Lord thinks of and values us as individual human beings, the crown of His creation ( Genesis 1:26-27). Jesus starts this teaching by saying how much sparrows  (a common species of birds) are worth in the market. Two sparrows are sold for a penny - a very low form of currency - while five are sold for two. This shows us that in the eyes of humans, their worth is not that much.

Humans are worth much to Lord.

  But Jesus then  proceeds to say that not one of them will fall to the ground apart from Lord the Father, and that not one of them is forgotten before him. Throughout a common sparrow's life even till the point of death, Lord is with them, and He does not forget a single one of them, though there are hundreds of thousands of sparrows in the world. Despite the fact that sparrows are not worth much in the market, they are very precious in Lord's eyes.

  Jesus moves on to say that even the hairs of our heads are all numbered. This is a metaphor which means that we, as humans, are so precious to Lord that He knows every single details about us, even the seemingly minuscule things that we don't know about ourselves, such as how much hair is on our heads, or any other bodily details (Psalm 139 :13-16) Lord knows us more than we known ourselves, and He loves us more than we love ourselves.

   Jesus concludes this teaching by telling us not to be afraid, and that we are of more value than many sparrows. If Lord greatly values something as little and powerless as a sparrow by never being apart from them in their whole lives and never forgetting a single one of them, just think of how much more greatly Lord values us, we who are  worth more than many sparrows.

Our worth is seen most closely through Jesus’ crucifixion.

   we can clearly see our worth and value to Lord through the cross of Christ, and the message of Christ crucified, which is the power and wisdom of Lord ( 1 Cor.1:17-18, 22-25, 1 Cor.2:1-2) The culmination of Lord's love for every person in the world, is that He gave His only son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not Perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

  We are so precious to Lord that, although we are sinners (people who do wrong) against Him and one another, and don't deserve His love, Christ, the only sinless person in the world,  died for us. (Rom.5:6-8) Lord's love was made manifest through this action, and it is not because we loved The Lord first, but rather Lord first loved us (1 John 4:9-10)  This paid for our sin ransom, and we can accept this payment by simply believing in Christ. (Mark 10:45)

  Although our sins have separated us from Lord ( Isaiah 59:2),  faith in Christ crucified and risen from the dead reconciles us to Lord (1 Cor.15 :14 -22, 2 Cor. 5:17-19) and gives us eternal fellowship with the Father, Son and Holly Spirit, who are the one Lord. ( 1John 1:1-3 ). In order to save us from our deserved punishment of eternal separation from Lord because of our sins. Lord brought us back by His own blood in Jesus Christ. ( Acts. 20:28) so that through faith,  we can have eternal fellowship with Him, as this is what he intends for every human. Lord wants fellowship with us - even eternal fellowship in His Kingdom ( 1 Thess. 2: 11-12). Of  how much value must we be to Him ! Thanks be to Lord for His inexpressible gift.( 2 Cor. 9:15)
        Prayer

Sol. Dr. Mohan Parmar

Daniel 2 Message-25.11.2023

Exo 3:11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

 This is the most famous narration in the Old Testament, where in Moses was tending the flock of his father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. On seeing the burning bush which is not consumed by the fire, Moses out of curiosity, goes up to Horeb, mountain of God.

Moses has an encounter with God and God gives him a mandate (v7-10), to set Israel, God’s people, free from years of bondage. Moses responds, “Who am I?” Moses has lost his confidence that he once had while he was in the palace, past 40 years he has been shepherding sheep in the desert, which certainly is not a qualification for such a great task. 

Moses may have suddenly got excited assuming, oh God of this universe probably has seen something in me, that He chooses me, he was self –focused. But God ignored his query and responded “I will certainly be with you”. Moses never ever dreamt that instead of sheep he would be leading three million Israelites to this same Mount Horeb. He also had to shift his reliance on his ability to God’s ability. He should have asked, “Who is God?” In Exo3:1-14 God introduces Himself as “I Am, Who I AM!” We know the rest of the story, Moses led the “Exodus” of the Israelites out of Egypt, across the Red Sea and did great miracles, and Moses received the Ten Commandments, he is known to be a great leader and prophet. 

Now let us go to Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon is “threshing wheat in the winepress”. Wheat in winepress, isn’t the winepress for crushing grapes and threshing done in an open field? The children of Israel on being prosperous and complacent did evil in the sight of God and He handed them in to the hands of Midianites, and they end up in oppression. The Midianites, Amalekites and the people of the East would come up, whenever it was harvest time, they would encamp around and destroy everything they had, as far as Gaza which left nothing for Israel. The children of Israel cried unto God and God showed up and appointed Gideon to liberate Israel from the hands of the Midianites.

This is the, “I AM” who spoke, this is not about Moses or Gideon or any of us. The one who is the God of all the earth, mighty in battle, the Lord of Hosts, the Great I Am, Yahweh, Elshaddai, Ebenezer, the Alpha and Omega who knows the end from the beginning, Jesus Christ the Lion of Judah, our Redeemer, He alone does great wonders, there’s none beside Him, none to compare.

Sol.Lalitha Menon

Daniel 2 Message-24.11.2023

YOU ARE QUALIFIED !!

(Colossians 1:12) and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

In today’s world we come across competition in every field. Education. Sports, Business and politics. Everyone with all their might want to qualify in their respective sphere and be on top. If they qualify and get selected they are happy and if they are disqualified they feel sad and feel dejected. God created Adam in His own image and likeness and thus made him qualify to inherit Eden Garden. Because of jealousy Satan made Adam to disobey God and thus disqualify him. As a result Adam was cursed and lost the intimate relationship he had with God. He was disqualified for enjoying all the blessings from God and also was disqualified to govern the Earth.

But God did not abandon His people. God sent His only son Jesus to redeem us and get back all the blessings lost by Adam and hence we are qualified by the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are made righteous and are qualified in Jesus Christ. But we have to be watchful as Satan deceived Adam he will tempt us too and will try to convict us and disqualify us. He will say that we are sinners and does not qualify for the Blessings.

But we will have to resist the devil. “Submit yourselves then to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7) Jesus has crushed Satan’s head on the Cross and thus freed us from sin, curse and made us righteous. We are a new creation in Jesus. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again rather the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, Abba Father. (Romans 8.15)

Prayer

Abba Father, We praise and thank you for giving us Jesus who through His death and resurrection has qualified us to come before you. Thank you for all the blessings bestowed on us and the authority you have given us to resist the devil and for making us qualify. In Jesus's name we pray. Amen.

Sol.Amalraj

Daniel 2 Message-23.11.2024

Called to Be Saints
Romans 1:1–7

Many factors contribute to the formation of our worldview. Our family background. The teaching we received. The community we experienced. Our education. Our culture. Our media and music. The people we admire. The experiences we survived. Each plays a role.

Ultimately, the book of Romans is about worldview. It is a richly doctrinal letter to the Christians in Rome (mostly Gentiles), but also to us. Throughout the letter, Paul explains what it means to be justified by faith and the transforming power of the gospel. When studied and received, Romans can anchor our worldview in the most important truths.

In the above passage, Paul introduces himself by explaining his position and purpose. Paul was a servant of Christ Jesus, “called to be an apostle” (v. 1). The word called here is kletos, derived from kaleo. God placed a special calling on Paul’s life when He appeared to him in a blinding light on the Damascus Road (Acts 9). As an apostle, Paul’s purpose would be to proclaim the gospel of God, the good news of redemption found only in Jesus.

In verses 2–4, Paul elaborates on the gospel message, rooted in the Old Testament prophets (v. 2). This good news is dependent on the identity of Jesus—who was both fully human (v. 3) and the divine, resurrected Son of God (v. 4).

Paul’s apostolic calling was not for his own benefit (vv. 5–6). Rather, he received this grace in order to call (kletos) the Gentiles to a relationship with Christ—a life of obedience that grows out of faith (v. 5), a position of belonging (v. 6), a relationship of love, and the designation of “holy people” or “saints” (v. 7)—with all of the privileges and promises that God bestows upon His people.

Verses 5–7 help us understand the general call that Jesus extends to all who believe. If you are a Christ-follower, He calls you to that life of obedience, position of belonging, relationship of love, and designation of “saint.”

Let us pray

Sol. Pritha Debnath

Daniel 2 Message-22.11.2023

This happens by two methods.

1.Natural.

2 Supernatural

There are so many people in the world who are broken in souls specially young people.At one time they were bright,healthy youngsters full of life but now they are broken, ls there any hope, or it is too late? Only a miracle can meet such a need. Praise God there is hope.Our God is the mighty God of miracles.

Supernatural :- lts written in lsiah58:10. ” Share what you have with the hungry. Meet the needs of those who are afflicted i.e.who suffer the inner pain of being rejected. Then your light shal rise in the darkness,and your night will be as the noon day.”

David’s healing:- David spoke for us saying” Lord have mercy on me.Heal my soul for l have sinned against you.David loved God enough to write psalm 23.” Lord is my shepherd..he has restored my soul ,he also wrote that ” The Lord heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds- Great is our Lord and mighty in power. He lifts up the humble,those who have been put down….”People were brought to him. People with many diseases and were tormented. Jesus healed every kind of disease.This included spiritual,mental, emotional and others.

God heals today: wherever sin was there, Jesus forgave,cleansed and brought the power of Love.He also made them a new creation in spirit body ,and soul .He said come to me. ………..

1Soul’s healing:We need to be forgiven and set free from our heavy load of guilt and condemnation by repentance to be restored.

2 Take His yoke: That is His control over our lives.The devil deceives us with lies.We feel we will lose our freedom.only God’s grace can truly set us free. All want to go to heaven but by their own will.To walk in flesh has many painful falls. Only total sumission to Jesus gives total deliverece.

3.Learn of Him: we become his children ,and then we have to watch,and learn from him.He is our soul restorer a perfect model for our lives.He suffered in his humility..We can find the solutions of all our problems in the “Word Of God”.We must forgive others.Through the power of Holy Spirit we can forgive and the forgiveness brings healing.lf we hold on to hard and hurt feelings towards someone our souls will suffer.ln time the pain will bring torment to all parts of our life – a life that becomes hell on earth.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the cell in that hell.The psalmist speaking of Jesus when he said “you will not leave my soul in hell or let your Holy One see decay and destruction . psalm 16:10 lf you are suffering from soul sickness of resentment look to Jesus go the grace of forgiveness. Say ” Father I forgive them and forgive me right now for Jesus’ sake and in His name l pray amen.”lt shall be so.!

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