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SAMUEL – A BLESSING TO ISRAEL

“For this child I prayed: and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked
of him” (I Sam, 1:27) Samuel was a great prophet and was the last of the
great judges who anointed Saul the first King and David the second King
of Israel.

• About his childhood:
• Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli the priest
• (I sam2:11).
• Samuel ministered before the Lord, being child girded with a linen
• Ephod ( I sam 2:18).Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord ( I
• Sam 2:21)
• The Lord stood and Called Samuel Samuel (I Sam 3:10)
• He Spoke to Samuel.
• The word of Samuel came to all Israel (I Sam 4:1)

Samuel was a great blessing to Israel. Because of the fervent prayers
of his dedicated mother Hannah, he was born. Elkana’s family visited
Shiloh every year to worship and offer Sacrifices to the Lord. His first
wife Hannah a barren, always came back from there weeping and
crying because she was humiliated and tormented by her rival
Peninnah. She used to cry bitterly and did not have her food. One day
after her meals, She went up to the house of the Lord and prayed. Eli
the Priest was seated in his place by the door. She made a solemn
promise before God.

Prayer:

Almighty God!, look at me your servant, See my trouble and
remember me. Don’t forget me. Give me a son. I promise to dedicate
him to you for his whole life that he will never have his hair cut”.

Mode of Prayer:

She prayed for a long time silently. Her, lips moved; but no sound
came. Thinking that she was drunk, Eli said to her “Stop making a
drunken show and stop your drinking and sober look” . She answered
that she was not drunk. But, was a desperate woman pouring out her
trouble to the Lord.

Blessing:

Eli, blessed her and asked her to go in peace. “May the god of Israel
give you what you have ask him”. God blessed her. She gave birth to
Samuel and she fulfilled her vow as she promised.
A God’s child may have innumerable problems in life .One has to take
it to the Lord Elshadai in Prayer. The prayer should be strong and
intense as that of Hannah or as that of Isaac (He prayed for his wife.)
For sterility, the only medicine is the name of Jesus Christ, his
precious blood and his words alone. Everything is Possible with
Christ.

Witness:

My niece didn’t have a child for eight years. More over she had lost
her mother. So I prayed for her seeking God’s help. A friend of mine
suggested her to read Bible from the beginning till the end. God would
answer her as she was reading through. My niece bought a DAKE
bible and read Genesis first and then Revelation in detail. God blessed
her with a child and then again with another child. Our god is a
wonderful and mighty God.

Prayer:

Oh the creator of the whole universe! you are a wonderful and
mighty God. The Key to open a barren’s womb is in your hands.
Kindly answer to those who appeal to you like Hannah or Isaac.
Thank you Jesus for answering the requests. Amen.

Sol. VICTY MITHYLA

SHOULDER THAT CARRIES !

“And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’” (Luke 15:5-6).

Here we read about the good shepherd who goes in search of his lost sheep.  The Lord who called Himself as the ‘Good Shepherd’, talks about His own shoulders through this gospel verse.  His shoulders are the ones that carry us, from this world to eternal Canaan.

In chapter 15, of the Gospel of Luke, we find three parables, in quick succession.  But they all have the same central concept.  In the first parable – we have the shepherd finding his lost sheep, in the second – the woman who found her lost silver coin, and in the third – the loving father who accepts his wayward younger son.

Those who go away from the Lord, toward worldly desires, are like the lost sheep.  But the Lord, in His eternal love, searches for the lost sheep, through difficult terrains, even when His feet are bleeding because of the thistles and thorns.  He lifts them up from the miry clay and cleanses them with His own blood.  And carries them on His shoulders.

Is there any one in your family who is yet to be saved?  Do you have any wayward son who has backslidden and dwelling in sin?  Today the Lord wants to meet them.  The Son of Man has come only to search and to redeem those lost souls.  Look unto His shoulder.  You will find the bruises and wounds of bearing the Cross of Calvary.  In His shoulder, on which He bore the sins of the whole world, there is a place for every sinner.

Once a man of God saw a school student, carrying another student on his shoulder.  He was very surprised to see this and asked the lad about it.  And he said, ‘Sir, He is my friend.  Because of a fire accident, he has burns all over the body and is not able to walk.  So, I am carrying him to the hospital to get him treated”.  That man of God, started meditating on this.  And immediately thought of Jesus, as his friend and praised Him as the Lord has place for him on His shoulder.

^{The love of the Lord is wonderful!  Even when we were in our sins, He gave His life for us; He carried us on His shoulders, to show His love for us.  Could there be any love that can equal this?}

In those days, when He communed with sinners, everyone mocked and said: ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ (Mathew 11:19).  He never minded those comments, and wants to have fellowship with sinners, to save them and carry them on His shoulders.  Children of God, remember that you are upon His shoulders.

Sol.Arun

A promise overlooked

In Matthew 18:19 Jesus says unto his disciples, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

What a promise left for us to activate in our lives. Find a friend who would agree with you having of the same mind and same Spirit, Jesus said these two can bring heaven’s blessings here on earth.

It’s a promise dear friends from Jesus, this morning let’s do it to find a like minded believer friend and enforce Jesus will, here on the earth.

Husband and wife, two friends coming together in one mind and Spirit can turn the world upside down. If you have one start activating this morning besides your normal personal prayer time the desires of your heart in line with the will of the Father in heaven to enforce in this dark world.

In Psalms 133 it says Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
133:3b ….. for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Minimum requirements of unity in New Testament church is 2 or 3 brethren. As the Lord knew that it’s difficult for people to come together in unity of mind and Spirit. A big group can also come together but if they are not in oneness then what’s the point of gathering, can the LORD command blessing and life forever more?

Oh no, so when we come together let us exhort one another to maintain a unity and oneness of one mind concerning the kingdom of God.

When a group of believers in two’s or more come together in one mind and Spirit and agree on earth, as touching anything they ask, Jesus said it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Want Souls of men to be saved, work to be done, Job, marriage, releasing finance, children, healing, Deliverance etc anything my friend we will definitely receive from our dear God, Abba Father who loves us very much.

^{Be blessed.
Not worry.
Find a friend.
Start activating.
Win souls.}

Sol. Francis

Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

These are challenging times and the moment we face a crisis we tend to run to the phone, take people’s opinion or rely on facts and reports, we tend to speak as the people of the world speak. In this verse Isaiah commands to go to God’s word, the bible, wherein believers ought to consult on, what God has to say of the situation. The law is God’s commands and testimony is about what God did for His people and which is recorded in the bible.

Here Isaiah says if we do not speak according to the word, it means there is no light in us. Who is this light? John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” So, this verse indicates that Jesus is the light and Isaiah says if we speak not in agreement to the word of God, we don’t have Jesus in us.

Exodus 6:29 that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the LORD; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”

Here the Lord instructs Moses to speak to the Pharaoh all that He says, we are asked to speak to the Pharaoh in our life the words that God has to say. Who is the Pharaoh in your life that ties you down from fulfilling your destiny and God’s plan? Is it sin, is it sickness, is it a situation at work? Speak to it with the word of God and instead of speaking about the situation day and night.

Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth, ‘Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. Here the Lord says don’t say you are youth, you are sick, you have debt, you are a failure, you can’t do this, you cannot make it, you have no future, you are useless etc.

Say what I have commanded to say to you says the Great I AM!!

Jesus in Mark 11:22-23 said three things, have faith in God, don’t doubt, believe and say what you believe, speak the word of God, then this mountain that stands before you will be cast away.

In Jeremiah 23:29 the word of God is compared to a hammer and fire that no obstacle big or small, can stand before it’s power. It is the word of God that breaks fetters and iron bars, sets you free, heals, delivers, restores, saves.

Speak the word of God into your life and situations. When you declare Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever”, instead of saying what a dreary, miserable day it is, then SURELY mercy and goodness shall follow you each day.

Hebrews 4:12 affirms this: For the word of God is living and powerful.

Sol.Lalitha Menon

“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.”

~ Jeremiah‬ ‭30:17‬‬‬‬

Restore – to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order; to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition; to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor; to put back to a former place, or to a former position, rank, etc ; to give back; make restitution of (anything taken away or lost) ; to reproduce or reconstruct in the original state.

Health – the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor.  Soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment

Heal – to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment; to free from evil; cleanse; purify.

Wound – an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease; an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.

Healing scriptures restore our faith and provide us with insight into God’s Heart. When we need healing for our bodies, minds, or spirits, God’s word provides answers for our afflictions. Reflecting on what God says, refocuses our perspective and allows our healing to take place. Rest and read God’s word knowing that it will speak into your situation today.

We know from reading the Bible that these are not empty promises. God fulfills all His promises, every single Word. Over and over He proves His Word is true… and so we can be confident that His Word will come to pass.

^{Jeremiah 30:17 is a reminder that God will never leave you. his word is alive and active to address on our need for physical healing. This verse gives us insight into the biblical meaning of restoration, healing and wholeness.}

For our Lord is greater than any of those health issues or problems. He is able to restore health of all who seek Him. Very importantly, as the above verse says, the almighty God is merciful to those who turn to Him. Moreover, we ourselves go away from Him, by virtue of our sinful living. Even more, we cease to have the protection of His righteous hand because of our transgressions and abominations, But when we repent and turn to the all merciful God, He definitely binds up our wounds and heals us. As the following verse says:

Come, let us return to the Lord . He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
Hosea 6:1

Lord, we know that nothing is impossible for you, you are all we need, you are our healer, our shield, our defender and protector and I thank you for your amazing love and protection. Please bring healing to those who need healing, bring healing to our wounds, our heart, souls, marriages and relationships, O God. Give us peace and strength in the middle of despair and sorrow, and make us whole again as we trust in you, I pray in Jesus' name.
Amen

Sol. Neelima Singh

I Corinthians 14:12

^{Just so with you. Since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in gifts that will edify the church.}

One sister told me sometimes I think what are the believers are doing instead of worshipping together. Church has to go out and reach more people for Christ. I understood her burden for the perishing souls. As for my opinion and in scriptures it is written that universal church that is the body of Christ, the believers must be given more importance than unbelievers. Every soul is important for God. So is the edification of the church as whole.

For an biblical Illustration aposte Paul as well known person called to preach the Gospel to gentiles when heard about the Jews suffering because of persecution helped them in their needs and in fact went to see them even when situations became tough to travel. Nobody like Apostle Paul could have the burden for souls to reach Christ as we learn in the book of Acts. 1 Corinthians 10:24

No one should seek his own benefit but each one the benefit of others.

As here the words says we have to seek to excel in spiritual gifts so that it is used for the edification of the Church. (Believers in our community).

Edification of the church is most important priority than rest all. Afterwards the church itself will have the burden for perishing souls.

What is edification?

The moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone by knowledge that is taught

Church that is believers must be continuously taught in scriptures encouraged comforted, coming together in worship.

Building us up in spiritual maturity.

Praise Jesus I knew nothing about A0J until I was given a role to play. Sr Angelica chose me as core team secretary of gift schools as well as other roles I helped my team in all the ways. We knew more about gift schools, classes. We also meet in zoom for prayers especially for the families of team members this is what is practical edification of the church. We were taught comforted and encouraged in Christ We brought more members to this divine knowledge, as BFF follow up coordinator I call to soldiers who attended BFF I would ask about their life problems we share. we pray together. What a joy to be together in Christ

Prayer

Lord we come before the heavenly throne of grace. Lord your grace abounds to those who are your family. Ministry to God is not about the count, its not about the quantity but quality. Lord help us to be in order and be disciplined in serving the king of kings and the Lord of Lords. Edification of the church is as important as equally to the burden of perishing souls. Let us also excel in seeking spiritual gifts. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the peace that passeth all understanding surround us wherever we are. Amen.

Sol.Celin

Christians relationship to the world. 

1 John 2:15

Love not the world, neither the thing that are in the world,If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.

James 4: 4 

You adulterers and adulteress, know you  not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoevertherefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Romans 12:2 

And be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing  of your mind , that you may prove what is that good an acceptable and perfect will of God.

Mathew 6:24 

No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 

Galatians 1:10

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

The world refers to the vast earth and all the people, places and things on it. In biblical terms we use the term “world” to be the territory of satan and his followers. In 1 John 2:15 the term world is referred to the earthly or fleshy desires which is offered to the people to entice them away from the Kingdom of God. Here we get the thought that we have to be away from all that is considered evil, immoral and sinful pleasures that the earth offers us in all the spheres of occupation.

In medical field we see satan using means in making abortion legal.

In agriculture we see the life destroying products such as alcohol and narcotics.

Education is used to promote ungodly and humanistic philosophy

Entertainment offers means to destroy Godly standards.

Law  offers gay marriage.

As a Christian we have to be careful when we deal with people who advocate the worldly ways.

Romans 12:2  Paul implies

1. We must realise that the present world system is evil and under the rule of satan.

2. We must stand against the prevailing and popular forms of the worldly desires, but instead proclaim the Word of God.

3. We must have our minds conformed to God ‘s way of thinking, by reading and meditating on His Word.

4. We must have our plans, goals and ambitions determined by heavenly and eternal truths.

Thus we have to maintain a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to keep us focused on the Kingdom of God.

Prayer:-

Abba Father I surrender myself into your mighty hands, and pray that you will always lead my way towards your Kingdom. Please keep me from wavering and help me to be focused to do your will.

Sol.Patsy

I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

John 17-14,15,16

The word SEPARATION   teaches me many things in my spiritual life. During my first days when I received the salvation God separated me from my family, Relatives, Friends, and their relationships.

I was totally confused because I love them most, I love to spend time with them. During my personal prayer I submit this application about this bitter feeling to God. I was eagerly waiting for a positive answer, but God replied I MYSELF SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR FAMILY.I was totally upset and thinking about this answer from God. Finally, I got answer when I enter ministry like Troop church. I gained many spiritual friends, Brothers, sisters. We used to discuss more things about God, Testimonies, and many Ministries’. God need my time to spend for his work that’s why he separated me from my family love. I came to know clearly separation is intimate relationship with God where we cannot replace any person in that place.

Separation for God

This word is leading me till now whenever I was getting close to my relatives and friends. How great is god’s love he is so possessive about us.

36.As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”37. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 8:36,37

In my family life God blessed an understanding husband, children but though sometimes when I was sick God closed the door of help from them. During that time, I could not express my tears, but this is also purely by God to depend on him in difficult situation. I strongly understand we will receive love, compassion, affection when God permits them to give otherwise, we will never receive though he/she is so much lovable to us. God wants to trust him alone in all our difficult situation.

^{I finally close my words through a song. JESUS, you called me, You Kept me, You Blessed me, Filling my heart with singing Your love to me is amazing, My life, in you, I see. Lord, oh, when will you come unto and say. You are My rest Forever. With perfect heart that you favour I’ll wait for you each day. EVERTHING IS GIVEN BY GOD}

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8,9

Sol. Jothi kumari

Rend your heart, and not just your garments –

Joel 2:12 – 13

Lord Jesus Christ has told us very clearly that we should love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength and all our mind Luke 10: 27.

But when we do not give the Lord God, the first place in our lives, but love, family members, wealth, power, things of the world more than God. Then we create idols in our heart and mind when we love anything or anyone more than God, this is to commit adultery against the Lord, our God.

So we need to be careful, that we are not just seeking the Lord with our mouth, and not our hearts as warned in Jeremiah 2: 27 .

Because the things of the world cannot save us in times of trouble it’s only the Lord who can save us according to Psalm 118:16.

We need to humble ourselves in front of God and repent in our heart truly for our sins and ask for forgiveness with a humble heart and turn away from our wicked ways, so that the Lord may have mercy on us and heal us 2Chronicles 7:14.

Let us check ourselves and make sure that we seek the Lord with all our heart and be obedient to His word and will , because it is better to obey than offer sacrifice 1 Samuel 15:22 .

Prayer

Lord God Almighty work within our hearts, so that we should do your will in our lives help us to do what is right and just so that all goes well with us .Help us to rend our hearts and not just our garment . Strengthen us Lord, so that we are obedient to your word, and to your will in our lives. In Jesus’ mighty name we pray . Amen

Sol. Rumna Gomes

GOD’S PLAN FOR. US – TO LIVE A FULFILLED LIFE JOHN 10:10

God’s plan for mankind is seeing the big picture that will give our life context. Unless we know the big picture, the stuff of life – the things we see around us and the things He is doing – will not make sense. You will not have the context to understand it.

“The works that He is doing in the individual lives of His people and in the Church of God are all related to the overarching big picture. At its core, it’s about reconciliation and restoration – the reconciliation of all things back to Himself, and the restoration of all things back to His original vision and purpose.” which was distorted, perverted & tainted by the enemy & made difficult to access.

The word “restoration” means “a return of something to a former, original , normal, or unimpaired condition,” or the “restitution of something taken away or lost”. This restoration work is happening in phases and will end in the establishment of the new earth, and the full re-establishment of God’s rulership over all.

The Lord has shown three main areas of restoration that He’s working on at this time, so that we might be fully restored back to the following:

1. Our original and true identity
2. Our original and true wholeness
3. Our original and true representation and commission

The Lord was clear that with the use of the word “true,” He was implying that there are false or untrue identities which people are living under that need wholeness and restoration.

• Original Identity

God is working to restore us so that we can walk in our true identity as those who are made in His image and likeness. Over the past decade or so, God has been highlighting and speaking to the Church about identity – knowing who He is and also knowing ourselves with more clarity. Part of His work in our lives is bringing us into a revelation and subsequent understanding of how much of the knowledge of that identity we have lost.

Here are the three areas of identity that He is working on:

1. Knowing who He is. Genesis 1 tells us that God made mankind in His image and likeness, in both nature and character. To understand this, we must understand God’s true nature and character. God is teaching us what He is like, exposing false ideas that the world and the enemy have given us of God, and revealing His true identity, nature and character. He is love, and all that He does comes out of that. He is taking us on a journey of untangling and sifting through two things: 1) untruths about God that have been perpetrated throughout the centuries, and 2) our own personal filters and wounds that have caused us to see Him in a particular way, putting things on Him that are not who He actually is.
2. Knowing who we are in Him. This means understanding what Christ has done, what He has gifted us in the New Covenant, and what He has made available for us to access. We see in Christ the model for what a true son or daughter of God is like.
3. Knowing ourselves. He is showing us our strengths and weaknesses; dealing with wrong mindsets, worldviews, wrongful self-assessments, false identities; exposing trauma and wounds that have shaped the way we view ourselves and life. And in this process, He is renewing our minds. He is developing us, growing us in new areas; releasing into us untapped innovation and creativity; revealing treasures hidden within each of us that have awaited this time, so we can walk in the fullness of who He created us to be as individuals, and as the Church. Original Wholeness

God’s plan is to bring us into the fullness of our salvation, restoring us to wholeness in spirit, soul and body. Christ has made this available to us through His life, death and resurrection. And our part is to receive what He did and work with Him in establishing the fullness of that wholeness in our lives.

He is making us into the image of Christ, reforming within us a harmonious ‘working together’ of all our parts (spirit, soul and body). He does not want one part of us being fragmented or out-of-sorts with another. He wants us to have a healthy, harmonious life. He wants us to have the kind of life where our internal and external lifestyles work according to and from our Christ-gifted wholeness, instead of from fractured and false identities, ungodly mindsets and beliefs, trauma-informed emotions and lifestyles, and disease in our physical bodies. In this process, God is helping us to see ourselves as He sees us, helping us to hear His words of acceptance and love, and to know their truth by experience. He is enabling us to embrace the goodness that He has planned for us, and to live a fulfilling life (John 10:10).

As we receive healing and our minds become renewed, instead of seeing and therefore living life from a distorted perspective, we will be able to live from a place of communion with Him that brings us into freedom, truth and confidence. He is restoring our hearts so that we see and care as He does. And, within the healing work He does in us, He is also teaching us how to move in wisdom in our righteousness, so that we treat others with respect, dignity and lovingkindness. This then enables us to model what it looks like to walk as a child of God in the earth.

• Original Representation and Commission

Mankind, being made in God’s image, was commissioned to be a representation of God in the earth, and given stewardship and dominion of the earth. That multi-generational commission was never removed from mankind, and we are its inheritors and stewards today.

^{God is restoring the vision for that stewardship and rulership in His people – not that we might rule as overlords and dictators (moral, spiritual or physical), but as true stewards who care for the planet and its peoples. And He is working in us so that we can represent Him in a wise and righteous manner. We are learning to walk as those made in God’s image and, therefore, as those who are loving, kind, faithful, merciful, patient, etc. – having received and formed His character and nature within us.}

Alongside the original commission to steward the earth itself wisely, and to care for its inhabitants, we have Christ's commission to go into the world as ministers of reconciliation to share the good news with them, and to model, teach and disciple them in what it looks like to walk as those made in His image and likeness, with His power and love working in us and through us.

Sol .Joan