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Releasing Our Past To Gain Access Into Our Future

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers and sisters in Christ, as we all know there are destiny capsules a person needs in order to have a healthy and buoyant destiny. Just as capsules boost our health in the physical, there are also spiritual destiny capsules that are needed for destiny fulfilment. When these capsules are taken, destiny fulfilment is guaranteed.

Now, one of these destiny capsules is the release of our past. If we cannot release the negative past, then we cannot access the positive future.

Dragging our yesterday into our today makes arrival into our tomorrow impossible.

This means, until we forgive and forget the errors, mistakes, missed opportunities, hurts and pains of the past, we cannot access our future. We must forfeit and forgo both the opportunities and failures of our past because we cannot hold on to our past and lay hold of the future at the same time. We cannot walk backwards into our tomorrow.

The reason why each one of us failed before is so we can rise and start again. We might have missed an opportunity in life but the good news is that several other opportunities are definitely coming our way. Someone might have hurt us but do not be bitter. The hurt is to make you better.

God can turn things around for us and against the devil if only we can decide to let the past go. We have to receive the grace to drop the past so we can reach where God wants us to reach in Jesus’ Name.

We must all remember this:

We cannot walk backwards into our tomorrow. We have to deliberately take a decision to forgive, forget and leave our past behind and then decide to conceive a solid vision.

 PRAYER:

 _{O Lord, I receive the grace to forget all of my past. Here I am, Lord, give me a solid vision for the future,  in Jesus’ Name. Amen.}

Sol.Fiona

   HOW LONG LORD ?

In HABAKKUK 1: 13 – 17

*Prophet Habakkuk is asking;  God  *”God your eyes are too pure to look on evil .Why do you tolerate treachery and remain silent when righteous are swallowed up and the evil one pulls all in his dragnet like fishes and rejoices and he is glad destroying nations without mercy.

Are we also waiting on God and asking how long God before justice prevails in our world?

Before there are no broken hearted, rejected and deprived people?

Before is there a cure for cancer?

Before little children don’t have to go to bed hungry?

 Prophet Habakkuk was well acquinted with human misery,he cried out,”How long Lord, must l call for help,but you do not listen.l cry out to you” violence”! but you don’t save.Why do you make me look at injustice?Why do you tolerate wrong doing? Destruction is all around.Habakkuk prayed and struggled for a long time to know how a Just and powerful God allows injustice. Why was God doing nothing? We earth dwellers must know that God hears us and carries our burdens daily.We should cast our burdens upon the Lord. He cares and moves in his time.Don’t despair. God will have the last Word.He has a great plan to save humanity through Lord Jesus ,which Habakkuk might not be aware of at that time.He has redeemed,and bought us back to Himself with His precious BLOOD.We give HIM Glory and Honour.

 TESTIMONY

When l got married thought l will have children immediately and it happened the very next year…But all our hopes were dashed when l had three miscarriages one after the other. The pain of losing our precious children was so great that we cried out to God “How long God”. Why we had to go through all this. We waited on God and  prayed till we got a bouncy baby boy.lm so grateful to God for  Our son who. made us parent.

Prayer  

“Lord we thank you  for hearing our cries, and  prayers and for giving  us a wonderful Son  according to your plan and purpose. Amen

Sol  Noreen                             .

Jesus Christ the true and living and prayer answering God

What Jesus showed me on 17th Oct 2021

Rainbow in the sky without rain and sun

It was Jan 2021 and Jesus Christ spoke to one Sister that he wanted me to start a troop church for West Bengal. I am staying in Gurgaon and when she shared it with me I had to consider it as it was what Jesus wanted. But as I am a human being absolutely zero I did not know how to go about it. I did contact my known people to join but they refused and said they cannot get up early in the morning and join.

I prayed according to Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Jesus Christ on 17th Oct 2021 after morning fellowship 4am to 5.30 am I was on the terrace singing and praising Jesus.

It was cloudy and all of a sudden I looked up in the sky to see the rainbow🌈

I was amazed to see and asked Jesus Christ what he wanted to let me know. He said that this fellowship is his and he will ensure people of West Bengal and others join and receive his healing blessings. And I need not worry or think about it. I was able to capture a few photographs as I was having a smartphone. Which I have attached in this write up.

Thereafter when I shared it with other anointed members in our fellowship they also interpreted through the power of the Holy Spirit.

One sister said the meaning of Rainbow is it is clear and Jesus Christ has made it clear to you through this sign. As per science Rainbow is seen in clear sky and Sun and light rain required to form a rainbow. But Jesus Christ showed me this rainbow in the cloudy sky. Truly he is the God of wonders and true and living God

As he says in Jeremiah 32: 27

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

Few days back when Jesus Christ asked me to share this vision again in the fellowship I shared and then the Holy Spirit Spoke to a Sister through the Bible verses.

Wonderful revelation received regarding seeing of the Rainbow 

Jesus Christ spoke to a Sister on 14th Feb 2023

Ezekiel 1: 25-28

25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

Now when I see the morning fellowship with people of West Bengal and others in different parts of the world with roots in Bengal I am amazed. Jesus Christ also guided us to run fellowship in the evening also. Daily believers are sharing powerful and wonderful testimonies. Truly Jesus Christ is a living God and God of impossibilities.

Luke1:37

 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Prophecy Fulfilled:

In 2012 one brother had prophesied that I will do ministry for Bengal from Delhi. Yes at that point I was staying in Kolkata and was honorary prayer warrior of one ministry. All Glory honour glory and praises to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Prayer

Loving Heavenly Father, I bow down before your throne of grace and humble myself account 1 Chronicles 7:14. Please speak to each and every person who reads this article and use them mightily for the expansion of your kingdom on earth. In Jesus Christ's precious and everlasting name I pray. Amen

Sol.Suchismita Raha

Receptiveness to God’s voice

The Lord warned me about this…

Revelation 2:29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says

The Lord also tells this to the Church, to his sons and daughters…

Revelation 2:2-3 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance…… You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

The Lord was mentioning that we have done a lot of things for his kingdom and appreciating us for what we have done in the past.

Revelation 2:4-5 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Revelation 2:29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says

The Love you had a first.

A small example from our lives.

As a family, we used to take a lot of steps for the kingdom of God. Conducting troop churches, conducting worship schools all over the country as well as in Chennai. Travelled to a lot of places for conducting the worship schools. Spent a lot of time for the kingdom of God.

The Lord has also blessed us abundantly as we are taking active part in the Kingdom of God.

However, now the first love was reduced.

The Holy Spirit warned me of losing the first love, otherwise my light/lamp-stand will be taken off.

^{Light/lamp stand – represents happiness, good health, prosperity & upliftment.}

When the light is taken off, you will step into darkness.

When the Lord spoke to me that I should not loose the first love, we immediately started our troop church among our colleagues. I have again regained the high-level success at our workplace, joy and happiness. All glory to God.

When God speaks to us, we will all need to be receptive to his voice, so that our light/lamp-stand will not be removed from us.

Prayer

^{Our father in heaven, we thank you for the Holy Spirit who is always directing us in the right path when we go to the left or to the right. Help all of us to be receptive to your voice and come on to the right path whenever we hear your voice. Amen.}

Sol Theodore Mohanty

WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR FOCUS AND PURPOSE?

GEN 9:20-21 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

Noah was a righteous man, a man who found favour in the sight of the Lord, a man who preached faithfully the righteousness and the wrath of God. The man who listened to the voice of the Lord and obeyed completely. A man who was sold out for the cause of God’s purposes. A man who had brought up his family in the ways of the Lord.

This man Noah had made some mistakes in his life, the consequences of which are felt even today.

1.DRANK WINE:

One of the wicked lifestyle before the flood was drinking (Matthew 24:38). Noah had seen the ill effects of drinking, but have started to do what led people away from God. Lost the zeal and passion for the things of the Lord and was pursuing pleasures of this world.

When one does not live for divine purposes, they slowly tend to get involved in aimless pursuit, which would often end in destruction and depression.

2. CURSED HIS CHILDREN:

Ham saw his father lying in the tent intoxicated and naked. In stead of apologizing for getting drunk, he misused his spiritual authority to curse his son. Many a times parents do not accept their mistakes and change their ways, rather try to justify or hide their mistakes and short comings which negatively impacts the children.

Ham was the forefather of Canaan, and the people living in Canaan became enemies of the Israelites many centuries down the line in human history.

3. DID NOT TEACH HIS CHILDREN TO LISTEN TO GOD’S VOICE AND OBEY GOD:

If all the three children of Noah and their children’s children would have been taught the ways of the Lord, how beautiful it could have been.

If Noah would have taught his children to listen to and obey the Lord, how blessed it would have been. Noah’s failure has a long lasting effect.

_{Even we as parents and leaders if we fail to teach, lead and guide our children, the future may be bleak, but if we would train up our children in the ways of the Lord, even the generations to come will follow the paths of the Lord.}

Deuteronomy 23:14

^{For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you. Glory to God}

Sol. Arun

Do We Love God More Than Others?

Do we love God? Why? How much?

Jesus asked Peter “Do you love me more than these? ” Jesus asked the same question three times as He wanted to hear Simon’s answer that he loved Him. A highly emotional situation!  He called Peter  ‘ Simon, son of Johah’. Jesus perhaps wanted to remind him about his lack of strength in standing firm with Him as a rock at His time of trial. Peter denied Jesus three times during His trial and Jesus looked at him to tell him how painful it is to be forsaken by a disciple and friend whom Jesus esteemed as leader. Peter wept bitterly when His eyes pierced through him at his denial.. Jesus met him after His resurrection  and talked to him. Still it was necessary to bring Peter back to his earlier relationship with Jesus. Remember how  Peter had declared his love for Jesus   “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.”

Matthew 26:33

Jesus wanted to know about his love for Jesus and He wanted a public proclamation of that. Jesus knew about Peter’s love for Him and He wanted to hear that again. All His disciples and friends got scattered and left Him, John was the only one with Him at the cross.

Peter might have considered himself the chief among all, capable of leading others too. He fell from his own self esteem. Jesus wanted his restoration before assigning him with the Kingdom responsibilities. His denial of Jesus is a grave offense and he had to be reconciled with Jesus openly. Peter sinned more than others and the Lord  took initiative to forgive him by asking him if he loved Him more than others. He received more forgiveness than others and it's natural that he would love him more. Lord's repeated questions about his love brought  awareness of his weakness and assuredly he had never  have  boasted of his leadership and love. Jesus knows that  greater is the love where there is more  forgiveness. Jesus made him say that he loved Jesus three times as he denied Him three times.

 The same idea is explicitly given in  an incident reported in Luke 7.

Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other. But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, cancelling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?” Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” “That’s right,” Jesus said.

Luke 7:41-43

Paul admitted that he was the first among all sinners and God forgave him. This realisation made him proclaim: “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37-39

Jesus wants to restore us, restore our relationship with Him. If we look back on our own lives we may be able to find several occasions when we denied Jesus. Check our relationships, our behaviour, our talking, our dressing up, our entertainments and so on. He is holy and those who want His fellowship need to be holy. All our sins are imputed on Jesus and He took the punishment which we had to undergo. Go to the Lord and admit your wrongs, your sins, ask for forgiveness and get reconciled with Father God through Jesus.

^{Get yourself washed with the precious blood of Jesus. Believe in Him, trust Him. We have nothing to boast of, except the cross of Christ Jesus. He forgives all our inequities and heals all our diseases, both physical and spiritual. He is worthy to be loved, honoured and adored. He loved us while we were sinners , took our punishment on Him and He redeemed us for life in abundance.}

^{Remain and rest in His love.}

PRAYER

_{Thank you Lord for loving us and forgiving our sins. Help us to remain faithful to you. Fill us with love and peace that goes beyond human understanding. Praise and thank you Lord Jesus.}

Sol.Salomi Kurian

Age Is Just Numbers

Gen 17:1-2

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

Our God is a God of compassion, communion and covenant.

There are two groups of people often neglected and ignored by people, the children and the elderly. We don’t include or give heed to their inputs in discussions and decision making of important matters.

Today the elderly are either found in old age homes, or left alone to while away their old-age.

Many stories of elderly parents abandoned by their children in bus stops, railway stations and temples are heart wrenching and are regularly on the news.

In today’s world, if we had any 99 year old person in our homes, we may not be keen in making any plans for them or their future, BUT God was not done with Abraham yet. God was planning for this 99 year old man and his 90 year old wife.

No matter how old you are, your may be too young or too old or in between, God is interested in you, He has not given up His plans for you, He wants to communicate with you and fulfill His great plans in your life.

Your own might have given up on you, Your health might have become feeble and frail,You might have given up on that divine dream, BUT God has not given up on you, He will bring to completion the good thing that He has planned and begun in you. God loves you.

Sol.Arun

"Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

                  Mark 9: 50

         The role of salt in the Bible is relevant to understanding Hebrew society during the Old Testament and New Testament periods. Salt is necessity of life and was a mineral that was used since ancient times in many cultures as a seasoning, a preservative, a disinfectant, a component of ceremonial offerings and as a unit of exchange. The Bible contains numerous references to salt. In various contexts, it is used metaphorically to signify permanence, loyalty, durability, fidelity, usefulness, value and purification.

           Salt, of course cannot lose its saltiness, but the purity of salt varies. Salt harvested from the Dead Sea, in particular, grows increasingly stale because of those impurities. If the salt is mixed with too many other minerals, the taste will become so diluted, it will be useless. The disciple risk this when they allow the values of the world, like love of authority and power and position, to suppress the purified saltiness that God desires.

           Another way to say is to note that ” Saltiness” is the purpose of salt, it’s a defining characteristics of that mineral. This suggests a need for AOJ to treat their role in the kingdom of God as crucial, not secondary.

           In a similar way, in Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls all of us to be the salt of the earth. We are to be His agents in purifying our society, our country, our village, our constituencies and so on. Like salt, we are to bring out the better nature of those around us. The result will naturally be greater peace with other. The sentiment brings to mind the ancient salt vow. If two people shared salt, they were bound to defend and support each other, even if they had been enemies. We as follower of Jesus Christ should live out a similar vow with each other.

          Jesus’ last phrase brings us back around to Mark 9: 33-35 when the disciples are arguing about who is greatest. While they were worried about their position in Jesus’ Kingdom, He was concerned with the church reaching  new believers ( Mark 9: 36-37, 39-40) and the personal sacrifices required for obedience ( Mark 9: 42-47).

           Matthew and Luke add that the unsalty  will be thrown out and trampled on, which is basically what the disciples wanted to do to the man who was exorcising demons in Jesus’ name( Mark 9: 38). Jesus explains that position and authority are not necessarily markers of how closely we follow Him. The ability to bring out the best in others and bring peace is a much better test.

Let us pray, 

        Heavenly father enable us like salt, so that we can bring out the best of those around us. Lord help us not to be tempted of position and authority, wherever it may be. Lord help us to follow you closely and be obedience to you in our walks of life. Lord make us a pure instrument to work for your Vineyard. Lord we Pray to you to be our guide and master. Amen.  

   Sol. Dr. Mohan Parmar

The Wise and the Foolish Builders

Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete. (Luke 6:46-49)

In the above verses, Jesus talks about two groups of people, 

^{1) Who hears his words and puts them into practice 2) Who hears his words and doesn’t put them into practice. Let’s see what category we are in.}

We all face problems in our lives daily. These problems we face can be fear about the future, anger, pride, marital issues, children issues, work related issues, relationship issues, sickness, poverty, etc. We struggle to handle these problems and many times we don’t know what to do.  Often we feel like we are in the middle of the storm,  flooding everywhere around us. In the middle of the storm, do we look into the worldly ways or the Word of God for solutions? We have been hearing and reading His words, do we put his words into practice especially when we are in a difficult situation?

Let’s analyze this with a real life situation. Let’s say an in-law or a colleague of yours is treating you unfairly, giving you a hard time everyday. You fight back, try everything to prove your place, and to prove your view. You do this with the understanding and the solutions the world taught  you. But things get worse and You lose your peace of mind. During this process, if you notice your fleshly nature (as in Galatians 5:19-21 ) would have exploded. Although we heard and read His words, we didn’t live by it. The flood came, only our fleshly nature increased and we didn’t glorify our Father in heaven.

We’ll take a look at the Word of God to find out what God’s solution is to solve this problem. If you go above a few verses in the same chapter, His word says  “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you (Luke 6:26-27). As the children of God, our Father tells us to love our enemies, do good to those who hate us, bless those who curse us and pray for those who mistreat us. The only way we demonstrate our love to our Father is by following His commandments. Although  following/practicing  these commands can be difficult at first, when we do, we increase in the fruit of the Spirit. As we please our Father by living out his commandments, he fills our hearts and minds with the peace of God, which transcends all understanding (Philiipians 4:7)

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

A flood came in the form of a relationship issue in your life, instead of dealing with the problem as the world does, you chose to find a solution in His Words. The reward for your action is increased intimacy with God. You stood like a house built on a rock, with no damage to you. That’s not it, the rewards for our actions will keep coming. Hence we loved, blessed and prayed for the one who hated us, the God of restoration will restore  your relationship with your in-law, colleague.

When we are rooted in Jesus , we get all the necessary nutrients from Him to bear fruits. We don’t need to look for any resources in the world, because everything we need comes from Jesus. Life can be so easy when we walk in his ways. I am not saying our life will always be happy and with no issues. We’ll face problems in our lives but with His Words in our hearts, we are filled with the Holy Spirit’s fruit all the time. Regardless of our situation, we can be happy, satisfied, and at peace with Him.

Sol. Edwitta

For faith is believe with the heart and for righteousness confession is made with the mouth for salvation .For the scripture says ,”whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame .”

Roman 10:10 -11

Hallelujah !Praise be to the lord God ,the holy one.

The above words ,we believe from the heart that the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame .We find this proved through some verses of the Holy Bible.

When we read in the book of Joshua that two Israelites were sent to the city of Jericho to spy on them .They were given shelter by a woman Rahaab who was a prostitute by profession and these Israelite took shelter in her household. The verse Joshua 2: 9-11 we see that this woman Rahaab expresses faith in the word of Jehovah God with her heart and confesses with her mouth.

She began to say to these men that she was sure that Jehovah had given them this land and Jericho people were filled with fear and all the inhabitants of that land were terrified because of Israelites for they had heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea in front of Israelites when they left Egypt and they came to Sohan and defeated the two kings of the Amorites who lived in the banks of the river named Jordan and on hearing this our hearts were melted and because of you The Lord your God is the God of the sky above and the God of the earth below and because of her confession the Lord our God also granted this sister a blessed life, a married life.

She became the wife of Salmon begot Boaz by Rahaab and God linked her to the geneology of Jesus Christ. This way God erased every shame and He saved everyone including that woman’s parents, brothers and sisters.

Similarly we see the word of confession in the life of Ruth. Ruth 1:16 tells us, Ruth said,” don’t urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God my God .” And it was only by her faith and confession that she received her blessings , blessed marriage, children etc. from God and a dignified life.

Even in the new testament, we see a Samaritan woman who brought salvation to her village by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ. All the scriptures show us the blessing of preaching the Gospel is the blessing of receiving a life of honour and dignity from a life of shame and disgrace. He takes away our sorrows and fill us with His joy.It is written, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:8 Therefore “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness , and all these things will be added to you “.Mathew 6:33

^{Thank you merciful Abba Father, please bless us always as we need your blessings. Help us to seek your righteousness first. In the name of Lord Jesus Christ Amen .}

Sol.khushi