What is the end like?

There is one scripture where the story of the race of the tortoise and the hare can fit. We may start our walk with the Lord with lots of energy, we may do incredible works for the Lord on our trip, we may even be blessed with many gifts that glorify and save many people on the way, but our own salvation is at question if we give up on Christ just before we cross the line (die).

There are people who have sinned throughout their lives but just before they died repented, they accepted Jesus and surrendering unto Him and were saved. But do not think we too can do the same, it may not work. Firstly knowing Jesus and the Holy Spirit, if we continue sinning, our hearts get hardened and just before we die our hearts may not be in a position to repent, accept Jesus Christ and surrender unto Him. Secondly, do we know when we will die so as to repent just in time? There are many who die instantly with great plans ahead.

When I go to minister and when a sinner repents just before death gives me great joy, but at the same time people who do incredible things for the Lord and were instrument in saving many, yet they themselves become calamity to sin gives greater grief.

Our work on earth for God's Kingdom may store for us many, many rewards in Heaven, but we should enter Heaven to receive it!

To enter Heaven what matters is at the end is: do we cross the crossing line with Christ or without Christ?

Mark 13:13b - but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

[ Prayer ]
Lord, hold me up as I walk with You, like You did with Abraham our father. Let my heart not be hardened due to any reason, such that I may cross the line, without You. And I pray for all my brothers and sisters that we may all enter into our sleep, with You. I make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

Know what to do when in trouble?

Psalms 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

This scripture is very easy to say when we are on the other side of the wall but when of the troubled side we will find it very difficult to digest it. Remember it does not take much time for our troubles to totally overcome us and destroy us, but our Lord in his mercy has always made sure that our troubles are not more than what we can take. He gives us all the ability and support we need when we go through our adversities.

Always remember that the Lord loves us and will not let anything happen to us which will completely destroy us. We may ask why do I have to go through all these problems if He loves me? Now for me to answer this in general would be very difficult but by my own experiences I can assure you every experience is initiated according to our inner man - soul. If we do not want to experience these adversities we need to do something about our inner man.

I always tell people that we have two choices; one is to study God's Word, put it into our lives by living it, get the understanding and avoid bad experiences. The other choice is not to do so and let experience bring about the understanding. Either way, since the Lord loves us He will always try to save us.

[Prayer]

Lord, You are a merciful God. In your mercy You have not let me be drowned in my troubles. You want to mold me and make me like Jesus, but due to my stubbornness and mischief I made things more difficult for myself. Even in this You have not let things go out of hand. I thank You and ask You to help me take the easy route and avoid the desert experience. I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scripture]

1 Peter 5:10

10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

John 16:21-22

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Philippians 4:4

4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Remember No More

The Lord, for the sake that his people receive the blessings which He has blessed them with, again and again; time and time again forgives his people. He assures them that on repentance (being sorry and forsaking old ways), He will not remember any of our iniquities.

His mercy, his grace and his love are abundant and over flows its banks for his people. Today again He is speaking to you and me, with his hands open wide saying 'come to Me, I want you to receive all the good things which I have set aside for you. Do not worry about all the mistakes you did, I have forgiven you. Do not hold on to your ways else you will not be able to come running to Me.'

Hebrew 8:12 - For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

[Prayer]

Lord, You are merciful. You love me so much that time and time again You forgive me. You want me to have all the blessings You have sent aside for me. Help me Lord to detach from my old ways and come running to You. This prayer I make in Jesus' Name, Amen.

It´s okay to stumble...

Genesis 17
1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

After Abraham went through his wilderness experience of about 25 years, the Lord spoke to him and said "I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect". The Lord asked Abraham to walk before Him so that the Lord could hold him up if he fell and teach him to be perfect.

In the Bible the Lord has always assured us of help if we stumble. We can stumble only when we walk, standing in one place and falling is not called `stumbling' but `collapsing'. There is no scripture in the Bible where God has assured us help when we collapse.

Psalm 116
7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

8 For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,

9 that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

We all have the fear of falling but worst is not moving in the fear. Also help is not assured if we walk in any direction but towards only one direction, that is towards the Righteousness of God. We have help already via the Book of Instructions (Bible – The Word of God).

Proverbs 3
21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;

22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.

23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble;

24 when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Proverbs 3
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.

Making mistakes is okay, for there is no human in the Bible except for Jesus who did not make mistakes. Do not stand in one place out of fear of falling, also do not fall standing in one place and expect help from God, for help will not come if you collapse. Keep on walking.

Knowing God's Will

We all know that in the Bible is written God's will. But most of us think that we need to be an expert on the Bible and know it in and out to understand God's will. The Hebrew word that used here for 'will' is 'ratsown' which is also translated 5 times in the Bible as 'pleasure' and another 5 times as 'delight'. Therefore doing God's will means to do what pleases God, and to know what pleases God we need to know God, and to know God we need to build our relation with Him, and to build our relation with Him we can use different ways and methods like by knowing His Word, by our regular communication with Him, by our imitating Him in our daily life, by witnessing Him to others, by appreciating His creation etc...

So there are many ways to know God and using all of them gives us better prospective of Him in more dimensions than just using only one. Just reading His Word or studying it is not a good idea or just praying to Him will also not help much. Our God is too awesome to understand therefore if we really thirst Him, we should use all and ever mean to reach out to Him.

The best part is, since we are made God's children right from birth, we come programmed to know Him. Therefore the best way to start is to search Him from within. So let's search our every thought, in our thinking, in our feelings etc... Is the Lord talking to me? Is what I am doing pleasing Him? Are my actions imitating Him? Am I projecting Him as I am or do I need to change in this area?....

Psalms 40:8 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

[Prayer]
Lord, You have called me your child. Within me You have put many ways and means to reach out to You. Help me be silent in my thoughts and actions that I may hear You speaking to me. Show me ways in which I can know You and please You. For, to please You is all that I seek. I make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

Our First Love

Even after doing all the work, showing patience, tolerance, control, endurance and working in the Lord's Name, yet the Lord says He is not happy with us because us because we have left or given up on our first love (Revelation 2:2-4).

If all that we do is not love then what is love and why should the Lord be upset with us?

There is an evangelist who is very gifted in his oration of the Word and miracles do happen because of his calling as an evangelist. At times you can see a lot of anointing on him when he preaches. He does love the Lord and has dedicated his whole life for the Lord, but there were times when the Lord asked me to rebuke him. What was the problem? The hidden problem was self promotion, self attention. Some of his past life problems were covered but not healed. The hidden rejection was calling for attention. Due to his lack of understanding of the Word and his personal problem, he did not know the harm he was doing in the long run to those connected with him and called to serve the Lord.

The Greek word used for love is 'Agape' which correctly means 'charity'. The word charity means more than love, it means 'serving in love selflessly'. Our first charity is towards the Church of God. It means building the Temple of the Lord according to His Word. The Word of God defines in detail the way His Temple needs to be built, like He did in the shadow (Old Testament) with the Israelites to build the Scantuary. Every object and procedure is defined with an understanding and that detail holds valid even today.

Our God is God; omnipotent, all knowing, omnipresent … He has created all things, so surely He is capable to protect His people. In the Bible when the Israelites followed His Word and faced resistance there was not even one victim. It is not that we will not face resistance; in this world, we will surely face resistance. God will surely prefer live soldiers then half dead or full dead in this war against man's carnal nature induced by Satan. All are not called to become martyrs, but surely all are called to build and be a part of God's Church.

During the 8th Century the people of God underwent great persecution. They were building a church but it was not God's Church. Today we too are undergoing persecution, so the time is come to ask ourselves who's church are we building? Is it the Lord's Church according to His Word?

Revelation 2:4 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

[Prayer]

Lord, forgive us for laboring in vain because we do not labor according to Your Word. Lord heal your people and open their minds that they may know Your Word and follow it, to its understanding. Let the world see Your glory on Your Temple. I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[Reference Scripture]

Revelation 2:2-4

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Get a hold of your Tougue!

The tongue is one part of our body that does not have a bone therefore becomes an excuse for misuse. For people without wisdom it is the most difficult thing to take control of. Remember - even if we do lots of good work and sacrifice everything we have, but if we do not control our tongue, it can become a snare for our salvation.

Speaking is not bad but the speaking for the sake of speaking, or if it does not build someone is best avoided. The son of Sirach in the book Sirach advices us to 'be quick to hear'; to hear does not mean to listen. We should us wisdom on the words spoken and if they help us in building us then only they should be listened to, else just ignored. When speaking we should be sure that whatever we speak is necessary.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

[Prayer]
Lord, help me control me tongue, give me the wisdom to know when to speak and when to keep shut. Forgive me Lord for my idol words and harsh words spoken without thought. This prayer I make in Jesus' Name, Amen.


[Scripture References ]

Proverbs 13:3
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 6:12-15
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

Proverbs 14:3
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 21:23
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 4:24
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Sirach 5:9-13 [Aprocrypha]
9 Do not winnow with every wind, nor follow every path: the double-tongued sinner does that.
10 Be steadfast in your understanding, and let your speech be consistent.
11 Be quick to hear, and be deliberate in answering.
12 If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand on your mouth.
13 Glory and dishonor come from speaking, and a man's tongue is his downfall.

Proverbs 8:13
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 10:31
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Sirach 5:11 [Apocrypha] - Be quick to hear, and be deliberate in answering.

Can all our prayers get answered?

If you are a Christian let it be known to you, that you have not become one just because you wilth. It was the Lord who chose you to be called by His Name that you were able to become a Christian. But the purpose of you becoming a Christian is that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain. This is not just one instruction by three instructions.

The three instructions are:-

First is to bring forth fruit. That is to preach the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ and to help those invited through you to become true Christians.

Second is to 'go', which means not to remain in your own comfort zone but to move out of your comfort zone to do the first task.

Third is to keep the fruit. This means to follow up with those who were given unto you. Most preachers, evangelist, healers etc. bring the Good News unto the people, but then they leave them in the cold later on. This destroys these people even more than before with lesser chances of total change.

When we pray, we are given not all things, because not all our prayers are answered. It is only when we do all these three instructions are we assured that whatsoever we ask in Christ' Name will be given by the Father.


John 15:16 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

[Prayer]
Lord, I thank You for choosing me to be a Christian and to be called by your Name. Father God, forgive me for not following your instructions and then doubting You because all my prayers were not answered. Today since I learnt my mistake help me correct myself and receive all my prayers through Jesus Christ, Amen.

Just who is Precious?

I once was sharing with a friend about how much the Lord loves her and that He can even give up the lives of many people for her. She became very uncomfortable about it, for she felt that if God created all people He would not do any thing like that, He loves everybody the same. I know most people will also think the same way. Let me explain with a testimony.

Once there was an evangelist who with his team was driving down from Mumbai to Goa for an outreach. He, as usual was a harsh driver who made people traveling with him to pray more. As they were traveling at a very high speed on the road, suddenly due to a wheel problem their vehicle stopped. They were wondering why this had happened to them, since they were already late to their destination. Just as their vehicle had stopped another vehicle from behind them, overtook them. Just before their eyes the vehicle from behind got hit by another from the opposite side which was rashly driven and all of the people in both the vehicles were badly hurt. Then they realized that had their vehicle not stopped they would have been those people in that accident. Even the way their vehicle had halted was miraculous, for at that speed which they were driving the vehicle should have somersaulted.

We may see many around you who are not God's children doing well in life, but we should not be envious of them. For when the time comes God will not care about them as much He care about us. They are just like the grass in the garden having fruit trees. The grass makes the garden look beautiful, but the eyes of the gardener are not on the grass but on the fruit trees; his joy is in them.


Isaiah 43:4 - Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.


[ Prayer ]
Lord God, You love me so much that You are willing to give up the lives on many people for me. Forgive me for the times I felt lonely and sad thinking You do not love me. Let me from today always remember that your eyes are always on me, watching over me. I make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

Anyone needs comforting?

Isaiah 66:13 - As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Another of those scriptures, which people take a part of, therefore do not see the effect very time. Get this in your system almost all promises in the Bible come with a condition which need to be fulfilled. Read the promise and roundabout it, you will find the condition.
Even the free gift of salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ come with a condition which is - we need to believe in Him. Therefore even though salvation is available for all, but only those who believe in Him will be saved. In the above scripture, the comforting like that of a mother to her child is promised by the Lord only if we dwell in Jerusalem. The Word is not referring to the place Jerusalem but the spiritual state Jerusalem. The Hebrew word 'Jerusalem' means 'teaching of peace'. Dwelling in Jerusalem means - only when we are pursuing peace with God and with the people of God, will we be comforted by the Father like a mother comforts her child.
So, if you are heart broken, depressed or desperate and need comforting, go to Jerusalem for the Lord is waiting there to comfort you.

[Prayer]
Lord, Jerusalem is where your people dwell and where You comfort them. I am down and broken hearted, Lord; and in desperate need. You are my Father and my Mother and I cry out to You for comfort. Lord, show me the way to Jerusalem so that I too can be comforted by You. I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

Our Human Nature

To define human nature I would simple put it as a fruit bearing tree. This tree can bear different type and variety of fruits. If the tree bears mostly good fruit then it is considered a good tree. But if the tree bears sour fruits then it is considered as a corrupt tree. As the sour fruit multiple it destroys the ability of the tree to bear good fruit. The sour fruit get worms in them, these effect and destroy even the good fruits. Concentrating on the good fruit is called walking in righteousness and concentrating on the sour fruits in called living by fleshy or carnal desires.

Human nature grows like a tree grows: the trees grow and the fruits multiple, human nature grows and its goodness or evils too grows. Like tree has branches which bear leaves, flowers and fruits; so does our nature; it is build around our works, what we profess and our fruits.

Matthew 7:17-20

¹⁷ Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

To overcome our fleshly desire or carnal desire we need to deprive nourishment to the sour fruits. They will soon or latter dry up and fall. It sounds easy but isn’t because even at the last minute if the fruit get a little nourishment it can become plump again. The strength to fight comes from the trunk. God knows that man by himself will never be able to fight therefore He took us from the tree called Adam and grafted us to the tree called Jesus Christ. Only when we abide in the tree called Jesus Christ we can draw strength from Him and shake of our sour fruits. For some this job gets done easily but for others it takes time.

John 15:5-8

⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

⁶ If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

⁸ Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Being grafted in Jesus we need to bear good fruits but if we bear sour fruit or no fruit we get broken off.

[ Prayer ]

Father God, graft me unto Jesus forever that I may abide by Him and become like Him bearing good fruit. Let the nature of Adam that is within me die and the nature of Jesus which is your nature come alive in me. I ask this prayer in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

The REAL Power of Love

The real power of love is not in the big things. God's love was marked with the sacrifice of His only begotten Son, so that we may live. But the power of God's love was not just by the sacrifice of His Son. The real power of His love is shown to us in the small things. The fact that He loved us even thou we did not know Him, from the time of our birth He sustained us. Even today, His love is demonstrated to us in our daily routines. The greatness of God's love continues with us through His Spirit in us.

If someone came to you one day and gave you an unimaginable big gift and disappeared not to be seen again, would it be called real love? Real love is shown by the person who lives with you and does small things for you everyday unselfishly. The power of love is not in big things but in small things that are done ceaselessly. True love heals, blesses and enriches selflessly and continuously.

Experience the real power of God's love today, open your eyes and see it, open in your hearts and feel it.

John 15:9 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

[Prayer]

Lord, your love is beyond measures and the power of your love unexplainable. You loved me before I started to love You. Everyday You pour out your love for me. No words can thank You for your love. Keep me always in your love and your Spirit always in me. I make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.

How are you delivering?

Whenever we are preaching God's Word to others we should have the same attitude as Jesus did. When Jesus as man, gave the Word He considered Himself just a delivery man, He spoke the Words His father had sent Him to speak. When we go to preach or share the Word of God, we should remember that we are representing the Kingdom of God. We speak on behalf of Him so we should not speak for ourselves.

For, we have been crucified with Jesus Christ on the cross and Christ lives in us, so it is not we who should speak but it should be Christ who speaks through us. When we do this we see the effects of every word that come out of our mouth. These words will not be our words but God's Word, which is living and active. Also when people insult or try to hurt us, we will not get affected for we are not there in the picture.

John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

[Prayer]

Father God, make me like Jesus. Bring it into my understanding that I am on a mission and I represent You, it is your Spirit that should work through me and only that will change people and situations. I ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

[ Reference Scriptures ]

Galatians 2:20 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Do you know which category you belong to?

In Isaiah the Lord talks about three categories of people who are aware of Him. I would say as who worship or claim to worship Him.

The First category is the one who surrender themselves to the Lord. They are the Lord’s people - true Christians.

The Second category is those from the sheepfold but who have not surrendered themselves to the Lord. They are not the born-again, those who are not baptized by the Holy Spirit. If you look at the scripture, the Lord talks about those by the name of Jacob, now if you read verse 1 of the same chapter:

Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Jacob and Israel were the names of the same person, but Jacob was the name of the person before the Lord redeemed and Israel the name after. It was only after Jacob truly changed himself inside that the Lord called him by the name Israel. In this category belong those who call themselves Christians but have not surrendered themselves to the Lord. They are the goats in the sheepfold.

The Third category is those who worship God the Father but not through Jesus. They are the lot who want to work for their salvation with their own efforts, but do not know all their efforts will be futile. They are related to the Christians but will have no share in the inheritance of the Lord.

What category do you belong to? If you have not accepted Jesus as your Lord, Master and Savior you will not receive your salvation nor be able to come before God the Father. Even if you have accepted Jesus you need to follow Him (His Word) by surrendering yourself to Him. Do not get attached to this world or things of this world, become a true disciple of Jesus follow Him.

John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Isaiah 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

[Prayer]

Lord Jesus, You are my Master and Lord, I surrender to You and to the will of our Father. I also want to be a part taker of the inheritance of our Father along with You. Lord Jesus, touch me and open my eyes like You did when You touched the blind and they could see. I ask this prayer in your mighty Name, Amen.