Wednesday 30 November 2011

Real Christmas


For young people it is like painting house, decorating, music, dance and parties.

For woman at house, it’s like preparing various kinds of eatables.

For elderly man at house, it like buying gifts and distributing gifts.

Finally invite friends and relatives to house for lunch and dinner.

Is this a Christmas for you?

It might be good but if you don’t have Christ in your Christmas, it’s not Christmas but something else in the name of Jesus Christ.


What happened when Jesus was born?

Let’s learn from the life of Magi’s (wise men) from Matthew 2:1, 2, and 11.

Three things these wise men did;
·        Came searching Jesus
·        Came to Worship Jesus
·        Gave gifts to Jesus

Christmas is not about you and your things, it’s all about Jesus. If Jesus is missing in your Christmas then there is something gravely wrong going on.

In this coming Christmas seek Jesus till you find Him, once you find Him bow down and worship Him and give Him everything you are and everything you have.

Result: Matt 2:16: The enemy got mad!
When you do what the wise men did, you too will make your enemy Satan mad.

As you are getting closer to Christmas I pray that you too will seek Him like never before and Worship Him like never before and give all that you have to Jesus like never before.

Have a Jesus Christ centered Christmas.

With loads of love to you and your families,

Yours
Jeevan and Leena

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Mess to Message

There are so many people who regret about their past, but I want to tell you don’t regret because your messed past will be your Message in future.



In John 4, we see a woman who was messed up in life. You see this woman came to well to fetch water at 12pm, I was thinking why this woman came to fetch water at that odd time? I’ll tell you because she had a problem.

What was the problem? She was talk of the town because she had 5 husbands and one more man (boyfriend), everywhere she went  the people were talking about her, probably some mock, some make fun of her other thoughts she was worst woman of the town.

When she came to well, she found a Jewish man by the well. She thought this man don’t know anything about me so no problem let’s go and fetch water as she went close to it, this Jewish man (Jesus) asked her for a drink. After hearing him she began to speak about rules and regulations, good and bad, high and low caste. . . . . . .

After hearing to her Jesus talks about the living water, Jesus said ‘If you drink this water you will thirst again but if you drink the water I give you, you will never thirst because this water will become a spring in within, but everyone who drinks the water of the well he/she will thirst again. 

When this woman came to know that there shouldn’t be any reason for her to come to well, she said please give me because she is coming to well with fear and shame because of her sinful life.
She asked Jesus “Lord please give me this water”, Jesus said ok I will give you, only if you bring your husband. She said’ Lord I don’t have a husband’. Jesus said you have told the truth on this and told her about her problem, after few minute of conservation she came to known the person with whom she was talking is a Messiah!

After she came to know about the person who is in their town, she dropped the pot that was in her hand and went to the people and told them about Messiah.

I want you to have a close look at this situation, she came to know about messiah the first thing she did was, she went back to the town. Her whole life she was running away from the people but when she had an encounter with Jesus the Messiah, she went to people and  told them, ‘come and see a man who told me everything I ever did’ Bible says, many people in that village received Jesus because of that one sinful woman.

God used this woman’s past life to be a message for the people of Samaria to receive Jesus. This is the same with you; God will use your past life to save the people who are around you now. Your life itself is the great message you will ever preach to bring people in the kingdom of God, because you know what you have gone through, you know how you came out of the situation you were in, God will use the same experience to bring the people you are in that situation.
Remember your mess will be your message tomorrow.

God bless you,

Jeevan and Leena


Wednesday 9 November 2011

How to be filled with spiritual power. - John G Lake




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1.      Be Desperately Hungry:

Matt 5:6: Blessed are the Hunger and thirst for they will be filled. This verse holds true for anything that has been provided for us by Christ, whether righteousness, holiness, healing, spiritual power or anything else. The underlying principle is this: Those who hunger and thirst, who are desperately hungry for what they desire, shall receive what they desire.

2.      Be fully convinced (Never Give Up):

Rom 4:20-21: Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
John G Lake would never give up or retreat before any disease or aliment or spiritual obstacle. Being fully convinced that Jesus Christ has provided redemption for the spirit, soul and body for every human being who would believe. He wielded the name of Jesus Christ is like a rod of Moses and drove back the enemies of God’s children wherever he found them.

3.      Be filled with the Word of God:

John 6:63: The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. John G Lake said you must be a constant consumer of God’s word. The Holy Spirit can only use the amount of the Word of God that is in you. He will teach you the deep things of the scriptures as you mediate upon them and will remind you of what He has taught you and teach you even more tat the times you needs them. So be filled with the Word of God.
4.      Be full of Faith, Holy Spirit and Power.

Acts 6:3, 5, 8: Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power.
John G Lake says, He would pray hours on His Knees. It is then, Faith, Holy Spirit and Power flowing from God through Jesus Christ to you and from you to the sick and the oppressed.

5.      Be Holy and Righteous.

Jam 5:16-18: The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective; Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
Heb 12:14: Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
The Holy life of Christ pouring through Paul and other apostles and early Christians face them not only spiritual power but also a boldness and courage that enabled them to turn the world upside down, It could be the same today.

God bless you,

Jeevan and Leena