The wind blows gently. There is a subtle silence. Floral fragrance around. The sun has almost set and dusk has begun. Judas is alone. The tempter is by his side. His weakness is known. He hears the sweet gentle voice. He lends his ears and the devil moves into him and dwells in him.
Judas, this world will know you.
Judas, every mother will tell about you.
Judas, your name will spread far and wide.
Judas, every writer will describe you.
Judas, eye has not seen nor, ear heard the things prepared for you.
Judas, you will not lack anything.
Judas, you will be like the olive tree.
Judas, you are the candlestick and you will sit beside me.
Judas, you will be with me eternally.
Judas, I am the king of this world and you are my son.
Do it!
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, As a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
My son, When you were hungry I fed you. When you were thirsty I quenched your thirst. When you were crying I wiped your tears. When you stumbled I held you. When you were sick I healed you. When you were lonely I was your companion. When the world hated you, I loved you.
“Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them” (Jeremiah 15:19).
God, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, forgives all our sins, but we hesitate to forgive one another. The more grudges we have on one another, the further we go away from the Lord and His blessings.
It’s difficult to please the Lord without wholehearted repentance.
One brother used to speak in tongues. The pastor of that mega church to which this brother belongs did not have the gift of discernment. This brother used to have hiccups. And it was so loud that he used to disturb the entire church. One Sunday service he disturbed a lot, so the pastor came down from the pulpit and put his hand on this brother, and this brother laughed aloud, and the spirit in him revealed all the sins of the pastor. He was heavily possessed. So pastors and prophets feared to pray for him.
This brother was a ruffian. He used to walk around the market area with a big sword in his hand, and he used to collect money from every shopkeeper and business owner. This went on for many years. He was popular even among the police force.
It so happened that one day someone gave two bananas to his mother and asked her to give them to him. This man ate one and gave the other to his child. There was witchcraft in it, and from that day he started to have hiccups. Everyone used to fear him; that was the kind of possession. He spent a lot of money on medicine, but nothing happened. He started seeking God, and someone had given my sister’s contact number. He used to call my sister and get himself prayed for. We called him home.
My sister had a very powerful gift of discernment; she bound the tongues that he was speaking, for he had evil tongues. I and my sister started praying for him, and when I put my hand on him, he said it was burning and felt the fire of the Lord. He was rolling, screaming and vomiting. For six days we prayed for him. God forgave all his sins. delivered him, and anointed him. Now he is a prophet. God is using him mightily.
Miracles never happen when the minister of God has a grudge on anyone or expresses anger at any flesh and if he has not repented wholeheartedly. God is very merciful, but while doing deliverance ministry, one has to have a clean, holy, and perfect heart.
The thoughts and the deeds are open to the Heaven and Hell.
Once a pastor fought with his wife before leaving home. In a fit of anger, he left home and drove recklessly. He met with an accident and died on the spot. He has been serving the Lord for several years. His spirit was before the Lord. And the Lord was not pleased that he fought with his wife. Wholehearted repentance and the Lord’s forgiveness are two of the basic criteria to enter Heaven. God is very merciful; He sent the pastor’s soul back to his body to repent and ask forgiveness from his wife. God is good; He is our Father, and He wants perfection in every soul. He corrects each and every one. He creates situations whereby we learn our mistakes and accept them to reform ourselves.
One cannot proceed further in the Lord or in the ministry with an unforgiving heart. It will destroy one’s peace.
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire; Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift” (Matthew 5:22,23,24).
Repentance is the key to unlock the Lord’s blessings. Repentance and Reconciliation will replenish and refresh your soul.
Forgive our sins as we forgiver those who sin against us.
One’s life will be ruined by guilt about sin. It will increase our misery and weed out our joy. The relationship we have built over the years with God is severed by sin, which stands between us and God. It is very painful for God.
“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation” (Psalms 149:4).
Only the meek will repent. Pride will not bow. Pride will not kneel. Pride will never pray.
Kneel and bow in meekness, or raise your hands and surrender to the most merciful Father, and His heart will melt.
God hates the contentious and argumentative spirit and the spirit of wrath.
God will forgive. But He is seas of anger; repeated sins by a minister of God will provoke His anger, and He will surely punish in order to correct. But Satan will mock and put the minister of God to shame.
You might be the best singer or a musician in your choir or a popular leader among the members of your congregation, and you might attend the church with the best of your attire during every service, but if you have not pleased God, you will end up in hell. God sees your heart, your thoughts, your eyes and your deeds.
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
Repent and Reconcile with God, let your soul replenish refresh and be revitalised.
You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you with physical strength, spiritual strength and financial strength.
“When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed” (Matthew 8:1,2,3).
St. Francis of Assisi was too wealthy. He had a fear and abhorrence of lepers. One day, while riding his horse near Assisi, he met a man afflicted with leprosy. The sight of the leper filled him with horror and disgust; he was shocked and disturbed, but he got off the horse and kissed him. The leper put out his hand hoping to receive something. Out of compassion, Francis gave money to the leper.
But when Francis mounted his horse again and looked all around, he could not see the leper anywhere. He realised that it was Lord Jesus whom he had just kissed.
Francis could have neglected and passed away but he heard that still small voice that guided him to stop, reach out and embrace the man with leprosy.
That gesture of humbleness and obedience to the Lord’s voice transformed him to be a mighty saint of God. Lord Jesus Christ guided Saint Francis to minister even to the Muslim kings and to baptise them.
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” ( Hebrews 13:2).
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
God will humble us and test us to know what is in our heart. He who has pity and lends to the poor, lends to the LORD, and God will bless him multifold.
Help the poor and the needy. Pray for the sick. Visit the widows and the fatherless, bless them and be blessed forever.
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him” (Psalms 28:7).
“In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto Him and He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before Him even into His ears” (Psalms 18:6).
“I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill” (Psalms 3:4)
“But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him” (Psalms 4:3)
The Lord was with Joseph in the dungeon. He was with Jeremiah in the quicksand. He was with Daniel when he was thrown into a Lion’s den. The Lord was with the three Hebrew youths, Shadrach Meshach, and Abednego. When they were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow to a golden image set up by King Nebuchadnezzar, but they survived unharmed the Lord was with them.
He pulled king David out of a dangerous pit, out of the deadly quicksand. He set him safely on a rock and made him secure. He was with Apostle John in the Greek island of Patmos.
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Psalms 23:4).
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Behold, I have graven you upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me” (Isaiah 49:15,16).
He will not leave you comfortless; He will come to you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He is with you always unto the end of this world.
You are never alone. The LORD is your light and your salvation; The LORD is the strength of your life. Fear not: for the Lord is with you.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame scorch you” (Isaiah 43:2).
Lord Jesus never fails. Once, God descended while I was praying and was before me. He moved towards me and held both my hands. The firm grip with which He held my hands meant a lot to me: a silent transformation of his love into my heart saying, “I am with you.” Tears rolled down my eyes.
“Blessed art thou who seek me early. I have carved your name on my palm. I wait for you. I remember you every second; my focus is on you. Do not go away from Me. You thought I was silent and that I would not help you. No, I was just waiting for that opportunity to bless you multifold. First and foremost I want to bless you with spiritual gifts. I know you. Hold my hand and walk with Me. I will lead you. I who lead Moses and Joshua is leading you. Nothing can stop you. No wilderness, no desert, no mountains, no waters, no fire, and no man or devil can overpower you for I am with you” says the Holy Spirit.
Men of this world neither have peaceful rest here on this earth nor will they have eternal peace. We have the God of peace, Lord Jesus Christ, with us. Be of good cheer. He has overcome everything and stamped all that are unholy and evil on that cruel cross. In this world we have trials and temptations. God will surely lead us through. Bondages are broken, witchcraft is crushed and thrown into the desolate waters.
Let’s be thankful to our Mighty Father. Empty our hearts and pour them out to Him.
During my college years, I was praying for the Anointing. I went to several churches, attended Tarring meetings and once I requested a man of God to pray for me in a youth meeting. He prayed but nothing happened.
Three years later, God spoke to my sister, and she guided me to wait after 12 midnight. I was praying and I prayed and prayed all the sins flashed across my mind. I repented for all my sins and at 2:30 AM, God touched me. He poured His Anointing, the Fire Anointing was mighty, I could not control and was rolling on the floor. After a month she prayed for my Power Anointing. I received the Power Anointing for seven days.
My sister, a mighty prophetess and an apostle— if she is the main speaker in any convention or prayer meeting, during the final prayer session she used to move amidst the people gathered and put her hand on them and they will just fall in the Anointing. Pastors used to kneel and get themselves prayed from her for the Power anointing. Very holy, energetic and had the zeal to serve the Lord. And very obedient to Him. Her prophesies were precise and perfect.
One day we both sat to have our breakfast. She said she was seeing a vision of number 7 in gold and that it was glittering. She asked me the meaning of it. I was not too serious about it but I told her that we will discuss it later, first let’s finish the breakfast. She got up, walked to her room fell and gave up. God took her. I prayed and prayed cried and pleaded to God, took her to a church at about 3 AM (it was quite far), and asked the pastor to pray nothing happened. I was devastated. Why, God? why?
Seven denotes perfection. She did the perfect will of our God being sincere, holy and obedient.
“But our God is in the heaven: He does whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3).
Everyone has to undergo trials and temptations. Our God is the God of breakthrough. Only with his guidance we can overcome any situation.
A few years back, one night as I was preparing my dinner, one Muslim woman an old lady, called for me. She cried and asked me to come to her home and to see her husband. I told her that they have faith in dead men and visit Dargah, Muslim shrine and that I will not pray for them. But she started crying loudly and asked me not to say so but pleaded for me to visit her home to see her husband, whom I used to address as uncle, an elderly man and much respected in this region. God revealed all his sins to me.
The Holy Spirit guided me to go. As I went there, I saw hundreds of Muslim men dressed in white gathered in the front of their house waiting to arrange for the last rites. I walked in, there were many women gathered. They all gave way and were waiting to see what I am going to do. Since we pray in tongues many think we do some sort of incantation, magic or spell.
This man had cancer and was just giving up his ghost. There was no sense. His hands and legs were dead. His wife started to cry more when she saw me lifting his hands and legs, his lifeless hands and legs fell dead. No sign of life. His body was cold.
I knelt down by his bed and prayed, asked the Lord to forgive all his sins. I told the Lord, “O Lord! Where your spirit dwells there is liberty. In your presence the spirit of death has no power and authority.” And I asked the Lord to send the spirit of life back to his body. Immediately, this man rose from the bed and said, “He was feeling fine.” And stood straight. All glory to God on high. God’s Name was glorified.
This miracle did not happen for my own sister. God does everything according to His will. He does what He pleases.
He wants you to be His chosen shepherd for His lost sheep. Many are lost and scattered. The sincere anointed powerful shepherds are very few.
If one visits the throne room of God, experience the presence of God the Almighty, hear His thunderous voice then his sermons will be utter serious, without any jokes and worldly stuff. He will never crack jokes or make his congregation or the people laugh in the presence of the Great Jehovah. Our Lord is very kind and loving but very serious and stern.
God chose the Levites to carry the Ark of the Covenant. He was not pleased when Uzza held the Ark when the oxen stumbled. He smote him (1 chronicles 13:9,10).
Moses was not permitted to enter the promised land due to his disobedience at the Waters of Meribah (Numbers 20:7-12).
When Paul and Silas prayed and praised in the prison there was an earthquake, the foundations were shaken. The prison walls were broken. Prayer, praise and worship can break down the walls the barriers and crush the bondages. Burden and bondage must not bury us but we have to stamp it and crush it in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Whatever you are going through, Humble yourself and surrender wholly to The Lord. The anointing of the Holy Spirit breaks every bondage in your life and in your household. The Holy Spirit is very Powerful. He should be the head of your house. Take His guidance. Let all decisions be made according to His will.
Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you , says the Lord.
You have to accomplish the mission for which you have been called: for the mission is great and it’s powerful. Will you do it for the Lord?
“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” ( Hebrew 4:12).
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1,2).
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” ( Philippians 2:8,9,10).
The Word is Power, the Word is Life. The Word is God. Word became flesh and dwelt in this world. The Word is our All in All.
The Word of God will lead us and guide us. The verses of the scripture will strengthen us. It will move through the marrow ; it will raise the dead cells and make everything holy and perfect. The Word of God will keep us holy.
The possessed fear to touch the Word. It so happened during a deliverance ministry, I asked the possessed brother to hold the Bible; immediately the evil spirit in him spoke that his hands are unclean and not holy. Only those who are unholy and possessed will not touch the Word of God. People spend time reading all that are sinful and that which corrupts the mind. This allows a free passage for the Satan to dwell in their hearts.
Utter the Word and the devil will flee, speak the Word and the problems will flee, raise the Word and the sickness will flee, claim the Word and the hurdles and challenges will flee, the Word becomes alive and the Word performs miracles and the Word will get back to the Lord after the accomplishing the miracles: for the Word is alive.
The Word of God has to be read every day and meditated on. It nourishes us and strengthens us. Have a separate schedule to read and meditate on the Word. As you read and reread, meditate on the Word, the Word will transform you to be like the Word. Many of the anointed servants of God, even those who hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, are overconfident and neglect reading the scriptures. The devil will surely attack them because reading the scriptures is part of our Christian life. Neglecting that is a failure in one’s duty as a Christian.
The Word is the food for us. The Word of God provides spiritual sustenance and growth, and keeps us healthy and strong. The Word of God will have to be in our tongue, mind, spirit and in our soul. When you remember and recollect the scriptures you gain strength within and grow in faith.
God said, “feed My sheep, feed My lamb.” The lamb and the sheep expects the Word of the Lamb from the shepherd.
When I was doing my post graduation one night, I heard the sound of a cart, rattling sound of chains. I was too surprised as to how a cart entered the defence campus. It was 2:30 A.M. and sound was increasing steadily and all of a sudden I felt a huge arm pressing my chest . Pressing so hard that I couldn’t breathe, felt I would give up, not knowing what to do, immediately I cried out aloud, JESUS and and the evil left at once, and I ran to the next room. From that day I carry the Word of God with me wherever I go. The Word is with me always by my side even when I sleep. JESUS is the Name above all the names. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall utter His Name: for HISNAME is POWER.
When You feel weak call out JESUS you will get immense strength. Yes, this is the truth.
Keep talking to God. Even if you don’t hear Him, you continue to talk to Him. He is listening. And one fine day, you will hear His sweet whisper from within you or louder as your companion. Once you start hearing the voice of the HOLY SPIRIT you become supernatural. Nothing can be hidden from you. As you look at a person, his past, his present and the future will be revealed to you instantly. It might flash across to you in front of your eyes or the Holy Spirit will tell all the secret life of that person.
In Matthew 4:6, Satan quotes the scriptures then how much we should be equipped with the knowledge of the Word. One can tackle the Satan only with the Word. He knows your strength and the knowledge of the Word. He is clever and cunning, he might question you from the Word or ask you to quote the scripture in front of the congregation during deliverance ministry. He will put the minister of God to shame. In that case the pastor has to bind the evil tongue. The Lord Jesus Christ quoted the scriptures during the temptations (Matthew 4:7, Luke 4:4,8)
Beware of what you are talking. The vain words, irrelevant gossips, worldly jokes are worthless and blasphemous. Every word that we have spoken will be judged by the Word.
There are lot of spiritual truths hidden in the Word. The Word will fill us with wisdom and transform us to a wise one. It is a powerful tool for personal growth. It will renew the mind and as we meditate our approach to this world will be completely different. We will be matured spiritually and we can overcome all sorts of worldly temptations.
The Word became flesh and the Word is alive. The Satan and the Hell fears the Name Jesus. The Name Jesus is a powerful Weapon, a Shield and Armour against all sorts of spiritual warfare. His Name is the Hedge and Fortress
“Man shall not live by bread alone but every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Deuteronomy 8:3).
Let the Word of God and the Most Powerful Name above all the names JESUS be on the tip of your tongue eternally.
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation” (Psalms 91:15,16 ).
February first week, Violet was in the bed, pale, weak and grief stricken, wheezing heavily and coughing due to breathlessness. Her beauty, that was admired and that which provoked jealousy by her neighbours and friends, was now marred because of cancer. Worship and prayer was in progress in the next room. All her relatives, her two brothers’ family, her two sisters and friends from far and near had assembled in the hall of the old cottage. She is expected to survive another two weeks according to the expert physicians, who have been treating her.
She cried to the Lord, “Heavenly Father please let thy mercy be on me. Heal me from the dreaded disease that has been killing me slowly. Am I not thy vessel? I am thy temple and your child. You alone have I seeked and followed. In thee I trust My Lord, deliver me from this sickness. Please do not let my husband lose his wife and my kids their mother. Lord, I am sure you will not be happy to see my children grieved without their mother and my husband a widower. Deliver me from the jaws of death. I will testify this miracle and proclaim thy love to this entire world. I will comfort the comfortless, help the needy, feed the hungry and quench the thirsty. I will minister to every sick and comfort every troubled soul. I want you to use me for your glory. Have mercy Lord”. She prayed candidly and honestly out of her heart with tears flooding her eyes.
Lying on her bed, she looked at her husband and her two kids. Sorrow filled her heart, tears rolled down her eyes. She was troubled. She loved and longed to live for the sake of her husband, whom she loved and served, and her kids who were too close to her heart.
She wanted to live though she was battling cancer for almost two years. It destroyed her peace, marred her beauty, and breath alone was left in her.
Many a times when she faced the mirror, tears rolled down her rosy cheeks for she lost all her hair: the long beautiful flowing locks due to chemo. She used to cry alone; the grief that she is going to be gone. “Why did this strike me”?
The lump in her breast was as hard as a golf ball. She was suffering from stage four-breast cancer.
After Violet prayed, she fell asleep, breathing hard and surrendering her body, soul and spirit in the hands of the mighty Lord, the giver of life.
Hearing her, the Lord was moved, He wept and the next moment He was beside her bed. His nail pierced hand was on her forehead gently patting her. She realised the power like the jolt of electric shock moving into her from head to foot. Every cell in her body could feel the power and her body was shivering. At that fraction of a second, the sickness that tormented her for more than two years was defeated and crushed by the power of the Almighty God. She opened her eyes and saw her Mighty Physician her Father Lord Jesus Christ by her side and she leaped out with special strength, raised herself to see the mighty Lord, and said Lord it is you, she instantly fell at His feet and was healed miraculously.
Violet was just a simple and humble woman but used to read the Bible every day and spend time with the Lord. She taught her kids to pray, praise, and grow closer to the Lord. However, cancer touched her. Cancer controlled the family. All the discussion was only on cancer. In spite of cancer touching Violet, she never failed in her day-to-day duties of taking care of the house old chores. She used to prepare the breakfast for her husband and kids, pack their lunch boxes. She was a woman as in Proverbs 31: loving, caring and affectionate.
Having seen the struggle of my mother in cancer, I would like to declare that Cancer has no power over you but you have the Power of God to destroy it.
Your name is carved in His palm and He remembers you every second.
It can be a test of faith or to correct one of your loved ones to bring him or her into the perfect hedge. In addition, when the Lord has a healing ministry for you in order to know what is sickness and how people suffer God might allow such sickness for a while, but He will never leave you nor forsake you. The pain, suffering and torment are for a very short while. He is a very loving God. He cares for you. Therefore, be of good courage.
As a family, we were all united in prayer. Because of the trials and tribulations, we knew and understood our calling. We grew closer to God. We tried to please Him in all aspects of our life. Our only motive and aim was to save our Mom from cancer and we knew that only the Lord Jesus Christ can save. As we prayed earnestly God intervened, and corrected everyone. He anointed us with His mighty Holy Spirit and He was the Supreme member and the Head of our family.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto you. He gives peace, which we cannot find anywhere else.
Make up your mind today. If cancer or any other disease has affected you or your home, never lose hope. Hold onto the Lord. It is for a purpose. He is going to change your life. He is going to transform everything in your home. Be courageous. It is the battle, which the Lord will fight if you surrender totally to Him. Do not fear. Speak to God. He is waiting to hear you. He will speak to you. Keep on thanking the Lord.
How to fight and win over trials and temptations?
Firstly, you have to submit all your petitions to the Lord. Pour out your heart to Him. Then believe that the Lord has heard all your prayers and has answered them. God truly hears, He hears even the faintest cry: for He is your Dad. Now keep thanking the Lord for the miracle. Keep on thanking Him. Believe that He has healed you no matter even if it has taken time, do not doubt but have faith and thank Him continuously and praise Him for the healing. Ask Him to anoint you with His Holy Spirit. You need the Lord first; if He is in you then you are perfect in health. No sickness can touch you when He is in control of you. Where His Spirit is there is liberty.
Praising and thanking the Lord will do wonders in your body and in your home. You have been called to testify to this world. Know the purpose and know the calling. Pray without ceasing. In everything giving thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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