Stay in Prayer

The word of God says to stay calm and pray before getting an answer from The Lord.

Before ascension, Jesus appeared to his disciples over a period of 40 days. He was strengthening them in their faith (Acts 1)

Apostle Peter says in 1 Peter 4; when tests come in life, don’t be surprised. Don’t ever think that since you follow Christ you will be free from test. Instead rejoice and participate along with the suffering of Christ.

The enemy is a hard worker. It will do everything to take away your attention from God. It might tempt you with lust of the world so you will hide from God. In Bible and in the history you can find men of God failing this test. 1 Peter 5, says, resist him by standing firm in faith. All believers of Jesus go through same problem. So when you follow Christ and are faced with a problem, rejoice that you are being accepted as a follower of Christ.

The word says to cast all your insults and problems at the feet of God. Always beware about how the enemy tries to tempt you. Only way to be strong and have a good mind to understand temptation is by spending time with God.

After Jesus resurrected, he did not ask the disciples to go and proclaim the gospel to everyone (Acts 1) but instead He told them to wait and pray for the Holy Spirit to witness. When the Spirit of God is in you, the enemy finds tough to overpower you. Of course you will be attacked, but it cannot defeat you.

Once the disciples received the Spirit of God on the day of Pentecost, they became bold and stronger in faith and went to witness Jesus. When you are filled with the Spirit of God, enemies will be scattered, and the wicked will perish in front of you (Psalm 68).

At this time, if the enemy try to trouble your life, pray and be filled with the Spirit of God, and proclaim the power of God to see the same enemies fleeing before you. May God bless and protect you.

Endure .. Do good .. Follow the Shepherd .. Be Safe

In the book of 1 Peter 2, the Apostle talks about doing good, even it means suffering, just as Christ suffered. Yes, when you follow Christ don’t think everything is going to be fine and good. Christ suffered in this world and we who are followers are sheep and He is the shepherd. Sheep will follow its shepherd.

Some characteristics Jesus showed in the midst of suffering.

·        He never sinned

·        Never deceiver anyone

·        Did not retaliate when he was insulted

·        Did not threaten revenge when he suffered

Only thing he did in the midst of suffering was he left everything to God. The God who sees everything lifted him above all and the same place where he was insulted and suffered, he is going to come back to rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

We are called to follow our shepherd (John 10). When hard times hit your life, don’t get emotional and react instantly, but pull yourself together, show patience, always think about Christ who suffered the same. Follow him and do the same, God will restore your lost and help you to overcome all situations.

In early church, Apostles and believers had to suffer because of following Jesus. But they met together and praised God with great joy and generosity (Acts 2). What happened as a result was, each day Lord added to their fellowship. People were getting saved each day. Same is being going through many parts of the world. Followers of Jesus are persecuted and humiliated. But in the midst of all, they are praising God and worshiping him and people are being saved and are added.

At this time, when the world is going through tough time, economy going down, people losing jobs, relationships breaking down, it’s time to remember that you are sheep and you need to follow your shepherd to be safe.

Now days, all prayer requests that come are from believers who lost their jobs. According to 1 Peter 2, endure and do good, follow your shepherd in faith. You are going to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Now, if you don’t know this shepherd and sheep reference, just understand sheep follow their shepherd to be safe. Jesus Christ is the shepherd and everyone sheep. All sheep that follow Christ is going to be safe. If you don’t know this Jesus, and want to know him, just repent all your sins to him while reading this, ask him to forgive you, and accept him as your saviour who took the punishment for all your sins. Download a Bible, start reading from New Testament and know about Jesus. Pray all your needs and ask everything in Jesus name. Follow him, hang in there, Do good and Be safe.

A Resolution to PRAY

New Year day people take resolutions. They want to do something consistent throughout that year that can change their life. For example, most New Year’s there will be a crowd in Gyms and in parks for workouts and jogging.

If any of you want to put a resolution for this year, Prayer and Meditation is one of the most advisable resolution that will keep you controlled and stress free.

Prayer is not something that you are going to do physically, like lightning a candle of taking a cross and walking, or rolling yourself somewhere. Prayer is a communication with the Almighty. It is a one on one talk with God who can solve all your problems. So it will be interesting when you talk with God as you talk with your best friend.

There are certain facts you need to know before talking with God. God is holy and we are sinners (1 Peter 1: 16). Sinners are not allowed to talk with God (Romans 3: 23).

For this reason Jesus Christ came to the world and took the punishment for our sins so that we can be sin free and can communicate with God (1 Timothy 3: 16).

Before starting the conversation, you can ask God to forgive your sins (Romans 10: 9). Accept that you are a sinner and ask for pardon. Believe that Christ Jesus paid for your sins and take a decision to live sin free (John 14: 6).

Thank God for forgiving your sins and accepting you as his child (Hebrews 8: 12).

Thank God for sending his beloved son Jesus to get the punishment for your sins for you to be free from sin (Romans 3: 21-26).

Thank God for all the good things that happened in your life. Thank God for the bad things that happened, because once you have a connection with Him, He is going to change that bad things to a joyful good one (Romans 8: 28).

Thank God for loving you and waiting patient to hear from you (Isaiah 30: 18).

Pray for your dear ones, friends, family and ask Him to protect them and bless them with their needs according to His will (Philippians 4: 6).

Pray for yourself, your needs, blessings, protection and your walk with God (Psalms 71).

Believe in faith that God heard your prayers and thanksgiving and thank Him that He is going to answer your prayers (2 Chronicles 7: 14).

Ask everything in Jesus name who is our mediator (John 14: 13).

These are certain points that you can pray yourself quiet to God. Instead of reading some prayers from some book, God loves people praying to Him with their heart directly. A son/daughter will talk with their father directly from their heart, not through reading some books.

May these small prayer points help you to start a communication with God this year, for having peace and joy in your life and to stay holy in all situations of life.