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Glory to the Lord [Testimony] | Pandiaraju, Shumadhi

I want to share a testimony with you, that will encourage your Christian faith and renew your zeal for the lord.

This is a testimony of how the lord gave me my current job. It’s almost a year I’m here. 

The “Manna Today” that you see below is what I received on July 21 last year. I was exactly in the same mindset as written there, during that particular time. The Lord’s word spoke with me that day and made me realize ‘I have a Master in heaven, who knows my heart and he will create new beginnings’. I surrendered my situations and took courage in the lord. The Lord’s word was so comforting for me, that I sent my testimony the next day to the ‘Manna Today’ team.

The Prayer answering god miraculously opened the ways, and within a week I got an opportunity to attend an interview with my present company. And on the next week I got the offer. 

Today when I look back I realize, I had no symptoms of a new beginning on July 21 but within a 2 weeks time, I really had a beginning blessed by the living god.

Our Lord is an awesome god. Today while reading this you might not have a hope or any clue about your future. But remember, our Lord is an author of new beginnings. He will never let you down.

He knows everything and as the bible says “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me”. He knows the right time to give each and every blessing to his children.

May our lord enable us to wait for him with a complete faith.

Imitate the Faithful | Kenneth Copeland | Bro. Suresh

"Remember your leaders and superiors in authority,[for it was they] who brought to you the Word of God. Observe attentively and consider their manner of living...and imitate their faith." (Hebrews 13:7, The Amplified Bible)

Apart from the Word of God itself and prayer, nothing can do more for you than watching and imitating a real man of faith. I found that out in a big way many years ago when I was a student at Oral Roberts University. As co-pilot on the airplane that transported him and his staff to his healing meetings, I had the opportunity to study Oral Roberts up close. I followed him around. I heard him preach. I watched him lay hands on the sick.

I'll never forget the day I had the opportunity to put some of what I'd learned from him into action. I'd just been to a few of his meetings.
Spiritually, I was still as green as a gourd. But I'd been assigned to help the people in the invalid room get ready for Brother Roberts to lay
hands on them. I was standing there for the first time surrounded by every kind of sickness and disease you can imagine. And when Brother
Roberts came in, instead of laying hands on the people himself, he caught me by the coat sleeve and said, "You're going to do the praying.
You're going to lay hands on them."

I know all the blood must have drained out of my face because I'd never prayed for anything like that in my life. I might have considered praying for a headache or maybe a serious hangnail, but that's it! The first lady we came to had cancer of the stomach. She weighed less
than 80 pounds. She was just the picture of death. I walked over toward her and before I could open my mouth, I heard a voice from behind me say, "In the Name of Jesus, take up your bed and walk." She instantly spit that cancer out on the floor. Then she jumped off that bed and screamed, "I'm healed," and started running around the room.

Let me tell you, that moment changed me. When I stepped up to the next person and raised my hands, I could see the healing coming. I'd seen Jesus heal through Brother Roberts, so in my mind's eye, I could see Him healing through me.

You can do the same thing. Find someone who's operating in more faith and power than you are and learn from him. Watch Jesus in them and then copy Him. Sooner or later, others will start seeing Jesus in you.

SCRIPTURE READING:  2 Kings 2:1-15

Occupy Till Jesus Comes | Kenneth Copeland | Bro. Suresh

"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:13-17)

The Bible teaches that as believers, you and I are to occupy until Jesus comes. Occupy is a military term meaning to hold possession, or control, of conquered troops and territory. If we're to do that effectively, most of us are going to have to change our attitudes. We're 
going to have to recognize that Jesus has already won the victory.

That's right. Satan is already defeated. He was whipped at Calvary. We're not on the defensive, he is! What's more, Jesus has given you His very own armor and sword to use to keep that defeated devil in line. You may be a 90-pound weakling on your own, but if you'll put on  God's armor, the devil will never know it. He'll run from you just like you were Jesus.

Think about it. What would you do if you were the devil and you came face-to-face with some fellow wearing God's armor and God's helmet with God's weapons in each hand? As long as that fellow only spoke God's words, you would think that must be God inside there!

Don't neglect any of the armor you've been given. Wear it all. Keep the devil on the defensive--and occupy till Jesus comes!

The X Factor | Prateep V Philip | Bro. Suresh

The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!  Deuteronomy 1 v 11 

When we are faithful to God through many generations, the Lord will multiply us.  He is the X Factor of History, Biology, Economics, Chemistry, Physics, you name it. The use of the term X Factor implies that He is invisible, mystical and mysterious.  Yet He is clearly present in our lives and makes His presence evident in many ways.  He multiplies us even as He blesses us.  Increase comes from the Lord.  Addition and multiplication is God’s math while division and subtraction is satan’s math. As long as we acknowledge with gratitude the hand of the Lord upon us and our families, the Lord remains faithful to His 10,000 plus promises.   He fulfills these promises in our lifetime as well as in our succeeding physical and spiritual generations.   Each of us has a physical generation, the biological offspring as well as a spiritual generation, the spiritual heirs of our faith.
                            We can legitimately expect and ask for a thousand fold blessing upon us in terms of our health, our longevity, our spiritual growth, the fruit of the spirit, our finances, our influence and impact in this generation.  Abraham was a lone man with no physical heir. But today, he is hailed as the father of faith who pioneered the path of believing even before receiving.  He has thousands upon thousands of  successors or heirs, both physical and spiritual in all nations on the planet.  He had been given the promise, “ Out of your seed, shall all nations be blessed.”  This was fulfilled as Jesus, the promised Messiah of the Jews as well as of all nations was born in his lineage. 

                          It is rightly said that we can count the seed in an apple but only God knows the number of the apples that come from each seed.  Faith not only blesses us in our generation but it blesses thousands in succeeding generations.  He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the one who is consistently faithful to a thousand generations of those who fear, love and obey Him.  Yet the way in which God blessed Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was different and unique.  Their life stories took many turns, many detours, ups and downs.  He not only blesses and multiplies us a thousand times but He also blesses and multiplies us in a thousand different ways.  We have ten thousand reasons to be glad, ten thousand reasons to be thankful to the Lord and ten thousand praises to sing.  Our lives short as it is is long enough for us to express these ten thousand expressions of thanks and praise in ten thousand different ways.

Devotion for Today - November 26, 2014 | Sis. Asha

Righteous Thinking
Read Philippians 4:8–9 


If anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 
South Africa has a tourist attraction in Mpumalanga called “God’s Window.” Standing on the edge of a cliff, one can gaze down into an exotic ravine. Mpumalanga has many breathtaking views, but this panorama of a wildlife reserve makes observers feel as though they are looking as far as the eye can see. Painters, photographers, and people from all over the world have spent hours reflecting on this beautiful view of God’s creation.
Today’s passage is not a list of things to do or ways to act, but an encouragement to dwell in God, to spend time admiring and gazing upon the beautiful qualities that are part of His eternal nature. Paul begins the passage with “Finally” (v. 8). He is approaching the end of his letter, which has encouraged the church to stand firm, remain committed, and rejoice in suffering.
This particular section reminds them of the beauty and wonder of the God we serve. Paul used the words: “true,” “noble,” “right,” “pure,” “lovely,” and “admirable.” Paul emphasizes the wide scope of beauty and praise available to believers—anything that is excellent and praiseworthy is something that we can enjoy and give attention to. From nature to the arts to worship to relationships, the loveliness and beauty around us should remind us of God’s outpouring of His own truth and beauty in our lives and in our world.
When we dwell on the beauty and wonder of God, we are drawn closer to who He would like us to be. We are to remember what we have learned about God from His Word and practice these things. We are to be conformed to the image of Christ, and all the good and positive things reflected in His character. This is one way that the “God of peace” will be with us (v. 9).

  What is your mind dwelling on today? Are you thinking about concerns, worries, problems, anxieties? We have been told instead to refocus our mind on what is pure and good and true. Reject the tendency we have to be mired in earthly troubles and try to refocus your mind on the things of God. Then, we will discover God’s peace dwelling in us. 

Jesus Our Bridegroom | Zac Poonen | Sis. Shumadhi

In Song of Solomon Chapter1:1, we notice that this is Solomon’s song – the Bridegroom’s song – primarily, and not the bride’s. That means it is our Lord’s song to us primarily, and not our song to Him. “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 Jn.4:19). We did not love Him first. He loved us first. It is only because He sang this song to us first that we can sing a song to Him now. Never ever begin by thinking of your love for the Lord. Our starting point must always be His love for us. Then we won’t go wrong. And we won’t ever get discouraged or condemn ourselves!

The Bridegroom then says, “My darling, come along with me.” He invites His bride now to come away from the world. “The winter is past…the flowers have appeared…” (Song. 2:11,12). The approach of summer is likened to the nearness of the Lord’s return to earth (Mt.24:32,33). We are now living in that time when summer is near. The Bridegroom then says endearingly, “O my dove in the clefts of the rock, let me see your form, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet and your form is lovely” (Song. 2:14). The Rock here is Christ in whose sight we are hidden. These words show the intensity of the Lord’s love, affection and care for us. If we believed this, it would remove all insecurity and fear from us totally.

Then the Bridegroom says, “Catch the little foxes quickly before they ruin the vineyard of your love while the great vines are in blossom” (Song. 2:15). This is a word that we need to hear constantly. It is easy to see the big foxes (obvious sins) that ruin our vineyard. But there are baby foxes that creep into our vineyard and eat up the grapes – and these are more dangerous, because they are less noticeable. In married life too, it’s not the big dangers that we need to watch out for, like the husband hitting his wife. Most of us may never do such things. The little foxes that destroy a marriage are usually the little irritations and the raised voice. Catch those little foxes and kill them before they ruin your marriage. Your marriage is like a vineyard. Preserve it like any wise farmer would. Your relationship with the Lord is also like a vineyard. It’s not the big sins like adultery and murder that drive most believers away from the Lord. It’s the little things - impure thoughts, love of money, an unforgiving attitude, etc. - that come between us and the Lord and ruin our walk with Him. So let us be diligent to catch the little foxes.

In Chapter 4, we hear a long appreciation of the bride from the Bridegroom. One mark of spiritual growth is that we learn to listen to the Lord more than to talk ourselves. The bride is maturing. And as she listens, she finds her Bridegroom expressing His admiration of her. He admires every part of her and then concludes by saying, “You are altogether beautiful, my darling…” (Song. 4:7).  Then He invites her saying, “Come with Me from Lebanon. Look down from the summit of Amana, from the summit of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions..” (Song. 4:8). This is an invitation to live in the heavenlies. The Lord says, “Don’t look at things from a low, earthly standpoint. Come with Me to the heavenlies and look at everything from that standpoint. The things of earth will then become small, dim and worthless, as you look at them from there.” The Lord wants to lift us to a higher plane. True, there are lions there – demons, evil principalities and powers. But we will be with the Lord there and together with Him we will overcome all those evil powers. The bride is now being invited to spiritual warfare.

The Bridegroom calls the bride “a locked garden” (Song. 4:12) – an exclusive garden, exclusively for the Bridegroom. She doesn’t belong to anyone else. She belongs exclusively to her Lord. Is your relationship with the Lord like that? Can the Lord say to you, “You are My private garden, exclusively Mine”? There are many things out in the world that can attract us like opportunities to make more money than we need, to get earthly power and fame and to earn a name for ourselves, etc. Such temptations can be compared to other men trying to seduce the bride. But the bride here is not attracted. She is taken up with her Beloved alone. She belongs to her Bridegroom exclusively.

Very few believers live in such a relationship with Christ and that is why they don’t know Him intimately and don’t understand His word. The secret of understanding the Bible is to have an intimate relationship with the Lord first of all – who better than He can explain to us what His Word means. Walk with Him like the early disciples did and long to hear Him speak to you. Then your eyes will be opened like theirs and your hearts will be set aflame like theirs. This is what I have discovered in the several years that I have walked with my Lord. 
The bride now speaks of what happened one night. “I was asleep, but my heart was awake…” (Song. 5:2). Suddenly she heard the voice of her Beloved. The Lord calls us suddenly at times. He wants us to be alert at all times to hear His voice. We read in the Old Testament that God would call Abraham suddenly at times saying, “Abraham, Abraham.” And Abraham would respond immediately saying, “Here I am” – even if it was in the middle of the night, when he was fast asleep. In Genesis 16:16 and 17:1, we read that after thirteen years of silence, God suddenly called Abraham one day. And Abraham responded at once! In the midst of his many other preoccupations, he was always alert to hear the Lord’s voice. The Lord called Samuel too in the middle of the night - and Samuel woke up and listened. That’s how we all must be.

But here we see that when the Bridegroom came in the middle of the night calling, “...Open to me, my darling…” (Song. 5:2), the bride was too lazy to dress up and open the door (5:3). She was concerned that her feet (that she had washed) would be soiled.  He tried to unlatch the door Himself (Song. 5:4). Then the bride changed her mind and opened the door, but found that her Beloved was gone. He went away because she did not respond at once when He called her.  That can happen to us too. The Lord may say to us, “Now drop everything that that you are doing. Stop reading that book. Stop that conversation. Get alone with Me and talk to Me. Let’s go for a walk together.” And we may respond saying, “Lord, just wait. I have something important to do. It will be finished in 15 minutes. Then I’ll come.” And 15 minutes later, when we have finished that important (?) work, we say, “Lord, I am ready now.” But we find that He is gone. We can’t find Him. That is the experience of many believers. The Lord tests us to see if He is more important to us than the conversation we are having with our friends, than the book we are reading, or the work we are doing, etc. He will test us to see if we are willing to drop everything and to listen to Him. Do you want to be an effective servant of God? Develop this habit of dropping everything when the Lord calls you, and of listening to Him. You will never regret it.

The Bridegroom then expresses His appreciation for His bride (Song. 6:4-10). He says that among all women, no-one is like His bride, His perfect one. I choose her above everybody else. Every husband should look at his wife like this: “There are many attractive women in the world, but there is no-one like my wife. She is Number One in my eyes.” This is what the Lord says about us. He appreciates us more than all the clever people and the rich people and the great people in the world.

Stir Up the Power | Kenneth Copeland | Bro. Suresh

"Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears....I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you.... For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:4,6-7)

There are times when you know what God has called you to do, but you just don't feel you have the inner resources you need to do it. Somehow you've simply run dry. You know the Word says that "out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water" (John 7:38). But, during those times, you can't even find the creek bank, much less the river.

The Word of God tells us how to handle those situations through a clear command: "Stir up the gift inside you." YOU stir YOURSELF up! Everything you need is already in you. Jesus put it there. Everything you'll ever need to accomplish what God has called you to do has been placed inside you by God Almighty.

Faith is in there. Power is in there. Love is in there. Believe that. Speak it out. Say it to yourself now, right out loud: "In the Name of Jesus, I stir up the gift that's within me by faith. I'm stirring up my faith. I'm not going to wait until I feel stirred up. I'm stepping out by faith and expecting my feelings to follow!

"I'm stirring up the love of God that's in me. I'm stirring up the power. I'm stirring up myself and running the devil out of my affairs. I'm stirring myself up in the Spirit of the living God! I AM stirred up!"

Consider Others As More Important Than Yourself | Zac Poonen | Sis. Shumadhi

Jesus identified Himself totally with man. He was not ashamed to be a man. The Bible says He's not ashamed to call us His brothers. Sometimes we feel superior to some other human being. We feel we are more educated or we belong to a higher class of society. All this is because of the perverted pride that has infected us ever since Adam sinned. Jesus came to demonstrate that essentially all human beings were equal, irrespective of race, family, education, intelligence, culture, position in life, or whatever. He came and became one with the least and the lowest in the social level in His day, in Israel. He came below everybody because that's the only way He could be the servant of everybody. You cannot be the servant of another if you're not willing to go underneath him. If you want to lift somebody up, you got to go underneath him. That's how Jesus came. 

Now, the Holy Spirit has come to make our mind like Christ's, in other words, to make our way of thinking exactly like Christ's. What are the thoughts you think about yourself when you're all by yourself? Do you think of yourself as a good-looking person perhaps, or very clever, or fortunate to be born in a rich family or things like that? Then you can see how much of your thoughts are like Christ's and how much of your thoughts are like the devil's. If you're comparing yourself with others and considering yourself superior, that's exactly the type of thoughts that went through the mind of Lucifer who became the devil. The Bible says that we must regard others as more important than ourselves, Philippians 2:3, and Paul goes on to speak in that passage about Jesus Christ being our example. He once said in Ephesians 3:8, that he was the very least of all the saints. Paul had been so gripped by the humility of Christ, that as he thought about himself, he saw himself as the absolute lowest among all the believers. 
The Bible says in Philippians 2:3 to consider others as more important than yourself. Jesus considered others always as more important. And that's why we see Him taking a bucket of water, and washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper. You know, that was the job done by servants in those days. If you went to a home, and the master of the home - if he's a rich man, he had slaves. Slave means people who are bought, who did not get any wages. They were lower than servants. And the slaves' duty was when a guest came to the house, to take a basin of water and wash the dust from their feet, remove their sandals and wash the dust from their feet. And so wherever there is a supper or anything, there would always be a basin of water near the door. And so when the disciples and Jesus came to this Last Supper, there was no host there because they only had an empty room, but the basin of water was kept there. Now the question was, who was going to do the job of washing the people's feet? And each disciple must have thought, "Well, I'm not going to do that." Peter may have thought, "Well, I'm just going to be the leader after Jesus goes away. How can I do such a thing?" And Matthew may have thought, "Well, I'm an educated accountant; I can't go washing the feet of these disciples." And like that each of those disciples may have thought of how they were superior to the others in some way, and therefore they couldn't possibly do a slave's job. It's better it's not done. And then Jesus took up that basin of water and began to wash their feet. Why? Because He said, "Well, you're all more important than me." They were not more spiritual than Him and He didn't think so. But He treated them as more important. He really considered Himself, genuinely. It was not an act put on just to show that He was humble, you know. There can be people who act humble, who do things just to show that they are servants and they are humble. That's all hypocrisy. God hates it. Jesus was genuine. He really took that place of being nothing before His Heavenly Father. And this is what humility really is, to take the place of being absolutely nothing before God. Lord I am nothing. Everything that I am, You have made me. Who made you intelligent? God made you. There are so many children born into this world that are retarded. You could have been born like that. You could have been born with a defective brain, or a defective body, or you could have been born with or got polio - or you could have been born with some congenital disease like many children are born into this world, and what would you be then? It really is proper for us to be thoroughly humble when we think of our condition. Lord, what do I have which I have not received? Only a foolish man is proud. 

It is written in Luke 2:51 He came to Nazareth and He continued in subjection to Joseph and Mary, and that went on for 30 years. Now were Joseph and Mary perfect? Far from it. They were no better than any couple today. Think of an average Christian home today where husband and wife fight with each other once in a while at least. Well, Joseph and Mary were like that. They were not perfect people who never sinned. There's nobody like that. They were sinners. They were imperfect. They did not know everything. And in their home lived Jesus who was sinless, who was perfect, and never did anything wrong. So who should submit to whom? One would think Joseph and Mary should submit to Jesus, right? The one who is imperfect, that's Joseph and Mary, should submit to the one who's perfect, that's Jesus. But it wasn't like that. Jesus submitted to an imperfect foster father and mother. You know it's not easy for us to submit to those who are inferior to us. Can you submit to somebody who is inferior to you? But if you're genuinely humble you'll have no problem. You'd submit to anybody because you would realise you're nothing. And humility is the secret. We have no problem with anybody when we're humble. Jesus was quite happy to be a carpenter. When He went out to ministry, He never took any title. He never called Himself Reverend Jesus or any such thing. He never wanted any position or title or anything that would exult Him above the common people whom He came to serve. He became like His brothers in all things. When they wanted to make Him a king, He ran away. He never did anything to get honor from men. If He healed a sick person, He'd tell that sick person not to tell anyone. Do you see His humility? He wanted all the glory to be given to the Father. He never wanted to draw anybody to Himself. His healings were not publicity stunts to draw attention to Himself. What a beautiful picture we have of what man is supposed to be!

ஆவியின் கனியோ.. தயவு | அனுதின மன்னா | Sis. Shumadhi

ஆவியின் கனியோ, அன்பு, சந்தோஷம், சமாதானம், நீடியபொறுமை, தயவு, நற்குணம், விசுவாசம், சாந்தம், இச்சையடக்கம்; இப்படிப்பட்டவைகளுக்கு விரோதமான பிரமாணம் ஒன்றுமில்லை. - (கலாத்தியர் 5:22-23).

ஐந்தாவது சுளை........ தயவு:

'எனக்கு ஜீவனைத் தந்ததும் அல்லாமல், தயவையும் எனக்குப் பாராட்டினீர்; உம்முடைய பராமரிப்பு என் ஆவியைக் காப்பாற்றினது' (யோபு-10:12) என்று பார்க்கிறோம். ஆம், நம் தேவன் நமக்கு ஜீவனைத் தந்ததோடு மாத்திரமல்ல, தயவையும் பாராட்டி இந்த புதிய நவம்பர் மாதத்தில் காலடி எடுத்து வைக்க கிருபை பாராட்டியிருக்கிறார். அவருடைய தயவும் இரக்கமும் இல்லாதிருந்தால் நாம் எப்படி இருந்திருப்போமா தெரியாது. ஆனால் அவர் நம் மேல் வைத்த தயவினால் இந்நாள் வரை ஜீவனோடு சுகத்தோடு நாம் நல்ல நாட்களை காண்கிறோம்.

மற்றவர்களுக்கு நம்மால் இயன்றதை, அவர்களிடம் திரும்பவும் உதவி பெறுவோம் என்ற கைமாறு கருதாமல் செய்யும் உதவியே தயவு ஆகும். உதவி என்று யாரும் கேட்டு வந்தால் அநேகருக்கு முகம் வேறு மாதிரி மாறி விடுகிறது. இந்த ஆளுக்கு வேறு வேலையில்லை, சும்மா உதவி தேவை என்று வந்து விடுகிறான் என்று முகத்தை சுளிக்கிறோம்.

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தயவு பாராட்டுவதற்கு முதல் உதாரணம் நம் தேவன்தான். அவர் தயவு பாராட்டுவதால்தான் பாவிகளாயிருந்தாலும், நம்மை நீதிமான்களாக்கி, நம்மை பரலோக இராஜ்யத்திற்கு சுதந்தரவாளிகளாக மாற்றியிருக்கிறார்.

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வேதத்தில் எத்தனையோப் பேர் மற்றவர்களுக்கு தயவு பாராட்டி இருப்பதைக் காணலாம். யோசேப்பு தன்னை அநியாயமாய் அந்நியரிடம் விற்ற தன் அண்ணன்மார்களின் மேல் கோபம் கொள்ளாமல், அவர்கள் மேல் தயவுக்காட்டி, பஞ்சக்காலத்தில் அவர்களை ஆதரித்தார்.

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தாவீது இராஜா தன் உயிரை பறிக்க தன்னை துரத்தி வந்த சவுலின் குமாரனாகிய யோனத்தானின் மகன் மேவிபோசேத்தை அரண்மனையில் தன்னோடு இருக்க வைத்து, உணவுகொடுத்து, தயவு பாராட்டினாரே. பழைய ஏற்பாட்டு விசுவாசியானாலும், அவரிடம் ஆவியின் கனி வெளிப்பட்டதே!

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பிரியமானவர்களே, இப்படி எத்தனையோ உதாரணங்கள் இருந்தும், நாம் மற்றவர்களிடம் எப்படி தயவு காண்பிக்கிறோம்? யார் யார் மற்றவர்களுக்கு தயவு காண்பித்தார்களோ, அவர்களுக்கும் தயவு கிடைத்தது. நாம் மற்றவர்களுக்கு தயவு செய்தால், நம்முடைய தேவையில் நமக்கு தயவு கிடைக்கும். நம்மிடத்தில் தயை வேண்டி வரும் உதவியற்றவர்களுக்கு நாம் உதவி செய்கிறோமா?

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ஆப்ரிக்காவில் உசாமுசுலு மட்வா என்னும் மனிதர், தன் சிறுவயது மகனை வயிற்றுப்போக்கினால் ஆஸ்பத்திரி கொண்டு சென்றும், மரித்துப் போனபடியினால், மரித்த குழந்தையை ஒரு சபையின் போதகரிடம் அடக்கம் செய்யும்படி கேட்டபோது, அந்த போதகர், அந்த மனிதர் தன் சபையின் உறுப்பினரில்லை என்பதால் அடக்கம் செய்ய மறுத்து விட்டார்.

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பின்னர் அதே மனிதர் கிறிஸ்தவம் ஏன் ஆப்ரிக்காவில் தோற்றுப் போனது என்று ஒரு புத்தகத்தையும் எழுதியிருக்கிறார். கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் என்று சொல்லப்படுகிற நம்மிடம் இருக்க வேண்டிய தயவு எங்கே போயிற்று? கிறிஸ்து நம் சொந்த இரத்தத்தை கொடுத்து சம்பாதித்த சபையில் ஆவியானவரின் கனி காணப்படவில்லை என்றால், அவருடைய பரிசுத்த இரத்தத்தை நாம் எந்த அளவு மதிக்கிறோம் என்பது விளங்குமல்லவா?

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கர்த்தரை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டேன் என்று சொல்கிறவர்கள், ஆவியானவரின் கனியாகிய தயவை மற்றவர்களுக்கு வெளிப்படுத்துகிறோமா? நாம் இந்த உலகில் வாழ்வதற்கு மற்றவர்களின் தயவு நமக்கு தேவையாயிருக்கிறது. குழந்தைகளாயிருந்தபோது பெற்றோரின் தயவு, பெரியவர்களானதும் வேலை செய்யும் இடத்தில் அதிகாரிகளின் தயவு, வயதானவுடன் பிள்ளைகளின் தயவு என்று தயவு இல்லாமல் நம் வாழ்க்கை இல்லை. நாம் மற்றவர்களின் தயவை பெறும்போது, நாமும் தயவு காண்பிக்க வேண்டுமே!

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'ஒருவருக்கொருவர் தயவாயும் மனஉருக்கமாயும் இருந்து, கிறிஸ்துவுக்குள் தேவன் உங்களுக்கு மன்னித்ததுபோல, நீங்களும் ஒருவருக்கொருவர் மன்னியுங்கள்' (எபே-4:32) என்ற வசனத்தின்படி ஒருவருக்கொருவர் தயவாயிருப்போம். நம்மிடம் தயவு கேட்டுவரும் ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் உதவிகள் செய்வோம். கர்த்தர் சீக்கிரம் வருகிறார். ஆமென் அல்லேலூயா!

ஜெபம்

எங்கள்மேல் தயவும் இரக்கமும் உள்ள நல்ல தகப்பனே, புதிய மாதத்தில் நாங்கள் காணும்படி நீர் பாராட்டின எல்லா கிருபைகளுக்காகவும் உமக்கு ஸ்தோத்திரம். எங்களுக்கு ஜீவனைத் தந்ததும் அல்லாமல், தயவையும் எனக்குப் பாராட்டினீரே உமக்கு ஸ்தோத்திரம். நாங்களும் மற்றவர்களுக்கு தயவு பாராட்டும்படி, எங்களிடத்தில் வரும் உதவியற்றவர்களுக்கு எங்களால் இயன்ற தயவை காண்பிக்கும்படி கிருபை செய்யும். எங்கள் ஜெபத்தை கேட்டு எங்களுக்கு பதில் கொடுப்பவரே உமக்கே நன்றி. இயேசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நாமத்தில் ஜெபிக்கிறோம் எங்கள் ஜீவனுள்ள நல்ல பிதாவே ஆமென். 

Let Your Life Shine | Gloria Copeland | Bro. Suresh

"Be thou an example of the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." (1 Timothy 4:12)

One thing the world needs to see is good examples. They need to see believers walk in love and purity and faith in their homes, in their
schools and in their businesses.

The Apostle Paul exhorts us in Romans 12:17 to live above reproach in the sight of all men. Other scriptures teach us to avoid all appearance of evil. So, when you go after God, don't walk out on the edge, trying to see how much you can get by with. Go all out in God's direction. Conduct yourself in a way that will put to rest any question about whether or not you're a Christian. Let the people around you see your love and faith and purity in every situation.

Your example will go a lot further than your words. When our son, John, was a little boy, we were spending time with my grandparents. John was sleeping with my granddaddy and he woke him up in the night and said, "Pop, I have an earache. Would you pray for it?" Well, my grandparents were raised in a church that didn't believe in healing. I don't know what Pop did, but it didn't work. So, John just got up 
and said, "I'm going to go get in bed with my mother. When she prays, it stops hurting." About 18 years later, Pop told me the story.

You see, I had set an example of faith and love and John remembered it. While your children are growing up, they might forget some of the
sermons you've preached or act like they're not interested in the things of God. But they'll never forget your example.

Even at the place where you work or go to school or just in your neighbourhood, people might reject or argue with the words you say. But
they'll never refute or forget your acts of love.

Don't let petty sins and spiritual compromises cast a shadow over your example. Live above reproach and let the light of Jesus shine brightly
through you.

Give God the Glory | | Bro. Suresh

"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples." (John 15:8)  
          
          There's an old Full Gospel tradition that says God gets glory from the wonderful way His children bear pain and agony and that the world is impressed by that. What a lie! That's simply a tool of the devil to keep God's children in bondage. 
          
          People of the world already have all the pain and agony they want. They aren't looking for a way into it. They are looking for a way out. They don't care what you preach. It's the religious people who get worried about that. The world, the sinners, are smarter than that. All they care about are the results. 
          
          That's why they'll come to your church when they hear people are getting healed, delivered and set free from suffering. That's what they're looking for, and that's what God wants them to receive. 
          
          The Bible says that God gets glory when they see the lame walk and the blind see (Matt. 15:31). Jesus said, "Herein is My Father glorified, when you bear much fruit" (John 15:8). What is that fruit? Lives being restored and healed by the power of God. 
          
          There was a man who came to one of our healing meetings who was so far gone with cancer he had almost no energy or life about him. He didn't even know the Lord, but he came expecting a miracle. During the miracle service, the Lord told Ken someone was being 
healed of cancer, in the glands, in the throat, and in the chest. When the man came up and received his healing, he said, "I left the hospital this morning with cancer and I'm healed." He went back to the hospital that afternoon and the doctors checked and dismissed him. As a result, the man received Jesus as his Lord, and later that day he was restored to his wife from whom he'd been separated. He got born again, healed and his marriage put back together in one day! 
          
          Now that's fruit! That brings God glory. When we minister healing and deliverance like Jesus on the earth, that brings God glory. Let's do away with religious tradition and go with what the Word says. Let's impress the world with Jesus and give God the glory today! 
          
Scripture Study: John 15:1-16

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Wishing you a many more Happy returns of this day.. Pastor

Fight the Right Foe | Kenneth Copeland | Suresh, PCR

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh." (2 Corinthians 10:3)

Do you know why so many believers are losing the battles in their lives? They're fighting the wrong enemy!

They've been deceived into believing that just because a person said or did something to hurt them, that person is the one they need to fight. But they're wrong.

You see, the Bible says we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. And since people are definitely flesh and blood, they're never the source of our

problem.

"But, Brother Copeland, you just don't know what So-and-so did to me!" It doesn't matter. If you waste your time fighting So-and-so, your real enemy will get away scot-free.

Who is that real enemy? Look at Ephesians 6:12, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Satan and his demons. They are your lifelong enemies! They are behind every personal affront you encounter. The people who hurt you and persecute you are only Satan's tools. When he wants to strike out at you, he uses them to get the job done.

Remember this: Persecution is not the manifestation of another person's hate for you. It's a manifestation of Satan's fear of you. When you get into the Word and start swinging it around--using it like the sword of the Spirit it is--he gets scared. So he looks for some person he can

send in there to stop you.

Next time someone hurts you, don't let yourself get sidetracked into fighting them. Bind the spirit behind them. Put flesh and blood battles

behind and war with the weapons of the Spirit. Zero in on Satan with authority and the Word of God and bring your real enemy down!

God Can Give You Wisdom to Handle Any Problem | Zac Poonen | Pandiaraju, Shumadhi

The Bible says there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother, and that is Jesus Christ. So when we know God as a Father Who cares, we are no longer orphans. An orphan is a person who has got no father and mother. If he has a need suddenly, whom can he go to? He can go to some uncle or some aunty, but he'll have to go like a beggar. He doesn't know whether the uncle or aunty will help him. The uncle or aunty may treat him in a very bad way. But if he's got a father, the father won't treat the son like a beggar. He can go and ask his father for anything, any amount of money, any amount of inconvenience he can ask his father to go through. But he hesitates to ask an uncle or an aunty or somebody else. But when he has a father, he is secure. If he has a problem he doesn't know the solution to, he can discuss it with his father. If he is far away in some city, he can ring up his father. It's wonderful to have a father, an earthly one, and it's exactly the same spiritually.

When you have found God as your heavenly Father, you can never feel lonely again. It is impossible, because the phone line is always open. You can always ring Him up; you can always call Him wherever you are. You can tell Him every need of yours; in fact, He knows your need even before you tell Him. He has an answer to every problem you can ever face in your life. Let me assure you this. I hope you believe it. It doesn't matter what your problem is. It doesn't matter how serious it is. I want to tell you in Jesus name that God has got a solution for it. And if you will come to Him in faith as a Father Who desires to help you, He won't scold you. I want to give you a lovely promise from the Word of God so that your faith does not rest on my words. Faith comes by the Word of God. It is written in James 1:5, "If any of you lack wisdom….” But what is wisdom? Wisdom is the knowledge of God, which helps us to find a practical solution. Not one which doesn't work. That will be a theoretical solution. It is a practical solution to a particular problem that we are facing. Okay that's wisdom. The knowledge of God, not a knowledge of a book. Do you know that there is a lot of difference in knowing the Bible and knowing God? Supposing you were separated from your father from childhood, and lived far away from your father for 25 years. And you read a book about your father's life stories, every detail. You would know about your father by reading that book, but you don't know your father. You have never spoken to him for 25 years. But another child who's grown up with his father, who's never read any book about his father, who's grown up with his father for 5 or 6 years, knows his father better than you know your father. Many people read the Bible. It's like reading a biography of your father. And you don't know your father himself. Wisdom is the knowledge of God as a Father and thus finding a solution to whatever problem I'm facing right now. It doesn't matter whether it's a family problem, a financial problem, a problem of marrying, getting your children married, problem of getting education for your children, or employment for them, or finding a house to live in. There are so many difficulties in the world in which we live. The answer is in God.

“If anyone lacks wisdom…” it means anyone. You qualify to be one of those. Do you lack wisdom? That means do you lack a solution to the problem you are facing? Let him ask God. What should you do? You run around and ask so many people and it hasn't solved your problem. Why don't you do something else now? Why don't you ask God? God can hear you right where you are. Right now if you call out to God He can hear you. Will He give you? Sure. He's a Father. He's not an uncle. He's not a neighbor. Even a helpful neighbor may help us but a father much more. He is the best Father of all. And He'll give you the best. Jesus once said, "If you fathers know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask Him?" If your son asks you for bread, will you give him a stone? No. If he asks for an egg, will you give him a scorpion? Will you give him something to harm him? No, you'll give him exactly what he needs. That's exactly how God is. He gives us exactly what we need. And he says God will give you and generously. That's what this verse says, James 1:5. Not the few drops. You ask for a spoon, He'll give you a bucket. You need a spoonful of wisdom, and He'll give you a bucket of it, generously. God is like that. And the other thing it says here is “without scolding you”. You know fathers sometimes scold their children, "Oh you stupid fellow, don't you know the answer to that?" God will never scold us. Remember this. He will never scold us. He will never say “why don't you know the answer to that?". It will be given to you; there is only one condition. Now listen to this condition. You have to ask in faith. That's what it says in James 1:6. In fact, it goes on to say in verse 6-7 that "If you don't ask Him in faith, you won' get it".

You may want the wisdom. God may want to give it to you. The need is there. The solution is there but you don't get it. Because when you ask you don't believe. It's that simple. Maybe this is the reason why you haven't found the solution to your problems yet. Why don't you decide today onwards, to believe the revelation of God that Jesus brought? God as the Father knows your every need. It may be a physical need for healing. Maybe a spiritual need, whatever it is. Maybe a solution for a family problem that has gone on for years. You may not be able to solve the problem but you may be able to solve that part of it that's bothering you. Ask in faith. Say, "Lord, from today I'm going to believe. I want to believe that You will solve this problem of mine. Why? Because You are my Father. Because Jesus loves me, died for me, I'm cleansed in his blood, I'm Your son, I'm Your daughter. I have a right to ask You. You are my Father." Why don't you ask God right now? Mention that problem. Be specific. Don't be general, be specific and say, "Lord this particular problem I commit it to You, I'm trusting You to answer me." And you can be absolutely certain that God will give you generously without scolding you and God will be glorified. Be sure to give Him the glory when the answer comes.

How to Build a Great Marriage | Pandiaraju, Shumadhi

‘Wives, understand and support your husbands…
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives.’ Ephesians 5:22, 25

If you want a great marriage, you’ve got to work at it every day. The Bible gives us God’s blueprint for one: ‘Be courteously reverent to one another. Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife in the way Christ does to His church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as He exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands. Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything He does and says is designed to bring the best out in her…And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already ‘one’ in marriage. No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of His body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh”. This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honour her husband’ (vv. 21-33 TM). That’s how to build a great marriage!