Preparing our hearts to share Wonderful Word of God .

 

*In the late 1920s, a Presbyterian God's servant named Robert S. Burris, set out across a section of China, and he carried 2,000 New Testaments in his luggage. Along the way he was surrounded by bandits who demanded his money. When they found he had only eighty cents in cash they threatened to behead him, but instead they took his luggage including all his copies of the Scripture. That night as Burris settled down and tried to sleep, he claimed Isaiah 55:11 regarding his loss, that God’s Word would not return empty but would accomplish what God desired and achieve the purpose for which He sent it.

Twenty-five years later, Burris was serving as pastor of a church in Canton, Ohio. He met a traveling God's servantwho had later worked in the same area of China, and the man showed slides of a church of 400 members where no Christian worker had ever been. How the church came into existence was a mystery. It’s also strange that every member of the church had a copy of the New Testament. The God's servant admitted that no one knew where the Scriptures had come from. But Mr. Burris knew!

God’s wisdom and power are undiminished, and He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to His power that is at work within us.

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Preparing our hearts / homes to share joy and good news

 

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Anticipation of hope, love, peace, joy, Christ... 

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Dear Child of God, 

*No matter how you may feel;no matter how you may have been rejected by others;no matter how much you may hurt or how lonely you may feel, you always have the Lord. He is all sufficient. 

Who could love you more than the Lord Jesus does? 

Who other than the Lord can be there at all times for you? 

Who can possibly understand you better or know more clearly exactly what you are feeling and what you need? 

Who is better able to meet your needs and satisfy your longings? 

Who other than the Lord Jesus is instantly with you the very moment you call upon Him? 

The Lord loves you with His presence. He is with you every moment of your life and eternity.. 

Glory to God. ... !!

 

Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You.Psalms 73:25

*Charles F stanley

 

A Spanish evangelist was holding meetings in Venezuela. In a restaurant an hour before the evening meeting a waiter spilled a bowl of hot soup on his beautiful dress. His suit was stained and he was slightly burned. But he was not angry. 

The waiter apologised, offered him to buy a new suit. But the evangelist said" You work hard carrying trays all day long. You are tired by now. Just forget It".

Next day when the evangelist entered the restaurant the waiter asked him to come to his room. There the waiter said" I have waited on many people during my life, but whenever I wait on you i realize some thing unusual. When I spilled the soup you are not angry , and I want to know what makes you different. 

Before the conversation ended the, waiter found Christ through the unusual shining of one of God's stars. 

* Many people are ready to put star in front of their houses these days. Yes, there is a message of Christmas. 

But if Christ the Bright and Morning star shines in our heart. We becomes an unusual star shining in this dark world for His glory... 

, “Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him.”Mathew 2:2

 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 

Philippians 2:15 

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3 

 

*In ancient times, when the oldest son always got all the wealth and the second or younger sons had no social status, how does God work? 

Through Abel, not Cain. Through Isaac, not Ishmael. Through Jacob, not Esau.Through Ephraim, not Manasseh. Through David, not his older brothers. 

At a time when women were valued for their beauty and fertility, God chooses old Sarah, not young Hagar. He chooses Leah, not Rachel—unattractive Leah,whom Jacob doesn’t love. He chooses Rebekah, who can’t have children;Hannah, who can’t have children; Samson’s mother, who can’t have children;Elizabeth, John the Baptist’s mother, who can’t have children. 

Why? 

Over and over and over again God says, “I will choose Nazareth, not Jerusalem. I will choose the girl nobody wants. I will choose the boy everybody has forgotten.”

Are you the one Rejected? Neglected? Unloved? 

Remember, you are the chosen one by God Almighty!! 

Amazing Grace! 

 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 

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Preparing our hearts to share the good news..

 

People called this year ( 2024) as the year of bullets and ballots... Yes, war and elections going on.... 

But in the midst of all this, let us prepare our hearts and homes to share the good news in the coming days and weeks of this year. 

*God visited earth .. 

During world war II many a mother would take her son  and try to keep the memory of the father who was away at war  in the memory of that boy. 

And one mother I heard about took her son every day in to the bedroom and showed him a large portrait of the father who was away. One day the little boy said to his mother, 

"Mom, wouldn't it be great if Dad could just step out of the frame? '

That's what happened at first Christmas. For centuries man has looked in to the heavens longing for God to step out of the frame, and at Bethlehem that's exactly what God did... 

Glory to God... 

Let's thank God and plan how I can share the joy and good news with others? 

Jesus is the reason for the season... 

 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.John 1:1, 14 

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*When troubles come one after another we tend to feel discouraged. 

When the children of Israel were in a state of disarray and Moses was downtrodden, God stepped in and commanded to"move on"

Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand Firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today..... The Lord will fight for you"

I urge you to go forward.

When it's dark, look for the light.

When it's day time, look for the cloud of promise. 

The Lord God is with you, and He offers all the power of His Command. 

 The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:15-17 

Is this article speaks to you?. 

Then.. 

Go Forward!! 

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