Practice Hospitality

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it - Hebrews 13:2.

                 Abraham and Sarah offered generous hospitality to the three men who came to them (Genesis 18:1-15). Without knowing that they were God and two angels, Abraham washed their feet with water, prepared a place for them to take rest and fed them. During that time only, the Lord told Abraham that a son will be born to Sarah within a year. Just as God had promised, Isaac was born to Abraham one year after the visit of the three men.

                  Rahab received and protected the spies in her home. Then the woman took the two men and hid them - Joshua 2:4. She was spared by Joshua when the city of Jericho was burnt. And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s household, and all that she had - Joshua 6:25. We will surely reap in due season when we do good to others. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart - Galatians 6:9.

                Hospitality is a gift of God for us to serve Him. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling - 1 Peter 4:9. Let us practice hospitality and help the people who are in need. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality - Romans 12:13. We will be blessed by God when we offer hospitality to one another. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me - Mathew 25:40.

                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us show hospitality and do good to others. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

The Valley of Dry Bones

Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live - Ezekiel 37:4.5.

                   The Lord brought Ezekiel out by His spirit in the midst of a valley that is full of very dry bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry – Ezekiel 37:2. The very dry bones indicate that they had been there for a long time. God then asked Ezekiel if these bones can live. Ezekiel answered that “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.” God invited Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones and to see the miracle.

                  Ezekiel prophesied to the bones as God commanded him. So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army - Ezekiel 37:10. We also may find ourselves in the valley full of dry bones with hopeless situations. There may be many bones in our valley that were very dry. God knows the valley of dry bones that we have within us in the past. He can make dead things come to life. He can revive all our dead situations and make all things new. Behold I make all things new - Revelation 21: 5.

                  Let us speak life into the dry things that we think no longer matter or we have given up hope. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off- Proverbs 23:18. When we speak the word of God which is living and active in our life, it will bring life to all the dry parts of our life. Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts - Zechariah 4:6. With God’s spirit, all things is possible. Let the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit flow in all our dry situations to be revived to life.

                                                        

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let the valley of dry bones in our life come alive. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Our Inheritance

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will - Ephesians 1:11.

                    The Lord himself is our inheritance. We belong to God’s royal family as we are His children. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name - John 1:12. We are heirs and joint-heirs of Christ and so we share the same inheritance as Christ. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together - Romans 8:16,17.

                    As we are the joint-heirs of Christ, we will inherit what is God’s. The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. Therefore, we can also inherit the earth and everything in it. The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it - Psalm 24:1. Let us inherit the nations and earth as fellow heirs of God. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession- Psalm 2:8.

                     We are part of all the blessings of God as we are in His family. Whatever God has, we have. Because as He is, so are we in this world - 1 John 4:17. We are sealed with the Holy spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance. You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory - Ephesians 1:13,14. Let us praise God who has given us a glorious and rich inheritance.

                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our inheritance. We thank You for making us heirs and joint heirs with You in Your family. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

I Will Rescue Those Who Love Me

The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name” - Psalm 91:14.

                Daniel continued to pray to God three times a day even though a decree was signed by the king that no one can pray to any God except himself. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days - Daniel 6:10. He chose to obey God rather than men. We ought to obey God rather than men - Acts 5:29.

             God honored Daniel for his faithfulness to Him. While Daniel was in the den of lions, God sent His angel to shut the lion’s mouths so that they would not hurt him. My God sent his angel to shut the lion’s mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty - Daniel 6:22. Daniel loved God more than his job and so God rescued him. 

              God rescues all those love Him and protects all those trust Him. The same lions that did not cause any injury to Daniel, killed all the men who accused Daniel immediately when they were cast into the den.They brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions - them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den - Daniel 6:24. The Lord preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy - Psalm 145:20.

                                                    

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be faithful to You always. Let us love You more than anything else in this world. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.  

God's Delight In Us

For the Lord takes delight in his people – Psalm 149:4.

               God delights in those who fear Him and hope in His Mercy. The LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love - Psalm 147:11. God delights to hear our voice in prayer when we are upright. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight- Proverbs 15:8.

             God delights in us when we obey His voice, keep the commands and turn to him with all our heart and soul. The Lord your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul - Deuteronomy 30:10. As obedience is better than sacrifice, let us obey God and delight Him.

               When we delight God, He will make even our enemies to be at peace with us. When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him - Proverbs 16:7. God will deliver us from all evil. He delivered me because He delighted in me - Psalm 18:19. 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 3:17.

                                         

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to always delight You through our life. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Give Thanks In Everything

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you - 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

                  God’s will for us is not only to thank Him for everything but also in everything. James tells us that every good gift that we have comes from God (James 1:17). As God is the giver of every good gift, let us thank God in everything. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God - Philippians 4:6.

                 Sometimes we may not understand the work of God in some of our situations in life.  But only God knows the end of every situation from the beginning. Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done - Isaiah 46:10. He does everything for good in our life to teach us, sanctify us, protect us and to bless us. Let us just thank God for all things in our life. Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:20.

                      When we start giving thanks to God in everything, there will be no room for worries and anxieties in our heart. Job thanked God even in his difficult situation. in Job 13:15, he exclaimed to his friends, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him". Let us thank God in everything by faith for all the blessings we cannot see now. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name - Hebrews 13:15.

                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be thankful to You in all the situations of our life. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Pray Without Ceasing

             Pray without ceasing - 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

                 God has given us a great privilege to have a constant relationship with Him in prayer. Paul prayed day and night. I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day - 2 Timothy 1:3. God's will for us is to pray without ceasing. Let us pray always in the Spirit with the armor of God (Ephesians 6:13-18).

                  Jesus prayed without ceasing. Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God - Luke 6:12. Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed - Mark 1:35. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray - Mathew 14:23.

                Jesus continued praying in the garden of Gethsemane and on the cross too. Let us walk with God by interacting with Him continually in prayer. Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving - Colossians 4:2. Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak - Mathew 26:41.

                                          

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to pray without ceasing. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.