Should We Learn The Scripture To Expound It?

Do You Learn Bible Verses?

Question: Do you learn Bible verses?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

I was born in CSI [(i.e.) Church Of South India, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India] Christian Hospital, and then brought up in a Evangelical Church named as 'Layman's Evangelical Fellowship' as I grew up as a Pastor's kid. Here is my Testimony of what God did, that brought me in to the ministry of teaching the Word of God: 'I Have Found My Purpose, Have you?'

But to reply to this above question, I can say, my mother and many other aunties who helped us and took care of us while growing up, taught us in the Sunday school, church service, children's camp, retreats, etc...I learned Scriptures according to the tradition of the denomination I grew up with. I mean these people emphasized, asking God for forgiveness of sins and emphasizing mainly in confession of sins to people, then get a promise from the Bible by praying first to God sincerely, and then open the Bible expecting God to speak to us through the Word of God which they believed can only assure us of our salvation. Always this denomination which was raised by God to disciple people through the founder N. Daniel and his son Joshua Daniel, always concentrated on the basics of salvation and a changed life for all to see. So even though I was raised learning all the Scripture, I was wearing this glass of Bible basics through which I interpreted the whole Bible unknowingly and tried to keep the law of the Lord, but sadly I failed to see the grace that God gives abundantly. So even though I was saved at 7 years of age (i.e. around 1985), I got the assurance of salvation much later only when God started to open my eyes and show from the Bible the promises of God and His unchanging love through a big trial of Hyperthyroidism that came devastatingly in to my life right at the end of my engineering days (i.e. around 2001 to 2006). Knowing the Scripture which God revealed to me page by page from the whole Bible was like a pure stream of water to a dying soul which gave life and hope to live for me during the worst ordeal of my life until then (Isa 44:3; 58:11; Jer 15:16; Ezek 2:10-11).

When the fire of God burned within me and it still burns, I have nearly read the Bible systematically at least 4 or 5 times from the first to the last page, after this I started reading a lot and lot of books which my father had in his small library, and I became a ardent reader to know the doctrines of the Bible. I nearly consumed all the books he had and began to ask questions about all the things which I was finding newly from the Bible, it nearly caused a great unrest in my father who had been a godly example to follow, but generally believed concretely only the evangelical part of whatever he has been taught from the Word in the Bible training center in which they only encouraged to see through the spectacle of the denomination he was part of, and that which He has experienced up to what he has believed.

So I began to venture in to uncharted territory of knowing the deep doctrines of the Bible, like eternal security of the believer, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, great faith, the end time, the glorious future of a believer, etc...every time I had doubt, I placed my hand on the verses I read and said Lord I believe, teach me more. Faithfully the Lord not only revealed the Word and taught the mysteries from the Bible, but made me experience what ever I have learned through the Bible. I sincerely thank God for his revelation to me from the Word of God, today I can say that it is not my ability through which I teach the Scripture, though I have put in my hard labor and effort whole heartedly in to it, it is a pure gift of God which I began to nuture it to maturity (1 Cor 15:10). Yes I would love to meditate on the Word of God anytime, and many times hear what other men of God speak through the cell phone for the past decade daily, though I must tell you honestly I have read less from the Bible. But would love to read from the Bible, like I did when the whole phenomenon started way back around 2001. After that I joined in a Bible college which God directed me to join, named as All Peoples Church Bible College and Ministry Training Center, Bangalore from August 2005 - May 2007, where I finished my Diploma in Ministry and Theology. As I obeyed the Lord to join this unknown Bible college of which I was the first set to be educated out of it, a lot of maturity and revelation came to me those days. God miraculously provided all the fees I needed to finish it. I found true joy and peace as I obeyed the voice of God. Praise the Lord!

Ever since I have ministering to saints in the Household of Faith Church in Bangalore and locally in few Churches around India, and also to saints of the whole world I am reaching out through the online ministry that God has given me to do through the website of www.apostolicrevelation.info. What began as a passion to minister the Word of God, has become a blessing to many many people locally and around the world.

Putting the Word of God in to our heart is our responsibility, using the Word of God to quicken us to guide us and others through us is the Holy Spirit's responsibility, and He never fails to use those people who are full of the Word of God. The Word of God creates faith in us and makes us hear the direction of God for our good success in our lives (Rom 10:17; Acts 11:24). God expects us to let the word of Christ richly dwell in us so that we can be truly disciples of Jesus to receive the word in our heart and make it grow to bear fruit through prayer (Col 3:16; John 8:31; Jam 1:21). None but only the word of His grace [i.e. Word of God which is quickened by the Holy Spirit and spoken to us personally for each specific needs in our lives], which is able to build us up and give us the inheritance among all those who are sanctified (Acts 20:32). If you want to be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed because of lack of reward when you meet Him face to face, handle accurately the word of truth through educating yourself day in and day out through constant meditation of the Word of God which is in the Bible (Psa 1:2-3; 39:3; 119:14, 16, 35; Job 32:18-20).

As we begin to meditate on the Word of God, it may not have to be alone sitting in seclusion like a monk, whatever we have read in the morning, may be a word on the calendar, personal Bible reading or on the Facebook, we should begin to think about that word of God deeply, and repeat it over and over in our mind, then speak it with a low voice through our mouth and begin to think and ponder over its meaning time and time again over the whole day until we go to bed. This will keep our mind engaged in God. We do not necessarily need to learn by heart, but rather the Holy Spirit will engage our thought process as we take effort to keep ourselves in the power of the Word of God, this is the school of the Spirit that every disciple of Jesus need to get enrolled to become a true and mature disciple of blessing to many others (John 14:17-18; 15:26-27; 16:7-11, 13-14).

Memorizing a Scripture from one's early childhood time is a good way to train a child in the way of the Lord (Prov 22:6), and the promise from God is, when that child grows to be old enough, He or she will never depart from the way of the Lord. O what a inheritance God has promised if we take the pains to train a child that God has given us in the way of the Lord.

When we become a mature disciple of Jesus Christ, being full of the Word of God, whatever we may ask, the Father in heaven will give answers to us because we will be living in the center of the will of God which is what is needed in all prayers that are answered by God, thus it will us live a joyful supernatural life of victory in Jesus for the Glory of God (John 16:24; 15:7-8; Rom 8:26-27). The Word of God makes us live supernaturally under the direct oversight of heaven even for meeting the daily day to day needs of our lives (Deut 8:3; Matt 4:4). Do we eat the Word of God like Jeremiah did when it came to Him supernaturally (Jer 15:16)? The Lord is looking from heaven searching all over the earth, to those who are seeking to understand His Word and walk in His ways (Psa 14:2; 53:2; 33:13-15; Isa 66:2), will you be one of them that the Lord finds with His Word in your heart and have pleasure in finding you?

There are times when people search for the Word of God, and they find none like what prophet Amos says, "People will stagger from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, but they will not find it." (Amos 8:12; 1 Sam 3:1). But thank God our Father in heaven who has given us the whole word of God, Jesus Christ as a gift for eternity to the Church (John 1:1; Rev 19:13). The Bible is the revealed word of God which speaks all about the person of Jesus Christ who is the personification of the Word of God (John 17:17; 14:6; Luke 24:25-27, 44-45). May God help us hunger and thirst for the Word of God, and satisfy our spiritual need for now and for eternity!

Eat the Word of God, Sleep the Word of God, Wake up in the Word of God, Play with the Word of God, Drink the Word of God, Breathe the Word of God, Fly in the Word of God, Meditate in the Word of God, Dream the Word of God, Love the Word of God, Live the Word of God, and finally let the Light of the Word of God shine through you to others by obeying it when you hear it through the Holy Spirit, and as a result of it, you will never ever be in want of knowing the will of God for your life and others around you in Jesus mighty name. Amen!

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My Sincere Pursuit To Overcome The Sin Of Lust

Born-Again But Troubled With Porn-Again? A Believer Is A Saint Or Sinner Or Both?

I thank God that our Lord God is always true to His promises, though we might not be able to feel that He is working out all His promises all the time, yet we just trust God and take Him at His Word. We stake our life on the Word of God, when the day we trusted that we were sinners and asked Jesus who is God's solution and substitute for us to come in to our hearts as our Lord and Savior, apostle Paul reveals that is when we actually believed, at that same time we were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the one and only guarantee that we have until we all rise up in a sinless body on the day of rapture to the praise of the Glory of God (Eph 1:13-14).

We cannot trust our feeling to be either good or bad emotionally after we have believed the gospel truth (1 Cor 15:3-4), though we might have feelings of contrition for some people after believing the gospel, joy for some, peace for some, etc...but we do not trust the feelings but we trust the unchangeable Word of God. Thus we are born again Gloriously! Praise the Lord!

In fact the repentance we do towards God is changing our mind to say sin as sin and ourselves as someone in need of the God sent Savior Jesus, which actually saves us from sin, self and Satan once and for all (Heb 10:17-18; Isa 53:6; Acts 26:18). The good news of God is that once we do really repent, the forgiveness of sins that Jesus has already achieved for us is applied automatically by God when we believe (Luke 24:47). Repentance traditionally is taken as stopping sinning, which no one can or will be able to do, which means he or she who is saved needs Jesus for getting saved, but after that they will live by their own power, which in fact is wrong because Jesus after our salvation becomes our High Priest of our confession of our sins, which also reveals that we will sin and we will need Jesus after our salvation to cleanse us from sin so that we can serve God with a clean conscience (Heb 4:14-16; 5:3; 8:11-12, 14; 1 John 1:7, 9). In fact, if we say that just because we are saved, we have no sin to be bothered about, we deceive ourselves because from the day we are saved, we actually become a soldier to fight sin, reject self and overcome Satan, not a retired soldier to have no purpose but to enjoy life after service. For every saved Christian, the rest we have is internal now (Heb 4:9-10), and there is no retirement in our service to the Lord until we die and go on to be with the Lord to have rest externally in heaven as there will be no more sin, self and Satan then (Matt 25:21; Luke 19:17; Rev 21:4).

WHOLE MAN JUSTIFIED: We will be tested everyday after our salvation, by sin, Satan and self. God has instruction for each thing we battle everyday. The moment we become saved, God still hates our sin, but loves us who were sinners but now have been called to be saints in Christ Jesus (1 Cor 1:2). The word “saint” comes from the Greek word hagios, which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious." Because we are "saint in Christ Jesus…" (Philippians 4:21), therefore we are called to live that saintly life for the Glory of God. Believers are "those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy saints…” (1 Cor 1:2) as our "God is holy" (1 Peter 1:16) which is the motivation for us to be holy. We as the "children of God" (Gal 3:26) want to become more like our "Father in heaven" (Matt 6:9). We have been justified from the penalty of sin (Rom 5:1; Titus 3:7), so we should remember that sin has lost its stinging power which leads to death through the law, now law was fulfilled by Jesus perfectly on behalf of us so that we now receive grace upon grace which is empowerment to overcome sin (Rom 6:14; 1 Cor 15:55).

OUTER MAN [BODY + SOUL] SANCTIFIED: As we are sanctified in Christ Jesus already (1 Cor 6:11), God wants us to live by faith in the truth of Jesus [i.e. Word of God and prayer (1 Tim 4:5)] to be sanctified from the power of sin until the end of our lives on earth (Acts 26:18; 1 John 5:4; John 17:19), so that we can inherit the equivalent riches of God as a reward in His coming kingdom which will rule the earth forever after Jesus comes back to earth (1 Cor 9:24-27). In other words, as a believer, we will have constant fight with the power of sin. Jesus is the sanctifier, we are the one being sanctified (Heb 2:11; 10:10, 14, 29). Even our sanctification is a preservation in Christ Jesus, which means to “sanctify” something so as to set it apart for special use; to “sanctify” a person is to make him holy (Jude 1:1). We cannot make ourselves holy by trying to change our behavior, it happens as we believe the truth of Jesus more and more. In other words, Jesus keeps us by His power from the filth of the sin nature within us as we co-operate with Him to switch off the Old man and switch on the New man (Col 3:9-10). When we sin, we will be bothered by the presence of sin, and will have to run as soon as possible to Jesus to be cleansed by Him through our confession of sin to Him. We should always remember, that we need not crucify the Old man, but rather the "old man is [already] crucified" (Rom 6:6) when Christ died on behalf of us. When the Old man lifts up his head, we should remind him that he is dead and therefore he has no power over us, the real us who is a new creature is the new man with a new desire in Christ Jesus (2 Cor 5:17), so that we can become useful for our Master Jesus (2 Tim 2;21). Now the sanctification happens through "the Spirit and belief of the truth." (2 Thess 2:13).

INNER MAN [SPIRIT] GLORIFIED: We will be saved from the very presence of sin in the future (1Cor. 15:48-49; Rom. 8:22-23; Php. 3:20-21), but now itself God glorifies us by making us bind the presence of sin by revealing to us the power of "Christ who is our Glory" who actually becomes our hope of glory now on earth as He is revealed to us and to others around us day by day through us allowing Jesus to rule over our body (Col 1:27, 29; 2 Cor 4:16-17). In glorification, the mortality of the outward man, is swallowed up by the life of the inner man who will be empowered with more and more glory, so that we might be clothed internally for eternity, that we might not be found naked internally without the imparted glory of Christ (2 Cor 5:1-4; Eph 3:16; Rev 3:18). Whatever morality we achieve through self discipline or religiosity, is nothing but spiritual nakedness. But whatever we achieve through the inner power of the Spirit released within our inner man by Christ's glory will be the eternal spiritual clothing we will inherit for eternity. Christ reveals Himself to us and in us by making us enter in to "glory to glory" through His Spirit by whom we are being transformed with more and more glory as we get seasoned and matured in the Lord (2 Cor 3;8, 18). The more we are glorified by Jesus, the more we will have liberty over the very presence of sin within us (2 Cor 3:17). In other words, glorification is a life long process that only ends when we are perfectly glorified by God at the end of our lives in heaven where our real reward is (1 John 3:2). Until them the purification we do actually results of more and more liberty given by Jesus through the Spirit of God over the very presence of sin (1 John 3:3; Tit 2:13-14; Jam 4:8-10).

What have we learned from the above exposition of our struggle with sin, self and Satan?

As long as we live in this world we will have test and trials, so "2 Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, 3 for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, and don't try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete." (Jam 1:2-4, LB).

Though we will face situations of trials and temptations that might seem to go out of control now and then, but if we stand in faith and in the truth of Jesus, we will produce strong character full and complete which will surely have value with God for eternity ahead.

Though we have become saints, we still have struggle against sin (Rom 7:15), and we still do sin and are therefore sinners by choice (Rom 7:19-20), and are also sinners by birth (1 Tim 1:15; 1 John 1:8; Psa 51:5). Of course, we are both saints and sinners. But believe me, in the New Testament, the apostles have never emphasized about the sinner within the saints, but rather the saint within the sinners which means we should also do the same and be the same to see the apostolic results we saw in the believers living Christ life for the glory of God in the first century. We do not know more than the apostles as to express how to be more successful spiritually by concentrating on saintliness rather than sinfulness, so we ought to abide by their teaching and fall inline within it! Though both saved and unsaved are sinners, only the saved are saints in the eyes of God. So see as God sees you, and you will live automatically as God wants you to live!

I have seen churches emphasize the sinner in the saints so much, that men and women lived in fear of sin rather than in enjoying the power over sin and rest from the presence of sin through the Glory of Christ living in and through them. These churches have become so sin conscious, that they forgot totally that they ought to live Christ conscious in their lives, as Christ is the one who rules over the whole universe now having defeated already sin, self and Satan (1 Cor 15:56-57; Matt 5:17; Rom 10:4; Heb 5:8; Luke 22:42; Col 2:15), He has now all authority, having become the Master over them all (Matt 28:18). May the saints live their glorious life to which they were called by God! May God's rest happen within them. May sin be defied, denied and destroyed by the power of the blood of Jesus and the overcoming power of the Holy Spirit! May self which becomes a channel for sin to survive, suffer to death by each of us carrying our own crosses for obedience to God to bloom and give fragrance of Christ (Luke 9:23-26; 2 Cor 2:15)!

Right from the days of my youth I have been struggling to keep my thoughts clean, but all my striving never gave me freedom when I tried to control the lust of the flesh and lust of my eyes and pride of life by my religiously driven sincere self-control of my own will through striving and self-determination. The more I tried by my strength, the more I slided deeper and deeper in to the same pit of sinful life which increased day by day. When I entered my teen years, my mind struggled with a desire to fantasize with lustful thoughts, see pornography books and read filthy stories which led me in to masturbation, and then eyeing cinema wall posters with lust led me further in to seeing romantic films which again further led me in to seeing X-rated films. Then as I moved in to my mid-teen years and above, this increased further to lead me to further sinful things which I tried to learn such as drinking and smoking, but the grace of God which kept me from it made me cough out the smoke and have disdain for it when I tried to learn it, at the same time God kept me from alcohol except for few times which I took individually and at one other time with my college friends during my Engineering days. Then as the days of internet came to maturity before second half of the decade, before the end of the gone-by Millennium, so also the bondage within me to see pornographic videos on the internet which was very cheap and available in the browsing centers also began to increase and afflict me severely. I have cried out to God innumerable times with severe penitence after committing the act of viewing porn and masturbation, but then at some point of time it would come again to afflict me. Then it increased further and brought me in to complete bondage to its whims and fancies. Finally I cried out to God for deliverance during a period of spiritual wilderness time of waiting which went on for over a couple of years when I was all alone before my marriage, at that time God graciously assured me that His Grace was sufficient for me when I faced difficulties and weaknesses in these areas which has been a thorn in my flesh spiritually (2 Cor 12:9-10).

Then God one day showed me in a night vision that these temptation of the lust of the eyes and flesh which lead me to pornography and masturbation was a demon that beat me down and vanishes immediately to afflict me spiritually. Then I began to actively resist this devil by standing on the promises of God and renewing my mind with His Word (Jam 4:7; Eph 4:23), but when I fell in to it again (1 John 2:1-2), I immediately would resist the evil demon of lust to leave and would cast it out (Gal 4:30-31), and therefore would not allow to let this sin to reign in my mortal body to obey its lust again by being cleansed by the power of the blood of Jesus. And then a little later if this thought of lust would again try to come back to take control of my mind, I would rebuke that demon in the authority of the name of Jesus to leave me which would bring relief (Rom 6:11, 12; Rev 12:11; Matt 28:18, 19-20; Luke 10:19-20). Praise the Lord!

Then further as I sought God knowing my unworthy spiritual stature to minister His Word, God promised me two things, one is "Sin shall not have continual dominion over you, because you are not under law of striving which tells you not to do something wrong or sinful but never gives you the power to overcome it, but you are under the empowering grace of the Lord Jesus who through the Holy Spirit will help you to overcome sin that afflicts you with His very own strength." (Rom 6:14, Paraphrased). And the second promise God gave me was, "29 I will deliver you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of [spiritual] famine among the nations. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!” 33 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. 35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’" (Ezek 36:29-35). I finally found freedom not to bother myself and become discouraged when I fall, because I realized that only the Lord can keep me and deliver me from all uncleannesses, therefore thereafter I chose positively to stand up and dust my self up by confessing to God my sins whenever I fell (1 John 1:7, 9; Prov 4:18; 24:16; Psa 37:23-24; 34:18-19), and keep walking in the way of the Lord by resisting those evil thoughts that tries to establish itself as a trait, through the blood and name of Jesus to continue to walk in the victory of faith through our Lord Jesus who leads us in the victorious procession of triumph always (1 John 5:4, 5; 2 Cor 2:14; 1 Cor 15:57, 58). This taught me that I should look to the Lord in faith for the victorious living He has promised me. So I believe as we walk in faith, God will lift us up out of such struggle after a period of time in which we might have faced fierce battle from the enemy of our soul who wants to defile us, then God will settle us in such a way that those same demons will run away seeing us after God settles us for His glory, as dominion is His forever and ever. Amen (1 Peter 5:8, 9, 10, 11). What has God taught me in and through this struggle? I have come to realize that no matter what, I will choose to never give up in my fight against the devil because I am called to be a warrior in God's end time army against sin, sickness and death in whatever form I face. I thank God for His grace that helps me live victoriously now in my life in the above areas I mentioned, though sometimes it is still a struggle now and then, but God has proved that the devil cannot keep me in bondage any more by his lies because of God's constant empowering grace. Now my faith in the Lord is that He is able to keep me from stumbling further, and present me faultless before the Presence of His glory with exceeding joy, because He alone is my wise Savior, only to Him belongs glory, majesty, dominion and power now and forever. Amen! (Jude 1:24-25). Now, only the grace of God and not my self-determination or striving brings salvation to help me live an abundant life (John 10:10), thus teaching me through it all to deny ungodliness and worldly lust, and to help me constantly live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age of darkness that rules it (Titus 2:11-12; 2 Cor 4:4; Gal 1:4). Praise the Lord!

So are you troubled with porn-again after you are born-again (John 3:3)? Do not worry, you are not alone, we are all in the same boat in our generation. Never give up your fight against sin, self and Satan as long as you are alive in this earth. God has called us to be saints, so never take your eyes of the calling of God. May the God who justified our whole man, sanctify and purify our spirit, soul and body more and more as we continue to seek the God of peace who has promised to crush Satan under our feet shortly (1 Thess 5:23; Rom 16:20). May the glory of Christ rest upon us and clothe us with Himself (2 Cor 12:9; 1 Peter 4:13-14), so that we may glorify our Lord who has called us to grow from glory to glory!

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My Testimony Of The Assurance Of Salvation

The Permanent Confidence Of Salvation 

By Abraham Israel 

"Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever." (Eccl.3:14).

In my life, the confidence of salvation came very late. But I was saved at the age of seven. I know of that day, I sat in our Church which was a makeshift thatched roof arrangement we had, because the big thatched Church we had before that time was set on fire by some miscreants just some months before. I began to pray in the afternoon time, but that was a unique day I can never forget. I was praying and a clear understanding came to me that I was a sinner in need of the Savior Jesus whom I had heard our aunties and Sunday school teachers speak regularly in the Sunday class and in the Church meetings, as I was born and brought up in that very place.

Then I felt a great remorse come upon me, I clearly understood at that time that the reason Jesus died on the Cross was because of my sin which I committed against God. Then as I continued praying for a long time, the very picture of Jesus Christ hanging upon the Cross with wounds on His hand and feet, and blood oozing all over the wounds and His whole body appeared in a vision just before my eyes. It broke my heart still deeply and I prayed and prayed until a great joy came flooding in to me, filling my childish heart with peace that cannot be described. Later my mother told me that I prayed until late night and that she called me to come and sleep, but I refused and continued to pray till I fell asleep.

But as I was a naughty guy when I was young, I then continued in my life as usual. We used to go to so many retreats and children's camps regularly as Dad was a missionary Pastor. At that time because we were children, the teaching of the commandments would be the prime thing that they would teach. According to their teaching if we again start doing some evil things, we would lose our salvation. So I would attend the spiritual meetings and feel like I was saved and then after I would come back to home and the normal life would start, then the so called salvation experience received during the retreat would dissipate in to thin air. This went on till the days of my late teens in which I became a hypocrite. But praise God, one day when I was hearing and singing a simple song which said, "Lord, you are changing me....", something supernatural started to happen inside of me as I kept singing it softly over and over again with a broken heart for my hypocrisy towards the Lord. Tears started to swell up in my eyes which I tried to wipe again and again, exactly at that time the Spirit of the Lord touched me and the assurance that I was was changed forever came over me. My dad who saw me how I would act well after retreats and revert back to the same old life said this time, "Let us see, how long this will continue....". Hallelujah! But things changed to the extent that all the people who had seen me before were surprised at the sudden change that the Lord gave me in many areas, one of which was extreme anger which would always lead to unforgiveness. No turning back, the Lord has continued to change me from faith to faith by giving me grace upon grace, to reach one level of glory to another level of glory always move forward progressively! Praise God that whatever the Lord does shall be forever!

Although I got saved at the age of 7, in the home Church where I grew they do not give baptism for children who profess faith, as it was kept for teenage and adults only. It has nearly taken for me more than two and half decades from the day of my new birth in Christ Jesus to take a conscious decision of profession, after which I took baptism at 32 before my marriage on 20-12-2011 through a Pastor friend. Jesus Himself took a long time to become a perfect adult and then be a priest of God at the age of 30, after which He identified Himself before others to take the Baptism of John (Matt 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:24-34). Levitical priests served for 25 years, from age 25 to age 50, according to Numbers 8:24,25. So it is better to think consciously and take a decision of profession, but that should never limit children who have faith to be encouraged to take Baptism. There are great spiritual blessings that comes with obedience to the Lord's command to identify oneself as a disciple of Jesus and take Baptism in water (Matt 28:18-20). I believe that the earlier is better once we come to realize that we are saved from sin and have received the eternal life of God as a free gift from Him (Acts 16:30-34; Eph 2:8-9). Glory be to God for His gift of salvation given to us freely, and the permanent confidence of salvation that comes to us through believing His word and seeking His voice, and finally the clear conviction that He gives to us to take the Baptism in water which is nothing but a public confession of who we had become already in Christ to the world around us. More than ever there is not a iota of doubt within me now every day about my salvation which I have received from the Lord Jesus Christ that it will stay for eternity with me no matter what struggles of life I go through.

I praise God that I could not save myself but Jesus saved me and I received it with joy, I believe according to what Jesus has promised in His Word, my salvation is eternally secure in His hand and My Heavenly Father's hand because the eternal life that He has given me makes me to never perish from the Father's Presence again no matter what, and that nobody in the entire universe, humans or angels or any beings and doings could ever be able to snatch me out of My God's Hands forever and ever (John 10:27-29). If I did not save myself and God saved me and have promised me that no one including me can snatch that salvation He has given to me out of His hand, how could I ever get lost because of my own doings or unworthiness (2 Tim 2:13; Rom 8:31-35, 37-39). God knew my past, present and future before it had even started, and still He chose to save me in Christ Jesus because of foreseeing me through His Love for me, then how can I ever lose Him who promised never to lose me (Jer 1:4-5; Acts 15:18; Isa 46:10; 45:22-25). His hands are bigger and stronger than anything I could ever imagine, and I have come to believe by the experience of my Salvation and the conviction that comes through His Word and His Spirit that I can never be lost for eternity from God who has saved me by His everlasting grace, and above all He has promised to keep me saved by His power till my very end (Deut 33:27; Isa 53:1; 52:10; 59:1; John 12:38, 39-40, 42, 46, 47-48, 49-50; 1 John 3:24; Php 1:6). Just a food for thought! GLORY BE TO GOD NOW AND FOREVER!

Much Blessings..... 

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Are You Saved Really?

Salvation Is Not Just A Feeling, But A Knowing!

By Abraham Israel

Salvation is not just a feeling that comes and goes, but it is a firm knowing conviction deep with in our spirit-man. I was born again at the age of seven when I approached God to tell Him that I am sinner in need of salvation, as I closed my eyes I saw a vision in which Jesus was hanging before me, wounded and bleeding all over His body. I saw the crown of thorns which was placed for all the bad thoughts I had ever thought, His hands were nailed for the bad things my hands did, His feet were pierced by nail for all the sinful evil places my feet carried me, he was pierced at His side with a spear which made blood and water to pour out which finally confirmed that Jesus died for my sins and was raised for my justification (Rom 4:25). While I saw the vision, my heart melted deep within me, tears flowed freely not as a sign of sympathy for Jesus but for the fact that my sinfulness had caused such a vicarious death of Jesus who knew no sin but became sin for me (2 Cor 5:21).

The water and blood that came out of the side of Jesus when he was pierced with a spear spiritually symbolized the baptism of Jesus in which He became our righteousness and the death of Jesus on the Cross in which our sins were forever forgiven by God once and for all time (John 19:34; Matt 3:15; 2 Cor 5:21; 1 Cor 1:30; Col 1:20; Eph 1:7). So apostle John says that there are three that bears witness of our salvation on earth, "the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one." (1 John 5:8). As we have seen above the water and the blood justifies us and bears witness within us by our faith in it, but the most important witness is the Spirit of God who will speak within us that we are saved because we have believed in Jesus (1 John 5:10; 3:24). The Spirit of God who had spoken that we are saved from sin, will also speak to us that we have now become God's own children (Rom 8:16). This is the most important testimony of conviction that every believer on earth should have. Apostle Paul talked to all believers about this subject and exhorted saying, "5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified." (2 Cor 13:5-6). In other words, Apostle Paul was saying, if you are not sure whether you are saved, test yourself by the testimony which the Spirit of God gives within you. If you have not got the testimony of the Spirit that you are saved from sin and have become God's child, then you are not really saved (Rom 8:9). But those who are saved and have lost the assurance must know that we cannot be lost again (Eph 1:13-14; John 10:28-29; Rom 8:38-29).

After I was saved at the age of seven, then I had this testimony of the Spirit within me that I was saved. Great joy, peace and righteousness flooded in to my childish soul (Rom 14:17). But growing up during those times, I lost the assurance of salvation many many times till I became an adult. Some people who are not grounded in sound doctrine teach that when we sin and lose the assurance of salvation, then we become lost in sin again. This unbiblical wrong doctrine leads us to unnecessary fear of going to hell because of our works. We are saved by Jesus apart from our own works and so what we do cannot affect our salvation really but can only show up to a certain degree that we are saved (Eph 2:8-9). A righteousness apart from works has been put in to our spiritual bank account of heaven when we are first saved, and from that moment of salvation God sees us rich through the riches of Christ deposited in our spiritual bank account of heaven, and not as filthy spiritual beggars in rags who are in need of righteousness (Rom 4:5-6; Isa 64:6).

Because of such doctrine taught to me, I used to go to retreats to regain salvation again and again. In the retreats, a strong word of repentance for salvation will be preached after which I will ask God sorry again and will restitute the wrong I have done to again come in to the so called new experience of salvation in which the joy of repentance will stay with me for a while and I would sink in to the old life of sin after a period of time.

As this elementary principles of repentance from dead works and faith towards God became a routine to me (Heb 6:1-2), when I entered in to teen age, sin strongly took control of me and I became a hypocrite after a year or two in to my teen age. I would feel miserable for the wrong evil and lustful things I would indulge in during that time, but I hardened my heart more and more towards God, not knowing that all I need to get back to God was to confess my sins as soon as possible to God (1 John 1:7, 9; Heb 10:19, 22-23).

Finally when I started to enter my twenties, God mercifully in His faithfulness allowed a severe bodily infirmity and a thorn in the flesh through hyper thyroid abnormality (Psa 119:67, 71, 75; 2 Cor 12:8-10). Because of severe infirmity I began to seek God in desperation (Gal 4:13-14). At this time God began to reveal to me how the mercies of God have saved me without any of the works that I have done (Titus 2:4-5). In the midst of all my affliction, the joy of salvation began to engulf me all around. The peace of God that comes knowing we have peace with God already through Jesus Christ then brought an assurance of salvation that had stood the test of times after that even until now (Php 4:6-7; Rom 5:1). From that time onwards I have taken the shield of faith with which I have been able to quench the fiery missiles of unbelief, doubt, wrong doctrines of men, sinful behavior and evil thoughts of the wicked one (Eph 6:16-17).

Further as days and years went on, I have stood by the word of God and nothing but the Bible I have allowed to convince me about eternal things. I thank God and praise Him for having revealed His truth and Himself to me through His word which I truly love in my life now. Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) became my motto in life as I depended on God by faith to put all the weight of questions on Him and received the answers of life to guide me in the ways of God.

Today I ask all my dear friends, do you know within you that you are saved? Do you have the testimony of God within you? Have you heard the Spirit of God assure you within your spirit-man that you are saved and have now become a child of God? If your answer to the above questions are a no, today I ask you to pray with me this following prayer by faith towards God, and I can assure you that the God in heaven who responded to me by giving assurance of salvation within me will now give it within you.

Say this from you heart sincerely, "Dear God, I am a sinner in need of salvation. I deserve hell for all the sins I have done, but I thank you that by your love you have sent Jesus your only begotten Son and have promised that if I believe in Him, I will not perish in hell fire but will have everlasting life (John 3:16). Now I believe in Jesus as my Lord and Saviour who has taken my sin during His baptism and made me righteousness of God forever, and then He carried my sins on to the Cross two thousand years ago and shed His sinless blood to forgive all my past, present and future sins forever (Heb 10:12, 17, 19, 22; Eph 4:32). Thank you for saving me from sins by giving me salvation as a gift apart from my works (Eph 2:8-9). Help me serve you and walk in the good works prepared before hand which you had planned for me to walk and be a example to all the people around me (Eph 2:10). Help me to look to your word to find assurance of salvation whenever I slip off because of sin and face any kind of doubt or unbelief regarding my salvation. May 'only the Scriptures,' be my motto from now onwards. In Jesus name I pray!!! Praise the Lord!!!"

Now that you are saved, ask the Holy Spirit to give you assurance that you are saved and that you are a child of God! I bet you, sure He will. Rejoice in your salvation from now onwards, because your destiny has forever been changed. For those of you who have been saved in the past and have lost the assurance because of your doubt and unbelief, from today never again doubt your salvation by your behavior because salvation is a gift that God has given to you apart from your behavior by your belief in His word. So may you doubt your doubts based on your belief in the word of God that never changes forever, but remain firm in faith on the word of God and you will overcome all unbelief and doubts that arises to test and shake your faith and finally make you miserable (Matt 24:35). When you continually live by faith in the word of God, you will begin to experience more and more the abundant life of joy and peace which Jesus has promised to give irrespective of the circumstances you go through in you lives journey (John 10:10; Php 4:4). So enjoy your journey of your walk with God day by day!

Much Blessings....

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When You Are Up To Nothing, God Is Up To Something!

When You Think It Is All Over, Think Again, God Is Doing Something New!!!

By Abraham Israel

There was a time in my life when I was so confused whether to be in full time ministry or do some work outside in a company and continue to work for the Lord. This was happening when I was around 23 to 24 years of age, particularly after I was recovering from a serious physical infirmity which God allowed to come to me a couple of years earlier in order to speak to me personally through which He desired for me to obey His voice (Psa 119:67-68, 71; Lam 3:25-33, 57). Here I was with a promise of God which God spoke saying, "Do my work and I will bless you...," but internally crushed not knowing what to do and how to support myself further if I do God's work.

In the midst of all my problems, I would sincerely seek for the will of God to be fulfilled in my life and pray for it regularly (Lam 3:25). When ever I would pray like that, joy would fill my heart, and when ever I would take my eyes of Jesus and would search for some job for my survival I would become peace less. Then further pressure from family and public regarding my job would make me miserable after which finally I would not be able to get in to any job too because of consistent failure in getting through. At that time God spoke to me regarding this situation saying, "Even when the whole night the professional fisher men tried to get some fish and return back to their business they were not able to get one fish, but once they became hopeless I gave them enough until their nets began to break (John 21:3-19; Luke 5:1-11). If you try to get on with your job professionally when I want you to work for Me, you will never get it. But if in your hopelessness you seek my Kingdom, all these things will be added to you in abundance..." Then I firmly decided to pursue God's will and be in full time ministry even if it means mockery from others or severe financial crisis because of it. Then I joined Bible college surrendering all of me to God and looking to Him for all sustenance.

From that time God supernaturally filled my life with peace and joy in the midst of all my needs. I began to understand in my life what it means to say, "The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall not be in want!" Even though my elder Brother John was the first one to come to my city Bangalore because God gave clear guidance to him to come to this place saying, "A city on a Hill cannot be hidden" (Matt 5:14), He returned back soon to pursue other things back at our hometown. Truly after that God became the source of my joy and my dreams. At that time as I was left alone to trust God for my survival, God supernaturally moved and provided all my needs day after day. Then my Brother John after a couple of years slowly moved back to Bangalore and wanted to get in to a job.

At that time I became full of faith trusting the Lord for everything. So I took the spiritual leadership in our home and guided my elder Brother as he came back to Bangalore. God's anointing became stronger and stronger on me day after day. As He went to an interview, I prayed and sent him to it. But then something happened, they told him to come again. When I asked God, He told clearly that my elder Brother should go to the interview further and that he will be able to get the job in a couple of times. Exactly the third time He got in to the company, but seeing that it was more of a service providing company with a moderate salary, he was very skeptical about the job. Then I told him that it was God's will that he should get in to the job, and God will supernaturally lead and bless him if he will trust the Lord's way. Then he agreed and joined the job. He worked hard and came first in the company and they honored him in various ways. Then he understood what it is to be in the favor of the Lord.

Then after working for a couple of years in that company, suddenly they told that they are going to close the process, and all the two years of experience will not be considered as a technological one but more of as a call center based service providing one. That means in the outside market, the experience will not mean much for a better job opportunity. He was heartbroken on that weekend and went back to our home town with tears. But I sensed something different within my spirit, an unusual joy that something good is going to happen. I told to my elder Brother that God is going to do something good as you will come again, so rejoice in the Lord because you have obeyed God and you are in the will of God. Then with a very little strength he came back and went to his office on Monday, he then me told that he felt that something different is happening in his office. Then people told him that the company to which they were providing technical online service has decided to take all the people in to their own process, in to their own company that they are starting newly in India and are ready to take him as their very own employee. Not only that, they told that they will add the past experience as though they were working for their own company and will also increase their pay and position to a higher level. Then at that time he understood the power of rejoicing when there seems to be a crisis especially when we are walking in the will of God. GLORY TO GOD! For God's glory he has continued to work as trainer, assistant manager and team leader until now in the same company.

After I got married in Dec 29, 2011, my wife Florence was working in a business and technological park as a assistant manager. Everything was fine for a couple of months after our marriage. Suddenly one fine day as we were praying in the morning before she could leave for work, God gave a word of wisdom in my prayer that my wife will be getting promotion very soon. At that point of time, their team had perfect unity and all were enjoying their work. But in the same weekend, the management got in to trouble with a good manager who had been faithful to them, and because of a wrong guidance within, they terminated him. Then problem started for my wife more and more along with their team members, who one after another started to jump out of the company because of the bad treatment from the new manager. On that particular weekend, she was very discouraged not knowing which company to go if they throw her out too and had tears in her eyes. But I remembered what happened to my elder Brother when he faced the same situation and told my wife about it and how God turned the "mourning into joyful dancing and sorrow in to joy" (Psa 30:11; John 16:20), I reminded her to cheer up and rejoice that God will not fail his word. I sensed again this time that something good God is going to do, then again by God's grace she got a interview call early next week in a new company. She was very glad about it. As she went for that interview, they told her that she will be getting no promotion but only the same job profile according to her present qualification and experience. She told yes and came, and then told to me about this. I simply told her that God will not fail His word and may the will of God be done in your life as He wants. Again I told her that God wants to make you know that it is only He who has given you something higher and that is why they have told to you like this. On the day the new company gave their joining order, to her surprise they mentioned that she has been given a manager post along with a good pay hike which is actually a promotion to her from her previous job profile. Nobody who came out of the old company was able to get such favor of God immediately like her. GLORY TO GOD!

Then she started working as a manager in the new company and faced many troubles from her higher ups many times in her new job. When she joined in that new job, she had to travel to various sites of her company each day as a part of her probationary period in the first month, after that she was put in a office that was nearly 15-20 kms away from our present place and needed at least 1 hour of travel with two buses to change. We came to know that she has become pregnant by the grace of God just before that time. So it was very stressful to her too. But the great faith she had knowing that it is God who had given her this job made her to face all difficulties with rejoicing in her heart (James 1:2-4). That spirit of rejoicing in our home made God's grace to be available in abundance towards her and me the whole period of time. Each day new grace of God was sufficient to carry her all through the way. Praise the Lord!

What can we learn from the above incidents? God will never fail His word. He has good plans for us in our lives. But when we are disrupted in our comfort zone, rejoice that something good and better God is taking us to. God will never close a door before He know the door in which He wants to take you further in to His destiny for you. Never be sad when a door closes, but rejoice that God has some other door ready to be opened for you when you are facing any kind of crisis in your personal life. God never fails to those who trust in His unfailing love and mercies. So keep trusting the Lord and you will never fail to rejoice and be glad in Him. Reminding you my favorite verse which says, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!" (Php 4:4). Praise the Lord!

"God enjoys you the best when you enjoy Him the best." — Abraham Israel

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Prophetic Testimonial Devotion

The Father's Heart

By Abraham Israel

As a father of a little baby boy Issac that God has graciously given to me, I have come to realize the heart of a father towards his child. As for me as a servant of God, I sincerely wish and desire the little boy to become a man of God and be a blessing to all the saints in the Body of Christ all over the world.

The Biblical baby name Isaac is Hebrew in origin and it's meaning is laughter or he laughs. I felt impressed in my heart nearly 6 months earlier to give this name to the coming baby if God gives a baby boy to us, and my wife prayed before she became convinced to keep this name.

My wife had to struggle throughout the time after 5 months of pregnancy due to pregnancy diabetes. We prayed and had faith in God through out the time. God miraculously time after time saved the baby and gave us a good doctor to consult, who is actually the wife of a dear friend and a minister of God.

Usually according to the rule of the company in which my wife is presently working, they will give leave only to employees who have worked for the company at least 6 months, which was supposed to get fulfilled for my wife only on October 5th. So first they were reluctant to give leave before that time. Then we prayed and left the burden to God, God helped my wife to get leave officially from her office before time on September 22nd itself miraculously and we traveled safely to her native place. Praise the Lord!

There first the doctors told that they will do artificial inducement to bring the baby on October 5th officially, but suddenly they changed their decision to go for a cesarean operation to bring out the baby. My wife was disturbed at first a day before the operation and in that afternoon while I was praying and was half asleep, I clearly felt that God wanted me to take Isaiah 66:7-9 which says, "7“ Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child. 8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children. 9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the LORD. “ Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God." Then as I felt that it is God who was speaking to me through His word, I started to type Isaiah 66:7 in my cell phone and then wanted to type further the next verse which said just the opposite. I felt God impress me to stop with the 7th verse. So I understood that a male baby boy will come to us before my wife could labor, through cesarean.

From that moment I felt peaceful and sent the text through SMS to my wife. Later in the evening when I went to speak to my wife she was very peaceful and told me that the SMS I sent was confirmation to her that God wants her to go through a cesarean to deliver the child. O what a confirmation to me and peace that followed that evening time till she went to the operation theater. On October 5th morning God again spoke to me through Genesis 17:19 which says, "Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him." I told what God has told me to my father-in-law, and He told, 'May God's will be done through whatever He gives.'

My wife was very relaxed and went for operation at 9.30 AM as it was scheduled. At 9.42 AM, October 5th, 2012, I saw this baby boy 'Isaac' crying, and he was kept on a table. I praised God and all of us rejoiced to see a gift from God before us. Dad, Mom and my elder Brother John and all his family were on their way to attend another relatives marriage, they all rejoiced in the Lord when they heard the good news on the way and thanked God. Many in the Church family all around called me to convey their wishes. I thanked all of them for their love and prayers. I thank all of you my readers now for your love and prayers for me and my family that has kept me faithful in the Lord's ministry!

Then I wanted to know the significance and speciality of the day October 5th, as little Isaac my son was born on that day. Then to my astonishment I found that on October 5th, 1703, Jonathan Edwards was born. He played a leading role in the first Revival that broke out in America in 1733-35. The revival changed the lifestyle of the people in different colonies and had its influence in the constitution. One church in Enfield, Connecticut had been largely unaffected during the Great Awakening of New England. Edwards was invited by the pastor of the church to preach to them. Edwards aim was to teach his listeners about the horrors of hell, the dangers of sin and the terrors of being lost. Edwards described the shaky position of those who do not follow Christ's urgent call to receive forgiveness. As he read the final section of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards showed his theological argument throughout scripture and biblical history. Invoking stories and examples throughout the whole Bible. Edwards ended the sermon with one final appeal, "Therefore let everyone that is out of Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to come." Immediately Jonathan Edwards was interrupted before he could finish the sermon with prayer by people moaning and crying out saying, "What shall I do to be saved?" Thus God did a deep work of repentance and salvation in those hard hearted people and saved them for eternity ahead. Edwards through this sermon indirectly gave a sense of hope to those who were then currently out of Christ. Although the sermon has received criticism, Edwards' words have endured and are still read to this day. Edwards' sermon continues to be the leading example of a Great Awakening sermon and is still used in religious and academic studies, over 270 years later.

"Lord stamp eternity on my eyeballs," was his heart cry toward the Lord in his prayers. Jonathan Edward said, "Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important." In other words, when we find who God is, then we find ourselves in Him. What a profound words these are that speaks to all humans who are born on this earth to make us understand that salvation from sin is the most important thing in life and the very purpose for the existence of this earthly life (Matt 26:24; Mark 14:21). With a father's heart I rejoiced to see 'Isaac' born on this day and sincerely wish that he will make a difference through his life like as this man of God Jonathan Edward made in the lives of many many people.

Do you know that our Father in Heaven has a sincere wish and a desire for this upcoming generation to serve Him in His kingdom in these end of end times? Once I had a dream that is so fresh within me, in it I saw the little ones of Issac's generation moving in the Elijah's authority doing signs, wonders and miracles at an early age and proclaiming the coming of our Messiah Jesus Christ to this world. From their early childhood days, if we bring them up in the way of the Lord through His word and the Spirit of God, they will be used by God from their early days in a authority of God that is unknown and unseen for the last two thousand years since John the Baptist and Jesus' ministry.

God says, "3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate." (Psalm 127:3-5). From this we know that the children who are a heritage from the Lord and are given to us as a reward within a covenantal marriage relationship. God has already prepared in His heavenly blue print a particular and specific plan and purpose of His to be fulfilled through each of their lives individually. Like a arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth when we willingly give them in to the hands of the Lord to use them to fulfill His purpose to be fulfilled in their lives. When our children are used by God, then they will stand at the gate and speak with the spiritual enemies of ours and will make them flee in Jesus mighty name, then we will be happy enough for the quiver full of children that we took care of carefully to bring them up in the way of the Lord through discipline and love. It is indeed a great responsibility from God and a privilege to raise children for God to use them. Dear parents and saints, take care of the children that God has given to bring them up in the way of the Lord. Teach them scriptures from their early days, commit them in to the hands of the Lord constantly, very soon you will see them all glorify God in their generation. Father God's heart is beating for this upcoming generation and He wants them all to fulfill the purpose and plans that He has for their lives. May God help Isaac's generation to bring laughter to our Heavenly Father and to all the people of God alike.

Say this prayer with me, "Dear Heavenly Father, I understand that you have a great plan and purpose for all of our children, and you want to use them all for your glory very early in their childhood and young days itself. Help me to bring them up in your way through your Word and the Spirit. Help me seek your face constantly to direct them by knowing and implementing your will for their lives. I thank you for your gifts and graces that you have showered upon my life. Thank you for your heritage of children that you have given me as a reward from the fruit of the womb. Thank you that you are going to use my children to speak to all the spiritual enemies at the gate so that the gates of Hades will not prevail against the Church (Matt 16:18). Use my children to glorify you and be a arrow in your hands to destroy all the works of our spiritual enemies. May our children make us happy in being a blessing to the whole world. In Jesus name I pray. Amen and Amen!!!! Best Wishes!"

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