SERVANT OF GOD MESSAGES - 2 (GOD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE BY REINHARD BONNKE)

SERVANT OF GOD MESSAGES - 1 (ZERO TO HERO BY REINHARD BONNKE)

GOD IS THERE FOR YOU ALWAYS (I LIKED THIS ONE A LOT)

JEFFIE AND GRANDPA (STORY TAKEN FROM INTERNET)

Jeffie was in his playpen and he was crying. Tears were rolling down his little cheeks; his face was red as it could be. He was crying, and he looked pitiful in his little baseball T-shirt and a diaper. 

Then Jeffie's Grandpa entered the room; Jeffie's little face lit up when he saw his Grandpa! He immediately reached out his little arms in supplication and said "Out Pa Pa out." 

What is a Grandpa to do? How can someone resist that? So Grandpa went over to the playpen, he bent over. He reached down to lift his little buddy from captivity and distress . . 

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Just then "Law and Order" walked into the room. Momma said "Jeffie, you stay right there! I'm punishing you because you have been naughty! Dad, leave Jeffie alone!" 

Grandpa backs off and is thinking, "I can't just pick up a book and read it with Jeffie here. He would think I was uncaring and distant. I can't leave the room because he would feel like I have abandoned him." 

But you know what? Love always finds a way. Since Grandpa couldn't take Jeffie out of the playpen, Grandpa climbed in with Jeffie! Grandpa said "If you are in the playpen buddy, I'm in the playpen too. What are you in for? What is your sentence?" 

Having Grandpa Join him in his "prison cell" brought Jeffie great comfort and joy. In the midst of his captivity, Jeffie no longer felt so alone. 

What Jeffie's Grandpa did is also a picture of what Jesus Christ did for us when He came to Earth as a baby. God the Father yearned to reach down into our "playpen of captivity" and pull us out. He could not . . . because of our disobedience . . . because of our sin. What did God do?

God climbed into our "playpen" with us! When Jesus Christ entered into our "playpen of captivity," He took the sin and disobedience that should have been ours alone; releasing us from our captivity . . . allowing us the opportunity to experience the fullness of life God has for us! The message is simple, clear and personal: God with us . . . He loves you so much He sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ!

My dear young friends, Even as you are struggling in the path of discomfort and sorrow, remember that you are not alone and Jesus Christ is with you. He will pull you out from the path of sorrow and fill your life with His joy.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." John 3:16-18 (NIV)

GOD HAS A PLAN ABOUT YOUR FUTURE

SONG I LIKE - 10 (WHEN THE TEARS FALL...... WITH LYRICS)

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET THE KING? - AUTHOR UNKNOWN

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the King. He set off, walking across the beautiful countryside towards the King's castle. He walked and walked, thinking of all the wonderful things that he and the King could talk about, and he imagined how beautiful the castle was. He was just a little boy, and he wanted so much just to talk to the King, see Him on His thrown, as well as be in His presence.

Finally, after many long days of walking, the King's castle came into view. It was even more majestic than the boy had imagined! He couldn't wait to tell the King how beautiful everything was and how much he had enjoyed his walk across the countryside. The boy began to run towards the castle!

However, as the boy got closer to the outside of the castle, he noticed there was a huge fence all around it, and there was a big fancy gate in front of the castle. As the boy neared the gate, he was stopped by a gate-keeper. When ask if he had an appointment to see the King, the boy said no, and was told he would have to leave.

"I just want to see the King..." the little boy began in a halting voice. "That's not possible, unless you have an appointment, said the gate-keeper." Well, the little boy didn't have to be told twice. After all that walking, after all that thinking, after all that wishing and hoping, he turned... and ran. He was sad and so very disappointed.

He began to cry. All he wanted to do was tell the King wonderful things, and see all the beautiful things in the King's house. But he couldn't even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running and sat down and just cried. A young man happened to be coming down the path at that very moment. He was carrying a sack over his shoulder and whistling a happy tune. He saw the little boy and stopped.

"What's wrong, young man? Why are you so sad?" he asked."Sir, I've been walking for several days just to see the King, but the gate-keeper won’t let me in. I just wanted to tell the King how lovely everything is and see all the neat things in his castle. If only I could tell the King that I just wanted to see him!" wailed the little boy.

"Whoa! Slow down a little. Sounds like you've had a rough time today." With that, the man set down His sack and began to rummage through it. "Would you like to have a fresh apple?" asked the Man. "Yes, thanks, said the little boy. I don't think I'll ever go back there!" The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. "Look, why don't you try again. I'll go with you this time." The Man smiled at the little boy, who was obviously concerned for His (the Man's) safety; apparent thinking the gate-keeper would be really mad if the boy returned a second time. The Man stood up and dusted himself off.

"Come with Me. Maybe we can find something else to eat along the way." the Man said, holding out His hand. The little boy looked up at the Man, and looked in the direction of the castle. He was so close! Well, he reasoned, even if I can't see the King, maybe I can find something else to eat before I begin my walk home.

With that, the little boy got up and took the Man's hand. He gripped the Man's hand tighter and tighter as they got closer to the King's castle. Finally, the gate-keeper spotted them: one very frightened boy holding the hand of a Man with a sack over his shoulder. As they drew close, the little boy couldn't stand it anymore.

"Look, Mister, we don't have to do this... I don't want You to get hurt. I'll just be on my way. It was nice of You to stop... thanks for the apple... we can just turn around now..." the boy began to babble again. The man held the little boy's hand firmly and said, "Child, you've come this far with Me... how about trusting Me a little longer? Let's just see what happens."

"OK..." said the little boy. The pair came closer to the castle and the gate-keeper watched them approach. The Man looked down and winked at the boy. The boy really thought the Man might be crazy... until he looked back at the gate-keeper -- who was smiling now! The big gate in front of the castle was swung wide open. The little boy was amazed! 

"Who are You?" asked the little boy in astonishment. "Why, I'm the King's Son. By placing your trust and faith in Me, you can enter the Castle and be with the King," said the Man. The little boy had a huge smile on his face. "Can I go home and tell my parents about You?" asked the little boy. "So they can come to visit and praise the King, too!" 

Jesus threw His head back and laughed. He thought that was the best thing that anyone could do.

Would you like to see the King? Have a relation with His Son... JESUS.

JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8. As you are absorbed in your sins and live a painful life struggling with the emptiness inside and outside you, you may doubt the love of God in your heart. You may think that the love of Jesus has decreased in your life because of your sinful activities. But the Bible says when we were sinners, Jesus died for us. That’s the love of Jesus for us.

My dear young friend, God’s love is precious and priceless. He has said “I the Lord do not change”, (Malachi 3:6). The love which He has for you is everlasting and will never change. Jesus took the cross and bore all the pain just because He thinks of you every time. He shed His own blood only because you wouldn’t have to struggle with your sins. He has given his life for you only because of His infinite love for you. Even today, Jesus loves you so much.

Why did He take the Path of Grief and Sorrows?

“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities”. (Isaiah 53:3)

A potter made a real version of a model he had thought in his mind and cherished for a long time. After making the model of the object, he couldn’t bear to think that the object he created had no life. So he gave life to his creation and made it live and not only that he had so much love for his creation. And because of this, he gave it its own free will - a free will which also permitted the creation to leave the creator.

Soon, one day came when the creation fell in to the lustful ways of the world; it dared to leave the creator and left his care. Even though the potter had the authority to destroy the object, because of the love he had for his creation, he did not destroy it. Not only that, he also waited for his creation to come back to him. He waited with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart.

The creation was filled with all the desires and lust of the world; it left the creator and joined the only enemy of the creator, and held his hand. The enemy had great joy because the creation was tricked by him. But the potter who was the creator was in huge sorrow. The enemy decided to destroy the object as it did not have the protection of the creator and this in turn, left the creator with more pain and agony.

On one hand, the potter was in grief because the creation left him, and on the other hand he was in great sorrow because the creation was going through much pain and agony. Although the creation had left him the potter began thinking how to bring back his creation back to him. And he came to know that the only way to bring it back is to give his life for his creation. At the end what did he do? Even though his creation had left him he loved it so much as to not to see its destruction and because of this love the potter gave up his life to save his creation from destruction. The good life of the creation was far more important for the creator than his own life. Amazing is the love of the potter!!!

Beloved young men and women out there, this is the precious love that God showed at the cross of Calvary. He created you and me with clay and He gave us His own Spirit and resurrected us. He gave us His own sovereign will so that we would know what is good from evil. But we forgot this great love of God. We went for worldly desires, lust and for our own likings we separated from our creator, the Lord.

Even though, our beloved God stretches out His arms and calls us with His great love, we refuse to heed his words and love. We turned towards the evil desires. We ourselves moved away from the Gods protection. And that is when the devil brought upon us lot of problems in our lives such as diseases in our body, failures, grief and sorrows in all our works. Even in this situation God desires to recover you with His Everlasting love.

He wants to deliver us from the pain and the bondage of sin, for that He had to give His own life as a cost; He decided to sacrifice His own life for us. That is the only purpose Jesus Christ came down to this world,  endured all the sufferings, was hung on the cross, shed His blood and  gave His own life as a cost to save our lives, and made us His own people.

He loved you so much, only because of that love He went and gave His life as a cost and that way is the way of cross at Calvary. You shouldn’t sink in your own sin; you shouldn’t die because of that curse, only because of this Jesus Christ gave His own life as living sacrifice in cross. Do you know why He passed that cruel way of cross; the reason is His unmeasured love that He has on you. Don`t forget today, Jesus loves you.

GUEST ARTICLE - 1 (YOU WILL RECEIVE GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT)

“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” – JOHN 14:13

I would like to share one of my unforgettable and remarkable experiences which helped me to progress in the spiritual realm.

At the early days of my salvation, there was so little I knew about my savior Jesus Christ and there was no knowledge about holy spirit because I’m from different background I don’t have much opportunity to read or to listen word of God. But by the grace of God, he made me to pursue my degree course in a well reputed Christian university. There I came to know more about trinity God and anointing of Holy Spirit through word of God and also by listening to several preaching from various servants of God. Then I realized the significance of the anointing of Holy Spirit which help us to lead a spirit filled life that pleases God which will also pave way for tasting the love of God and transform us into His likeness everyday. So I was very much longing to receive the anointing of God not only that I also had seen the gifts of Holy Spirit operating in the life of young people who are of my age group. I wondered how they could be so close to God, witnessing and demonstrating the power of God through their lives. I also wondered how amazingly God uses them in His ministry to reveal His glory and power through their lives which brings salvation to many souls.

I was even more determined to ask God to fill me with anointing of Holy Spirit with in the end of a particular month because my life seems to be very meaningless without knowing the will and purpose of God in my life and my heart was filled with sense of hopelessness with much burden, agonizing and despairing over my future. It became increasingly obvious that there was only way out of my grief and meaningless existences is to get closer with living God which is possible only through receiving Holy Spirit’s anointing so each day I waited in God’s presence to receive His anointing and days rolled by and reached last day of that month and it was Sunday. So I still expecting God will somehow fill me in any of the service and fortunately, at that morning three of my dear ones and me gather together for a time of prayer. During prayer time except me all other were praying tongues and prophesying God’s blessing upon our life and God began to reveal His plans for us and for our families through them and I was deeply depressed instead of being happy to hear all those wonderful promises and plans of  God in my life because I was very much troubled and worrying about unanswered prayer of mine and I was questioning myself that why me alone couldn’t experience the literal touch of God and I’m thinking that I’m may not me eligible or worthy enough to receive those gift and anointing of Holy Spirit.

It may be only for those who are predetermined by God but still my heart cries desperately to receive filling of holy spirit so that I too could walk close with my God. I was totally bewildered meanwhile one of them asked me to pray though I refused he compelled so I reluctantly made a short prayer because I couldn’t even pray in that desolate condition. After that I said nothing to indicate to anyone what was on my mind but my Lord who knows my inner thoughts revealed my condition and also His passion and burden to fill me with His spirit to one of them. So they joined with me to ask God for me with much burden and Lord lead me to repent and confess all my sins and waited in the presence of Lord earnestly. Whole day I was anticipating for the touch of lord but nothing was happened so I was broken and frustrated but my dear ones are still encouraging me and asked me to wait upon the Lord and God revealed to one of them that tell my daughter to wrestle with me like Jacob for this blessing.

When it was almost 11’O clock at night, I went alone to prayer hall and I cried inconsolably, my sobbing echoed down the prayer hall and I prayed, “Lord either fill me with your Holy Spirit or take away my life I don’t want to live without your anointing”. Suddenly before clock strikes 12 without my knowledge my tongue started to twist and was uttering an unknown language and I felt powerful touch of God which bought greatest joy in my heart and all my sorrow was vanished. I also felt very hot all over body and Lord’s presence was immense at that night so I was been uncontrollably shaken by immeasurable filling of Holy Spirit.

From that day on I could able to have an intimate relationship with my loving Father than ever before and the knowledge about Holy Spirit from the word of God was the reason which made me to have unquenchable thirst, heart of longings and desperate for anointing of Lord in my life. Bible says when the spirit of Lord Rest upon us we shall receive wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, might and fear of the Lord. This will help us to build our life on Rock called Jesus Christ. More over bible says Holy Spirit will teach us all things and bring to our remembrances all things that Jesus said (John14:26). When Holy Spirit has come upon us we shall receive power and we will be witness (Acts 1:8) and most important thing is that He bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Rom8:16) and also helps us in our weakness for we don’t know what we should pray for as we ought, but Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered and he makes intercession for us according to the will of God (Rom 8:26, 27)

Bible says in Joel 2:28,27 and Acts 2:17,18 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

According to above verse our Lord is ready to pour out His spirit upon us. Are you ready to ask for Lord’s anointing in the name of Jesus Christ and receive that your joy may be full (John 16:24).If you ask God earnestly for the anointing of His Holy Spirit, surely He will pour out His anointing upon you for He is a faithful God who fulfills His promises. Ask and it shall be given to you.

(Note: My dear young friends, The author who submitted this article does not want to reveal the identity and henceforth the name and the email id of the author was not published. Guest authors are always welcome in this blog and if you want to share your testimony or any article of yours, kindly send it to me at narainpons@gmail.com. God bless you.)

PROMISE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY