Choose happiness during Death

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might

Ecclesiastes 9:10 

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Jochebed - do you know who she is

She is the mother of Moses. Pharoah on seeing the growth of Israelites ordered execution of all male children. On hearing this, Jochebed didn't keep mourning on the plight of her son who was born. But she did with all her might to save the child in whatever ways she could. Hiding her son's birth was not an independent task too. She trained her daughter too in hiding the message of her brother baby at home.Instead of letting him be murdered, she took a basket and coated the bottom with tar, to make it waterproof. Then she put the baby in it and set it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile River. At that same time, Pharaoh's daughter was bathing in the river. One of her maidservants saw the basket and brought it to her.

Miriam, the baby's sister, watched to see what would happen. Bravely, she asked Pharaoh's daughter if she should get a Hebrew woman to nurse the child. She was told to do that. Miriam fetched her mother, Jochebed -- who was also the baby's mother -- and brought her back.

Jochebed was paid to nurse and care for the boy, her own son until he grew. Then she brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who raised him as her own  .

Not only was her son saved, but she was paid to nurse for her own baby. Amazing.
When trouble comes, lets not sit and lament. Instead do whatever our hands can do by trusting in God. Amen.

LOVE CLINIC (Based on Christian Faith)

Do you know what is the height of spiritual maturity. Is is not speaking in tongues. It is not prophesying. It is not healing the sick. It is not receiving the power to vanish or to bring to life the dead. It is LOVE.

1.Forgiving our enemies - One o the greatest aspect of LOVE.

Luke 174
             "then said Jesus, Father , forgive them , for they know not what they do."
Jesus spoke the above before dying on the cross. The death on the cross is the most terrile death. He wouldnt have endured pain on the hands and legs alone but on the whole ody. And that pain would have been more because of the gravitational force.And in such pain he says, "Father forgive them ".

Acts 759,60
            And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God and saying , Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit. And He kneeled down and cried with a loud oice , Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when He had said this, He fell asleep.

One thing is needed - That Good part which cannot be taken away from us

Luke 10: 38 –

38. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

39. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard his word.

40. But Martha was cumbered about much serving and came to him and said Lord dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.

41. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

42. But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Dear All,

 Greetings in the precious name of Jesus Christ. It’s been long since I wanted to write this. May God our father help us to choose that good part, which is needful and which shall not be taken away from us.  For many days, I didn’t know what that good part was. I used to think, why Jesus had been harsh to Martha. Just imagine a relative has come to your house, and you just sit with them and keep chatting, without preparing any meals for them. What would be the thought of that relative Uncle. Just put your uncle in Jesus place. What would your uncle have answered? He would have obviously asked your sister to come and help you. Is it not?. So what’s wrong? Why did Jesus answer so? What is the good part that Mary chose? What is that thing which cannot be taken from her?

Well, it is the PRESENCE OF GOD. Jesus doesn’t want any of your servings or meals. He longs for your presence. He just wants to chat with you and love you more and more. We may keep going after work, doing this and that. They are all temporary. They will one day avanish. You have to stop working one day. But it is only the presence of God that is permanent if chosen. Yes, only if you choose it. And His Presence delights you. Blessed, blessed, blessed are those who have experienced this delight.

Had Martha also delighted in Jesus presence like Mary, they would have eaten together a very special meal miraculously created by our Lord Jesus.  Even we too might tell(This message is esp for me, bcoz I am just like Martha. That is why Holy Spirit revealed to me be like Mary and I wanted to share it with you) that we have a project to finish, we have a meal to cook, we have got to clean the house, we have got to constantly watch our kid. But I tell you, that if we are going to take a decision and spend our little time with Jesus, He will start giving us more time to sit with Him by handling all of our chores. Yes, just start spending your time with Him and just see the transformation around you.(Believe it or not, this is the truth).

Few verses which describes, how David experienced God’s presence.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 15:11

Surely you have granted him unending  blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

Psalm 21:6

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Psalm 51:11

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

Psalm 89:15

7Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be dark  to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

Ps 138 7-12

July 7^th, I was urged to write. But I too got distracted and alas by God’s grace I have obeyed to that urge to complete it. 

What BIBLE tells about Drinking

I was urged to write this for long time. Many people think, drinks are given in churches and Christians have fun time there. Also for all celebrations , Christians drink and enjoy as a family. Well let me illustrate you the verses in the Bible, which teaches on drinking. Then you will understand what type of teaching is there in the Bible for yourself.

Instructions given by God for His workers(who are dedicated to Him like today’s Pastors ,Deacons and believers)

Numbers 6:1-4

1. Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: "When either a man or woman consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, 3he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

Instruction given to a Mother on how to grow up a child (who was called to be dedicated to God)

Judges 13:3,4

3.Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4.Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

1Timo 3:2,3,8

2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3. not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 8. Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money.

Instructions to Kings on Drinking

Proverbs 31:4

4. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink;

Consequences of Drinking

Proverbs 20:1

1. Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Proverbs 21:17

17.Whoever loves wine will never be rich.

Proverbs 23:19-21

19.Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way. 20.Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; 21.For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 23:29-35

29.Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? 30.Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. 31.Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly; 32.At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper. 33.Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things. 34.Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying: 35."They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?

Isaiah 5 :11,12,13

11.Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12.The harp and the strings, The tambourine and flute, And wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation of His hands. 13.Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 28:1,2,3

1.Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys, To those who are overcome with wine! 2.Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand. 3.The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, Will be trampled underfoot;

Hosea 4:11

11."Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

God's LOVE - To what can it be compared

Dear All,

Most blessed are those who have enjoyed the love of God and are in the ocean of His love. Come to Him to enjoy His love. It is more than the love of your wife, husband, mother, father, brother, sister or friends. His love can never be measured, can never be compared.

God says “Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.”

Below are few illustrations of His love.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

What woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!'

Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything."But when he came to himself, he said,"How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'"And he arose and came to his father.But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.' "But the father said to his servants,"Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry. "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, "your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'"But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots; you killed the fatted calf for him. And he said to him, "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found."

I can remember the first song taught in my school on God’s love.

God’s love is so wonderful.

It is so high that we can’t get over it.

It is so deep that we can’t get below it.

It is so wide that we can’t get around it

Oh Oh wonderful LOVE.

Jesus - The greatest REFORMER

Christ is the greatest reformer of all times. And He calls us to be like Him. Be the reformer. Be the change!.

Jews are the people who follow tradition more strictly. They follow all things literally without any reasoning. They don't think about the real meaning in it. They were also very good in judging and condemning people who do not follow them. Jesus living in such a community was very bold and didn't live a normal life. He was the greatest reformer. He was the first to do many things in such a community.

Having learnt all the scriptures he didn't choose the learned like other Pharisees. But choose fishermen and tax collectors who were rejected by the Pharisees and Scribes. 

(Just imagine , you are going to start a big business where you require disciplined people with more knowledge. Will you choose fishermen for a change?)

(Scribes had knowledge of the law and could draft legal documents (contracts for marriage, divorce, loans, inheritance, mortgages, the sale of land, and the like). Every village had at least one scribe. Pharisees were members of a party that believed in resurrection and in following legal traditions that were ascribed not to the Bible but to “the traditions of the fathers.”)

Below are the reforms he teached,

You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' 

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, "Rascal!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, "You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire. 

Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 

Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny

You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not commit adultery.' 

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 

"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also

If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 

And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your 

enemy.' 

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back

How are you living? Are you different from others in your good deeds or just following the larger group who claim to live good lives.

When Jesus was 12yrs old, he was in the temple sitting with the teachers listening to them and asking them questions.

How are we when we are 12yrs, do you sit with the professors to know about more things?

First to love sinners

Jesus sat and ate with tax collectors and sinners. He was even questioned by the Pharisees for his behavior. Look at how Jesus answers ""Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance." 

Just imagine you going to the red light area and eating with them. Will you dare to do such a thing to bring about a revolution?

Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answered and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." So he said, "Teacher, say it." "There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?" Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have rightly judged." Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." Then He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

First to bring a lot of changes in the Sabbath.

Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?" And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." 

And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. And He said to the man who had the withered hand, "Step forward." Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

Jesus respected all the women.

And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?"

The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,

"Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

Then they went out of the city and came to Him.

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."