By looking at your lives, others around you should have a burning bush experience or an encounter with God. Let your lives be burning in the fire of God and in that fire, others around you should have an encounter with God. Allow God's fire to burn in your lives continuously until others have an encounter with God.Let our lives be the burning bush through which others can encounter God. How far we have come from God's expectation. We always want...
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God – Matthew 5:8It’s a blessing to see God. This blessing is given to the pure in heart. To see the world, our physical eyes must be opened. To see God and God's plans, the eyes of our heart need to be opened. Samuel learned this lesson when he was selecting the next king of Israel. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks...
Recently we have seen a big earthquake in Turkey. God showed His anger but for a few seconds, and we could see the destruction and damage caused by it. The earthquake was followed by a harsh climate, making it challenging to rescue people. It was almost like an apocalypse. Because of the weather, those who escaped the quake with injuries had to live with untreated injuries for several days. Some people were trapped between the buildings without...
Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ” 1 Kings 13:2In this passage, we see a man of God who had received a word from the Lord. He came from Judah, a day's journey...
Around the sun, there is a layer or atmosphere called the Photosphere that extends for about 200 kilometers. The temperature in this photosphere is 5000 degrees Celsius, the light is above the visible spectrum, the radiations are massive, there are heat waves, and so on. The sun is comparable to God. Like the sun, around God there is a blanket or atmosphere around called Holiness. The natures and attributes of God, such as compassion, mercy,...
Samaritan women’s broken situations and search for truth created the need for Jesus to go to Galilee through Samaria. Similarly, our broken situations and desire to find the truth create a need for Jesus to enter our lives in the midst of His plans. Even though the journey was weary and exhausting, Jesus took this route through Samaria to particularly visit the Samaritan women. Jesus was never tired or weary in any of His journeys. To meet the...
The Lord among His Hosts, or God in His dwelling place, tabernacle, or temple, takes a shape or a living form. In these places, God takes a visible, living shape like a man. We can have the privilege to see God’s face in these places. So the sons of Korah wrote about the blessedness of being in the house of God in Psalms 84. They discovered the secret that God can be seen in His dwelling palace, or tabernacle. So they were jealous of the...
Then she made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” 1 Samuel 1:11 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. Genesis...
Note: - This a small dialogue between God and you. Why are you weeping? Dear ______, Is my grace not sufficient for you? Is my hand is not strong enough to lift you out of your valleys? Is my blanket of love not large enough to envelop you and your family? Are my feathers not enough to keep you warm? Is my heart not big enough to carry you? Is my refuge not sufficient to protect you? Is my shield of Word not sufficient to protect you from your...
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.” Mark 2:22 In a brewery, new wine is poured into new wineskins. After the wine has fermented for some time in the old wineskins, the old wineskins become dry, hard, and brittle. During this fermentation of wine inside the wineskin for some time, the wineskin...