Just a small note to thank you for all your articles that are really encouraging and triggering our thought process especially when we are travelling in places like China and South Asia . May God bless you with more insight to impart in the university of deserts..
Prince and Vineetha
Thursday, October 6, 2011
feedback recd on UV- 213/10,000
Dear Bro Prateep,
Thank you for being a blessing to so many through your consistent efforts, I personally admire your diligence in putting these devotionals together.
This particular thought touched me today . ' God's maths is multiplication and addition. The Devil's maths is division and subtraction.'
May our dear Lord richly bless you and your loved ones.
Shekhar Shukla
Kolkata
Thank you for being a blessing to so many through your consistent efforts, I personally admire your diligence in putting these devotionals together.
This particular thought touched me today . ' God's maths is multiplication and addition. The Devil's maths is division and subtraction.'
May our dear Lord richly bless you and your loved ones.
Shekhar Shukla
Kolkata
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
comments on ydays uni-verse
Thank you for sharing this incident Prateep that had the signs of a tragedy but praise and thanks be to the Lord who turned it around for His glory and is using it and your words to encourage each of us to become essentially the ladder in Jacob's dream that connects heaven and earth! May the Lord continue to download His inconceivable depth of wisdom and knowledge to you.... Blessings,
Nalla.
Hi Prateep
PTL
This is so like our Abba
I have also experienced this so many times
Shanthini kapoor
GOD is Great . I had an accident recently wherein a heavy pipe with a pointed edge,
fell straight on my toe from a height, it was very painful, had to go to the doctor, took
treatment, the bleeding didn't subside for more than a week, but Praise the LORD,
though my nail cracked, there was no fracture which was seriously a miracle. It was
such a relief as I drop and pick my children, and Praise the LORD, though difficult
I could still be there for my kids.
Justin
amazing testimony- Pratap
Nalla.
Hi Prateep
PTL
This is so like our Abba
I have also experienced this so many times
Shanthini kapoor
GOD is Great . I had an accident recently wherein a heavy pipe with a pointed edge,
fell straight on my toe from a height, it was very painful, had to go to the doctor, took
treatment, the bleeding didn't subside for more than a week, but Praise the LORD,
though my nail cracked, there was no fracture which was seriously a miracle. It was
such a relief as I drop and pick my children, and Praise the LORD, though difficult
I could still be there for my kids.
Justin
amazing testimony- Pratap
Times of waiting
Uni-verse 212/10,000 For better through verse Hebrews 6 v 15
Heb 6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise
God has a vision for every one of His children. He has a vision for the whole Church, the body of all believers. God's vision is embodied in His promises to us. The promises are not fulfilled overnight. But, we need to go through a process of patient endurance before we obtain the promise. Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to fulfill His promise to him that he would have a son and through him he would be the father of many descendants and many nations. But he had to patiently endure the assault of internal doubt and anxiety and external insult and injury that he had no offspring. The rest is history.
Every one of God's promises is fulfilled but we need to hold it in our hearts, minds and spirits for a long time. It is a test of our faith and our character. It is a test of our personal knowledge of God. We need to have the assurance that He will answer our prayers based on His promises. He has set times for the fulfillment of His Word. God does not work to a human clock or calendar.
While we wait on God, we must not say, " there is nothing more we can do. Now it is upto God to act." While we wait for the fulfilment of God's promises, we must act with a sense of endurance, discipline and diligence. Waiting is a painful process for human beings for whom time is a rationed resource and whose natural expectation and conditioning is to expect immediate gratification of desires. We can endure the pain if we thank God joyfully and gratefully for the amazing ways in which He has fulfilled His promises to our spiritual forefathers, our familial forefathers and to ourselves in the past. We can draw on their examples to discipline ourselves to do all that lies on our part to fulfill the vision. It is during the periods of waiting that God shapes us, grooms and trains us for righteousness. Praise God for times of waiting.
Prateep V Philip
Heb 6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise
God has a vision for every one of His children. He has a vision for the whole Church, the body of all believers. God's vision is embodied in His promises to us. The promises are not fulfilled overnight. But, we need to go through a process of patient endurance before we obtain the promise. Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to fulfill His promise to him that he would have a son and through him he would be the father of many descendants and many nations. But he had to patiently endure the assault of internal doubt and anxiety and external insult and injury that he had no offspring. The rest is history.
Every one of God's promises is fulfilled but we need to hold it in our hearts, minds and spirits for a long time. It is a test of our faith and our character. It is a test of our personal knowledge of God. We need to have the assurance that He will answer our prayers based on His promises. He has set times for the fulfillment of His Word. God does not work to a human clock or calendar.
While we wait on God, we must not say, " there is nothing more we can do. Now it is upto God to act." While we wait for the fulfilment of God's promises, we must act with a sense of endurance, discipline and diligence. Waiting is a painful process for human beings for whom time is a rationed resource and whose natural expectation and conditioning is to expect immediate gratification of desires. We can endure the pain if we thank God joyfully and gratefully for the amazing ways in which He has fulfilled His promises to our spiritual forefathers, our familial forefathers and to ourselves in the past. We can draw on their examples to discipline ourselves to do all that lies on our part to fulfill the vision. It is during the periods of waiting that God shapes us, grooms and trains us for righteousness. Praise God for times of waiting.
Prateep V Philip
Getting out of the cistern of life
Uni-verse 212/10,000 For better through verse Romans 3 v 23
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
God has created man to share His glory or His greatness. But, sin or man's desire to break free from God or remain away or separate from God has caused all mankind to fall short of this mark or this goal of our creation. On the earth, we occupy a position just below the angels but when we are redeemed in Christ by the blood of atonement, we are elevated to a position above the angels. God sends His angels and other people to minister to us. Sin is man's number one enemy. In order to overcome the number two enemy, death, disease, failure and so on- the number one enemy -sin- must first be overcome.
Yesterday, one of my aunties fell by accident into a 8 foot deep cistern when the lid cracked as she stepped into it. If she had continued to walk in sin as in the past, she could have either been injured or killed in the fall. But, by God's grace, the water had been pumped out the previous evening leaving only six inches in it that cushioned her fall. But there was no way she could have climbed out of the cistern on her own. When she called out for help there was no one to come to her assistance and pull her out. But, she cried out to God, " Lord, there is nothing you cannot do. Please send someone my way to pull me out." Just then her son-in-law and daughter who were on their morning jog decided to step in and say ' hello' to her. As they came near the front door of the house, they heard her cry of distress, got a ladder and helped her out. This is what is meant by the glory of God. The grace of God operates in our lives for the glory of God. God had turned the childrens' mind towards the parent.
Much of mankind have fallen into a cistern of darkness. There is no way they can climb out of their cisterns on their own. Their fall might have been cushioned but they need a ladder to climb out. That ladder which rests on the right wall is Jesus. The childrens' hearts should turn towards the parents and the parents' hearts should turn towards the children that many more will be declared " chosen" and redeemed by the grace of God. Recently, in a time of prayer, the Lord encouraged me by saying, " You are a ladder for me." People want to be leaders but all God is looking for is a ladder to help people out of the cistern they have fallen into. What is the point in climbing the ladder of success inside a dark and suffocating cistern? People need to climb out and experience the light, the freedom, the hope, righteousness, the security and the glory of God.
Prateep V Philip
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
God has created man to share His glory or His greatness. But, sin or man's desire to break free from God or remain away or separate from God has caused all mankind to fall short of this mark or this goal of our creation. On the earth, we occupy a position just below the angels but when we are redeemed in Christ by the blood of atonement, we are elevated to a position above the angels. God sends His angels and other people to minister to us. Sin is man's number one enemy. In order to overcome the number two enemy, death, disease, failure and so on- the number one enemy -sin- must first be overcome.
Yesterday, one of my aunties fell by accident into a 8 foot deep cistern when the lid cracked as she stepped into it. If she had continued to walk in sin as in the past, she could have either been injured or killed in the fall. But, by God's grace, the water had been pumped out the previous evening leaving only six inches in it that cushioned her fall. But there was no way she could have climbed out of the cistern on her own. When she called out for help there was no one to come to her assistance and pull her out. But, she cried out to God, " Lord, there is nothing you cannot do. Please send someone my way to pull me out." Just then her son-in-law and daughter who were on their morning jog decided to step in and say ' hello' to her. As they came near the front door of the house, they heard her cry of distress, got a ladder and helped her out. This is what is meant by the glory of God. The grace of God operates in our lives for the glory of God. God had turned the childrens' mind towards the parent.
Much of mankind have fallen into a cistern of darkness. There is no way they can climb out of their cisterns on their own. Their fall might have been cushioned but they need a ladder to climb out. That ladder which rests on the right wall is Jesus. The childrens' hearts should turn towards the parents and the parents' hearts should turn towards the children that many more will be declared " chosen" and redeemed by the grace of God. Recently, in a time of prayer, the Lord encouraged me by saying, " You are a ladder for me." People want to be leaders but all God is looking for is a ladder to help people out of the cistern they have fallen into. What is the point in climbing the ladder of success inside a dark and suffocating cistern? People need to climb out and experience the light, the freedom, the hope, righteousness, the security and the glory of God.
Prateep V Philip
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The source of greatness
Uni-verse 206/10,000 For Better through verse 2 Chronicles 1 v 1
2Ch 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
The Lord desires to strengthen us in our area of influence, our domain of experience and expertise. His Presence is with us and that alone is sufficient to magnify or enhance our vision, efforts and impact.
God’s Presence in us, with us and for us is sufficient to make us exceedingly great for He is the Great I Am. Our greatness in Him will exceed all expectations, our own and that of others. We need to expect great things from God, attempt great things for Him and accept greatness as a gift from Him. A life of faith is a call to greatness.
Greatness is an attitude and ability to overcome the limitations of one’s being, the constraints imposed by the totality of our circumstances. An athlete who leverages on his natural physical strength to accomplish what is ordinarily considered difficult is a competent athlete but not a great one. But, the one who exerts himself to overcome a setback, a challenge in order to accomplish what was deemed to be beyond his reach is a great athlete. Greatness is a grace gifted to us by our great God for He knows our human frailties and constraints but desires us to be like Him.
Prateep V Philip
2Ch 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
The Lord desires to strengthen us in our area of influence, our domain of experience and expertise. His Presence is with us and that alone is sufficient to magnify or enhance our vision, efforts and impact.
God’s Presence in us, with us and for us is sufficient to make us exceedingly great for He is the Great I Am. Our greatness in Him will exceed all expectations, our own and that of others. We need to expect great things from God, attempt great things for Him and accept greatness as a gift from Him. A life of faith is a call to greatness.
Greatness is an attitude and ability to overcome the limitations of one’s being, the constraints imposed by the totality of our circumstances. An athlete who leverages on his natural physical strength to accomplish what is ordinarily considered difficult is a competent athlete but not a great one. But, the one who exerts himself to overcome a setback, a challenge in order to accomplish what was deemed to be beyond his reach is a great athlete. Greatness is a grace gifted to us by our great God for He knows our human frailties and constraints but desires us to be like Him.
Prateep V Philip
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