Uni-verse 213/10,000 For better through verse Hebrews 6 v 14
Heb 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee
The blessing of the Lord is sure and certain. God's maths is multiplication and addition. The Devil's maths is division and substraction. The Lord wants to add unto His Kingdom of light. He delights in blessing us. He multiplies us in number and prospers us in what we do. Prosperity for the Lord is not merely financial- it is holistic, affecting our health, our family, our children, our past, present and future, our ministry, our legacy and contribution.
Satan also by demonic gifting can make a person prosperous in financial terms. But, he will extract a huge price for it by adding many sorrows. It was sad to read how Steve Jobs who did a good job building the Apple brand with many innovative products, earned billions died of pancreatic cancer in the middle of his days. Another doctor who has won the Nobel Prize for medicine for discovering treatment for pancreatic cancer died of the same disease three days before he was awarded the prize. I was interviewing a well known English writer some time back. By writing crime fiction, he had amassed a sizeable fortune but he had many sorrows in his life. When God makes a person prosperous, He adds no sorrows to it. The plagues that God sent upon Egypt could be numbered and counted but His blessings, known and unknown, visible and invisible are not numbered or counted for these come as a flood. The Blood of Jesus releases a flood of blessings in our lives.
Though He prospers us, our mind, our focus or our priority should not be not on what is given to us but on the Giver of life, eternal life, peace and abundant joy. We must not be number-driven but Word-driven. Instead of locking up all the blessings for ourselves, we must allow it to flow into the lives of others. He wants us to be a river and not a reservoir. As Nehemiah said, " The hand of the Lord is upon me for good." It is upon us for good( to do good to us) for good( for ever). Recently, in a time of prayer, the Lord said, " I have blessed you in large measure and small measure." As the Psalmist says, " the lines of our inheritance have fallen in pleasant places." So praise and exalt the Lord in our lives.
Prateep V Philip
Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts
Friday, October 7, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
U 133/10,000 Blessings on Spirit, Mind and Body
Uni-verse 133/10,000 Psalms 115 v 15
Psa 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
The Lord who made Heaven and Earth blesses us with two types of blessings: heavenly blessings and earthly blessings. In contrast, the blessings of Satan may make a person very wealthy or very talented or very successful or very beautiful but these blessings would in due course destroy the person. Many of the aptly called icons of today's world like Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods get conned or deceived to believe in their superstar status. They become icons who con and who get conned. They each have more than their due share of talent or beauty or success or wealth and the sheer weight of their apparent blessing would destroy them in body and soul. Their sense of blessing elevate them to the status of being the very source of blessing, of being god-like or iconic.
But, the Lord knowing the frailties of our human nature and our vulnerabilities measures out blessings to His children appropriately. The heavenly blessings relate to eternal life, the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit, visions and prophetic revelations. The earthly blessings relate to our physical, material, financial, familial, filial, emotional, intellectual, professional and relational needs. He blesses us in proportion to our faith. He is pleased when our focus is on the heavenly blessings and not so much on the earthly ones. When we do so we are relishing and cherishing our treasures in Heaven which neither moth nor rust nor thief can destroy. Heavenly blessings are the blessings of the Kingdom of God where we experience the peace, grace, joy and righteousness of God. The ultimate blessing is the experience of salvation in Christ.
Recently, the voice of the Lord said, " I have blessed you in small measure and large measure." I realized that in all my blessings, He has not added any sorrow. Sometimes, I do the exercise of counting every breath and with every breath praising and thanking God for specific blessings.The Lord expects us not only to be blessed but to be a blessing to our generation. We can bless all the nearly 7 billion people on earth today by praying the blessing of Jehovah Shalom- of wholeness, blessedness, healing, deliverance and prosperity- on all and especially on our kith and kin, fellow believers and our mortal enemies.
Prateep V Philip
Psa 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
The Lord who made Heaven and Earth blesses us with two types of blessings: heavenly blessings and earthly blessings. In contrast, the blessings of Satan may make a person very wealthy or very talented or very successful or very beautiful but these blessings would in due course destroy the person. Many of the aptly called icons of today's world like Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods get conned or deceived to believe in their superstar status. They become icons who con and who get conned. They each have more than their due share of talent or beauty or success or wealth and the sheer weight of their apparent blessing would destroy them in body and soul. Their sense of blessing elevate them to the status of being the very source of blessing, of being god-like or iconic.
But, the Lord knowing the frailties of our human nature and our vulnerabilities measures out blessings to His children appropriately. The heavenly blessings relate to eternal life, the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit, visions and prophetic revelations. The earthly blessings relate to our physical, material, financial, familial, filial, emotional, intellectual, professional and relational needs. He blesses us in proportion to our faith. He is pleased when our focus is on the heavenly blessings and not so much on the earthly ones. When we do so we are relishing and cherishing our treasures in Heaven which neither moth nor rust nor thief can destroy. Heavenly blessings are the blessings of the Kingdom of God where we experience the peace, grace, joy and righteousness of God. The ultimate blessing is the experience of salvation in Christ.
Recently, the voice of the Lord said, " I have blessed you in small measure and large measure." I realized that in all my blessings, He has not added any sorrow. Sometimes, I do the exercise of counting every breath and with every breath praising and thanking God for specific blessings.The Lord expects us not only to be blessed but to be a blessing to our generation. We can bless all the nearly 7 billion people on earth today by praying the blessing of Jehovah Shalom- of wholeness, blessedness, healing, deliverance and prosperity- on all and especially on our kith and kin, fellow believers and our mortal enemies.
Prateep V Philip
Monday, June 20, 2011
U-126
Uni-verse 126/10,000 For better through verse Hebrews 11 v 6
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Belief is a deeper level than even thoughts or emotions. Belief implies that one trusts someone or something without enough physical or verifiable evidence of the reality or truth of the matter. Our minds are conditioned by our experience to the truism: " Seeing is believing." That is why it is impossible for otherwise intelligent and knowledgeable people like Stephen Hawking to believe even in the existence of God. Their mental conditioning is that everything that exists is based on cause and effect. It is impossible for them to believe in the Self-existent God who called Himself, " I Am". He says,” I am the cause and I control the effects.” "I Am" , the God who has revealed Himself in the Bible is both the Ultimate and Immediate Cause of all that exists, both animate and inanimate. Hence, we need to look at our immediate circumstances through the lens of the ultimate and vice versa. " I Am" operates on the principle of " Seeking is believing." The Bible says that if we seek Him with all our heart, we will find Him. The clause," with all our heart" implies that a willingness to give up everything else on which we once trusted in exchange for the One in whom we trust.
The word " belief" holds in it two words," be " and " lief". Lief is old English for kingdom. When we believe in Jesus as the Way, we become part of the Kingdom of God. This uni-verse describes the manner in which we should seek God- "diligently". Diligence is a combination of the qualities of spirit, head and heart of dedication, devotion, determination and discipline. When we seek Him, we will find Him but when we seek Him diligently, we will be rewarded with His presence and His blessings in our lives. Over a period of time, our belief in God will mature into a holistic faith that encompasses the entire universe of our existence.
Faith enables God to be in our lives and to bless us with eternal life, fulfillment of our purpose on earth through His protection, His provision and His plans for our promotion. The extent of our faith can limit the possibilities that God has in mind for us. Faith releases both the presence and the power of God in our lives. His presence and our connecting with Him fills us with love, joy, peace and a sense of security. His power deals with opposing forces and factors and provides for all our needs.
Prateep V Philip
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Belief is a deeper level than even thoughts or emotions. Belief implies that one trusts someone or something without enough physical or verifiable evidence of the reality or truth of the matter. Our minds are conditioned by our experience to the truism: " Seeing is believing." That is why it is impossible for otherwise intelligent and knowledgeable people like Stephen Hawking to believe even in the existence of God. Their mental conditioning is that everything that exists is based on cause and effect. It is impossible for them to believe in the Self-existent God who called Himself, " I Am". He says,” I am the cause and I control the effects.” "I Am" , the God who has revealed Himself in the Bible is both the Ultimate and Immediate Cause of all that exists, both animate and inanimate. Hence, we need to look at our immediate circumstances through the lens of the ultimate and vice versa. " I Am" operates on the principle of " Seeking is believing." The Bible says that if we seek Him with all our heart, we will find Him. The clause," with all our heart" implies that a willingness to give up everything else on which we once trusted in exchange for the One in whom we trust.
The word " belief" holds in it two words," be " and " lief". Lief is old English for kingdom. When we believe in Jesus as the Way, we become part of the Kingdom of God. This uni-verse describes the manner in which we should seek God- "diligently". Diligence is a combination of the qualities of spirit, head and heart of dedication, devotion, determination and discipline. When we seek Him, we will find Him but when we seek Him diligently, we will be rewarded with His presence and His blessings in our lives. Over a period of time, our belief in God will mature into a holistic faith that encompasses the entire universe of our existence.
Faith enables God to be in our lives and to bless us with eternal life, fulfillment of our purpose on earth through His protection, His provision and His plans for our promotion. The extent of our faith can limit the possibilities that God has in mind for us. Faith releases both the presence and the power of God in our lives. His presence and our connecting with Him fills us with love, joy, peace and a sense of security. His power deals with opposing forces and factors and provides for all our needs.
Prateep V Philip
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