Don't be stressed. Only believe.

John 14:1
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me."

Did you know your heart can be troubled? That's why Jesus said let not your heart be troubled. If you are not careful, you can easily allow what's happening around you and what people say to distract and disturb you.

Proverbs 4.23 says, Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it flows the forces of life. Guarding your heart is your responsibility thats why Jesus said, You don't let your heart be troubled. A troubled heart results in a troubled health, a troubled relationship and a troubled life. Jesus said “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." Choose to believe Jesus, choose to believe His word. Choose to focus on His word and not the negative reports that Satan brings to you. Whatever you choose to focus and meditate on, decides whether you will be frustrated or at peace. Settle this in your thinking, you are an overcomer and nothing is impossible for you. Anything contrary to this, is a negative report and refuse to focus and meditate on it so you won't be distracted and disturbed. Fix your mind on the word just like Jesus fixed His mind on Psalms 22 when He was on the cross. The word will keep you at peace just like Jesus, in the midst of fierce winds and storms, was at complete peace.

Friend, refuse to be troubled by simply believing what Jesus has said instead of what anyone else says. Refuse to give any attention and power to negative things which are contrary to the word of God. Your best days are in front of you. Remember, there is no pit so deep that His love is not deeper still, With Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be. Keep your eyes on Jesus and focus on Him, you will not fail, you will not sink, you will accomplish all that God has called you to do. This is your time.

Sweet smelling sacrifice.

Sweet smelling aroma.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Philippians 4:18
Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

Giving financially to the work of the Lord is a sweet smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice and is well pleasing to God. God loves a cheerful giver.

Psalms 24.1 says the earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell in it. God owns everything. He doesn't need our tithes and offerings, He has no need of our money. The reason He commands us to tithe and give offerings is so He can bless us financially. Our giving is for our benefit. The Lord delights in our prosperity and wants to bring us to a position where we have all sufficiency in all things and thereby having an abundance for every good work. Glory to God. Jesus said the Father is glorified when His children bear much fruit. God wants to increase and prosper you. No seed of Abraham should ever be poor for poverty is under the curse and Christ has redeemed us from the curse of law by becoming a curse for us and the blessing of Abraham has come upon us. Financial prosperity is your inheritance. It's your redemptive right. Refuse to be poor. Choose to prosper and choose to increase.

Your giving positions you for increase. As you tithe faithfully and sow consistently in the kingdom of God, you will experience supernatural prosperity and your days of lack and scarcity will be over forever. Become a radical giver. Break all records. Develop a lifestyle of giving. Refuse to depend on the world system for the world system is failing but the kingdom of God is flourishing. Choose the kingdom way and be supernaturally prosperous and bless every nation on earth. This is your time.

“I am a giver. I am a tither. I am a sower. I trust God with my finances and I never lack financially. I live in the more than enough zone with more than enough for every need of my life. Hallelujah to Jesus, my Source and my Sustainer.”

God cannot lie.

Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

God will never lie because He cannot lie. His nature is truth and everything He says is truth. Everything that comes out of Him is truth.

It's impossible for God to lie, even if it costs Him everything He has, He will still speak the truth. Under tremendous pressure and fierce persecution, Pilate asked Jesus, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' He replied and said 'Yes, I am'. He knew this statement would cost Him his life, yet He proceeded with the truth. Numbers 23:19 says “God  is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should change his mind. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?". God means what He says and He says what He means. There is no hypocrisy, flattery and duplicity in his words. His words are pure words like silver refined in furnace, purified seven times.

Friend, because God never lies, you can trust His word, you can step out on His word and you can hold firmly to his word. Nothing and no one can change His word. Heaven and earth will pass away but His words will never pass away. Times change, people change, governments change, climates change but His word never changes. Jesus himself stands as the guarantee of every promise that God has made in His word that if you believe it, it will be fulfilled in your life. Blessed be Jesus Christ, the Lord God of India.

Go higher!

Isaiah 55:8‭-‬9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Can you imagine the distance between heaven and earth? There is a huge distance and gap between the ways of God and our ways, between our thoughts and His thoughts. Heavenly ways and thoughts are absolutely different from the ways and thoughts of the earth.

You can never live and enjoy the higher life that God has for you by living according to the thoughts and ways of this world. Some one might say, 'We can never know the ways and thoughts of God because it's way too high and we can never reach it'. Man has reached the moon but How can he reach heaven to know the thoughts and ways of God? With man it is impossible but not with God, for with God all things are possible. Two thousand years ago, God sent his only begotten Son, Jesus to reveal the nature, the ways and the thoughts of God. Jesus is the image of the invisible God and exact representation of His being. In the new covenant, the thoughts and ways of God are revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. The thoughts and ways of God are collected and captured in God's word. As you behold Jesus by continually abiding on God's word, the Holy Spirit will reveal the ways and thoughts of God so you can live days of heaven on earth just like Jesus, your Lord.

Friend, as a believer of the Lord Jesus, renewing your mind is your number one priority and it's a daily process. To renew your mind simply means exchanging your thoughts and ways with the thoughts and ways of God. It means refusing to live by the ways and thoughts of the earth and building your life on heavenly ways and thoughts. You do this by constantly spending time in the word of God and allowing it to change your thinking. You are a citizen of heaven and the King of kings has sent you to the earth to reveal the character of your King and the culture of your heavenly kingdom. You will do well. This is your time.

Inspired by God.

II Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

How do you see the word of God? What is it to you? What does it mean to you? It's important we see God's word the way God sees His word.

From Genesis 1.1 to Revelation 22.21, every Scripture is inspired by God, it is God breathed. It's not the word of man or men, it's indeed the word of the living God. It's not a product of man's imagination, will or mind. God is the author of His book. The Bible is a life transforming book because it's divinely inspired. Peter says the word didn't come from any private interpretation but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Every word of God is inspired and breathed by God. It contains the life of God and therefore anyone who believes and receives His word steps into the path of ever increasing glory and will never be the same. Knowing this, we honour God's word and give it first place in our lives. God and His word are one, just like Jesus said, 'I and my Father are one'. Honouring God's word is honoring God for God and His word are inseparable. We don't change the word to fit our lifestyle, we change our lifestyle to fit the word. We honour God's word and thereby we honour God. The respect and honour you give to God's word is the respect and honour you are giving God. Make His word the final word in your life and step into the marvellous life He has for you.

Friend, unlike any other book, the Scripture is full of the life, the power and the wisdom of God. As you allow the word to teach you, to correct you, to reprove you and to instruct you in doing the right thing, you will become mature and equipped for every good work. See God's word as God sees His word. God's word is God's integrity. Give high honour, reverence and respect to His word for it is indeed the word of the living God. Love the word. Walk on the word. Speak the word. Be full of the word and abide in His word. You will never be the same.

Fierce opposition.

Psalms 62:1‭-‬2
Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

David wrote this psalm while he was facing fierce opposition. His son, Absalom had rebelled against Him, his trusted advisors and friends turned against Him and they were speaking and working evil against him and were after his life.

In the midst of such situations, David placed his expectations on God and trusted Him for salvation. He didn't look for salvation and deliverance from people, he said men of high status are a lie and men of low status are a vapour and putting them together on a scale, they are lighter than vapour. Under such fierce opposition, David said I will not be moved because God is my rock, my salvation and my defense. Everything happening around him was trying to get his attention, but he gave his attention, his mind to the Lord God of Israel. The Lord delivered him from his enemies and restored the kingdom back to Him. He didn't take revenge, He allowed God to take vengeance. Many times, we want to take revenge in our words and actions, but like David let us wait on God for our salvation is from Him. He is our rock, our salvation and our defense. He will fight for us. The battle is the Lords.

Friend, like David you may be facing rejection, rebellion, disloyalty, discouragement, disappointment and opposition on all sides, but I encourage you to do what David did, keep your mind on the Lord by meditating and speaking of His greatness and His power. "The Lord is my Rock therefore I will not be shaken. The Lord is my defense therefore He will defend me. The Lord is my salvation therefore He will save me. The Lord is my refuge therefore the enemy cannot touch me". Remember, the battle is the Lords and the victory is yours!

Satan, you cannot touch me!

Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

The blood of the lamb protected the Israelites from God's judgement against Pharaoh and the Egyptians, who refused to let His people go free. The destroyer couldn't enter and destroy the firstborn of the houses where the blood was applied. The lambs blood was their protection and their redemption from the judgement. This is a picture of the things to come.

We are not redeemed by corruptible things like gold and silver but by the precious blood of Jesus Christ, a lamb without blemish and defects. We are redeemed from God's judgement, redeemed from the curse, redeemed from sicknesses and diseases, redeemed from poverty and redeemed from Satan and his forces. To redeem means to set free by the payment of a price. The blood of Jesus is the price of our redemption. Your redemption is not a promise, it's  a fact because Jesus shed his blood on the cross and when He rose again He placed His blood on the heavenly mercy seat and obtained eternal redemption for us. We are the redeemed of the Lord. Be conscious that the price has been paid, the blood has been shed and that your redemption is a fact and a reality. The blood of Jesus is the guarantee that Satan has no legal right to touch you or put anything on you.

Friend, like the Israelites, who applied the blood of an animal on their door posts,  we must apply the blood of Jesus on our lives, our families and everything that concerns us by having faith in the blood of Jesus and by speaking about it. "The blood of Jesus is over my life, my family and everything we have, we are redeemed from destruction and God's judgement. Satan, you cannot touch us, you have no right. Get out In Jesus name. The blood of Jesus has redeemed us. Jesus is our redemption. This is my time"