Don't wait, take your healing now!

Mark 5:27
When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.

A woman had an issue of blood for twelve years and had spent all that she had on doctors but instead of getting better, she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came and touched him and she was made completely whole. Glory to God.

When she heard about Jesus, she didn't wait, she went ahead and took her healing. She didn't wait for some special move of God like the paralyzed man in John 5, who waited for the moving of the waters at the pool of Bethesda. Listen, the wait is over! In the new covenant, you don't have to wait for your healing. Your healing is waiting for you. Two thousand years ago, Jesus took all your sicknesses, diseases, pain and weaknesses on himself and paid for it with his own blood and when He rose again from the dead, He defeated every sickness, disease, pain and weakness there is and gave us absolute victory over these demonic burdens and yokes. Some are waiting to know whether it's Gods will to heal them or not? Some are waiting for a vision, a voice, a dream or some writing on the wall. You don't have to wait any more. Healing is God's will for all men for all times and it's crystal clear in the word of God. Like that woman, don't wait another day, go ahead and take your healing now in Jesus name. Many people touched Jesus and didn't get healed but when the lady touched her, she was made whole. It is the touch of faith that receives from Jesus. The touch of faith is simply believing that your healing is a done deal and declaring that you are healed and whole because of what Jesus has done.

Friend, refuse to wait any longer for something that is waiting for you since two thousand years. Jesus made it available for you. Jump in and take it now. Healing is yours now! Believe, Speak, Thank God for it and never ever give up. Refuse to speak what you see, hear and feel. Refuse to speak what all you have done and where all you have gone, choose to meditate on who Jesus is and what all He has done for you. This is your time to live and walk in divine health and wholeness.

Fellowship: God's great love

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

You are created in the image and likeness of God to have fellowship with Him. Fellowship was the reason for creation. Fellowship means joint participation, association, communion and intimacy. It means oneness with God. The Bible says Enoch walked with God. Walking with God results in dominion.

When Adam disobeyed God, He lost the image and likeness of God and therefore lost fellowship. In the old covenant, fellowship was limited and restricted but God's heart was not satisfied. In the fullness of time, God sent forth his Son, Jesus to pay the price for Adam's transgression and thereby redeemed us back to Him. In Christ, we are new creations, we have recieved the life and the nature of God and therefore we can freely fellowship with our Father through the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus. You see, fellowship is the reason for redemption, fellowship is the reason for the indwelling Holy Spirit and fellowship is the reason for heaven. God's heart longs for fellowship. This will help you see prayer from a different perspective. You remember, God and Adam working together in naming animals, this has always been God's plan, He wants to be involved in every aspect of your life. Walking and working with Him results in dominion in every arena of life. Be conscious of His presence and acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will help you succeed.

Friend, God paid a huge price to bring you to a position where He can fellowship with you, walk with you and work with you. He's interested in every detail of your life and wants you to dominate and have command in every area of life. Therefore spend quality time in personal prayer, in worshipping the Father, in meditating His word and make a quality decision to never forsake coming to church. As you work on your fellowship with the Father, you will enjoy a deeper intimacy with Him resulting in an effective and fruitful life. This is your time.

Your unseen bodyguards!

Your unseen bodyguards!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Psalm 91:11‭-‬12
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

As days go by, the world is getting darker and darker. With terrorism, injustice, corruption and religious persecutions on the rise, it is becoming increasingly dangerous to live in this world.

Yet we are not among those who have no hope because our God is serious about our protection in these evil days. It's dark for the world but its bright for the church, worst days for the world but it's the best days for the church. God has commanded his mighty angels to protect his children in all their ways. Every child of God has atleast one angel assigned to them for service and protection. Your protection is the number one priority of God's angels. They will guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. Its doesn't matter how dark it gets or how dangerous it is, God's angels, your bodyguards will protect you and keep you. Don't be afraid, for there is a difference between the church and the world, don't see yourself as a part of the world, you are a child of the Most High God and God knows how to protect you. His angels have protected you so far and will continue to protect you till the very last breath of your life. Rejoice and thank God for His protection plan for not a single hair on your head shall perish. 

As long as you dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide in the shadow of the Almighty, you will be untouched by any weapon of harm and destruction. Position yourself for angelic ministry by staying in the word and following God's voice so your angels can work effectively and proficiently. Put your angels to work by giving voice to God's word. Speak the word!  Your angels are at your service! You are supernaturally protected with the finest and the best guards. Be at peace and Go on with Jesus!

"Father, thank You for assigning angels for me. I put these angels to work by consistently abiding in your word. I give faith voice to your word and your angels life me up in their hands. Hallelujah! I am well protected! Thank you Father In Jesus Name, Amen."

Jesus, the door!

John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Jesus said, I am the door. What he opens, no one can shut and what He shuts, no one can open. The world says there are many doors to God, but Jesus didn't say I am one of the many doors, He said, I am the door.

He is the only door to salvation for there is no other name given under heaven by which mankind can be saved. He is the only door to divine health, to all surpassing peace, to joy unspeakable, to immeasurable wealth, to heaven and to divine protection. II Corinthians 1.20 says He is the door to all the promises of God for all the promises of God are Yes and Amen in Him. Hallelujah to Jesus! The day Jesus rose again from the dead, the door has been opened for all. Its not reserved for a few elite people, its open for anyone who will come. Everything you need is available through one door - Jesus. He is the only door to all of God's blessings. If you have Jesus, you have it all. He is the door to grace, to righteousness, to power, to revelations, to mercy, to forgiveness of sins and to all that you need today and every day of your life. He is the door to God's wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Jesus is the door! He's all you need. Look to Him, stay with Him, walk with Him, study Him, live with Him, obey Him and worship Him for He's all you need.

Friend, what is it that you need today? Is it healing, peace, financial prosperity? What are you looking for? Don't run here and there, from this person to that institution, from this mountain to that river. Stop! Search no further for Jesus is your door to all that you are looking for. One door to all answers, One door to salvation, One door to God, One door to peace, protection and provision. This door is open for you. Come and enjoy the pastures He has for you for it has nothing to do with how good you are but everything to do with how good Jesus is! Come bodly, come now, for this is your time.

Jesus, the good Shepherd.

John 10:11
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep"

Jesus is not just our shepherd, He's our good shepherd. Notice the tense in the verse, it didn't say I was or I will be, the verse says I am the good shepherd. He always is the good shepherd. Glory to God.

He's our good shepherd, that means He will never do anything that will harm you. He will be with you even when no one stands with you. Whether you are on the mountain top or in the valley, He will stay right with you. Never doubt the character of your shepherd, He is good and everything He does and says is for your benefit. As your shepherd, He is responsible for your life and everything about you even to the point of counting the number of hairs on your head. Your shepherd loves you so much that two thousand years ago He sacrificed himself to deliver you from the clutches of Satan, sin and hell. Through His blood, He redeemed you and made you His very own special treasure. You are the sheep of His pasture. He will make you lie down in green pastures and lead you beside the still waters. He will restore your soul and guide you in the paths of righteousness. What a great Shepherd we have!

Friend, Jesus didn't just say I am the good Shepherd, He proved it by sacrificing himself for us all. A bad shepherd doesn't care for the sheep, He puts himself before the sheep and sacrifices the sheep for His benefit. But thank God, Jesus is our good shepherd. You can trust him completely and step out on His voice. The voice of the Shepherd is the most important thing for a sheep. As you follow His voice, say whatever He says and do whatever He tells you to do, you will experience a continuous stream of His goodness in every area of your life to a point where it overflows and blesses others. Jesus, Your Good Shepherd!

Overcoming lust!

Overcoming lust.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

II Peter 1:4
by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that  is in the world through lust.

As believers in the Lord Jesus, we can overcome lust. There's nothing that you can't overcome. You have the life and the nature of God in you. You have His mighty Holy Spirit and you can do all things. Settle this in your thinking that you can and you must overcome lust and live free of it.

All corruption in the world is caused by lust. Lust simply means a desire, craving or longing for something that is forbidden by God. God commanded Adam not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It's very important for us to understand that Adam and Eve had no desire for the fruit of the forbidden tree. The desire seed was planted by Satan and as Eve received the seed and meditated on it, the desire became stronger and stronger to a point where she couldn't stop thinking about the tree and eventually she ate the forbidden fruit and gave it to her husband as well who was equally responsible for this blunder. It's very important what you see and hear on a daily basis and what you accept and receive. Its extremely important what you meditate day in and day out. Whatever you choose to meditate on will control you. Once you choose to recieve anything you hear and see and make a decision to meditate on it like Eve did, you are giving power to that thing and eventually whatever the thing or person is, it will control you. James 1. 14,15 says, But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

Satan wants to create a desire in you for something that is forbidden by God, declared illegal by Him. Why don't you abort every desire, thought and seed that is forbidden by God? Abortion will be easy if you take the word and meditate on it on purpose, by doing so you will create godly desires and passions which will help you live a life free of lust and thereby escape the corruption. You are an overcomer in Christ and this is your time.

"I dwell on the word of God and my desires are holy, godly and honourable. The Lord is working in me giving me the desire to do the right thing and the ability to do it. I overcome lust by the power of God's word and His Spirit."

Yes, God wants to use YOU!

John 1:46
And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

Nazareth, a city in Galilee was known as a wicked town and was held in great disrepute. When Nathanael heard about Jesus of Nazareth, He said, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?". He couldn't believe that something good could come out of something so wicked and dark.

Like Nathanael, we too, sometimes disqualify ourselves from being used of God by looking at our background, our qualifications, inabilities, weaknesses and the place we come from. God doesn't call the qualified but He does qualify the called. God wants to use you and He is no respecter of persons. He's looking for those who are available for him. If you are available for God, it doesn't matter where you come from or how many weaknesses you have, He will use you to shake the nations with His power. David, a shepherd boy made himself available to God and God used him to lead his people. When God said, Who will go for me, Whom shall I send? Isaiah replied, 'Here I am, send me'. II Timothy says In a great house there are vessels of gold, silver, wood and clay, some for honour and some for dishonour. If any man cleanses himself from the worldly lusts and ungodliness and makes himself available to God, he will become a vessel of honour and will be used by the Master for every good work. Praise God forevermore.

Friend, God is looking for your availability, He is looking for a heart that loves God and wants to serve Him faithfully. Make yourself available to God by living a consecrated life that is word based and Spirit led. Like Isaiah you can tell God,  'Here I am send me, use me for your glory'. Don't let your background, qualifications and weaknesses stop you from stepping into all that God has for you. Always remember, God specialises in bringing light out of darkness and beauty out of ashes. Yes, when God is involved, good things can come out of Nazareth.