Light in You!

Light in You!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 11:9‭-‬10
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.  But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

The only reason any one stumbles in life is because there is no light in them. Having light in you is way better than having lights around you.

The light that I am talking about is not the light of the sun, light of the room or street lights. You can be outside your house when the sun is shining bright or you can be in a room full of lights and yet stumble in life and never know what makes you fall. What keeps you from falling is not the light around you but the light in you. Light in you is the revelation of God's word. The revelation of God's word brings light. When this light comes, you see better and therefore you can do better. Word meditation brings word revelation. If you meditate, abide and continue in the word, the word will become real to you and will set you free.

Has the word become real to you? Is the word in your mouth and in your heart in abundance? Are you a doer of Gods word or just a hearer? Has the word occupied first and final place in your life? If not, then it's high time to begin the word exercise. It's only the revelation of God's word that will keep you from falling in this world. Lights around you limits you. Light in You sets you free and takes the limits off - unlimited.

"I have light in me. The revelation of God's word is light. I don't walk by the lights of this natural world but I walk by the revelation of God's word. I have no limits and the light in me is growing and becoming stronger every day. The word of God is my life."

Slave to Son Consciousness

Slave to Son Consciousness
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “ Abba , Father! ”

Slave Consciousness is one of the reasons many believers live in fear. Fear is dangerous. Fear was the reason Job lost everything. Job said in Job 3:25‭-‬26, "For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.” You don't tolerate fear. You don't manage fear. You kick fear out!

Because of the disobedience of Adam, mankind became a slave of Satan and Satan kept us in slavery and controlled us through fear. Fear is Satan's weapon to keep you in slavery. Slaves fear! Jesus Christ has set you free through His blood and through His death, burial and resurrection. Jesus, through his death has defeated satan and delivered us from the fear of death which kept us in bondage and trapped us in slavery. You are no longer a slave. You were a slave but now in Christ, you are a son of God. Galatians 4:7 says, 'Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.' Every believer is a Son of God but not all believers know their sonship privilege. There are believers who are sons but have slave mentality and therefore are trapped in fear. Move from Slave Consciousness to Son Consciousness, Slave mentality to Son mentality. Renew your mind and think like a son, see like a son, speak like a son and live like a son. Son Consciousness will help you live fearlessly. Speak to yourself and say, “I am a son of God.” The more you say it, the more conscious you become.

Slave mentality will keep you in fear. Son mentality will help you live a fearless life in this world full of fear. No longer a slave of Satan, no longer a slave of Sin, no longer a slave of man and no longer a slave of God. You are a beloved child of God. We don't serve God as a slave, we serve our Father as a son. Live fearlessly. This is your time.

"I am not a slave, I am a son of God and God is my Abba, Father. I move from slave mentality to son mentality. I think, see, speak and live as a son. I have no fear. My Father loves me and is for me. Hallelujah"

Your works!

Your works!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 9:4
I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.

The Father sent Jesus to do the works of the Father. Jesus was conscious of this fact. He spoke the words of the Father and He did the works of the Father.

Jesus said in John 20.21, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Every believer including you, is sent by Jesus just as Jesus was sent by the Father. You are sent to do the works of Jesus just like Jesus was sent to do the works of the Father. Just like a company sends her employees to do a specific task, Jesus Christ, the Lord and Head of the Church, has sent you to do His works. Are you doing the works of God, thats why the Lord sent you? What are the works of Jesus? Some believers have no clue about these works, others know it but are not doing it but only a few are actually doing the works of the One who sent them.

What are the works of Jesus? You have a specific place in the body of Christ with a specific work and you have the gifts and the grace to do your work effectively and fulfill it. Your work is to believe in the One who has sent you. Jesus was always connected to the One who sent Him. Stay connected to the one who sent you. Stay connected to Jesus. Say what He says. Do what He tells you to do. Love like He loved you and still loves you. This is Your Work!

"I am sent by Jesus to do His works. I say what He says. I do what He tells me to do. I love others the way He loves me. By His grace and By His Spirit, I do His works. Thank you Lord Jesus!"

Taught by God.

Taught by God.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 7:15‭-‬16
The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”  Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.

You know Jesus wasn't formally trained, schooled or educated. But He spoke and taught in a way that amazed the Jews. You remember, at the age of twelve when Jesus sat in the midst of scholars hearing them and asking them questions, the teachers and doctors of the law were astonished at His understanding and answers.

How could He do it - having never been formally trained? How could He talk and live with such wisdom that marvelled and astonished everyone who ever heard Him? Let me give some keys! In verse 16, Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.” There is a teaching that comes from the Father. No school, institution or college can give you this teaching. This heavenly teaching is not based on your education, family, financial or any other status. Believer, it's only dependent on your availability. If you make yourself available for the word of God, the Spirit of God who dwells in you will teach and show you things exactly the same way He did for Jesus. You will begin to know things beyond your formal education. You will begin to see things you never saw. You will have an insight, an understanding, a wisdom that helps you shine and stuns the people around you.

Make yourself available for the word and for the Holy Spirit. Don't let your education or lack of education limit you from receiving this higher teaching. Life is spiritual, earthly education is not enough to help you succeed in life. Yield to the word. Yield to the Holy Spirit. Stay on the word! Stay with the Holy Spirit!  This is your time to shine!

“I am taught by God. His word dominates me and I live by the teachings of the Holy Spirit. I speak and live wisely. My life is an unending stream of success, prosperity, influence and impact. I am the light of the world and Jesus is my light.”

Trust is work!

Trust is work!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 6:28‭-‬29
Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

Faith is work. Believing is work. Trust is work. Jesus said in John 6:27, ‘Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life..’ Work on the word! Labour on the word!

Unless you make a quality decision to work on the word, you will never experience a struggle free life and never enjoy sweatless victories. There is a higher life. Refuse to live like the world. You are from another planet. As you diligently work on the word, you will grow in the knowledge of Jesus. The more you know Him, the easier it is to trust Him. The more you trust Him, the more He will work in you, for you and through you. As you give Him space, He will turn your life, your family, your finances and everything that concerns you upside down for the better. Do overtime on God's word. Do double shift on God's word. You will never regret it. Give the word priority. Make the word first and final in your life. What a life!  Glory to God.

The reason many people are struggling in life is because they don't take the time to work on the word. The word is not the priority of their lives. They run for money, for properties, for fame, for selfish reasons and for temporary visible things. Stop! Change the train! Don't do what the Gentiles do, they seek after all these things day and night. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Go for the word. Your higher life awaits you!

“I work on the word. I am committed to grow more in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus. The word of God is the most important pursuit of my life. I labour on the word, I know my Lord, I trust Him and He works in me, through me and for me. I rest!  Hallelujah.”

Sin no more.

Sin no more.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 5:14
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

A man who was sick for thirty eight years was healed by Jesus. After a while Jesus found Him and said, 'See you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse things come upon you.'

Why does Jesus heal you and save you? He doesn't do it, so you can sin more. He does it so you can live for the glory of God. Sin is dangerous and it has terrible consequences. The wages of sin is death. Sin will spoil your life. Thats why Jesus said to the man, 'Stop sinning, lest something worse happens to you.' Sin opens the door for Satan to attack you. What is sin? Sin is breaking the commandment of God. The only commandment in the New Covenant is the Law of Love. Jesus said, “A new commandment I give you, Love one another as I have loved you.” The only way you can walk firmly on the Love Line is by knowing how much Jesus loves you. The only reason Jesus healed that man is simply because He loved Him not because that man deserved it or did anything good to get the healing. If that healed man only knew and believed the love that Jesus had for Him, He would have never sinned. Stay on the Love Line!

As long as you stay on the Love Line, Satan cannot touch you. The moment you drift from the Love Line, you become an open target for the devil to attack you. Jesus heals you, saves you and delivers you simply because He loves you. Know and believe His unconditional love for you and stay on the Love Line. Sin no more! Your sin doesn't stop Jesus from loving you. Your sin stops you and takes you out of the protection of the Father. If you make a mistake, repent, confess it and receive your forgiveness. Come back on the Love Line and Stay there!

“I am doer of the Love commandment. Come what may, I will never violate the Love commandment. I live in love, I walk in love and I breathe love. My Father loves me and I know it and I believe it. I am a love being, Love is my nature and I love!”

The Father seeks!

The Father seeks!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 4:23
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

Can you imagine this, God Almighty - the Father of lights, mercies, spirits and glory is seeking for true worshippers? He's looking for such people. His heart desires and craves for true worshippers.

The true worshippers worship God in spirit and in truth. True worshippers aren't bothered about place or time, they worship all the time - in private and in public. Their worship towards the Father is expressed everyday and in everything they do, not just on Sunday. Their worship is real and comes out of their spirit. It's genuine. Nothing fake. No pretence. When Jesus said true worshippers, that means there are false worshippers too, for whom worship is limited to time and place. It's more about impressing other people than pleasing God. For such worship doesn't come from the heart but it's merely following traditions and customs of man. True worship is being conscious of the Father all the time, living in reverence before Him and honouring Him all the time and in everything you do.

The Father seeks true worshippers. If you are a true worshipper, no matter where you are, the Father will find you and use you mightily for His own glory.  Become a true worshipper. Meditate on the Father's love and let His love overwhelm you. Meditate on the words of the Father and let the word work in you strong. God is a spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

“I am a true worshipper and I worship the Father in spirit and in truth. My worship is not limited to time and place. It's real and is expressed in everything I do and everyday of my life. Worship is my lifestyle and Jesus is glorified through my life. Hallelujah.”