Praying & Fasting.

Luke:2-36-38.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, we read in the Bible about Prophetess Anna and her life with God.
She was eighty four and she lives in the temple. She fasted and prayed all the time, she never left the temple but worshipped day and night.
She loved God so much and she devoted much of her time to God. Her devotion to the Lord made her receive revalation from God, when she saw Jesus she spoke about the child to all who were there.
My dear children, when we start having relationship and fellowship with God - it helps us to increase in faith, and as a result we will be able to hear the voice of God and pray more effectively.
FOR EVERY RISE THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID.

Lydiaelijah.

Call on Him

Isaiah:55-6

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call on Him while He is near.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, we have to be receptive to the word of God in our lives as He speaks to us, through His word - He is our refuge and our strength.
My child, if to-day your life is far away from God, far away from His presence, far away from His love, far away from His grace, far away from His power and far away from His goodness - when you face a trial or trouble you will find God far away from you.
When your heart is far away from God there is no satisfaction, no rest, life will be bitter, empty, dark , filthy and dry.
May the Lord help us to live in Him so that the joy of the Lord will be our help.

Lydiaelijah.

Poor in Spirit.

Matthew:5-3.

Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Jesus was the best example for being poor in the Spirit. He emptied Himself of all His glory in heaven and came down to the earth.
The secret of becoming poor in Spirit is to empty oneself for the sake of Christ. Once we have emptied ourselves our walk with God will not be disturbed and we will not lose our peace or get troubled.
In the world its the rich who are called blessed. But in God we have to empty ourself to be called blessed.

Lydiaelijah.

Wall around your mind.

Psalm:51-18.

In your good pleasure make Zion prosper, build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, there are many meanings for the walls of Jerusalam. One meaning is a strong wall around our mind.
The Lord wants us to keep our minds pure by building a wall around it.
When Nehemiah heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down, he sat down and wept, mourned fasted and prayed before God of heaven (Neh:1-3-4.)
and with the help of the Lord he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalam.
What is this wall that we built? In a sense, it is an unbreakable consecration that we make before God not to defile our mind, our thought etc.
The devil knows that if we keep our mind perfectly pure like the mind of Christ, we will be able to completely overthrow all his plans against us.
Dear child, how is the wall around your mind?

Lydiaelijah.

Your own refelection.

Isaiah:19-4.

I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them declares the Lord.

Sharing of the word:

My dear childen, this is a very frightening verse, but it is true. The word Egyptians when interpreted is "BACKSLIDER".
If you are a backslider in heart the Lord will hand you over to a "CRUEL LORD".
What is the remedy for this? Repent and renounce any backsliding spirit you may have in you.
If you are a hardened person, then those who are above you will appear just as hard as you are or even worse.
If you are unforgiving, then your god also may appear to be like that to you.
In other words, what you see in the people around you is the reflection of your own character.
If you are softhearted forgiving, loving and caring, you will find everyone around you having the same character.

Lydiaelijah.

Be Fruitful.

Gensesis:1-22.

God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase."

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the first blessing recorded in the Word of God - the blessing to be fruitful and to increase.
There is no use in saying, "I am a great saint," if we have no passion for saving
perishing souls.
The Lord does not want us to have a barren experience in our spritual life.
He has blessed us with all spritual blessings, and He tells us to "Be fruitful and incerease". So let us ask God to fill us with the fruit of the Spirit, and let us help others also to grow in these divine natures.
We read that Joseph was a "fruitful man whose branches run over the wall".
Our branches must run over the wall to feed the hungry and the hungering who are around us,

Lydiaelijah.

Light

Psalm:97-11.

Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, perhaps god is permitting you to go through a path in which, instead of light you find darkness and instead of gladness you find sorrow and
suffering. Be of good cheer. Isaiah 50:10 says, "WHO AMONG YOU FEARS THE LORD AND OBEYS THE WORD OF HIS SERVANTS? LET HIM WHO WALK IN THE DARK, WHO HAS NO LIGHT, TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD AND RELY ON HIS GOD."
Yes you are obeying god and the servants of god above you, and you may be thinking, why am I going through this darkness? Why have I no light?
Dear child of God, light is sown of you and you just have to wait.
When morning breaks and shadown flee away, the light that is sown is going to spring up. Its only for a short time that you have to walk through this valley of darkness.

Lydiaelijah.

Amazing Request.

Luke:23-42-43

Then he said, "Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom". Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth today you will be with me in paradise."

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, many came to Jesus for their material needs - for food, healing deliverance from evil spirit, and for relief from numerous other problems.
The thief on the cross probably had greater physical needs than anyone else. He definitely needed healing in his lacerated bleeding body. He needed deliverence from his pain and hopeless death. Yet he asked for only spritual salvation. All that he asked for was that Jesus would remember him, that he would have mercy on him on judgement day, and Jesus gave him "more abundantly than he could ask or think".
Jesus replied, "Today thou shall be with me in paradise."
Dear child of god, like this thief, if yoy pray and seek things of eternal value, our Lord will do for you "MORE THAN YOU ASK OR THINK."

Lydiaelijah.

The Word.

Colossians:3-16.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to god.

Sharing of the word:

My dear childen, when we study the word of god, initially some of the Bible verses may not have any impact on us.
But at the right time the word of God will work in our lives. "HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY BUT MY WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY', said Jesus (MK.13.31.)
Therefore let us not neglect meditating on the Scriptures and memorizing Scripture portions.

Lydiaelijah.

True Service.

John 12-3

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume, she poured it on Jesus feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the home was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Mary took the highest part of the body (hair) and used it for the service of the lowest part of the body of Jesus (feet).
Mary want to serve God, but they don't know how to serve.
To serve God one needs humility, Jesus was very humble - only the humble can serve the humble Jesus.
Our body, our heart and our life can be compared to the alabaster box, full of alabester oilment. We must lay them low at the feet of Jesus. Our love should be full of perfume.
Mary did not give that oilment to any man nor does she want to sell it. She wanted to pour it all out for Jesus.
Will you be a Mary to-day?

Lydiaelijah.

Be a Victor.

Matthew:7-2.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Sometimes we say, "I will never forgive you", but do we realize the price we have to pay for such a foolish reaction?
When you refuse to forgive you become a victim of circumstances.
When you forgive, you are forgiven, when you comfort others, you are comforted, when you love others, you are loved, when you care for others, you are cared for, when you show mercy to others, you receive mercy.
Whatever you want others to do for you, do for them. This is a golden rule of life.

Lydiaelijah.

Faith in Christ.

Hebrews:11-11.

By Faith Abraham even though he was past age and Sarah herself was barren - was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Faith helps us to receive strength both spritually and physically.
Paul says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".
Sarah received strength to conceive seed by faith. We get strength to become fruitful in our spritual life.
The greater the faith we receive, the more fruitful to God we become.
Many children of God may say, it is too late for us to repent and turn to God.
NO, you are wrong. It is never too late to have the character of Christ formed in you and have it manifested to the world for the glory of God.

Lydiaelijah.

Get Going.

2 Kings 6:1-2.

The company of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole, and let us build a place there for us to live". And he said "Go".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Once we realize our real spritual state, we will not only confess it to the Lord, but will also be urgent to do something to remedy the situation.
We will be inspired to go to Jordan. There Jesus fulfilled the will of the Father by taking water baptism (Matt. 3-15).
Many of us find it difficult to do god's will. We have to pray asking god to go with us and help us.
When the disciples of Elisha realized their low spritual state they felt the need to confess to their master (Lord).
Have we confessed to our Lord that our spritual life is far short of what it should be.
Get ready and start to-day the Lord is waiting.

Lydiaelijah.

Save someone.

Romans:11-14.

In the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, when a child of God was going around distributing tracts, he knocked at the door of the house. After a while, a man opened the door. The Christian offered him a trect. The man of the house angrily snactched the tract and banged the door and shut on his face.
Anxious to know why the man had been so upset and angry, the christian went back to the house after a few days. This time the man had a smile on his face when he opened the door. He invited the christian in and showed him the fan from which he had a rope to commit suicide. He had been in the act of putting his head into the noose that day, when the doorbell had rung.
"Anyway I am going to hell, why should I spend all my time in hell wondering who might have rung the bell? Let me see who is standing outside and then proceed with my suicide plan".
The sight of the man with the tract annoyed him, and he was going to chuck the track into the wastepaper basket when the words "YOU ARE SOMEONE SPECIAL", caught his eye. As he read a light dawned in his heart. He gave his life to the Lord.
Dear child of God, Don't go to heaven empty handed. What a joy it will be to be welcomed at the gates by souls you led to Christ.

Lydiaelijah.

Homesick,

Hebrews:11-15.

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, when Abraham left his country, he left it even in his mind.
However when Lot's wife left Sodom, she did not leave it in her heart hence she looked back and became a pillar of salt.
Dear childen, we may leave our drinking and smoking but we may still be cherishing
them in our heart.
So whatever it may be that the Lord asks us to leave, we must leave it in our heart and mind.
If heaven is a better country to you, you should be homesick while on earth.
Are you homesick for your heavenly home?
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Lydiaelijah.

The Blood.

Ephesians 1:7.

In Him we have redemption through His Blood the forgiveness of sins in accordance with the riches of God's grace.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, if your spritual eyes are open to the glorious power in the Blood of the Lamb, you will sincercly repent and ask forgiveness for all your sins and you will receive riches of grace to overcome those sinful natures.
The Blood of Jesus not only wash away your sin, but will also give you riches of grace to overcome it.
You will start hating even the smell of sin by the grace of god.

Lydiaelijah.

Being Caught.

Matthew:14-31.

"Immediately Jesus stretched forth His hands and caught him (Peter)".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, here the wonderful love of Jesus is menifested. It was not Peter who streached forth his hands, but Jesus. It was not Peter who caught Jesus, but Jesus who caught Peter.
Dear child of God, this is exactly what Jesus has done for us. When we were drowning in the sea of sin, sickness and suffering, Jesus approached us and stretched out His hands, and caught us.
After Jesus caught Peter, both of them started walking on the water - Peter had no more danger of drowning and no more fear!
What was the secreat that kept Peter above the waters? The promise "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS".
Wouldn't Peter have been thrilled to find the everlasting arms underneath his feet?
When we believe that Jesus has caught our hand we will be walking over our trials and will never have the fear of drowning.

Lydiaelijah.

Being Caught.

Matthew:14-31.

"Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hands and caught him (Peter)".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, here the wonderful love of Jesus is menifested. It was not Peter who stretched forth his hands, but Jesus.
It was not Peter who caught Jesus, but Jesus who caught Peter.
Dear child of God, this is exactly what Jesus has done for us. When we were drowning in the sea of sin, sickness and sufferings, Jesus approached us and stretched out His hands, and caught us.
After Jeaus caught Peter, both of them started walking on the water - Peter had no more danger of drowning and no more fear!
What was the secreat that kept Peter above the waters?
The promise "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS".
Would'nt Peter have been thrilled to find the everlasting arms underneath his feet?
When we believe that Jesus has caught our hand we will be walking over our trials and will never have the fear of drowning.

Lydiaelijah.

Hide Thyself.

Colossians 3:3-4.

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in Glory.

Sharing of the word.

My dear children, hide your life with Christ so when Christ appears we shall also appear with Him in Glory.
Unless we are now hidden in Him we cannot appear with Him in Glory when He comes.
Dear child of God, if you are longing for name and fame and the applause of the world, a day is going to come when your glory will turn to shame. However if you learn to hide yourself humbly in the Lord, then will come the glorious day when you will appear with Christ in glory.

Lydiaelijah.

Prayer Closet.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, What is this secret place? It is our prayer closet. If you don't love to be with the Lord for a long time, it means you are not living in the secret
place. It is true we cannot spend much time in prayer if we are tired.
But we should long for the presence of God as the deer pants for the water brooks.
Prayer life is remaining in the heart of God.
Once you experience he joy of dwelling in the heart of God you will not want to stop praying. Prayer life is a great fortress that no enemy can penetrate.
The devil simply trembles when he sees even the weakest saint on his knees.
So child of God maintain a life of prayer and live a healthy and prosperous life.
"ALONE WITH GOD THE DOORS ALL SHUT,
I SEE HIS FACE I FEEL HIS LOVE SO STRONG AND TRUE,
I KNOW HIS GRACE,
HIS COMFORT COMES IN STRENGTHENING POWER TO FILL MY HEART,
ALONG WITH GOD - HOW BLESSED IT IS TO COME APART".

Lyiaelijah.

How to speak.

Isaiah:50-4.

The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Jesus had the "tongue of the learned", therefore gracious words proceeded out of His mouth.
Many children of God know what to speak only few know how to speak. Words of love
or encouragement spoken in a harsh tone could result in discouragement and biterness.
To speak a word in season, we should not only know how to speak, but also when to speak.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it.
A LOVING WORD MAY HEAL AND BLESS.

Lydiaelijah.

Fellowship.

Genesis:2-18.

The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, "I will make a helper suitable for him", If God has created you,
given you the born again experience, God will arrange for you a fellowship that is suitable for you. You should'nt choose as you please.
Psalm 121-2 says, "My help comes from the Lord". What an encouraged it is to know that our God Himself will make a Bride that is perfectly suited to Him.
This work is done in the garden of God (Church). So let us always live in fellowship with one another - that we can become the Bride of Christ.

Lydiaelijah.

Faith.

Hebrews: 11-20.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Faith helps us to not only receive blessings but also to be a blessing to others.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau - here Jacob stands for saints and Esau for sinners.
Faith helps us to become a blessing to both saints and sinners.
Faith helps us not only to receive blessings, but also to give blessings to others.
Faith has a clear sight of the future. Unless we see future blessings for ourselves we will not see future blessings for others.
A child of God, who has faith has no fear of the future, only joy concerning the future.
Leave your worries at the feet of the Lord and rejoice over the glorious future.

Jeremiah:29-11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Lydiaelijah.

Faith.

Hebrews: 11-29.

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land, but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the dry ground was only for those who walk by faith. The natural became a supernatural one to those who believe the One who is supernatural.
The path opened for those who have faith - cannot be used by those who have unbelief. By faith the Israelites passed through the Red Sea as by the dry land. However the same path brought only destruction to the Egyptians who tried to use it.
The raven changed their nature only for the sake of Elijah.
The moon and the sun made it stand still for a while, honouring Joshua's faith.
The Bible tells us, without faith we cannot please God. So my dear children lets pray and ask God to fill us with that unmearsurable faith.

God's Likeness.

Psalm: 17-15.

As for me, I will see your face in righteousness, I shall be satisfied when I awake in your likeness.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, We do not choose Him. He chose us first, ordained us set us as a testmony and revealed His grace through us to a sinful world. He has put His name on us, His nature within us, His word in our hearts and His praise in our mouths - He made it complete.
God simply asks us to praise Him and thereby enter into His fullness of this personal relationship.
He is not just our Redeemer, Creator, Lord of the universe. He is our Saviour, our Lord, our Bridegroom and your soon coming King.

Lidiaelijah.

The righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5-21.

God made Him who had no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Jesus paid it all for us in Calvary. From the Cross there rang a cry that shook the very foundation of hell and produced shouts of joy in heaven.
"IT IS FINISHED", He cried and at that moment every price that God would ever extract for sin, every penalty that could ever be levied for violation of God's law
and everything that was owed because of sin was paid in full.
As Christ died every sin boundage was broken. Sin became a caged toothless lion, totally harmless, if we stay outside the cage.
What God had planned, He had now performed. Men could now be fully forgiven because the price had been fully paid.

Lydiaelijah.

Mystery.

Ephesians:1-9

Having made known to us the Mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Christ.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, The New Testment usage of the word mystery does not denote the mysterious, but signifies that we have already seen, that which can be known only by divine revelation. The work of the Cross, has initiated us into God.
The death of our sinful self and the impartation of divine life have taken us out of the common life and have put us in the very uncommon - It is from the natural into the spritual.
This work of grace, this action of the cross, opens us to the recipients of the mysteries of god.

Lydiaelijah.

Invisible God.

Colossians:1-15.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the revelation of Jesus - He bore the image of the Father in His ways, works, words and will, but at the second revelation of God as shown in the Book of Revelation that mankind will see that in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.
All God's nature - holiness, wisdom, dominion and authority will be seen in Jesus, who will continue to be the visible physical demonstration of the invisible God throughout all eternity.
The Book of Revelation shows that Jesus seated upon the throne, Jesus acting in
judgement upon the earth, Jesus responding to the prayers of the saints and Jesus welcoming the redeemed into eternal glory.
The creator brought the creation into a harmonious fellowship with God.

Lydiaelijah.

Confusion.

1 Corinthians:14-33.

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, please remember that confusion is not the enemy of faith, it is the by-product of faith. His dealing in our lives can be very confusing to the soulish nature in all of us. Our spirit respond favourable to God's Spirit.
True worship will always demand that our vision rise from the earthly to the heavenlies, that our will be in perfect accord with God's will, and that His thoughts replace our thoughts.
The more this becomes true in our lives, the less confusion we will have when we are in the presence of God.

Lydiaelijah.

King of Kings.

John:19-15.

Shall I crucify your King? Pilate asked.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Jesus was crucified as a King. The title of conviction that was placed over the cross at the orders of Pilate read "JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS' (John:19-19.)
God's purpose in Christ's coming was that He be King. People recognized this but rejected Him.
He was called King by the Magi, considered King by the disciples, almost made King by the multitudes, crowned King by the Palm Sunday worshippers, charged as a King by the Chief Prists, convicted as King by the Romans soldiers.
But once again man's actions could not change God's attitudes. God raised Jesus from the dead and name Him 'KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS' (Rev:19-16).
Jesus is King by God's actions not by man's acceptances.
Dear child of God, He is not merely a King in our minds. He is God's King over God's Kingdom.

Lydiaelijah.