Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Lord Jesus loves us Still

1 John 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. He is our peace He is our Comfort He is our Blessed Hope He is our redemmmer He is our Saviour He is our Strong Tower. And His arms are streched out still to save the lost. Amen and Amen

Saturday, March 23, 2024

The Lord will Have Mercy on Whom ever I have Mercy on.

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Movement in India that is Moving to Jesus Christ CbN News

HYDERABAD, India – Calvary Temple is India's largest church with more than 300,000 members. Now, it's on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in the next 10 years. Most roads in Hyderabad on Sundays lead to Calvary Temple. Shortly after 4 a.m., side streets around the church here are already jammed. As church volunteers coordinate traffic, shuttle buses, auto rickshaws, and motorcycles ferry thousands of people, all trying to get here two hours ahead of Calvary's first of five services that begin at 6 a.m. By sunrise, the faithful have taken their seats. The main sanctuary holds 18,000 people supported by adjacent Bethlehem Hall with 15,000 and a third structure accommodating more than 3,000 more. Hundreds more watch on television screens scattered around the sprawling Calvary campus. Pastor Satish Kumar preaches all five services with the last one ending at 8 p.m. "I've been given the grace to pastor this church which is beyond my dream and imagination," Pastor Kumar told CBN News. Calvary Temple started in 2005 with about two dozen people. Today, it boasts more than 300,000 members making it one of the largest churches in the world. They have 11 satellite churches with plans for more nationwide expansion. "God put a burden in my heart to establish 40 mega churches just like what you see here during the next 10 years," said Kumar. Pastor Kumar says the church adds some 3,000 new believers each month in a sign that the Lord is moving mightily across the country. "God's hand is upon India, it's a time for India to reach the lost, not only within the country but across the globe," Kumar said. In addition, the church produces over 650 TV programs each month in 17 of the country's major languages for broadcast on national television. "It's not only within the nation, but also in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gulf countries," said Kumar. Millions more follow on social media. The reason for the church's success? "Preaching the pure Word of God is what attracts people, and practicing the Word of God is what keeps people within the church," said Kumar. **Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you keep receiving the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.** That practical demonstration is on full display here each Sunday. Narayana Podhili works as a civil engineer during the week. On Sunday, he leads an army of 150 church volunteers who spend hours chopping, slicing, peeling, and stirring – all to prepare free breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals for 50,000 people. "We are committed to come here every Sunday at 3:30 a.m., 4 a.m., and we keep working till evening," Podhili told CBN News as he marshaled his forces. Nagavalli Mendem has served in the Calvary kitchen for seven years after making a promise to God that if He healed her cancerous tumor, she would serve the church in this capacity. "Because I made that promise, God healed me completely without surgery," Mendem said. "God cleared the tumor in my chest and healed me. As a thanksgiving to Him, I serve here at the Lord's house." She and volunteers feed more than 200,000 people each month. "In India, we say, 'service to mankind is service to God' so that is what we try to practice," Kumar said. "We try to show God's love in action in every possible way that we find." Calvary also has an on-campus hospital where members get free medical treatment on Sundays and medicines at reduced cost."The majority of the people who come here are poor and cannot afford treatment," said Dr. Vinod Kumar of Calvary Hospital. Members also have access to church facilities to hold marriages. And when a church member passes away, Calvary handles all funeral, burial, and meal arrangements – again, all for free.In 2007, Calvary Temple created an access card system, the first of its kind, to follow up with members and their families. "I have thousands of people. How do I know who hasn't shown up on a Sunday? As I was praying God put access card into my mind," Kumar said. Each member must swipe their card when attending any one of the five Sunday services. "Without fail, if we don't show up to church, we get a call," said Chandraiah, a Calvary Temple member. "They'll ask me why I didn't come to church and after they find out they will pray for me. I'm happy when I receive that call. Not only that, but the fact also that they care for us is special, and because of that we will surely come to the next service." Pastor Kumar says prayer has always been an integral part of their success. The church has held 40 days of prayer and fasting regularly since 2005 drawing tens of thousands of young participants to stadiums around the country. "During this 40 days of fasting and prayer, I teach from Genesis to Revelation," Kumar told CBN News. "Every book I try to explain. Hundreds of thousands of young kids end up reading the whole Bible." Each month, the church, along with its satellite campuses, holds a "Night with God" as members pray for revival. "About 25,000 to 30,000 people join. That has been the biggest, largest all-night prayer services in our nation," Kumar said. In recent years, however, India has witnessed an unprecedented uptick in violence against Christians. "The more the persecution, the more the church grows and that's what's happening in India," Kumar said. Most attacks are carried out by Hindu extremist groups who accuse Christians of forcibly converting people to Christianity. Pastor Kumar, a Hindu convert to Christianity himself, says resistance produces power. "No persecution has ever succeeded in stopping the preaching of the Word of God, it it always promoted the Word of God and spread the Word of God across the countries," said Kumar. "It's my passion, my burden that before I die, I want to see every Indian will hear the gospel and know the Savior."

Muslim's Turn to Yeshua our Jesus all over the Middle East

Jesus appeared to Middle Eastern Muslim every night, recited entire Gospel of John: 'God is moving' A church planter working in the Middle East has shared the miraculous ways the Gospel is moving across the persecuted region, including how Jesus appeared to a Muslim man every night for weeks, reciting to him the entire Gospel of John. As part of The Gospel Coalition's Something Needs to Change event held Wednesday night, David Platt, author and pastor of McLean Bible Church, held an interview with a missionary identified only as Yazim. “He lives and works in a part of the Middle East where, not only is it illegal to share the Gospel, it’s life-threatening to talk about how the Gospel is advancing,” Platt said. Speaking via simulcast with a disguised voice, Yazim began by stating, “God is moving inside the Middle East with dreams, visions, and personal visitations.” He shared the story of a man who lived about 50 kilometers outside of an unnamed Middle Eastern city known for vast opium use. “About 200 Gazans gave their heart to Jesus in one lump sum because the Lord appeared to them in visions and dreams and they were hugging each other and, you know, rejoicing and realized that all of them had the same vision that each one of them had,” Saada told CBN. Saada is the founder of Seeds of Hope, a humanitarian organization that serves Gaza and the Middle East. “Despite all of the destruction that is taking place, I believe God has a purpose to get the Palestinians in Gaza to wake up and look at a different alternative to what they believe,” he told CBN. “... Many Muslims are looking for an alternative to Islam. I do believe we're going to have a lot of revival, a lot of believers coming through. It's already happening today.” “This man said this to us when we visited him: ‘A man wearing all white knocked at my door every night and I couldn’t look at him because his face was so shiny and bright,’” Yazim recalled. “‘When he would come inside, he asked me to write down what he said. As I wrote, I fell asleep. The next night, he would come again for the next month.’” The man showed Yazim his notebook. In it was written: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made," the opening portion of the New Testament book of John. “He had the whole book of John verbatim in his notebook,” Yazim revealed. “Jesus visited him every night until he finished the book. The amazing thing is, the man actually asked us, ‘who was this man that visited me?’” “I learned a valuable lesson: God will do his part, but we still have to do ours,” he added. Platt revealed that Yazim’s own conversion story is miraculous: His wife was a devout Muslim who, profoundly depressed by the demands of Islam, decided to take her own life. However, that very night, she heard the Gospel for the first time and dedicated her life to Jesus. Following that event, she and her husband decided to stay in their homeland and dedicate their lives despite the risk. “Our focus is to make disciples who make disciples who then start new churches,” Yazim said. “We believe that what God commanded us to do is Matthew 28. We believe that if you make disciples, churches will grow.” Yazim and his wife revealed they hope to plant ten more churches, but making disciples takes time and funding, as new Christians must be taken to secret locations to be trained. “This training, along with supporting the leaders, will cost $25,000 for ten churches to be developed,” he shared. Platt, who earlier in the night announced the proceeds from his latest book will go to “urgent needs in the world,” said, “Well, Yazim, we praise God for what you’re doing on the front lines in the Middle East. We want you to know from your brothers and sisters who are behind you on those lines that you’re not alone.” “Count us in for that $25,000 to plant ten churches in the Middle East,” Platt declared. “Our focus is to make disciples who make disciples who then start new churches,” Yazim said. “We believe that what God commanded us to do is Matthew 28. We believe that if you make disciples, churches will grow.” Yazim and his wife revealed they hope to plant ten more churches, but making disciples takes time and funding, as new Christians must be taken to secret locations to be trained. “This training, along with supporting the leaders, will cost $25,000 for ten churches to be developed,” he shared. Platt, who earlier in the night announced the proceeds from his latest book will go to “urgent needs in the world,” said, “Well, Yazim, we praise God for what you’re doing on the front lines in the Middle East. We want you to know from your brothers and sisters who are behind you on those lines that you’re not alone.” “Count us in for that $25,000 to plant ten churches in the Middle East,” Platt declared. Such stories of Jesus appearing in visions to Muslims throughout the Islamic world are not uncommon. According to Mission Frontiers magazine, out of 600 Muslim converts, 25 percent experienced a dream that led to their conversion. Last year, a former Muslim-turned-pastor who started hundreds of churches in Pakistan told The Christian Post that many Muslims are making decisions to convert after Jesus Himself had visited them in dreams and visions. “It's very dangerous for anyone to preach the Word of God face-to-face in non-Western countries,” the pastor told CP. “God reveals things through dreams to evangelists/pastors. People in the East are more uneducated and unable to read the Bible so God uses this method to reach them.” “[People] are very faithful in the East, placing themselves in positions to see the signs of God by studying the Word of God,” he added. “Eastern people watch for the signs and miracles to show that the Word of God is alive. It is a privilege, one not everyone can share in — to own a Bible in the East. In the West, people look more for wisdom, like the Greeks of old. They do not always rely on faith, which can't be seen.” Amen and Amen

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

By This we Know we are Children of God

Obedience by Faith 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? The Certainty of God’s Witness 6 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Confidence and Compassion in Prayer 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. Knowing the True—Rejecting the False 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. call 1-877-800-7729

Jesus Loves You This I know Amen

Love for God and One Another 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Knowing God Through Love 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Seeing God Through Love 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. The Consummation of Love 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us. Obedience by Faith 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. Call 1-877-800-7729

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

From a Man with ALS

As I look around from my house because of this ALS that contols my body. I don't have to go anywhere because of technology I can see all over the World. And I know that evil is everywhere and the people walk around that aren't effected like nothing is going on. I see Prophesys being fulfilled. I am amazed that many don't see even the teaching in the Churches are not teaching that the truth of Prohesy but we must be aware because they don't want them to stop doing what is right because the Lord is coming again. We are living in a world that doesn't care. We are going to see amazing things just like Jesus is showing himself to so many in these days. I pray for these thousands will be ignited into a army of saints and are spreading the Word upon the earth. As the Lord's arms are stretched out still. Amen and Amen Call 1-877-800-7729