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Wednesday 2 September 2015

Sayings of Samuel Godfrey George - August 2015, Part 3

Look closely at what tempts you with God at your side. Don't walk away in fear. You will learn something valuable about yourself. Face the temptation, and don't be downcast if you fall into it. Study yourself through the pain and failure and consider what it is that has such a hold over you. When you see it hand it over to God, and ask for his supernatural strength. Ask him to hold you even as you totter and stagger in weakness. The temptation will diminish in strength in God's timing. But you must stand where you are and face it.

Thank you Jesus for everything that came, that is coming, and that will come.

I connect with you so that I may convey a blessing to you. If I connect with you to bless myself I have not connected meaningfully.

Say thanks for everything that you can still do. Pray about everything that you still cannot do. Leave the rest to God. And rejoice in his faithfulness.

Do everything gratefully today and you would have done everything required of you.

The mind that seeks to correct another person without showing love is not motivated by God.

When you do something without hurry, you will learn more about what you do and will be able to do it more effectively.

Believe this. Anything and everything can be corrected with love. Love is what God shows to transform us into his own image. He corrects us only in love, and is very patient with us, even as we struggle to learn. Some of us may not even want to learn. But God is amazingly patient towards us and he gradually helps us recognize what we need to change. Then he also gives us the supernatural grace to overcome what we could have never done without him.

Take the edge out of your voice when you rebuke someone today. Whatever the mistake, correct someone with love, just as God corrects you. Let your words and deeds help a person grow rather than give that person a feeling of hopeless inadequacy.

A strong mind is one that can ignore the weak irritants.

Don't do it in a hurry. You won't be able to savour the thing you do.

Be grateful for everything, even a little thing.

Don't overdo even a good thing.

To believe in God means to believe in love.

The church is the body of those who believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and his Spirit, with Jesus himself as the head and we the people as the various parts of that body. The church may have divisions. But all divisions are contained within a single body.

God wants people to be saved. As a servant of God I want what God wants.

God can be found anywhere and everywhere. He can be found in places where you did not even suspect he lived. Most of all he can be found near you. And if you should desire to know him, he will be very happy to give you that knowledge. However, knowing God is neither instantaneous nor predictable. The experience of knowing God is many layered, and enlightenment comes after much confusion. Human understanding is a great barrier. But if you persist doggedly you may get to know a little bit of him.

We search for God only when we find what is in us. And when we are revolted by what we see in us we search for all that is not in us. And God is that person who is nothing like us. We can begin by reading about him in the Bible. But it is only a beginning. We will have to live with him to know him. And when we desire to live with him, he will come to live in us.

To seek God is to seek what validates you. We humans have no purpose in life until we find it in God. And this is the purpose. We were made to be loved by God. We must get into that position where we will receive the love of God. For this we must strip away everything that hinders the search for God.

You are a human being, worthy of respect and attention. For this reason alone it is good to meet you. I hope that you are also a child of God. You are made in his image. And I hope you are seeking him. This is a greater reason to welcome you.

To give, the only motivation required is to know that one has received. We give because we have received. We give in gratitude for what we have received. We should not give to receive even more. The one who gives will always receive. He does not even have to try.

It is after I make the biggest mistakes I am most wise.

It is said that our boast must only be in God. I would say it is better not to boast. For to boast will send the wrong signals to the one without God. It is best to be happy in the humblest way. God is with us and we did nothing to deserve him. Let our happiness reflect that.

Have a low opinion of yourself and what you can do without God. Only then will you find God working through you.

If you can love yourself after knowing yourself you have learned to love like God.

Love yourself first. Only then can you love others.

Celebrate who you are. Others may be reluctant to do it.

A great mind is one that has learned to appreciate little things.

If you find it hard to respect someone who loves you, then respect love. For it is the most precious thing on earth, and then think. Anyone who can give away such a precious thing must be precious too. And then you can begin to appreciate the giver of love and respect will follow.

Accept love even from someone you cannot respect. For love is the most precious thing and cannot be bought. It must be had at any cost from any source.

Don't discard love even when you find it in places that do not please. Love is hard to get, and when you get it don't let it go.

If God loves the world so much, then he must love everyone in the world, regardless of the person's race, nationality, religion and creed. This is why I believe that God looks at all of us in the same way. The way he looks at a believer is essentially the same as the way he looks at a non-believer. He looks at both with the same love. Nevertheless unbelief in God has certain consequences just as belief in God has consequences. The one who believes has chosen to belong to God. The one who does not believe has chosen to be apart from God. So those who will go to heaven and hell ultimately do so by the act of their own freewill.

Don't call me "son" and fail to act like my mother. Don't call me " a great prophet" and fail to give me your immediate attention.

To desire Light one should walk in darkness. To desire health one should endure sickness. To attain the pure, one should taste the impure. One should ask for black so that one may appreciate white. One should lust for that which is not sacred so that one may long for that which is sacred.

All misspent energy is misbegotten. The instinct to love comes from God. As He is holy, His instinct is also holy. Every act of love is an exercise of holiness. And this I will bear in mind as I give to and receive from others. My energy will be begotten of God. My desire will emerge from His heart. My embrace will be holy and my kiss will be chaste. My desire will be legal, and my love will give without the intent to receive.

May the Light that shines in us dispel the darkness that surrounds us.

You know your Lord. He lives in you. His beauty shines through you. Your thoughts, your words and your love testify to this.

We know and love Christ. And Christ loves us. We know this because the thought of Christ brings us joy. And if Christ loves us, He surely understands us. Though we fall short of His glory, He justifies us in the sight of God. The purpose of Christ is to reveal God's love to Man. His desire is not to condemn but to justify. His intent is not to abandon the lost child, but to seek and return him to the Father.

Be careful when you walk on rocks. Be careful when you take something delicate on a rock. You may drop it and break it. Be very careful when you walk through life. You are fragile. You need help. You need the comfort of a discerning friend. May you find that discerning friend today. If your heart is aching today, may you find that person who will calm you, and who will let your fears be blown away, and who will fill you with confidence and with the strength to go on, and who will assure you of love - not only the love of Man, but also the love of God. May you meet that person today. May you be happy today.

Instead of dreading the worst, hope for the best as far as God is concerned. He is good and wishes to do only good. And he has a good plan for all his children. His plan cannot harm for it can only do good. Trust in him and all will be well, no matter how dreadful it looks now.

If God answers all prayers quickly and affirmatively, he will not ask us to wait and trust in his goodness. Ultimately we must give God the right to act any way he chooses any time he wants. We believe that he will act in our best interest, and even if this is not apparent as we wait on him to answer our prayers, we must hold on to this belief tenaciously. Even in times of great darkness, when God appears discouragingly silent and uninterested, we must trust in his goodness and affirm it joyfully. And if we maintain this attitude we can be confident that God will act suddenly and decisively in the manner that is most advantageous to us.

God wants us to trust him for it is not easy to cast our cares on him and simply wait for him to act. He usually takes time, and this can be quite nerve-wracking, as I have found out myself on a few occasions. But if we are to know God's goodness, we need to trust him. And we cannot trust him without going all the way. And sometimes the way to God seems utterly perilous. And you will have fears for your own safety, as you abandon yourself to God. But going through this terrible ordeal is essential to verifying the strength of your determination to believe in God's promises, and this is the way you yourself know how firm your trust in God is. Ultimately as a writer put it, God will never fail us, though he will surely scare us to death a few times.

And so this work goes on as precariously as my life. I have no intrinsic goodness or holiness or perfectness to carry on a task for God. I'm just a human who has been sanctified by God by the spilling of His Son's blood on the cross. I have fallen so many times during these last seven years of service to God, and embarrassing as this is, it is uplifting to note that I have always risen and walked in a strength that could not be mine. For I still speak, still write, still hope, and still desire a place in God's world, doing God's work. And this seems to me to be no ordinary thing.

He who gave up his own son for us, he who bore our sins on his shoulders, and suffered terribly for us, will he be deterred by our man-made religious distinctions? I don't think so. He has risked so much that denominational and doctrinal differences will not pose him any trouble in finding the heart that truly seeks his grace. This is my final message. God loves you and he will have you if you let him. This is the essence of my work for God. May God be with me as I do his work and grant me the grace to do it.

I believe that God looks at the heart and not at denominations and doctrines that divide us. Ultimately everyone who accepts Jesus Christ is God's child, and no man-made distinction is ever going to change that. I accepted Jesus Christ. He is the way to God for a simple reason. Without him we will have an incomplete picture of God. The Old Testament on its own cannot bring out the essential nature of God. And that is love. His love supersedes everything. His justice which looms large in the eyes of doomsday prophets is satisfied by his supreme act of love, his own death on the cross, when he came down to earth as Jesus Christ. I believe this to be true. God looks at the heart in which Jesus resides as master. Everything else is not important.

God will not let your good work stop. This is my hope. He has seen your struggles, and answered your prayers.

Any good thing is possible today because our God is good, and he loves to do good. So expect God to do good in your life today. Expect him to do even better than that. Expect him to surprise you. Expect him to delight you. Expect him to give you what you long for. Just expect him to show up today like you've never seen him before.

What one sees now is only what one has been allowed to see.

I do not work for humanity. I work for God. And as far as he takes me forward, I shall gladly go.

I study the Bible. I read Christian authors. I read experts on religion. I even read the atheists. I speak for God. I speak and write about my own experiences. I try to enthuse others about God. I do little else.

"What am I doing with my life?", I have often wondered. Am I frittering my life away pursuing an imaginary goal set by an imaginary god? Or am I truly following the voice of the living God? I try to speak for God and about God as well as I know him. I want to be as honest as possible about my knowledge and experience of God, so that I am not unworthy of my calling. But do I really succeed? Is my message really heard? Is anyone really benefited and guided to God through my voice? These questions are being answered even know as I speak.

Many of us are addicted to the flesh. So don't be alarmed by it if you are an addict. I know the feeling too well. It seems that the more we are drawn to God the more we are also drawn to the flesh. The conflict does seem hellish. But we need to trust in God, who will not let us go through this suffering if it will not ultimately benefit us. But this is the starting point. Don't be afraid. Don't lose heart. He holds us firmly in His grip, whether we believe in it or not. He will not let us slip beyond retrieval. And whatever we've done we can never shock Him.

The spokespersons of Satan believe that they speak the truth. They may even believe that they speak for God.

There is no manual to show you how to approach God. Just believe that there is a God, and that he wants the best for you. Speak to him and ask him to reveal his thoughts to you. Ask him to reveal his plan for you. And wait as long as it takes for him to show that to you. When he shows you, you will surely know. And when he tells you to act you will surely act.

When others realize their dreams rejoice in that. Your dreams will also bring you joy someday when they are realized. But let your dreams be the ones God wants you to have.

Let your dreams be the ones God wants you to have. Then you will not only realize them, you will also not be disappointed with them.

It doesn't matter what size of a player you are. Just play for God. And be happy that you can play for him.

I have no longer any dreams of my own. My dreams have merged with those of God utterly.

Be happy to be where you are right now. You will not be here again.

What we need to see most is the smiling face of God. The God of the Bible seems to wear a frown most of the time. It is difficult to like a God who frowns. It is more difficult to love a God whom you fear. If people spend most of their time worrying about how God must disapprove of them, there is little likelihood of their ever loving him To love God then you must feel no fear. Respect God but do not be terrified of him. He is your friend, the very best friend you will ever have. Is it sensible to be afraid of your very best friend?

From a distance everything looks different from how it really is. You will have to go close and examine everything in detail to know what it really is. And when you know something well, you can safely accept or reject it.

You will be well with God no matter what happens. Remember that. For God is with you.

Praise God at all times. Praise God even when darkness surrounds, and the devil seems to have you in his grip. Praise God even as you succumb to a repetitive sin. Praise God even as you lie in shame after the sinful act. Praise God even as you rise from this fall. Praise God because he is still at work. He will not leave you or forsake you. So as you fall and rise repeatedly believe in a God who has already won a victory for you. Believe in this victory, which is yours by faith. Believe first, and the experience of victory will follow. He will complete his good work in you. And you will know it when it is done. Till then praise God.

Repetitive sin, as long as it is not a deliberate revolt against God is an outcome of a bondage to sin. Jesus Christ not only understands those who are struggling with sin in this way, but he also gradually frees them from such bondage, if only they will allow him to work in their lives.

God forgives every sin except one: the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. What a person must do is to confess his or her sins honestly and humbly. And he must receive the forgiveness of God by faith. God is ready to forgive those who confess their sins. One more thing a person must do is to forgive everyone who has hurt him or her, as the Bible makes it clear that there can be no forgiveness from God if we fail to forgive those who have hurt us.

Jesus is here because the Spirit of Jesus is here. The Spirit of Jesus lives in every believer testifying to the Son of God and revealing the Way, the Truth and the Life. The apostle Paul declared that Christ lives in him and in every believer.This is the the Jesus Christ who is now living in every one of us revealing his gracious love through us. This is the Jesus who demands our attention today.

"Don't worry. Trust in God. He will provide." This may sound like hopeless theory to the one who is in dire need. But it is this theory that will lead you to victory in the end. Trusting God is hard work. But it pays.

What we think we want may not be what God wants for us. What we think God must do may not be what God wants to do. When we submit to God and ask for his will to be done, we also surrender our will to him, and say, "God, I trust you with this. Whatever you do about this, even if I don't agree with it, will be ultimately good for me."

You must learn to wait. I have waited many months for some prayers to be answered. First you must submit your request to God. Furthermore submit your life to God, and entrust it in his hands. Believe that he has a good plan for you, and that he will most certainly carry it our, if you will place your trust in him.

God can help you any way he chooses to. He knows how to provide. Just trust in him, and wait.

A sin is a sin. Even a little sin can stand in your way. But the Lord Jesus Christ has erased all your sins away. Just accept his forgiveness and desire his mastery over you. Ask him to be the lord of your life. Your sins will certainly be behind you though you may sin every day in your life. As long as we remain in the flesh we will not be able to stop sinning.

Will God give you a second chance? Yes he will. But first go to God and confess your mistakes. Admit your inability to do anything without God. Seek his wisdom and wait for him to guide you. When he gives you a second chance, you will have to do it with God. You must let God guide you as you attempt to repair the damage that you inflicted earlier. But beware, not every damage can be repaired.

Instead of looking at a Jesus who is coming, look at a Jesus who is already here. And submit to him now and let him do his will in you. There is a Jesus Christ among us right now, whom we cannot ignore, even as some of us are making frantic attempts to get ready for a Jesus, whose coming at a time no one even knows. Jesus is already here. We should be ready now.

Sayings of Samuel Godfrey George - August 2015, Part 2

What is the advantage in knowing that an asteroid will strike the earth on a specific day? How do you hope to profit from knowing that? You may not live to see that day. Some people you know may not live to see that day. How do you hope to reform yourself before that day? How do you think that you can turn to God with a genuinely repentant heart before that day? What sort of a reformation except a cosmetic one can take place in such circumstances? We turn to God not because of the danger of mass destruction. We turn to God because there is nowhere else to turn. We turn to him, because there is no lasting joy or peace without him. We turn to him because we need his love. We turn to him so that he may show us how to love ourselves and others. Let us ask God to give us the grace to turn to him today, because this may well be the last day for some of us in this world, whether an asteroid strikes the earth or not.

May I live this day as if it were my last. May I take the opportunity to offer a smile to the one who
needs it, and my voice to the one who is willing to hear it.

After years of blissful living in a world of my own, I recently felt the urge to walk out into the larger world. What is my purpose in doing so apart from exposing the fact that I rejoice in doing what I do? I have been brought out of obscurity and given a desire to celebrate the spoken word and the expressed thought, and above all to honour the Giver of all things, who has made me His own. This is the task that I shall attend to.

Can I love you without holding on to you? Can I relish you without tasting you? Can I have you without taking you? If I give to you without expecting to receive, undisturbed by physical need and uninterrupted by the inconstancy of feeling there will be much strength in that. Our love will last; our joy will not fade away. We shall love without fear and without end. And thus we shall continue to bless.

“Behold the lamb that takes away the sins of the world.” What does this statement mean? Who is the lamb? What are the sins of the world? And how will the lamb take away the sins of the world? The lamb is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The sins of the world are the sins of the many generations of man and the fruits of the original sin, the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve. Jesus Christ, the lamb is the only one qualified to take away the sins of the world, as he is the only sinless man that ever lived in this world. And only a man without sin can take away the sins of the world.

You may not be clay, yet you may be moulded not by me, but by greater hands than mine, those of my Lord Christ. Surrender to His mastery, and He shall make you dazzle with His light.

Do not try. Let God live in you. You cannot earn God's approval. I have learned that the hard way. All that I had is nothing. It is by God's grace that I have something now. Apart from Christ, I can do nothing. I have struggled so much. I have borne love in my heart. But I cannot express it without Christ who put the love inside me in the first place. So I have learned to give up the notion of trying. I just do it as He gives me the will to do it, believing that it is through Him I can find my best expression.

How do I know God loves you? I can feel His love for you in my heart.

God loves you. And there is no question of that.

I have been given the experience of pain, and that has produced much learning.

You are lonely in your nobility. I identify with that. But I am not disturbed by that. The day will come when we won't be lonely any more.

Child of God, you are most beautiful. You have a beautiful mind. Express your beauty despite the ugliness of what surrounds you. The only way you will be able to do that is to receive the love of God that is being poured out for you.

You are a beautiful child of God, created for a divine purpose. God has a purpose for you, and he will help you find it. Pay no attention to what the world says about you in disdain. Remember what your Heavenly Father says about you. He says he has a good plan for you and that he wants you to succeed. Will you believe in him today?

Love changes everything. Violence does not.

Do what you are enabled to do, with love and with sympathy for the weaknesses of others.

Cast your cares on your Lord. Only He can lead you to sanity. Forget the past. Discard the bitterness of it. Not with earthly weapons. But with heavenly means through prayer and obedience.

Forgive as many times as necessary. There is no limit to forgiveness.

No, my child. You and I and the rest of the world are forgiven by God though we do not merit this forgiveness. So we who have received this gracious pardon must also graciously forgive those who do not deserve our mercy.

Why can you not forgive? Should forgiveness be merited? Did you not receive forgiveness from God without meriting it? Then why should you not forgive someone else even when he or she does not deserve to be forgiven?

Wait patiently my child. Your story is still in progress.

The world as we know will certainly decay and die. And those who belong to God will not perish with it. You and I and many others are together. Let us not be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are against us.

Don't give up. Let your faith come from above. Then it will not be vanquished. This world will not help you believe. But you must believe despite the terrible compulsion to disbelieve.

God is good. He is never wrong. This world is corrupt. Its ways are perverted. But you and I will be the salt of this world.

There is no fear in love. So love without fear.

You are being tested and refined. I am too. I also share your fear. But do not submit to this fear. He who began will complete.

You have done much on your own. So you have failed. So you are disappointed. Do it through Christ. Let Him do it in you. You may fail. Yet you will not be disappointed.

There is a simple explanation for complex behaviour. The complex man conceals his simple motivation. He abhors the simple, as he will not be perceived as simple. The complex man puts on his complex garb and parades the distortion of his essentially unimpressive simplicity.

I am confused too. But we will come out of this confusion. I love you though I haven't seen you. I love you not because I want something from you. I love you because I want to give something to you. This is the love of Christ. Go to Him beautiful child. Others will plunder you. He will add to you.

As a man separated from God I doubt. As a man united with God I believe.

I doubt because I am a man.

Go to God. Why will you not accept His love? No one will ever love you more. Why do we seek love in all the wrong places? I once wrote of Christ, "You are the beauty that I so desire. In you is the end of all my search."

Go to your God. Discard your knowledge. Seek His wisdom.

Help us forgive one another as you have graciously forgiven us. Soften our hard hearts, mellow our defiant spirits O God. Give us strength in times of trouble and help us resist temptation. Deliver us from evil: the evil in heaven and the evil on earth. O God you are our only hope. You are my only hope. Let everyone who calls out to you today be saved. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

I pray for myself and for all your children. Be our King O Lord. Let your will be done in our lives. Please reign on earth as you reign in heaven. Be kind to your children today O Lord. Supply our needs. We need you first. We need your Spirit. We need your love, your joy and your peace. Grant us our everyday needs. And give us your precious health. I pray for those who are specially needy and those who are extremely sick. I pray for all who call out to you. May you hear the cries of your people.

Lord, you are my Creator. I cannot live without you. My life comes from you. Thank you for keeping me alive. Thank you for keeping the world alive. Thank you for all that you have created in your love. I do not understand your ways. I do not even walk according to your ways. Forgive me Lord for my many sins. Despite my imperfections I believe that I am a child of God and that I have the mind of Jesus Christ. Thank you for giving me the Holy Spirit. I believe that I cannot pray to you without your Spirit stirring in me first.

Jesus Christ is the only solution to the problem of human sin. He is the solution provided by God Himself. Christ is the Lamb of God, the only perfect human sacrifice for the sins of all human beings. According to God, only the sacrifice of a perfect human being for his fellow human beings will atone for the sins of his fellow men. Since no such person could be found on earth, that perfect human had to come down from heaven. Jesus was that perfect human being. When He died a terrible death on the cross, He was sacrificed once and for all for all human beings.

At times my life appears terrible and defies reparation. But I know with God all things are possible to me. I cling to the hope that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I pray for my improvement all the time.

The way of love does not end in condemnation, but in acceptance of what is difficult to accept.

We who are imperfect ourselves should not demand perfection from others. We should learn to excuse others as we excuse ourselves.

Rigidity could be our undoing. Let us learn to be flexible. Let us learn to accept others just as we find them. Let us be at peace with differences. Let us love without condemning others. This is our first service to humanity, the crown of God’s creations.

I welcome everyone who runs away from me, just like God welcomes me every time I run away from him.

Jesus Christ died on the cross for you so that he may save you from an endless torment. He did this because he loved you. Now you must respond to this with joyful gratitude. Don’t spend the rest of your life focused on sins that have been paid for already. Don’t be hard on yourself for the mistakes that you will always make. Instead look at Jesus, the best friend you’ll ever have. And learn from him. He will show you how to live, and how to be a blessing to others. Will you do that today, child of God?

Don’t feel guilty when you enjoy life. Life is meant to be enjoyed. God wants you to enjoy your life. And he wants you to help others enjoy it as well.

Savour the good things quietly. Savour them well. For life is swift and you must do everything in your power to relish the moment before it slips away.

God has answered the most important prayers. This is my impression after many years of praying. The curious thing is this. God answered prayers, which I could not even say. He gave me good parents. He gave me wonderful aunts. He responded to my wish to be his servant. He gave me a voice and a desire to speak. He gave me a computer and showed me how to use it. He gave me a camera and a message to speak. He showed me how to serve him in trouble trusting only in him. And even now as I repeat certain prayers painfully, I suspect he is answering some I haven’t even thought of saying.

You are commanded to love everyone and not just whom you like. You are commanded to love like Jesus. So please don’t pick and choose the people you love today.

There is only one thing that matters today. We need to love one another despite our many irreconcilable differences.

Let fear not be your excuse for not extending love to someone today. Love without fear, knowing that it is God who reaches out to someone every time you choose to love.

God provides in his time. Not in our time, at least not always. In my life there were times when God answered prayers quickly. There were other times when God took a long time to answer a prayer. There were times when I thought God would not answer my prayer. Still God answers every prayer swiftly every time. The answer is not always what we expect. So we think he has not answered. But he has. In many cases, he may ask us to wait for a while. We should hear his voice and be willing to wait. I waited three months for my computer. I waited almost the same time for my air conditioner. I waited nearly a year for a word processing programme, but I prayed specifically for it only last week, and it was granted to me yesterday. God answers prayers. And he is faithful. I know this because I waited.

There was a time in my life when I preferred complexity. Complex sentences, long circuitous expressions and strange words captured me. Now all that I seek is the very minimum of expression, in the most direct manner with the most familiar vocabulary. I now desire simplicity. And I believe I am communicating more efficiently as a result.

Love is giving. And when you give you will receive.

We learn from every thing, even from negative and harmful things. We learn even from deception. But such learning comes late.

If actions speak louder than words, inaction speaks louder than action.

Ask yourself today before you deny someone's request. Is this God or your fear speaking to you today?

This is my prayer today. Let me not be so busy that I do not notice the poor neglected one staring at me.

Don't be so busy with reaching out to the world that you do not notice the one who touched the hem of your robe. Even the God you worship notices every sparrow that falls.

Learn from God alone. We speak what we hear. And it is he who spoke first to us.

Be happy today. Enjoy this day. God is with you.

Many of us are hurting. We need to put our trust in God, who has told us not to let our hearts be troubled. Listen to God today. Put away your hurt. His love is much bigger than any hurt.

You are hurting because you need God. And the good news is this. God is near, and you should receive his love today. Then the feeling of hurt will decrease.

Run from sexual sin. Run like Joseph even if you have to run naked. He ran and yet spent many years in jail for an attempted rape that he didn't even attempt. On a superficial level his running hardly helped him in any way. In fact it incriminated him and placed him in a very poor light. Yet from God's perspective his running proved his obedience to divine laws regarding human sexual behaviour. And it is God's perspective that truly matters. For we are God's creations, and no matter how smart we are, and how hopeless and cowardly running from sexual sin may seem to us, it may be the only thing that saves a fragile human in the end. For sexual desire is bigger than human resistance.

Don't be curious about my age and my country of origin or anything like that. Be curious about what God is doing in me. God and I are not similar personalities. There was a time when I hated God and despised his people. Even now there are times when I wonder whether I like God and his people. Yet God works in me. I choose to work for God. There is no other employer I care to work for. There is something to be curious about this.

A great mistake I made in my life was that I did not honour my parents for a long time. I wasn't proud of them and didn't want to be seen with them. I was particularly ashamed of my father, and didn't introduce him to my friends. It was only much later when I learned about God and started to live under his shadow that I knew the value of my parents. I was blessed to be able to meet my father just before his death, and I was led by an invisible force to apologize to him for the years of disrespect and disregard. It was purely an inspiration of God because what I said that day to my father came out of a place in me that I didn't even know was there. I also asked my father to bless me, for no son can live well without his father's blessings. After my father passed away I have had the great pleasure of having my mother in my home for the last eleven years. I have tried in God's strength to show my love and respect for her. But I have not always succeeded. In fact I have failed many times. But I have not forgotten her importance and the value that she adds to my life. God is with me and strives in me to produce his image in my heart. And as long as that goes on I have more than a hope of being what he wants me to be.

Before we love the people in the world, let's love those at home. These are usually the people we find difficult to love and respect. Let's begin with our parents. They may have made mistakes. But let's acknowledge this. Without them there will be no us. Let's love and honour them the way God enables us to. We should seek the help of God in this. Not all of us know how to honour our parents. Only God can teach us. And then let's love our brothers and sisters and learn to get along with them. Let's not try to teach anyone anything. Let's share God by sharing his love with them. Let's love them like that always, despite everything that comes in our way. And that will be enough.

Nothing is as important as our feeling grateful for what we are and what we've been given. We should not only show joy in acknowledging these, we should also seek the one who gave us these gifts. We must desire to worship him and love him and make him the centre of our lives. And we must share our joy in him with others, so that they may also know about him and what he has done for them.

We must speak the language of love primarily. Every other human language is secondary.

Everything I do is for God and by God. Nothing is for me and by me. At least this is my principle, and may it be a reality in my life.

Say to yourself, "I am on the road to improvement. God is working in me. He has a good plan for me and I shall see it come to pass. He will take me where I need to go. And though problems may come to slow me down, I will not lose faith in God. I will trust him to complete his work in me. As God continues to work, I shall be joyously confident of the end result. I will enjoy this life that God gave me. And I will make others happy while I am enjoying it."

Don't feel sorry for yourself. You are a child of God. There is nothing pitiable about you.

If you have Jesus you have everything though you may have nothing. If you do not have Jesus you have nothing though you may have everything.

What does worry do for you? What does doubt achieve for you? This and only this - a state of misery. As long as you are miserable, you cannot rejoice. As long as you cannot rejoice, you cannot receive from God. St. Paul did not understate this when he said, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, rejoice."

Inaction reveals as much as action, if not even more.

A closer look sometimes changes everything.

Have a good day children of God. Smile as you should. Be thankful for all that you have, even if it is little. And be willing to share what you have.

Loving starts with giving and ends with emptying. And then it just stands back and smiles waiting to give more when it is ready.

Aim at stability and not at passion. A passionate admirer is less necessary than a stable friend.

To present God as purely love is not easy. For God is the one who created hell to torment forever the ones who turn away from him. No love in human terms can either accommodate or comprehend such a godly hatred. And God hates as fiercely as he loves. This is a truth you cannot escape from. God is love to all those who are ready to receive his love. And to all others God cannot be love.

Happy is the one who says, "This is enough for me." It is the desire for more that leads to pain. Be satisfied with who are you. Be happy with what you have. And share what you have with someone else.

When I teach others I teach myself.

Don't look for change when you are happy where you are. There is a joy in stability like none other.

Love your brother and sister today, without trying to teach them anything. Love as Christ loves them. Accept them as who they are and be at peace with that. Leave the transformation work with God. He know what to change, and when and how.

We wake up only when God wakes us up. We should not shout out God's message of love. We must learn to whisper it. And in God's time it will be heard.

Ananias and Sapphira will always point us to the danger of lying to God. Speak the truth even if it is most damning in your own sight. No honesty is ever despicable in God's sight.

You may discuss God the whole day. Or you may begin to practise love right now. One takes you nowhere. The other takes you directly to God.

The path to God is a life of love. It is not in church attendance, or Bible study or theological knowledge. None of these will lead you to God by themselves. It is love alone that will lead you to God. Yet to know the love of God you must study the Bible and attend a church and acquire a deep knowledge of God. And then you must put that love into practice with the help of God. Remember how Saint Paul estimated the worth of love. Love is the greatest gift God gives to Man.

You may speak all the Bible verses in the world and still not speak love. If you do so you will be nothing.

In the morning give your very best to God. Let your first thoughts belong to him. Let the first stirrings of your heart remain in him.

An honest sinner is better than a lying saint. Lying to people is one thing, lying to God is another. One is excusable. The other is damnable.

The first thing you must be with God is honest. An honest sinner is always welcome in heavenly courts.

I don't fit guidelines. Guidelines have to fit me. I speak from my heart. And where my heart is heard I will go.

Today I need to see a God of love, a God who forgives, a God who heals all wounds. I need to see a Father who will not stop waiting for his lost child. I need to see a Father who will not let his child perish. I need to see clearly that God is love more than anything else.

On this day at this hour eleven years ago B Ganesan, my father left this world. The names he should have taken were George Godfrey. The God he should have worshipped is the God of the Bible. But he chose to remain faithful to his own Hindu god and he kept his Hindu names. After his death I chose to take those names he did not take. I chose to worship the God he could not worship. I chose to serve a God who took my terrible burden away. He led me to my father just before his death to make peace with him. I submitted to the man whom I despised and hated, and honoured him with the grace that God suddenly gave me. I told him about God, my God Jehovah, and how the Lord inspired me to love him. My father heard about God at the very end of his life, but refused to turn away from his god, even at that moment. I hope that my father changed his mind in the moments before his death. It is because of this final reconciliation I can rest today, and feel good about my relationship with my father. I hope and pray that he is resting too.

I remember a man whom I hated nearly all my life. I remember someone who lived in my home, and was in another room, all the time I was there, and yet we seldom spoke anything cordial. I remember someone who took me to school by his bicycle and on the way back, bought me slices of water melon that I savoured under a hot sun. I remember a man whom I leaned against sadly while mourning the loss of my grandfather with tears. I remember a man whom I called by many names, but very rarely called him what I ought to have called him. I remember a man who wept when I lost my vision temporarily in one eye. I remember a man who belittled me, and even cursed me in his anger. I remember the anger and the resentment that his presence inspired. Still I also remember the man whom God pointed out to me on a certain day and showed me something that I needed to acknowledge. I remember falling at the feet of this man broken and repentant, asking him to forgive me for the years of disrespect and disregard. I remember kissing his feet in humility, and asking for his blessing a few days before he passed away. God made me aware that I couldn't go on without his blessing. And I remember how this man finally gave me his blessing. I remember my father today.

You are going to do what you are able to do as well as you can today, without looking here and there. And that is all God expects of you every day.

Go out there and get what you want. But before you do seek God's favour, and ask for his will to be done.

What you do is always less important than what you believe. And this is what you should believe. Your righteousness is in Jesus Christ, and nothing you ever do is going to be good enough to improve on what Christ has already done for you. Nothing that you accomplish is in fact your own accomplishment. Everything is because of God. When that is the case what you do is less significant than what you are by grace through faith. And this is what you are. You are a child of God by adoption. And this has nothing to do with what you have done. This has everything to do with who God is. And he is a father who will not let go.

You don't have to justify what God has accepted.

Does God give everything you desire, even if the thing you desire is harmful to you? I doubt that very much.

Remember this. God is in control of your life, even when everything seems out of control. God is taking care of you, even when the ground below you is shaking terribly. God is still working in you producing his image in you, even as you cannot imagine yourself to be anything like him. And remember this also. God will not stop working till he completes what he wants to do in you.

The best approach to life is to expect God to do something good every day. When you live like that you will see everything as a gift from God, and even though some things may not produce joy in you, they will still remind you that God is behind everything, and that even what seems hard and unfair will turn out to be something beneficial to you in the end. For God will cause everything, even the horrible thing, to work in your favour ultimately, if you would only suspend your doubt and believe.

Don't think too highly of yourself. You are a child of God but you are still his work from the beginning to the end. There is nothing about you that you have achieved on your own. Everything you have is a gracious gift. Knowing that be appreciative of everyone, even the one who has less than you. For the one who you think has less may have something to teach you, and you should be willing to learn from that person humbly, appreciating what God can do through that person.

To rejoice in this day means to do joyfully what God has enabled you to do today. Do what you can still do and do it like only you can do it. Don't worry about what you cannot do. That's not your problem.

Whatever you do today, don't try to hide your faults from God. For he knows them all. Just approach him humbly not concealing the tiniest mistake. He will accept you no matter what you have done. And he will love you like no one has ever done.

An honest sinner is always better than a pious hypocrite in God's eyes.

The computer that I dreamed of is sitting on a table before me responding to the strokes of my fingers and sending out messages into the world. An air conditioner that I badly needed is cooling my room behind me and letting me conduct my work in comfort. Both these gifts are from God and they arrived like miracles. Now every moment is an occasion to give thanks to God for his goodness. This is what I have discovered. You can experience the goodness of God if you are willing to wait.

The divine and the human in us make each of us two rather than one. The tension between the divine and the human is a result of conflict and not harmony. The misery of life is due to the suppression of the divine element by the human. One continues in the conflict in the hope that the divine will ultimately overcome the human. The hope is really a promise made by God through Christ.

There are lovers of Christ. They may not be Christians. A Christian is not necessarily a lover of Christ. There are Christians who do not know Christ. And there are Christians whom Christ does not know.

You can live with Christ, and still betray Him. Judas has proved that already. You can fraternise with Christ, and still be found wanting in faith and grace. The apostles have proved that. What made the same disappointing apostles the pillars of the Christian faith is the transforming work of the Spirit of Christ. It is not by might, nor by power but by His Spirit. And His Spirit does not transform everyone who claims to be Christian, simply because many claims are not true.

People, by virtue of being Christian, or of being baptised and confirmed, do not automatically put on a garb of Christ-likeness. Merely reading the Bible, or listening to a charismatic preacher does not transform a person into a practising Christian. People who follow the teachings of Christ are those who are in love with Christ to the extent that they do not value anything else. They are also people who understand the deep truth in the teaching of Christ and appreciate the importance of putting it into practice.

The compulsion to hate is as strong as, if not stronger than the compulsion to love. Every one of us would be ready to hate as long as one has something to hate. Yet the impulse to hate is reined in by obedience to Christ who commanded us to love our enemies, and to love our fellow men. But this obedience is impossible to achieve in human strength alone, and is a work of the Holy Spirit who resides in the believer.

I believe in a childhood dream. I believe that the fire that I saw raging across the black sky was the Lord God himself. I believe that the words of English that spontaneously issued from my Tamil lips, pledging servitude to the Lord (at a time when I barely spoke English and hardly grasped the concept of service), are the signs of a future servitude to Christ that involved this foreign language. I believe that the mad desire for the sight of Christ, which I soon felt afterwards, heralded the moment when his Spirit came to reside in me. And I believe that he has remained with me ever since, even when I denigrated and denounced him with the strongest expletives both in Tamil and English. And I believe that he still remains, even if I cuckold him continually in the arms of his enemy. The Lord will have his bride, even if she has been exceedingly violated.

Rest now in His love. Every blow is a kiss. In the pain lies a blessing. In the pain lies knowledge. The price of knowledge is pain. Let your knowledge increase your love. Love those who nail you to the cross. Love those who gaze at your pain silently. Love those ants and love those men that have caused you much stress. In love conquer them all.

Let us forget the ugliness of those who belong to the world, and let us focus on the beauty of those who are in Christ. We are in Christ and we share His beauty.

We will live in God, and we will live in love forever.

You are wise. And God dwells in you. May you continue to dwell in Him and celebrate your life in Him. May you continue to live in Christ, where no death can put an end to you. Live on. Even if death is at your door, live.

I'm not dead. I'm alive in Christ. I shall live and declare the work of the Lord. Satan would like me to believe that I'm dying. But I am in the Lord's hands. I move from darkness into light. The passage is not without difficulty. But the Lord will lead me through.

I stepped from darkness into light. For years I was bound by Satan in devotion to the flesh. Ten years ago I clearly heard the Lord telling me to step from darkness into His light. I took a few steps forward and many backward. Years passed. I loved my Lord yet slept with the devil. As a child I swore to serve my Lord, but as a man I took delight in serving the devil. The hellish joy was not destined to last. The Lord will have His bride despite the violation. He has come for me. And now I go to Him. May I walk into His hands soon. This is my brightest and most daunting hour.

The only blackness that I am concerned about is the blackness of the soul.

I am with you in spirit. I shall be present with you every day. I shall be at your side as you work in your garden or have a cup of coffee. You will find my voice merged with yours as you give praise and glory to God.

The origin of my problem is in the realm of the spirit. As I grow closer to the Lord, and die gradually but surely to the desires of the world, the tension arising from this progress and from the dark powers that oppose the Lord and His servants create a formidable environment at times. I am determined to fight the good fight. This divine command I will obey.

The distances that separate us do not matter. Our minds have met. And the affection that we feel for one another is divinely inspired. May it grow and bring glory to the Christ Who unifies us.

I never had a computer until I was 33. I never knew how to use a computer until I bought my notebook. Now three years later, after experimentation of a godly and an ungodly kind, I make my own videos and post them on the Internet. Though I'm not comfortable with publicity I've decided to share myself with the world. I believe it's time I let the world know what the Lord has done with me. The experience of doing that has been mostly delightful.

I'm a servant of the Lord God Jesus Christ, and I intend to live my life for Him. He is my Lord, my lover, my everything. He is the beauty that I sought in all the wrong places. And in Him is the end of all my search.

As a teenager, I read "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy, and believed I could not read a better book ever. And then one day I picked up a copy of "The Student Bible" published by Zondervan, and started reading it systematically. I found the presentation very attractive (it was presented in a manner that would appeal to young people). The New International Version made an ancient narrative most relevant. After reading a few books in the New Testament, I turned my attention to the Old Testament. And then I fell in love with the mightiest lover I've ever known, one called God the Father. The Old Testament, the story of Yahweh's frustrated love for a rebellious nation, is not only the greatest I've ever read but also the most heart rending. That such a spurned lover could continue to love His rebellious children to such an extent that He was willing to sacrifice His own Son to save their souls won me a million times over. God the Father is not only the greatest lover but also the greatest hero. He is my hero, my God, my lover, my sweetheart and the ruler of my soul. His Son, the Lord Jesus, is the gateway to the God of my heart. His Spirit is what compels me to move towards that gateway.

Christ is the essence of all beauty and truth. Christ is the ultimate wealth a man can possess. How can I prove these statements to a man of the world? The proof for these statements lies deep within my agonised soul.

I think it would not be difficult for me to be a man of the world, and speak the language of the world. Yet I am constrained by an invisible force that makes me speak a language that this world does not understand.

The knowledge I have gained is a result of the most agonising wandering in the ugliest of places. I have been let loose into this world, and have strayed too far, and lost so much in doing that. And the Lord has rewarded me with the knowledge that the world does not love. Sometimes in my painful journey to truth, I have cried out in pain, and pleaded with the Lord to let me go. But He would not, and I thank Him for it. He is always right, even when I think He's wrong.

Should we be conventional Christians to love Christ? Should we be Christians to love Christ? Is the conventional Christian the only follower of Christ? When two minds are drawn to each other, and when Christ is glorified in that union of minds, how can those minds not belong to Him? We love Christ, that is all that matters.

I realise that God has planned everything in my life lovingly. The night is the preparation for the day. The disappointment will sweeten the coming joy. The meaninglessness will add meaning to the meaningful.

God is great. He restores what we think is irreparable. So take you broken things to God and know that he will put them together.

Whatever we've done, we can never shock God. Let us approach him boldly today in the knowledge that he will not condemn us for our wrongdoings, but will accept us as his own.

There is nothing to be sorry for when you speak the truth.

Don't be upset today. Bear with the offender. If you can, say a prayer for that person.

No one wants to be wrong in this world. Everyone wants to be right. So every religion wants to be the true one. When such things happen clashes will inevitably occur. And that is why religions instead of uniting people are dividing them. But if the people of the world learn to live in tolerance and compassion, understanding and even appreciating differences, even religious differences, then there is hope for this world.

This is the hardest question to answer. Many people have turned away from God for this reason alone. But here is an explanation, which you may not be aware of. The world is as it is not because of God's choices, but because of Man's. You might be wondering what I'm talking about. In the Judeo-Christian theology (i.e.. the knowledge of God shared by Jews and Christians) it is believed that God gave the first man Adam the freedom to do whatever he wanted in a beautiful land called the garden of Eden. However God warned Adam not to eat the fruit of a certain tree in the garden, called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God warned him of the dire consequence that will follow such disobedience. If Man should eat the fruit of the tree he will surely die. By death, God did not only mean physical death, he also meant spiritual death, a separation from God himself. So to cut a long story short, Man did what God forbade him to do. Adam and his wife Eve ate the fruit and suffered the consequences of their disobedience. The ultimate consequence was death. And everything else, namely physical and mental disease, physical and mental corruption and deformity came along with death to speed it up.

I teach on the Internet. About life and God.

Original voice? I always speak with my own voice.

Go to God. And thank him for his love. And receive his forgiveness. And go on in your life in his strength. Be a blessing to others.

We all have little faith. Only God can give us more. Stop underestimating yourself. Believe that you are a child of God. If you are God's child, God is your father. Remember and declare that. "God is my father. And he will take care of me."

Worry can be from many sources. But worry shows your lack of faith in God. That is what you must address immediately. Pray to God and ask him to give you calm and resolute faith. Pray for faith. For faith cannot be humanly produced. It must come from above.

Give up the worry. And go with God.

Be happy about little things. Then your joy in life will be great.

You are worried because you don't believe in a forgiving God. You are worried because you want to condemn yourself. You refuse to believe that you can be forgiven because you want to punish yourself. If you turn into your own enemy, even God may not be able to save you. Remember this. All have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. Remember this also. God knows your weaknesses and sympathises with you. He is waiting to forgive you. The question that I put to you is this. Are you waiting to be forgiven? Are you willing to receive God's forgiveness?

You have to receive God's forgiveness by faith. Don't condemn yourself even after God forgives you. He will forgive you if you are willing to turn away from your sin. You must want to change. But you cannot change on your own. He will change you in his own way in his own time.

Life on earth was doomed for destruction the moment the first human disobeyed God. That event triggered God's irrevocable curse of death on all life on earth. Since that event disorder and degeneration have reigned in this world. So life on earth is riddled with imbalance and injustice. We who live have to live an unfair life. Yet let those who believe in God not imitate the unfairness of life, but let them imitate their God who alone is good and fair.

Say this to yourself. I'm moving forward with God. And nothing is going to stop me.

Don't be afraid of demons. Love God, and the demons will have to leave.

Don't focus on the demons within you. Focus on God. Seek him. Be with him and receive his love. Share it with others. And celebrate the goodness that you see in God. Read the Bible and spend time in prayer as well. But above all love those whom God created. When you focus entirely on God the demons are rendered powerless. The Spirit of God lives in you, if you believe in Jesus Christ. Connect with him and accommodate his ideas. Respond to him and do what he tells you. He will speak to you in your heart, and let you know what you should do. Just do it as well as you can. And trust that you are in God's hands and that no one can pluck you out of them.

Where God is there is no place for fear. Don't be afraid of living this life that God gave you. He who gave you life will also show you how to live it. Remember God goes with you wherever you go, and is at your side whatever you do. Seek his counsel, and wait for his response.

Don't make romantic attachments that are one-sided. Romantic love is best when reciprocated. When it is not reciprocated it can weaken the person who expresses it. Submit the unresponsive person to God and let him deal with that person, or let him guide you to some other person who will return your love.

Some things are worth fighting for. Other things are obviously best discarded. You'll know what to do with everything if you submit your life to God and seek his counsel at all times.

Whatever be the case, seek God. And ask God to speak to your heart and let you know what you should do today. Wait for God to speak to you.

If our hearts have met we have met.
  

Sayings of Samuel Godfrey George - August 2015, Part 1

One can convey one’s love for God in many ways. There are many ways of serving God and even those who are working in offices and organisations are serving God. But this is not the kind of service that I have chosen. I have chosen to speak to the world on the Internet about God. And I know that many Internet users are young people, who need to hear about God. They should hear what I have to say about God. I have something to say. I have a message to convey. And this must be conveyed. God accepted my choice and granted my request.

Even after several trials during seven years of work, which probably has not received the kind of attention that I wanted it to receive, I still want to be with God. I don’t want to desert him. I’m a man with qualifications and abilities. And I can do something else with my time. I can work for an organisation. I can work in the world and do well in life. I needn’t struggle in life. Yet I have chosen to remain with God. I have chosen to be here. I have chosen to sit before a computer and convey my love for God.

 Seven years ago God put in my heart something, which gradually became clear to me. After developing in my faith, I am confident today that there is something that I need to do for God. God is important to me. God is my favourite subject to speak and write about. God is what I think about most of the time, if not all of the time. I feel a certain unity with God. This is why I call my laptop, GodInSam, to symbolize the unity that I feel with God at this moment in my life.

When we cannot see beyond the physical beauty of human beings we limit ourselves considerably, For the greatest beauty the human possesses can be found only beneath the skin in the deepest recesses of the heart and the mind. The pursuit of beauty is completed only in an inward look into those places that reside beyond the physical realm.

The beauty of a human being goes beyond physical appearance to the way he or she is designed to think and act. Humans discover their true beauty only when they discover the One who made them. It is when they see him they see what they truly are on account of him.

We are all beautiful because we are made by God. We discover our beauty only when we discover that God is our Father.

Life is difficult. And you cannot live it alone. May you find a good friend to protect you in this perilous journey called life. May you find human love. Above all may you find divine love. May you find God.

I will rejoice in the work that I have accomplished. My joy is a tribute to God who has achieved the work in me. No one can steal that joy.

When I think of my past and what I did once it is not easy for me to see the person that I have become. Yet I must shout the truth from the rooftop: I am a new person in Christ. And I have the mind of Christ!

This is the greatest thing that I have done in my life - this service to God. Thank you Lord for letting me do it.

Some of us do good expecting to be thanked for our good acts. When our expectations are dashed to pieces, we are disenchanted with the notion of doing good. But let us consider this today. Does God do good like this? Does he not do good to all people without any expectation at all?

Lord, I pray for your children. Be our King O Lord. Let your will be done in our lives. Please reign on earth as you reign in heaven. Be kind to your children today O Lord. Supply our needs. Our first need is You. We need your Holy Spirit. We need your love, joy and peace. Grant us our everyday needs. And give us your precious health. I pray for those who are specially needy and for those who are extremely sick. I pray for all who call out to you. May you hear the cries of your people.

God, I am weighed down by this trial. And your silent response to my prayer troubles me. My life is riddled with difficulties. I have conducted a long labour unwaveringly. For many years I was frustrated by the absence of obvious gains. But now after many years, the work appears to be getting results. Still I am not sure. Is this the fruit that I was meant to bear? My doubts are aimed at the root of my plant. So come to my rescue today. Set me right. Steady my mind. Strengthen my heart. And show me how to live this life the way you want me to live it.

Today let us pray for an addict who cannot say no to the thing that entices him. Let us pray for a man who was given a gift but is not able to share it. Let us pray for a man who is on the road to ruin because he cannot see a way out. Let us pray for those in his family whose lives are severely damaged by his violent ways. Let us entreat God to save them even now. Let us pray that they may see Jesus and walk into his welcoming arms. And when they do let them find last resting rest in his secure embrace.

Friend, may God be with you today. May he protect you from all evil. May he grant you his desires and enable you to live life to the full. May you be happy today and may people know the reason for your happiness.

O God, let your example of love shine before us and show us the way to your dwelling place. Let us resolve to love one another just as you loved us. Let us forgive one another just as you forgave your killers on the cross. Let us not fight worthless battles seeking our own way. Let us not speak bitter, hateful words that can only destroy and kindle the worst in others. Teach us how to overcome evil with good. O God, please fight our battles for us. Let us learn to rest in you.

God does not plan accidents. Accidents happen when human beings are involved. Whatever the accident may be, I believe that God gathers those who belong to him. He remains faithful to us, even when we meet with accidents and die before our time.

By doubting what God is doing in you you don't become what you were meant to be. So trust in God today, And believe that he is doing in you a good work, which he will make beautiful in his time.

Say this: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. I will not die, but live and declare the work of the Lord. Young men may faint and fall, but I who hope in the Lord will renew my strength. I will run and not be weary. I will walk and not be faint. I cried out to the Lord my God, and he healed me. Because I love God he will heal me. He will rescue me and protect me. I will call on him and he will answer me. He will be with me in my trouble. He will deliver me and honour me. With LONG LIFE will he satisfy me and show me his salvation. In Jesus name, I am healed by his stripes! Amen. Amen. Amen!"

The human being is the most compelling evidence for God. We stand apart from the entire animal kingdom in our ability to reason. In the very act of our questioning God's existence we prove that we are unlike other living forms, and that we are unique in this ability to question and verify every concept. Thus we prove the biblical assertion that we are the crown of God's creations and made in the image of God. Like God we seek what is true and even question truth in the process of knowing what is true.

I need Jesus. I need Jesus to come into my heart. It's not easy when Jesus is not around. It's not easy when I cannot feel Jesus in me. I want Jesus to fill me with his love and peace. I want to feel Jesus in me. So I invite him into my heart.

God created you to be a blessing. So be a blessing to others. Use the gift that God gave you. Only you can do what God wants you to do. So learn to do that. And bring joy to those you meet in this journey called life.

Do what you are enabled to do today. Do what benefits others. When you benefit others you benefit yourself. There is no greater joy than knowing that you matter and what you do matters.

Instead of worrying about what might happen, focus on what is happening right now. And learn to be happy with what you have. And seek God who is here and now. God is near you waiting to help you. Seek his help. More than that receive his joy. And live in peace with all who are around you. This is all that you need to do today.

In life you will probably never have everything you want. When such is the case it is wise to look away from what you don't have and consider what you do have, and be satisfied with it.

If it's too much to handle, don't handle it. Just cast your hell on God and forget about it. Go out and do something else. When I had terrible stress attacks in 2010, which I believe were demonic in nature, I would go out every day and walk in a park. I went to many parks. And on many occasions I felt that I would collapse in the park. But I never once collapsed. Psalm 91 was constantly on my lips. "Because he loves me, I will rescue him. I will protect him for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." I had a friend in America, who prayed for me and instilled courage in me. She wrote me this line: "Sam, you will not die, but live and declare the work of God." Those words made such an impact on me that I internalized them gradually. I share this with you in the hope that I may connect with you meaningfully. God is too great for any demon that is attached to a human. He is too great for your demon. Just believe that. And declare that again and again. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" "Nothing shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Neither angels nor demons can separate us from the love of God." Remember these eternal truths. And go out into the open and forget your problems as best as you can and recognize the glory of God in whatever feeble way you can. The more you try the better you will be at it. Remember this, you are well and free, if you are in Christ. "If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed." As Jesus said, "Don't be afraid. Just believe."

Remember, the last thing we need to do as Christians is to worry. When we submit a problem to God, we should learn to take our eyes away from it to Him, who is able to do whatever we ask of Him. There is light at the end of the tunnel. DON'T GIVE UP. Just say like a child, "Jesus, help me." Believe and declare that you are a child of God, even when nothing seems to happen. And it will eventually happen. God will bring about justice in your life, and you will receive double for your trouble.

God is the one person I serve. I am a servant of God and a believer in his Son Jesus Christ, and an instrument in the hands of his Holy Spirit. That is all I am and care to be.

We will receive miracles from God if we believe in them and expect them to happen. God is a miracle worker, because he does what we cannot do. So the one who believes in God should also be hopeful of receiving miracles from God.

Good day child of God. God walks with you. Know this truth and let there be a spring in your step.

I have struggled and failed much. But God has always walked with me. I can never forget this.

We must soldier on without being overawed by the opposition. God's opponent is formidable. But God is even more formidable.

It has been the middle of the night for a long time. But God is with me. And I know that rejoicing comes in the morning.

This is why we are weak. God reveals his strength only when we are weak. We are weak so that we may find our strength in God. We are weak so that we may reach out to others who are weak, and show them that our weakness is not the end, but the beginning of everything that God wants to do in our lives.

Don’t submit to fear. When God is near there is no place for fear. Say, “God is with me. I will not be afraid, for he will not abandon me. He will save me from disaster. He will guide me to a safe place.”

God has a purpose for each and every one of us. Let us be happy to serve that purpose. Let us not aspire to do anything more or less than that.

No matter how difficult the path is believe that God is with you. And believe that with him you can do the impossible. Just say this, “God is with me. And I can do the impossible with him.”

Don’t compare yourself with another. Be who you were meant to be. And be happy to be that.

We must want for others what we want for ourselves. This is how we should love others.

You can't love people and separate yourself from them. Such love is not love. God did not love us like that. He came to live with us, even the worst of us, and especially the worst of us. So let us if we are anything like Christ, not separate ourselves from the ones who truly need Christ. And those who need Christ the most are the ones who have walked the farthest from him.

When difficulties arise, always focus on this truth. God is great and he is with you. He will help you if only you would call to him. Call to him, and submit your cares at his feet. And then rest in the confidence that he will help you.

I smile today only because of God. I am blessed. All children of God will always be blessed. Be sure of this. Expect your blessing and give thanks to God.

It is God who turns the dream into action. God turned my dream into action and the action will go on.

Mistakes are my best teachers. O may the best teachers abound in my life!

The church must welcome sinners of the worst kind to be anything like Christ. And it must let them stay.

I believe in a God who restores. So I will not sit around and complain about what I lost. I look forward to God's restoration of every good thing that I lost.

Take heart. God will not despise or disdain the suffering of the afflicted ones. He hears our cries and will respond to them.

I have spoken for God just as I promised. Even if I should never speak again for Him, I can always rejoice in what I did, for that will never be erased.

Thank God for just being there. There is a God who loves us and cares for us. Let us go to him today and receive his love. Let us submit our lives to him believing that he will take good care of us.

There was a time in my life when I didn't give thanks to God for anything. I didn't even know that He had something to do with what was going on in my life. Now I give thanks to God for everything that I can think of. It just occurred to me that it may never be possible for me to thank God for everything in my life. God has been there with me every day, and has made every moment in my life possible. I can't possibly be aware of everything God has done for me. The entirety of his goodness cannot be known to me.

A parent's love for his child is great indeed. God's love for us must be even greater than that, for God is always greater than Man. Whatever goodness we show is a poor reflection of His limitless goodness. Let every parent know and reflect the love of God.

Don't only talk about Jesus. Show Jesus to others by the way you love.

Respect people, even the least of them. Respect the greatest and the least in the same way.

"Love God and do whatever you want" said Saint Augustine. It is the love for God that is primary. God looks at the heart of Man and searches for love. The love for God is more important than any doctrine or prayer that may be said to God in a certain way. Quotations from the scriptures and declarations of faith are secondary. Even a keeping of God's commands is secondary to the love a human feels for God. This alone is God's primary requirement. And the love of God is expressed in the love for human beings. Any God lover must also love humans the way they are without trying to change them according to how he or she would like them to be.

Bear this in mind. God does not evaluate us by what we possess or even by who we are. We are all sinners. And we are all poor. No one is rich in God's eyes. Naked we entered this world and naked we will leave. There is nothing to boast of as far as human accomplishments are concerned. We are mere ants doing the things that ants do, believing that we are something greater than ants. This is the tragedy of human thinking.

It is not intolerance but ignorance that is the real problem. Intolerance arises from ignorance. People are intolerant of one another because of their mistaken belief in their own correctness. So unshakeable is their faith in their own understanding that they decry and denounce others when they depart from the way according to them. No one understands life and grasps all its truths. No one knows God and has seen him in his entirety. So anyone who is confident of his own knowledge regarding these matters is an ignorant person.

There will always be difference that is difficult to tolerate. Tolerating difference is the first step towards living in harmony. The next step is accepting it.

Let’s do it when it is most difficult. Let’s thank God when it is most difficult to do so. Let’s thank God in trying circumstances. Let’s remember all the good that God has done in our lives.

What am I, you wonder. I am your friend if you like that. I’m your teacher if you prefer that. I’m your father if you need one. But above all I am your brother in Jesus Christ. We are related in the most significant way. Denominational difference is of no consequence in such a relationship. Catholic or Protestant, or any other label will not separate us as long as we are in Christ. It is with him that we must identify ourselves primarily.

God tells us to bear with one another. We may wonder why. Why does God want us to bear with those who have faults and weaknesses? The answer is simple. We are not without faults and weaknesses ourselves. When God accepts us the way we are, we should do the same with others.

Stop fighting among yourselves. Start working together for the One you wish to serve. He exists in three persons, yet he is One. If you belong to him, why should you be so fragmented? Why do you cling to your divisions with such tenacity? Accept one another and work together in peace and harmony and love. And when people see you they will see the One in you.

Let us first desire God's kingly rule and His righteousness in our lives. And everything else we need will be supplied to us.

When God tells me to go I go. I walk on with my head pointed to where I am going. I don’t look here and there.

We are God’s people speaking with one voice about one God. One Spirit is helping all of us speak one message. When such is the case should the children of God quarrel over who spoke what? We all speak because of God. It is he who speaks through us. That is what we must be aware of at all times. When I write or say something and give it to the world, it belongs to the world. I have no ownership of it. All ownership belongs with God ultimately. Knowing this is enlightenment.

If God is walking with me, why should I look here and there in fear?

God keeps me going today. So I will go on and do what he wants me to do without fear of consequences. When I work for God I will face opposition, but I need not fear it, for he who enables me to walk on, will also protect me from what will try to prevent me from moving forward. I will leave my cares with God and do what I need to do.

For what I am able to do today to improve myself and others, thank you God.

Every moment is an opportunity to glorify God. Every moment requires a decision. Should I listen to the inner voice or my own voice? Should I walk in the narrow path or the broad path? Should I pronounce the effortless curse or the impossible blessing? Should I spurn in hatred or embrace in love? Should I give up my desire or give in to the temptation? Should I focus on my weakness or His strength? Should I lament my lot or rejoice in His promise? Should I flee from or run toward the cross? Should I glorify Him or gratify myself? Every moment is decision time. Every moment I decide one way or the other.

How shall I glorify my Lord? I shall glorify Him by what I say. I shall also glorify Him by what I choose not to say. I shall glorify Him by what I do. I shall also glorify Him by what I choose not to do. I shall glorify Him by what I think. I shall also glorify Him by what I choose not to think.

What is the truth regarding giving? The Bible says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Jesus said, “Freely you have received. Freely give.” This is the reason why we should give. We should give because we have been commanded by God to give. Giving is an act of obedience to God. We give not because we want to feel good about ourselves. There is nothing good in us. St. Paul said, “Nothing good lives inside me.” God commanded us to give. This is why we should give. We give because God lives in us. We give because God inspires the giving in us. And we must give in all circumstances, not only when we have plenty, but also when we have little.

Of late I have understood the importance of identifying with every human being, especially with simple and humble human beings. This is what God himself did. When God chose to be born in this world, he chose to be born to humble people in a humble place. He lived a humble life and died a humble death. God identified with the poor and the humble. I don’t see why I, as a follower of God, should identify with the rich, should desire to identify with the rich.

Giving is good because it is something that Christ commanded us to do. We must give. We must give not because we expect to receive. We will receive when we give. We give because we have already received. We have received freely and we must give freely. This is a principle that has worked in my life. And I wanted to share this with you so that you may also consider giving if you haven’t done that already. May God bless you. May God enable you to give. Giving is good. The Bible says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Shall we give today?

Love. You cannot love in your own strength. You cannot love with what you have. And what you have is not love. But you may love with God. You may love with God in you. God is love, and when he lives in you, love lives in you and you may learn to love just as he does. It may not come quickly. It may not come easily. But it will come if you believe. Believe. Believe in God. Believe in love. And love without restraint and without stipulation. Love. Love those who are difficult to love.

Jesus said, “Love those who are difficult to love." This means that you should love people whom you would not normally love. You should love people that you would walk away from. You should love those who seem repulsive to you. You should love those who seem hateful to you. You should love people with skin diseases, rotten teeth and dirty nails. You should love reprobates and low lives that you find revolting. In short Jesus wants you to love those whom you simply cannot stand.

Jesus said, “Love your neighbour.” Who is this neighbour? Is this neighbour a person whom I could love? Is this neighbour a person who is easy to love? What if this neighbour has rotten teeth? What if this neighbour has a repulsive disease? What if this neighbour has stinking breath? What if this neighbour is a hateful man? What if this neighbour wants to kill me? Should I love such a person? Who is my neighbour? Who is your neighbour? And why should you love your neighbour? And why should you love him as you love yourself? Isn’t that what Jesus said? “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Isn’t that what God says even in the Old Testament? “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Who is this neighbour? And why should I love him?

God not only created our bodies, he can also heal them. Remember this today as you deal with your sickness.

Whatever we do let us do something worthwhile today bearing in mind that life is short and it could be very short for some of us. Let us do what is best for us, and let us do what is best for others as well. Let us be prepared to face death today. The only way we can face death today is if we do what we know is right. If we believe that something is good for us and for others, we should do that. But we should not do anything just for the sake of pleasing the world and going along with the crowd. Let us approach life today with a certain sense of consideration and caution. Life is short; we need to make the best possible use of the time that we have.

What is the best possible way to live? Should one live for oneself? Or should one live for others? Each person needs to examine that question. A life that is focused on serving oneself may not be as rewarding as a life that is focused on serving others. Still one cannot live for others purely. One should also live for oneself. One should also take care of one’s needs. One should also do what one finds pleasing.

Life is short. For some it is very short. Some people are fighting a battle to live, while others are living but they are not fully aware of the privilege of life. Life is a gift. There is a certain time allotted for every human. May people do their best with the time that is given to them. None of us know when our time will be up. No one knows when exactly he or she will die. When such is the case it is important to take every moment in life seriously and use it in the best possible way.

God asks us to wait many times. And while we wait for him it is important for us to remember the times when God helped us and saved us from trouble. Let us say in times like these, “Thank you God. Thank you for all that you’ve done." Let’s thank God while we wait, not only for past and present blessings but also for future ones.

Along with trouble I find God. In trouble I cling to the promise of God. He said, “I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. I have a good plan for you, not a plan to harm you.” In this I will rest today. And those of you who are troubled, be comforted by this promise: God is with you. Put your trust in God. Put your trust in Jesus Christ. Do not be afraid. Along with trouble you will find God.

Today I need to think about what God is doing in my life. I need to believe that he is with me. Above all I need to feel him today. I need to feel his reassuring presence in my life. Troubles have surrounded me. But I must believe. I must believe that these troubles will benefit me and strengthen me and mould me into the person that God wants me to be. As unwelcome as troubles are I must welcome them. And I must appreciate what they eventually do for me. They humble me and bring me to a place of realization that I am essentially nothing. I am essentially powerless. And the only reason why I function and do anything helpful is God. He lives and works in me.

Hang on to hope if you believe in God, and entrust your life to him. He will not destroy your hope. He will bring you to a place of fulfilment. Let’s believe in the goodness of God. Let’s not be afraid of what might happen to us.

“What’s the use of worrying? Can you add a hair to your head by worrying?” This is what Jesus Christ said to those who were worried. Jesus told his disciples not to worry. “Don’t be afraid. Just believe”, he said on one occasion. It’s a simple statement, but very powerful. It’s a statement that I need to remember today. It’s a statement that many people need to remember today, as they wait for the Lord Jesus Christ to do something to solve their problems. Let’s not be afraid today. Let’s believe that our God is good, and that he’ll save us just as he promised us, and that he’ll be there for us, and that he’ll not forsake us.

Fear is an instinct inspired by the devil, and is sometimes suggested in the most well-meaning way. The voice of reason turns out to be the voice of disbelief and fear. But my voice will be the voice of faith.

Jesus has always been my friend. He is my kind mentor when I allow Him to be that. He is my protector even when I am not aware of His protection. He is my lover even when I am in the embrace of another. He loves without end. I must focus on this Christ, my Lord and my God and His infinite power. And then all will be well.

In this work for God I will face opposition. There is already opposition in the demonic realm and this will spill into the natural realm. I am not naive regarding the dangers inherent in the work that I do. But I must turn to Christ and rely on Him entirely for my survival in an environment that is likely to be hostile to him. If Jesus Christ called me, then He will enable me to do what He wants and protect me while I do His work.

I don't analyse what I do beyond this. I have no fixed plan of action. I just express what God puts in my heart. And for eight years He has put plenty in there. And I see no reason why He will stop now. I try to tell everyone about Christ, particularly those who do not know Him. And there are many who do not know Him very well. I too learn every day about Christ. My knowledge of Him is incomplete, but I shall speak as well as I have learned.

I serve Christ because I love Christ. I would not have been in this work for eight years and I would not have walked away from my professional life and doctoral thesis if I had not cared for Christ. I care about what Christ cares. Hopefully I care as much as He wants me to. I want to reveal the love of God and the greatness of His grace expressed in Christ to those who neither know nor desire God. I particularly need to speak to unbelieving people in this world, because I know what unbelief is. And it can be a terrible waste of time, besides being an immense hindrance to peace and joy and may well be the road to total destruction. God brought me back to Him from a position of dire unbelief. This He did through certain people. If these people had not carried God's message to me I would not have reached this place of belief today. So I aspire to be a messenger of God to many of His lost children.

From silence to speech, from reluctance to willingness I have journeyed. Much has been taken out of me. Much has been placed within me.

The pursuit of goals can be oppressive. One agonises over what one has not yet achieved when one should rejoice in what one has already achieved. Every day is a step closer to the goal. Every day is an improvement on the previous day. There is much to rejoice in what happens today.

Listen, listen, listen to God. Listen to the inner voice speak after you have poured out your nonsense. After you speak your foolish words you will hear the words of your Lord come to you in a single muted flash that stays, calms and overpowers.





























































































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