Its for you, not against you

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20

There are many things that happen in your life, which you can't control. You can use the authority that Jesus has given you, and change situations. There are times when you try everything yet things don't change. That is the time, when you shouldn't give up. That is the time when you shouldn't be bitter towards God. That is the time you shouldn't think that God is against you and don't want to answer you. That is what the devil wants. Remember when things don't change, check up your faith. If you have applied your faith, your heart is soft towards God and you are walking faithfully with God, yet things are not changing, that doesn't mean God has left you. But that simply means, that you are part of a great plan of God. This plan doesn't include your near one dying or you becoming lame or meeting with an accident or anything as such.

There are times when you are looking for a job change, but God wants you to be there. There are situations when your family members and everyone will be against you and they might misunderstand you, yet God will expect you to be there. This might happen in school, family, friends, church, relationship. People might do some damage to you, but God will bring out the best out of it. God has the power to turn around all the bad things people do, into good. Joseph from the bible was sold by his brothers out of hatred, as a slave. He didn't become bitter towards God. He kept his hope on God and God used that situation of Joseph to make him the the ruler of Egypt. God made him the provider for the world because of the wrong his brothers did. Don't be bitter towards people who have done you wrong. Don't go to take revenge. Don't think of repaying all the hurts and bad things they have done. No! God will use all they have done to lift you up and bless you. You forgive them and don't have any hurt in your heart for them. This will make God move on your behalf. This will ensure that God is supporting you. This will make God to thrust you ahead of others. What might seem like a drawback now, will actually be the reason for your promotion.

Thinks are not happening to you, but for you. Everything that happens in your life, take it positively. Trust in God to change it around for your good. Place it in God's hands and tell him that, you are not going to waste your time running behind people who have done you wrong and repay them, but God, You repay them in Your way, if You have to, because I forgive them. Now Lord, You focus on blessing me and lifting me up. This will put a smile on God's face and make Him move on your behalf. Don't worry about, who is against you or for you, because if God is for you, no one can go against you. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Built on the rock

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Matthew 7:24, 25

The bible clearly says that a person who hears the word of God and does it is wise. If you are reading this word that I'm sharing and you are practicing it, means God calls you wise. You will soon realize that what you are doing will be successful because God is backing you up. Then God's opinion of you becoming wise becomes everyone's opinion. People will start calling you wise and take your inputs because you are succeeding in everything you are doing. The work of your hands are blessed. Though you might not see that God is blessing you, but you will realize that you are trying to do what God is telling you and you are succeeding

If you are going through tremendous pressure of life, tremendous pressure of your studies and exams, tremendous pressure at your work place I want to tell you only one thing, it can't succeed against you. You are built on the rock, all these things against you, will hit you and fall down, but you will not fall. You are built on the word of God, and God says, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but His word will never pass away." If you are trusting on God's word, if you are depending on what the promises of God are telling you, then all the circumstances rising against you will fail, but you will still stand. Everyone who is plotting evil against you will fail, but you will prosper. You don't worry what should you do? Don't worry about planning wrong things against others, you depend on God. He will turn around everything for your good. Everything you lose, you will receive double of it. Don't succumb to the pressure.

In the end you will see with your own eyes, that everything has really passed away, but you are still standing. After the storm a new day has come for you. Remind yourself daily that you are the house built on the word of God. You are built on the Rock of God. You will not fail.You might fail at times and will not be able to do everything that God has asked you to do, but God likes that you are trying. If you fail, while trying to do what God has asked you, don't worry and think that you are not built on the rock, but remind yourself that the grace of God is available for you. Remind yourself that the mercy of God is available. God says, "My grace is sufficient for you." This is for all your weakness. Start reminding yourself the promises of God rather than all your failures. Remind yourself that you are wise and built on the rock. God loves you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Power of resurrection

I may know Him (Jesus), and the power of His (Jesus) resurrection. Philippians 3:10

Its very important to know Jesus and the power of His resurrection. Jesus is the word of God. To know Jesus is knowing what is the word of God. When you know the power in the word of God, then you will know the power in His resurrection.

Jesus died, but He never remained there, He rose again on the third day. That same way, you might be in the dead circumstances, but the resurrection power of Jesus will raise you from your dead circumstances. You will not remain there permanently. You are not born to remain the in dungeons. You are not born to live in that sickness, you are not born to live a life without marriage, you are not born to live a broken life, you are not born to live a jobless life. Currently you might be going through a worst situation, but today if you are willing to know the resurrection power of Jesus, then that power will work a miracle and change everything for you.

You might be saying, that Jimsen you are only raising hopes of people. Let me tell you, without hope there will not be faith, and without faith, you will not get a miracle. Let your faith be raised. Believe what I say, because what I say is basis the miracles that has happened in my life. Let the world say, "You are hopeless", don't worry. What they say is not the final. There words don't have power to make you or break you, unless you give the authority. Don't give authority to people who want to destroy you. But give authority to the Word of God, Jesus to build your life. His word has the authority to work and create miracles. Believe the word I say. Your broken relationship can be healed. Your broken marriage will be restored, your fear will go, you will find the right spouse, money will flow in your life and debts will be cancelled. The worry of your exams will be gone. Know the resurrection power of Jesus. This resurrection power will change all your dead circumstances.

Resurrection power means death is defeated. Even the power of death is powerless before the power of resurrection. Means all your impossible situation is powerless before the power of resurrection. This power is available for you today, if you believe in what God is speaking to you. This is for you. This year will be the best year. This year will be the year of your breakthrough. This year is the year of your blessings. This is the year of your change. This is the year of your miracle. In the name of Jesus, receive all the blessings in your life. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha 

Today is your day of Salvation

Jesus said to him, "Today Salvation has come to this house, because he is also the son of Abraham." Luke 19:9

Salvation belongs to you today as it was for Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus didn't expect it to happen on that day, but He only wanted to see Jesus. Zacchaeus an influential man who was well known by all people, went the extra mile, ahead of the crowd to see Jesus. His only interest was to see Jesus. He wanted to know Jesus. This desire of his was more than sufficient for God to reach out to him. When you desire for God, know one thing for sure, that God will never miss you. If you come to God, you will never go empty. If you walk that extra mile for God, He will cross over everything to reach out to you.

Zacchaeus only had a desire to see Jesus, he never knew what he was landing into. He never had expected, that this day, would be the best ever day of his life. Salvation means, freedom and deliverance. We in India, know what it means to live under bondage. We were under British rule and had no freedom. We were under bondage and oppression. But when we got our freedom, we started to have the access to our blessings. Thats what it means. Salvation means, freedom from sin and all forms of sin, and easy access to God's blessings. God's blessings in every area of your life. Your broken families being healed, your broken relations being healed. You are meeting your spouses. You getting a job, you getting a breakthrough in your life. This is the portion of Salvation. Everything that had come to a stand still in your life, will start moving. You will step into the world of miracles. Will miracle will happen at your every step. Thats what Zacchaeus was experiencing.

When Jesus came into his house, he gave back everyone 4 times of what he had cheated them. He gave half of his riches to the poor, yet he never became poor, because God miraculously multiplied. This can be your experience too, if you show interest in to meet Jesus. Today, Salvation will come into your life, your house, your workplace, your relationship and everything you do. Just take 1 step towards Jesus and He will take the rest 99. Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus, but the best thing happened, was when Jesus saw him. Today, it will happen to you. You never knew it would have happened to you, but because you are reading this word that I have sent, Salvation has come into your life and your house too. Today, tell Jesus, I want you to come into my house and life and see your salvation. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 7

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. Make it your lifestyle to see the impossible. Your current situation is temporary. Don't think it will never change. It will change. No season of your life is permanent. Even this bad season of your life will pass away. It is not permanent. Elijah wanted his servant to wait there to see the cloud. But before he could actually see the cloud, Elijah wanted his servant to see it by Faith eyes. If he would have seen it by faith eyes, then he would have waited till it actually happened. But Elijah's servant actually missed on applying faith. He believed its impossible for the cloud to come now. He might have thought that it was cloudless for 3 years, it didn't rain for so many years, then how will change come now. Are you also thinking the same, "So many years it didn't happen, how will it happen now." If you are thinking like this, then your thoughts are wrong. Don't have the servant faith, but have Elijah's faith, a king's faith.

A kings faith is an authoritative faith to get results. Servant faith is poor faith, giving up faith and not seeing results. Elijah's servant lived a defeated life. Hence he never expected any change to happen in his life. He had adjusted and compromised with his situations. If you are living under your circumstances and living like the servant of Elijah, I would like to encourage you to have faith and overcome your situation. Live like Elijah and not like his servant. Don't give up till you see your situation change.

Recently I bought a new DVD and tried it, but it never played. So I replaced it. Tried a new one, but it didn't work. Other DVD worked, but this new one didn't work. I tried this, my family members tried it but it didn't work. I had something important to do and hence I said, " Its ok, I will do it next time. But this word of God came to me and I said, by prayer I will get this result." You will think how is it possible. I prayed like Elijah and commanded the DVD and DVD player to work. I did this for half hour but it didn't happen. Then I decided that I will not get up till I see this work. I prayed again and commanded it to work, in Jesus' name. It started working. When I decided that I will not move till I see the result, I got it immediately. This might happen with you too. Don't move from your place like Elijah till you see your prayers answered. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 6

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

Jesus standing at the tomb of Lazarus, started thanking God for the miracle even before it happened. He was teaching what we should do. When we standing facing all the impossibilities, when we stand facing at the face of death, fear is not the option. Instead of fearing and worrying, start thanking God. Don't thank God for your problems, but start thanking God for answering your prayers. Start thanking God that He always answers your prayers and even now He has answered you. Start thanking God for doing a miracle. Never thank God for your problems. Because problems are not brought in your life by God. Its by our own mistakes or its brought by the devil. Hence never thank God for your problems, but thank God in the midst of your problems, believing that everything will change soon. Amen!

Elijah was praying for the rain to come, because there was 3 years of drought and hence there was famine and shortage of food. People were dying. Elijah was standing at the door of impossible. Many might have tried different methods to bring rain. People might have tried even the latest scientific methods, people might have tried also all the practical methods to overcome their impossible situations, but no one got success. Because no one believed the word of God. No one was ready to believe that God can do the impossible. Though they knew it, no was ready to believe in God to see it happen. No one was ready to thank God before receiving the answer to their prayers. No one was ready to talk by faith, that things have happened. Everyone was speaking the real situation of lack and shortage. It was only Elijah who was ready to do everything by Faith. He was ready to go contrary to what everyone was saying and apply faith. Only Elijah wanted to see miracles happen. Elijah wanted to overcome his impossibilities and he knew that its possible only by faith. Elijah wanted victory and was ready to wait till he got victory. He wasn't ready to have his situation win over him. He was firm in decision to stick till he sees his miracle at the door of impossibility.

A person of faith never gives up. A person of faith doesn't leave things and says, will do it later. He has the power in Jesus' name and He will use it immediately. He will not give up because things didn't happen the 1^st time or the 10^th time or even the 100^th time, but he will wait till he gets the answer. Elijah prayed till he got the answer. He sent his servant so many times to check, if his prayer is answered. He wouldn't have got up till he would have seen his prayer answered. Faith has perseverance and determination to see the results. You wouldn't give up till you see your prayers answered. Stick to faith and not to your situations. Then you will always have victory like Elijah. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 5

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

Your faith is like a tree. If your faith with stands all the storms, winds, rain and heat only then your tree of faith will grow. When your tree of faith grows only then it will bear fruit. The fruit that your tree of faith bears are the results of your prayers.

Faith is beyond time limitations. Faith is beyond all limitations and hence whoever has faith sees things happening in their life breaking all limitations. Build your faith, by reading, hearing the Word of God. Read the messages that I send and strive to do it, it will increase your faith and get you results. Faith simply means that God wants me to have what I'm praying for. Faith means knowing that God is willing to answer my prayer, no matter how long it takes for me to receive it, no matter how what the current situation is, but knowing for sure, in your heart that you will get the answer to your prayer is faith. It may be your healing, your blessing, your promotion, your relation, your marriage, your scholarship anything, believing it to happen, seeing it in your life and receiving it knowing that you have prayed and God has answered is faith. Anything that you are asking as per God's will, you will have it.

Eyes of Faith means eyes which sees the supernatural. Eyes that doesn't look and believe the natural, but believes the impossible promises of God. Eyes of Faith, means eyes from the faith realm. Faith realm is based on the Word of God. Many say that there is no faith realm nor spiritual realm, that itself is lack of faith. Some say that its only your imagination. Bible says, Hebrew 11:1-Faith is the substance of the things hoped for and the evidence of the things unseen. Hope is nothing but an imagination, a dream, a positive thought based on the word of God. What is the difference between faith filled imagination, faith filled dream or a faith filled positive thought and the normal imagination, dream and positive thought is "FAITH on God's power" The power of God backs your faith to bring that hope of yours that imagination of yours, that dream of yours come into existence. You will not have to struggle to achieve it. You will put in your efforts and God guarantees you that your efforts will not go in vain, because of your faith in Him. Your effort should be to live in that dream, talk that dream into existence believing that what you dreaming and speaking is coming into existence, whether now, you see it or not. That is the eyes of Faith. These things your natural eyes wouldn't see, but only your eyes of faith. See it everyday, remind yourself everyday. Then it will come to pass.

Jesus broke the bread and multiplied it, by thanking God that it has been blessed and multiplied. He thanked God for multiplying it even before it was multiplied, means Jesus saw it already multiplied. He didn't allow the current situation to put doubt and unbelief, hence when the bread was distributed, then the bread multiplied exactly as Jesus had seen when He prayed and thanked God. That is eyes of faith. Start thanking God when you pray, even before you receive it, by seeing it happen with your faith eyes. God bless you

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 4

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

You ought to read, hear and meditate on God's word and believe it, irrespective whether your situation changes or not, that is faith. Faith is not when things happen. Faith is required when things don't happen. Faith is what is going on in your mind and your heart when you don't see things happen. Is your mind talking negative to you, is your heart doubting God's word. Is your heart telling you that nothing good it going to happen to you and is your heart not accepting any word of hope and goodness. That is not faith, it is doubt. Is your mind telling you that all these good words are for others, the preacher doesn't understand my condition and hence its easy for him/her to talk and write, then your thoughts are negative which is the synonym of doubt. Doubt is nothing but lack of faith.

Faith is like a charged battery of a cell phone, that makes the cell phone.run till its charged. So today charge your faith by the word of God. You can't charge your battery by any other method apart from electricity. The electricity produces the energy to make the phone run for hours. If you connect yourself to the word of God, you will have the energy of faith which will help you to not live a dead life, under your circumstances. As the cell phone can't be charged apart from electricity, so your faith can't be charged apart from being connected to the word of God. Its very important to hear, read the word of God. Your eyes of Faith will be opened and all the blur vision, or any other problem in the vision of faith, will be gone.

If you want a faith to bring unbelievable results, then you ought to have unshakable faith at all times, in all circumstances. Don't let your faith ever be shaken by your circumstances. Don't give up thinking that your life will end up in a mess. No! God has a great plan, it will come to pass. But for it to come to pass, you have to believe it. If your cell phone battery isn't charged then, you will not be able to make a call. That same way, if you don't have a charged faith, an unshakable faith, you will give up and not see the plan of God coming to pass in your life. You will not be able to overcome the impossible addictions. Doubt requires the same energy as faith, then why not stick with faith and see the impossible happen in your life. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 3

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

If you are thinking because of your sins, God is not answering your prayers, then confess your sins and ask forgiveness and God will forgive you. If you say that you have asked forgiveness, but God is not forgiving you, then you don't know the love of God. You don't know the complete truth about God, that His mercy is greater than His judgement, hence you are not able to have faith on God. Thus you are not able to believe in God for forgiveness. Forgiveness is nothing but believing that God has forgiven you when you have confessed your sins, with a repentant heart and you mean that you are sorry. God immediately forgives you. But when we don't have faith, we tend to think that God has not forgiven you.

If God will answer your prayers immediately after you ask forgiveness then you will believe that God has forgiven you. Basically you are asking God to prove that He has forgiven you. We have sinned and we have missed God, yet, we ask God to prove Himself. Which is wrong. It means you are looking at your situations to believe in God. That is not eyes of Faith. It is the natural eyes looking for natural things as proof. God wants you to trust in His word and His love. Trust Him for who He is.

Don't depend on your natural situations to believe God. Its should be the other way round. You should look at God's word and then believe the situation to change. When God said, heaven and earth will pass away and His word will never pass away, He was saying, "Everything of the natural is not permanent, it is temporary, but His word is permanent and His word can change the temporary to work for you. Thats why hearing and reading God's word and His messages and meditating upon it is very important. During the day, take an inventory of your thoughts. You will then see that all is negative or baseless. Then you will realize that its not from God. Hence you ought to discard those thoughts and discipline your mind to think right. Read God's word daily and meditate upon in every moment. This will build your faith. This will open your eyes of faith. This will give you clear vision of the faith realm. Trusting in God is very important. God bless you

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 2

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

Once this truth enters your heart and mind you will know that God is for you and not against you. Knowing this truth will give you the confidence that God will answer your prayers. Today this confidence is missing because we have clogged our minds and thoughts with only about ourself, that is our sins, our mistakes. Only if we change our focus from our failures to the successes we have got, from the wrongs happened to us and remember the good things happened to us, we will know that good things are still waiting to happen to us. Disciplining your mind to think right is very important.

Know the source of your thoughts. Anything that is negative is not from God. Discipline your mind to believe in God and His power. Think upon His goodness. If God gave His own life to save you, will He not give other things to you, which you desire. This is the first thing which I want you to understand and fix it in your mind. Every prayer made to God is answered. There is Yes and Amen in His dictionary. That doesn't mean things will happen immediately always. There are times when God answers immediately, there are times when God tests your faith. When you don't receive the answers to your faith immediately, there is something you ought to do from your end. That is not the time, when you stop hearing and reading God's word. That is not the time when you stop going to church and stop praying. Instead that is the time, when you ought to seek God more. You ought to put your faith into action. You ought to show God that your trust is still in Him.

Elijah was on his knees praying knowing that God will answer him. He knew that God is checking what would Elijah do, if his prayer is not answered immediately. God is testing you the same way. That time you ought to go looking for what you are asking for. Though you don't see it in the natural, but imagine it in your mind that you have already received. Be happy as you would have been when you would have received it. See the answer to your prayer already received even before you could receive it, that is seeing with the eyes of faith. That is what it means to use your eyes of faith. Start behaving that you have already received. Don't tell people or even God that you haven't received it. Whenever you talk to God or people, speak out what you are believing. Tell people that you have already received it. That is faith. See it before it has already manifested in the natural. See it in the spiritual. People might think that you are mad, but that is not madness, but that is faith

– Jimsen & Sneha

Eyes of Faith – Part 1

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

There is something which we all ought to learn. No! I am not saying don't give up. Am saying move ahead even in your darkness and get victories. Don't sit and pity yourself because things are not changing or things seem against you. But move ahead and even in that situation get results for yourself.

I have come across many people, who say, "I have faith." but when they don't see things happen as per their plan and their timing they give up. Then they grumble and say, "God has forgotten me. God is remembering my sins and hence, He is not blessing me. God is not answering me because of my sins. God doesn't love me anymore." These are all baseless statement. These are not the truth. The truth is that God is good and He is good all the time. Our situation changes and our outlook towards God changes. Basis our situations our perception towards God changes. When things are fine, we say, "God is good, otherwise God is not good." But the truth is that God is the same, yesterday, today and forever. He was good in the past, He is good in the present, and He will be good in the future, irrespective whether our circumstances remain the same or not. God never changes.

Its like thinking about your friend who have been good to you, and you have experienced it, yet thinking that He is not good only because your current situation is not good. In that situation have faith in your friend and you will realize that your best friend will not leave you. He may take time to help you, not because He can't but because it might not be the right time. Faith is trusting in the ability of the person whom you are depending, knowing, that person is able to do what is promised. Trust in God's word. Trust in God's power to do what He has promised. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Safety in counsel – Part 2

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

Your heart is important, because your action will soon follow your heart. Hence your heart ought to be right. You are taking the counsel and accepting the changes, shows your heart is good. But everytime you avoid taking counsel or you think you don't require counsel, it means your ego and pride has hardened your heart. It shows the heart is not willing to accept change. Your heart is not right. There you have to repent and change. To know who is giving you a right or wrong counsel you ought to know the word of God. Every counsel which doesn't match the word of God and doesn't give you peace in heart is not from God.

The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 25:16 Amaziah ignored God's counsel. Here God sent His servant to Amaziah. Amaziah had done gone against the will of God by disobeying God. For God, Amaziah was important. He sent His ambassador to inform Amaziah to leave the wrong way. But Amaziah rebuked at God's ambassador and said, "You are not to tell me what I am supposed to do. I'm matured and grown up to make my won decisions. I know what is right and wrong." This showed pride in Amaziah. If it wasn't pride, he would have considered the counsel. Before He became rich and famous, he considered the counsel of God's ambassador, but now he is not considering it, shows pride because of power and riches. Amaziah took the counsel of one of his other friend who was wrong. While Amaziah heard the counsel of God he was very successful. When Amaziah chose to hear his friend above God, he lost all the fame and success. He became poor and his enemies killed him.

Thus, it's important to take counsel and take counsel from the right people. Today you have people who share the word of God, by preaching or writing. They are God's ambassador for you. The Bible is a counsel for you. At times God speaks directly to you, hearing and doing what God has counselled you, shows you are humble and ready to receive from God. To obey means to be ready to receive from God. Don't ignore the word of God. It will be a loss for you. There is safety in the multitude of counsellor. It will take you on the road of success and blessings. Don't let your success ever stop you from receiving counsels. In fact all your success should make you more humble. Glorify God. Thank God and He will bless you more. Amen! God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Safety in counsel – Part 1

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

It always better to take counsel. It will help you to avoid going the wrong way. If you don't go the wrong way, you can save your time and energy. It will help you to plan ahead, rather than planning how to get out of the mess.

It's very important to take counsel. But it is very important from where you take counsel. Does your counsel come from people who don't have a vision? Does your counsel come from people who are lazy? Does your counsel come from amateurs or professionals? Does your counsel come from people who have walked and overcome the way which you are traveling? Does your counsel come from a person who is humble and not proud? Does your counsel come from someone who is selfish or loves others? Does your counsel come from a person who has put in efforts to build his family rather than someone who doesn't believe in a family? Most important is does your counsel come from God or Godly people.

You will ask, Jimsen, how can I get counsel from God? How will God counsel me? Why will He counsel me? There are other imp things which He has, other than me. But the truth is God loves you. You are more important to Him, than anything of this world. When you love someone that person is most important and also the only important person. You are the most important person for God. For God your safety and success is very important. Whenever you are about to go wrong God speaks to you. If have gone wrong He will still speak to you, but you will listen to God and do what He says only if your heart is soft towards Him. You will only listen to God if your heart is right towards Him. Getting your heart right with God is important. You might have missed obeying God many times, but its ok, get back to God again. Get your heart right with God again. God is merciful and patient, He is waiting to forgive you. Getting back to God to do His will is getting right with God. That is what is righteousness. If you have gone away from God, then by repenting is how you get back to God. Seeking God daily is continuing to walk with God with a right heart. Reading, hearing His word to do, is continuing with God with a right heart. God will turn around the wrong into right and will bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Life in Nazareth – Part 6

Then Jesus went down with them (His parents, Joseph and Mary) and came to Nazareth, and was subject (submissive) to them. Luke 2:51

Jesus showed what man can do for God, but He didn't stop there. Jesus also showed what God can do for people who were ready to receive from God. Jesus raised people from the dead. Jesus opened blind eyes, opened deaf ears, healed paralyzed, healed people from all kinds of sickness and disease. Jesus healed people from emotional breakdown. Jesus delivered people from different kind of bondage and addictions. Jesus set free, people who were tormented by evil spirits. Jesus is doing this, even today. Everyone who is willing to see this, will see this.

Submitting yourself to your parents and obeying them is very important. Bible says, "Obedience is better. Obeying your parents will add days to your life and give you long life. Don't run away from Nazareth life, it is only to make you better. I wanted to run away from my Nazareth life. It was too difficult for me to adjust with my parents and my brother. I wanted to leave my house and run away, but God spoke to me and said, "If you want to serve me, you will have to stay in your family, till I ask you to come out." God did the impossible. He changed me and then I saw the change in my brother. Nazareth is for you. Which will build you. Nazareth is not to destroy you. Nazareth is for you to rise higher in your life. There you will see God's grace working mightily in your life. There you will see God's love revealed. There you will see God working in you. You will rise closer to God. You will rise higher in your spiritual life. After that no other pressure will be difficult to handle. In Nazareth, under pressure you will learn to praise God in all situations. Don't think of leaving God in Nazareth. It is only your preparation time for greater glories. Submissiveness and obedience is really important in the eyes of God. If you will be obedient to your parents, then God will know that you will be obedient and submissive to Him. Then God will be able to use you.

You might be in your Nazareth now. Rejoice and praise God, because God is about to do mighty things in your life and through your life. God bless you. Amen!

– Jimsen & Sneha

Life in Nazareth – Part 5

Then Jesus went down with them (His parents, Joseph and Mary) and came to Nazareth, and was subject (submissive) to them. Luke 2:51

Nazareth is very important in your life. You can't do great things for God, if you skip your Nazareth life. Love is the key thing for God. You have to learn to love. In Nazareth God teaches you to love. You can't minister to others without love and compassion. You can't have fruitful ministry unless you have a good character. You can't have a fruitful ministry unless you bear fruits in your own life. People will not do what you preach to them, unless you preach what you practice. Its very important to learn to live a high standard life. When you strive to live the high standard life, God's grace will help you wherever and whenever you miss it. But striving to do what God's will is very important.

Jesus had temptations like all other children of His age. But He overcame them by disciplining His mind, His thoughts. That same is applicable for us. We too can overcome temptations in our life, by disciplining our minds and thoughts by the word of God. Jesus set a standard of high living for us. Though Jesus was God, yet He lived as a human being, which even we can live, by living like Him. Whenever we have to do something or take a decision, if we think, "What would Jesus do if He was in my place", will help us to think like Him and live like Him. Jesus showed what people can do who love God. There is no limit in love. There is no extent in love.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Life in Nazareth – Part 4

Then Jesus went down with them (His parents, Joseph and Mary) and came to Nazareth, and was subject (submissive) to them. Luke 2:51

Submissiveness is the greatest challenge the world faces today. To submit to another person, you will have to leave all your pride and ego aside. You will have to leave your thoughts and humbly accept what the person whom you are submitting, is saying. Nazareth was the place where Jesus was built. Many of us want to skip this Nazareth and then reach out to others. Nazareth is very important for us, as the children of God.

It was not easy for Jesus. He had to let go, all of Self. When you empty yourself with everything of self to be full of God, only then, you will be full of everything of God. Jesus understood this principle and hence, He wanted to be empty of Self completely and be full of God. He wanted more of God than Himself. He sought God's presence more than human presence. There Jesus was broken and prepared completely. Your Nazareth is very important. Your Nazareth is the foundation of your spiritual life. If your Nazareth is good, then God can do miracles through you, for others. Nazareth is the place where you die to yourself. You leave all your self will and accept the will God. God's will is to be submissive to your parents, to your spouses. Nazareth is the place where you learn to adjust with others. Nazareth is the place where learn team work. Nazareth is the place where you learn to love others in your family knowing all their good and bad nature. Nazareth is the place where you know that people are taking advantage of you and you become wise. There you learn to obey, there you learn to be humble, there you learn to love, overlooking all the others wrongs, and be full of unconditional love. Nazareth is the place where you learn to become wise, Nazareth is the place where you win favor in the eyes of God and people.

Nazareth is very important in your life. You can't do great things for God, if you skip your Nazareth life. God bless you. Continue to read the further parts and be blessed.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Life in Nazareth – Part 3

Then Jesus went down with them (His parents, Joseph and Mary) and came to Nazareth, and was subject (submissive) to them. Luke 2:51

How Jesus lived is what He taught the people. Thats what the disciples learnt. Thats why Jesus said, "I AM the Way." Its not only getting results, but also the procedure of getting results is important. At times you might not get the desired results, but the method or procedure might be right. The Way you do things is what should be right. Jesus did all things in the right way. Thats why He said, "I AM the Way." He was saying, "Live your life, like I live and you also will live high standard life." Doing the right things may get results little late, but the results will come sure and it will last.

There is something to note: The disciples of Jesus were not living in a palace, yet they continued with Jesus. Money was not important for the disciples, when the whole world was running behind money. Jesus corrected His disciples and also gave them a free choice of leaving Him, whenever they wanted, yet they continued with Him. The only reason was the character of Jesus. The only reason was they understood the way of living high standard life in this world, is not money, or status, but Jesus. The only reason was the life of Jesus which spoke volumes. Jesus lived a high standard life.

Today, we don't want to live the submissive life with our spouses, with our parents, with our brothers and sisters and then we also complain as to why is God not using us. Nazareth was the place where Jesus was prepared for His higher life. Nazareth was the place where Jesus was broken and made. Jesus had to leave His personal choices and submit Himself to God's will. Jesus had to become like a normal human being and undergo all the sufferings and temptations as a man and overcome it, to be able to set the high standard life. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha

Life in Nazareth – Part 2

Then Jesus went down with them (His parents, Joseph and Mary) and came to Nazareth, and was subject (submissive) to them. Luke 2:51

From old we have people who talk high and live low. People speak of high living standards and live a low standard life. But Jesus wanted to show that we can live a high standard life. The disciples of Jesus saw that He not only spoke with high standards, but also lived a high standard life. He talked what he walked. He preached what He practiced. Thats why there was a huge multitude of people around Jesus, because they could relate to Him. Every person in the crowd was different, yet, everyone could relate to Jesus and everyone was satisfied. Jesus didn't speak hypothetical things.

Today, we, as human beings find it difficult to obey our parents, respect our elders and live a submissive life, just imagine, how much difficult it was for Jesus who is God and had to live a submissive life. His parents were not God, but His parents on the earth were human beings with all their weaknesses and emotions and feelings, which were right as well as wrong. Including all of it Jesus lived a submissive life. Obedient and humble at home and hence He could do mighty things outside. Many want to do things outside, but at home they ignore everything. God said, "You have to overflow with everything in your personal life to be a blessing to others. God is interested what you do in your personal life, thats what is going to impact others too. How you live your life is important to God, if He has to make changes in others.

This is what attracted His disciples to Him. His disciples were not attracted to Him because of the miracles He did. Miracles can attract you to someone, but the character of a person is important for you to continue relation with that person. Beauty can surely attract people to someone, but the relation to last, you require character and submissiveness. There is lot of sacrifices involved to make a relation to function and last. More than give and take is required, in a relation for the relation to last and be fruitful. More than what you deserve, and what the other person can give, is required for a relationship to last. More than the capability of a person, more than the looks of a person is what is required for the relationship to last.

This is what the disciples found when they lived with Jesus. They learnt life. They were not following someone who spoke high things, but they were following the Person who lived high. God bless you

– Jimsen & Sneha