Christianity and media

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!

Isaiah heard His voice. And said here am I send me.

There is peace in America. The stock market is going up. The house market is going up. The value of the US Dollar is going up. There are no political crises anymore. Everything is fine.

But is this a real picture? Are we as Christians look things this way? Is prosperity a litmus test for the spirituality? Bible says:

 ^“While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman” 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Wake up and be alert. Our enemy satan is very deceiving. He doesn’t want us to be awake and he wants all God’s people to fall in his trap. Look around and keep your eyes and ears open. Government is not the source of God’s awakening. It never has been. Today’s politicians are trying to make us think that changing gay marriage law is Christianity, or stopping abortion is Christianity. It may be the side product of it but real Christianity is following Jesus. Real Christianity is making disciple, real Christianity is telling others about the good news.

So make that decision today. Our dear Lord is still seated on the throne and He is asking” Whom shall I send? Who will go for me? Are you ready to say yes to Him like Isaiah did? Like Peter and all the disciples did.

Go and tell others about the real Jesus Christ not what the media is teaching them. Live your life like true Christ follower. And yes tell them to be awake and alert because He is coming very soon.

Where is your Faith?

Where is your faith?

Luke 8:22-25

On the boat, major storm, raining cats and dogs. But…….but Jesus was sleeping. What to do? Disciples were terrified. They tried their best to save themselves, after all they were fishermen and they knew what it looks like to be in the storm. Finally, they lost the battle and cried out to Jesus with frustration and fear. “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
Jesus rebuked the storm and everything was back to normal. But one thing that was not normal is the expression of all the disciples. They were all in awe!!!!! To add to their misery Jesus rebuked them, “Where is your faith?”

The question is what kind of faith that Jesus is talking about? Was Jesus asking about their failure in keeping faith regarding miracle that Jesus will calm the sea?  Or is it that they have to keep the faith that Jesus will save them no matter what?

1)So many people wanted to see new president after last year’s election.
2)Same sex marriage issue to be resolved by Supreme Court.
3)Abortion laws to become stricter and stricter.

We are all praying for these things. We keep FAITH for God's miracle on these issues. But is this really we want? Do we just want superficial transformation by the political leadership? Will we be happy if this kind of things happen? Will this country be in better place if the Supreme Court says same sex is unconstitutional?

No, I guess not. I think Jesus will still tell us “Where is your Faith?

We want total transformation. We want heart transformation. Jesus told Nicodemus “You need to be born again” that’s what Jesus is looking for. When that will happen all the issues will be resolve automatically.

Let us pray for America with FAITH that God may bring transformation of hearts in this country. Let us ask our Lord that God may bring people back to Jesus.

When we pray

There are so many deferent types of thinking and traditions in doing prayer. Some say it is one's responsibility to pray, some say if you want to pray that’s ok but if you don't want to pray that's ok too. Some even say it's God's will that we should pray. And for some people it's just daily routine.

Jesus Himself taught us about the importance of prayer. He prayed long hours. Every morning He would go to quite place to pray. He taught His disciple how to pray. So there is a whole lot important thing about prayer.

 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you” Mark 11:24

And this is the purpose of praying for revival in America. We pray with our faith and I know God has heard my prayer and your prayer. He is going to bring revival in America. Although it looks very difficult right now but it’s going to happen. It looks the country is going in the other direction but it’s going to happen. With all the killing and cheating it looks impossible but it’s going to happen. The force of satan is not going to win. Our God is the God of victory and yes He is going to win again. Our God is Awesome God and He is going to win, our God is omnipotent God and He is going to win, our God is a maker of all things and He is going to win. Satan is just trying to divert our mind by showing us the negative things but keep faith our Lord is bigger than all the negative things. He is the ruler of heaven and earth. Yes He is going to win. Amen and Amen

Keep faith and keep praying we are going to win the battle.

The little yeast

"You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.  “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”  I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty " - Galatians 5:7-10
I am sure When Paul wrote this thing he must have thrown bombshell on some people. But it is so true. And when we see our society today there are so many people that throwing confusion in people. Last week we saw a man was abused on the media because of his strong Christian belief. And to my surprise no one in the christian leadership level taking his side. Too sad.
The church of America was a missionary sending church. She was sending contribution to all over the world. The church was running good race but " the little yeast" started to work in our christian society and we have so much confusion and people started to live their life according to their own understanding. We do not have good spiritual leader who can stand for the truth.
"Lord we pray today for your mighty hand on America. Please create in us good spiritual leaders who can stand for the God's truth"

We are Christians

Let us be united in Spirit:
When trouble comes people can go to two different directions. Like when there is earthquakes, flood or any kind of natural disasters,or any kind of terrorist attack; people will say 'oh this is God's punishment'. But as a Christian person we can take different approach also. It is the time to be strong. The coming of our Lord is very near and as it is getting nearer and nearer these types of things will happen and it will happen in quick succession.
So our lesson from this is rather then fighting let us be strong in spirit. Let us come together in one spirit. These earthquakes or flood or anything are not going to remove our faith which is in Christ Jesus (our Lord and Savior).As Paul pointed out in Romans 8:35-36"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation,or distress,or persecution,or famine,or nakedness,or peril,or sward?"
America was born on the very ground of that faith.This nation has shown everybody what 'Faith' is.
Let us be strong in spirit. Let us together hit big punch right on satan's face. We are not going to give up. We are Christians. We are winners. We are the children of the Most Holy God.

Amen

Are we prepared?

Matthew 24 and Luke 21:10-36
"Uprising in Labia and Egypt.Earthquake in New Zealand and Japan.Tsunami in Japan".
When we are getting all this news from the media people will start saying:"Jesus Christ is coming soon".And I will be saying the same thing.But what next?
Are we prepared?
This type of things happen before and people were saying the same thing"Jesus is coming soon" but what happen after some time.?Everybody got busy in their own life and may be "Jesus' return got delayed (in their mind)"
Jesus never said only remember my second coming when the big events take place.Infect he taught His people in the Lord's prayer "Thy kingdom come"He wants us to remember His coming everyday all the time.So what we learn from all of this?
1)Anticipate Jesus' coming every second.
2)Attempt to live like He is coming soon.
3)Advice others to live like He is coming soon.
Let us not forget our gracious Lord has given us this time of peace for the very purpose to turn back ti Him and worship Him only.It's been long we been gone away.Let us turn back to our Lord.
May God give us the heart of burning desire to do everything that we can to 1)pray and 2)get ready more people for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Amen

Lets learn from Nehemiah Part - II

Nehemiah 2:17-18
1)Nehemiah told them about the condition of the city of Jerusalem.
* Knowing present conditions:
It is very important to know the present condition.we are so busy with our own work with our own problems.About the condition of the stocks and our 401k.Do we bother thinking about the spiritual conditions and whats going on in our country spiritually?Do you know:
a)In May a federal judge ruled out that National Day of prayer is unconstitutional.
b)Last week another federal judge said the law about the same sex marriage is unconstitutional.
c)There are more people believe now that there are more then one way to go to heaven.
d)More couples are living together(as husband and wife) without getting married then ever before.
2)Neh 2:18.He told them about the promises of the king and the help he promises to give.
* The promises of the king:
Don't be afraid we have the King of kings.He promised us not to worry and go weary.Before He was taken away in to the heaven He told His disciple "All authorities has been given to me in heaven and on earth..........I will be with you always even to the end of the age"
Why we are afraid?why we are disappointed?why we are loosing heart?why we are falling back?
The King of kings is with us.
APPLICATION:
Neh 2:18b Having heard everything people said :Let us arise and build"
So let us arise and start building our country.Our Lord is with us.We have His promises and His strength.Don't loose heart.It is time to be strong.No matter what happen we will still build and will bring this country back to Jesus.No political leader can stop us.No judge will stop us.We will be strong and we will build.
Amen