Is there any red pottage in “your world” ….?!!

It was written that Esau “despised his birthright”, just for a pottage of lentils. Esau was sure hungry but not to the point of death as he claimed to Jacob. (Genesis 25:29-34).

Esau could have waited and ate what his mother would have prepared for him.

When Esau saw the red pottage, the color of it overcame him so that he craved for the same red pottage. He craved to the point that he sold off his birthright without realizing what he was doing. He lightly esteemed it when it was of utmost importance. He gave up his GOD given privilege for flesh related element.

That’s why the Holy Spirit has used the word “despised”. Esau despised his birthright because he craved/ loved the red pottage more than his birthright.

This is written not to just ponder upon the foolishness of Esau, it is also written for everyone who read and hears about this. This is written so that everyone would realize how they also have despised or are despising the more important privileges and blessings of the LORD for the less important ones or for those of the world or of the flesh.

-Check your priorities – 

-Check your responsibilities –

The priorities are all set and written in the “Word of GOD”. GOD need not come down to tell each and every person what to do and what not to do. The priorities never change according to situations and according to persons. GOD equips everyone properly to align accordingly to the priorities. It is “we” who search out reasons to go after other things other than GOD set priorities. . When we align with GOD’S Word, it is GOD who will direct us and take up our responsibility.

Eventually, Jacob became Israel instead of Esau.

Aligning with the “Word of GOD” walks us into our GOD set destiny and GOD set blessings. 

It’s never too late. We tend to delay our blessings without realizing that it is not GOD who is delaying. Align with GOD’s priorities and be blessed, amen.

Is our Creator a Blood-Thirsty God...??!!

Hi Shalom every one.... By the grace of our Saviour Jesus Christ and His inspiration...I was able to bring out a book for His glory... The main aim is to throw light on the sacrificial aspects of God’s love and many unknown facts and truths about Jesus. This book is a good gift to people who have little or no knowledge about Christ. It brings to their notice many aspects which they do not know about Christ as Saviour. This can be gifted to friends, relatives and colleagues – even those who already know Jesus; there are some answers to questions which will be helpful to Christians as well.

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Telugu Worship Songs

Your first love is JESUS!! 

Beauty, glory, honor, wealth and wisdom belong to HIM. Do not compromise anything or anyone in this world for your first love.

Submit yourself completely to your first love and HE will bring all these to you. THEN you can be sure and secure in your life because these can never leave you. 

Trust HIM now!!

Why repent later when GOD gave you a chance to realize, repent and act now itself?!!

Worship and Inspiration Songs - 2

There is a difference between knowing the King and being with the King

There is a difference between knowing the King and being with the King. 

A discussion was going on in a classroom about a famous person. The teacher casually asked the students if they knew this person. Almost 90% in the classroom raised their hands. Then the discussion turned to a point where the famous person was accused in newspapers of indulging in something. The teacher asked the students to tell their opinion. Most of the students said that it is really a sad thing for such person whom they adored to have been involved in this controversy and some were saying the person might have committed and some were saying that the person might not have committed such a grave offense since it is not his character. But there was one student who stood firm saying that the person didn’t do it. The teacher was surprised why this student is so confident. The teacher asked the same thing and to the surprise of the whole class, the student revealed the person being his very own uncle whom he watched from close quarters and lived with him. This student has seen him so close, he understood him better than others because he saw this person, his priorities, what are his feelings to others, how he would react to circumstances, etc. He knew the person’s character and nature so well, he knew that the person wouldn’t commit an offense like that, no matter what, so the student stood by what he said. (Sorry I forgot that person’s name).

In the same way, knowing our King JESUS is not enough because we hear many things about HIM, we believe them when we hear them, or we think that we believed every word said about HIM, but when the time comes when we need HIS help, we are not sure whether HE will help us or not. This is because we have not been with HIM, we just heard about HIM. To really believe what HE said, we need to spend time with this great KING. We need to take a walk with HIM, we need to stroll along with HIM to know HIS character, HIS love, HIS majesty, HIS forgiveness, HIS sincerity, HIS faithfulness towards us. Even to believe that HE really loves us and that there is no flaw in HIS love we need to understand HIM. We need to have faith to understand HIS love. 

Devil is always on the prowl to say all wrong things about HIS love to us. No matter what, even when we cheat on our King, even when we leave HIM for some time, HE continues to love us and is always with open hands to receive us back. Our King just needs us to turn back and look at HIM before going further away from HIM. HE wants us to know that HE is not angry with us. HE knows our frame, HE knows how our senses are weaker than the fallen angels who keep passing deceptive things before our eyes, ears and understanding. That is why HE is not angry with us. All HE needs is our trust in Him no matter what, that HE has already forgiven us, and will receive us back. Only we need to go back to him as soon as we fall any time. That way, we will overcome the passing deceptiveness of the devil easily. 

The devil is a liar, he tries to show our King’s love as conditional. The truth is HIS love is unconditional. If HIS love is conditional, then we cannot trust HIM at all times, and whatever JESUS did on the cross also would become invalid (because that is the ultimate love FATHER showed to us by sacrificing JESUS on the cross, and that is the love JESUS showed thru obedience to die on the cross for saving us from eternal damnation). If we are having a guilt feeling inside, that is enough because it means we know that we are wrong. That is enough for the LORD. The danger lies only when we think that we are not wrong or we continue in the sin saying it is fine I am not wrong or take advantage of grace. We need to claim this promise everyday…”I am the righteousness of GOD in CHRIST” (2 Corinthians 5:21). We are called righteous by GOD after accepting JESUS, so we should cling to this because this is the calling given to us by GOD and not by ourselves. The more we claim and believe the more we start living righteously and we produce fruits of righteousness from within us. We can no more call ourselves as sinners because that is the name devil uses to accuse us. We are now cleared of every accusation by the blood of JESUS, we should understand this.

Our King has clearly outlined HIS characters in the Bible, how HE submitted to the will of GOD, how HE humbled HIMSELF to come in the flesh, how HE bore, how HE suffered, how HE forgave every one even on the cross, how HE had compassion on every one HE came across and healed them, how HE did not get disturbed at others comments, how HE was bold, how HE proclaimed kingdom of GOD, how HE cared only for the things above and not for the words of the people, how HE prayed for others, etc because of which HE is now exalted to come back as King. So anything which we find against these characters within us, we have to immediately submit them at the feet of GOD and sincerely ask HIM to help us overcome these. The Bible says that HIS name is exalted above all other names and at HIS name every knee shall bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD to the glory of GOD the FATHER.

That is why JESUS said to forgive a brother who repents 70 times 7 … (Mathew 18:21-22) a number far beyond our expectation. Christians are all brothers and sisters in CHRIST. So if one repents we need to forgive them as many times as possible because our GOD is such that HE has already forgiven us, we need to only understand our mistake and turn to HIM, HE forgives us, no questions asked. HIS character is forgiving always!!

Since HE already bore on the cross our sickness, our infirmities, our lack and poverty, our insults which all came because of the curses which started from Adam’s time (the first man created as Bible says), He removed them from us till Adam, so we need only to claim this in HIS name, the power given to us. For that we need faith, we need to trust HIM no matter what. This trust will build up when we walk with Him every day. We need to spend some time in the King's presence to know more about HIM. We can meditate on the Word of GOD and keep asking/ raising questions to JESUS to help us understand what HE wants us to know from that particular scripture. We can talk to HIM while praying or pray while talking, just spend time with the King. We can feel our day filled with power and bubbling full of energy. The day we spend time with the King will be noticeable,...we do things fast and still find time for more, we finish our tasks quickly and beautifully, we will find favor with people, etc. So the famous song goes by,…When we walk with the LORD, in the light of HIS love, what a glory HE sheds on our way,…
 

Sing this song and see. Have you approached your KING today with praises and songs who would be more that delighted to see you coming into HIS presence with hope, new excitement, new energy…HE is more than ready to fill you with HIS anointing…so don’t forget to visit HIM, go ahead and take HIS appointment as early as possible …every day. GOD be with you.

GOD attributed specific nature(s) to each of HIS heroes we find in Bible

GOD attributed specific nature(s) to each of HIS heroes we find in Bible and made them famous by that character. For example GOD called David a man after HIS own heart (1 Sam 13:14 & Acts 13:22); GOD called Abraham HIS friend (2 Chr 20:7 & James 2:23); GOD called Moses faithful than all men on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3 & 12:7). 

Why do you think GOD attributed specific characteristics to each one of them? It is because each of them exhibited a character so strongly that even we can sense and see those characters when we read GOD’s Word. 

If we see David, David has a character of long suffering which is a character of GOD. We only remember David as always to have been a hero and a play boy. We think he had no worries to care for that much or that he had no struggle in his life. But if we carefully read Psalms we will find something which we might have never expected. (Psalms 41:8; 38:3-8; 55:4-7; 42:3; 44:24-25). Yet David was unmoved to turn away from what he believed, from the revelation what he got. We can see this when David says I will yet praise HIM; HE is the health of my countenance (Psalms 43:5). David further says that he will make GOD his refuge UNTIL all calamities are past. (Psalms 57:1,2).

Finally David says that he is delivered from all troubles (Psalms 54:7). Here is a list of sufferings of David: 1) no soundness in flesh, 2) no rest in bones 3) wounds are stinking with foul smell, loathsome (no one is approaching David and hating him for the stinking smell) 4) Loins are filled with loathsome disease 5) crying and roaring with pain in his body, disquiet in his heart 6) fear of death 7) fear and horror 8) facing people’s wrath who are asking “where is your GOD whom you said is your shield and strong tower” 9) GOD is hiding HIS face from him