Dear All in Jesus
Today I have the power given by my Jesus to Discourage the Devil. I was
having some real testing time about my spiritual life for the past couple of weeks. I
was even thinking whether my work for christ was worthwhile and whether I was working
too much for him.
I had many criticising that I was working too hard and was streching too much
for Jesus. So I was between the devil and the deep sea and also my buddy Ron was there
in mumbai.So no one to share. But the fellowship gave me a Jesus youth in Pondi (yes
our Sony Chettan)to speak with and he told me Mathew 19:29 "every one that hath
forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit
everlasting life."
Today morning I had got a mail from a friend of mine and this is where the trick lies
to Discourage the Devil.A bit long but all who want to Discourage the Devil should
read this
Discourage the Devil
"Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate
you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for
joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner
did their fathers unto the prophets." -- (Luke 6:22-23)
Do you want to know how to depress the devil? Just follow the
instructions in that last verse. When persecution comes, when friends or
family criticize you because you lay hands on the sick and believe in
healing, and when coworkers call you a fanatic because you love Jesus
and aren't afraid to say so, rejoice! Shout hallelujah and leap for
joy!
I tell you that will discourage the devil to no end. He's expecting that
persecution to hurt you. He's expecting it to damage your faith, to wipe
you out, and to leave you in dismay.
I'm not saying you should enjoy the persecution itself. But you can
learn to overlook the discomfort of those things by focusing your
attention on the reward that's coming and the fact that Jesus said you
are blessed.
The Apostle Paul certainly knew how to do that. He was an expert on
rejoicing in the midst of persecution. Satan was constantly stirring up
trouble for him. But do you know what he said about all that
persecution? He said it was not even worth considering compared to the
glory that was about to be revealed.
If Paul could rejoice in the midst of beatings, stonings, shipwrecks,
imprisonment and almost every other kind of persecution, you can too!
Just do what he did. When he was told by the Holy Ghost that bonds and
afflictions awaited him, he said, "But none of these things move me,
neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my
course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24).
Don't get all caught up in what people think and what people say down
here on earth. Get caught up in pleasing the Lord. Get caught up in
finishing your course with joy. Get caught up in the glorious hope
that's ahead. For that hope is enough to make anyone--under any
circumstances--leap for joy!
Thats all flocks our god will help us
Be still before the Lord
Wait Patiently for him
Now all we have to do is praise our awesome god when we have such thougts as you have
two gifts
1.shall receive an hundredfold
2.shall inherit everlasting life
with love and prayers
shobith
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