This Week With Jesus

                                                                                           Prayer plays a vital role in our relationship with God. When we engage in heartfelt prayer, we open the doors for divine intervention in our lives, our families and our land. Prayer is not merely reciting words but a posture of seeking and communicating with the Almighty. Through prayers we express our deepest desires, concerns and gratitude to God. As believers we have the incredible opportunity to bring about transformation through our prayers. Today we all bring our concerns and thanks to God as we pray.  Eddzzz says - Please pray my loved one’s medication comes in to today. Please pray he will focus on rebuilding his health. A Pastors family in India requests p...

                                            Out in the highways and byways of life, Many are weary and sad; Carry the sunshine where darkness is rife, Making the sorrowing glad. Make me a blessing, Make me a blessing. Out of my life may Jesus shine; Make me a blessing, O Savior, I pray. Make me a blessing to someone today. Have you ever heard this hymn? It was introduced in Sunday schools in 1924 and music added a decade later. These simple words are often used to challenge believers to make their lives useful to God. Today, let's try and understand this simple yet powerful hymn and how we can implement it in our lives. blessing can be defined as conferring prosperity, approval, or happiness. But what does it mean for a person to be a blessing? Perhaps this means that through our actions we help bring happiness and peace to those around us. It's not about money. Even someone who...

Read 2 Kings 6 verses 11- 23.  The quoted story can be a lesson in strategy or a lesson in Jesus' life.  Pastor David Jacobs expands on these verses with this explanation:    "When I was in middle school, there was a boy that was much bigger than everyone else, and wow, he was a bully! He would really pick on other students and even hurt them, but he was so big nobody dared to stand up to him. He was equally as terrible to teachers, but I remember after school one day I noticed him red in the face, wiping tears from his eyes. Although he was so big, when he broke down he was like anyone else. That student was awful in my teacher's class, but my teacher put his arm around him, comforted him, and took him into his office so that other people could not see. After that, the student behaved quite well in that class, although I wish I could say the same about other classes!" "My teacher's compassion to a person that had constantly troubled him humbled the terrible ...

 

Man does nothing without a reason. President Dieter Uchtdorf once said ... "what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become" . He was speaking about how and why we love God. So, the question today is - why do we love God and Jesus? Is the reason temporal or eternal? If eternal, are we really so concerned about life and death after we have died here, a state we cannot see today. Or are we more concerned about the business of life today. Why we love God, Jesus and His Holy Spirit is a very personal question, different for each one of us. An anonymous writer says this- "I was recently asked Why I love God, His only Son and His word? It is quite simple really. Because I am not satisfied with what I have in this world today. I want to be in a world where I can play with a lion, run with the deer, walk where I want without the fear of being hurt. A world where there is no si...

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Forgiveness, kindness, communications of love, between acquaintances, friends and relatives cannot be left for another day, it may be too late. Sometimes we, being carried away by the business of life, job and activities, do not have time to talk to close friends and  relatives who we may have spent life with. We keep putting it off, with long absences. One day, suddenly, we get the news that the relative died giving no one time to say goodbye. This situation is familiar to millions of people during covid and happens all the time around the world. The net result is lifelong regrets and self blame. Similar situations can happen in our relationship with Jesus and God and His Holy Spirit. God waits for our attention everyday, and every hour. But many of us, keep searching for a convenient time and place. The learning...

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching . – Francis of Assisi The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor – Charles Stanley Jesus’ mission is not to make converts, and it never has been. His mission is to make disciples. – Jim Putnam It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor. – Martin Luther The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has stood so much bad preaching. – A.T. Robertson We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first. – Oswald J. Smith Revival is when God gets so sick and tired of being misrepresented that He shows Himself . – Leonard Ravenhill God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. – Hudson Taylor The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: life is a story about me. – Donald Miller The world needs Christians who don’t tolerate the complacency of their own lives. – Francis Ch...