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Do Likewise!

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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. [ Ephesians 4:32 KJV ] 

Forgiveness stands at the very heart of both the Old and the New Testament. As a race, we offended God and stood in need of His forgiveness. Yet forgiveness could not be granted casually; it required that the righteous demands of God be fully satisfied. And there was only one who could meet that standard—God Himself, revealed in His Son. Therefore, God chose to forgive us, not on the basis of our effort, our sacrifices, or anything we could ever offer, but solely on account of Jesus Christ. Consider this carefully: if nothing humanity did—from the days of Abel to the days of Zechariah—was sufficient to appease God, then it is certain that nothing we can do after the death of Jesus can make amends. This is why self-reliance fails us, and why every one of us needs divine help. God forgave us in Christ Jesus, and in doing so, He left us a living pattern for how to forgive others. We have been forgiven an immeasurable debt in Christ; therefore, we are called to forgive the comparatively small offenses committed against us—no matter how large they may appear. We forgive because God forgave first. We forgive because He set the example. So we are exhorted to be kind and tenderhearted, just as Christ was, extending to others the same grace that has been so abundantly extended to us.

Prayer_Bead: Merciful Father, thank you for forgiving me on account of Jesus. 

Wisdom_Quote: To whom much is given, much is required. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for paying the price for my wrong doings. I acknowledge and accept you as Lord and Saviour. 

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Does Jesus know you?

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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [ Matthew 7:21 NIV ]

In many evangelistic meetings today, the sinner’s prayer is often presented as though it were a magic wand. People are urged to repeat certain words, to make a declaration, and then are quickly assured that they have accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with praying the sinner’s prayer. Scripture itself affirms confession as essential to salvation. Romans 10:9–10 clearly teaches that salvation involves confessing with the mouth. However, the problem arises when the prayer is treated as sufficient in itself. The same passage that speaks about confession places equal, if not greater, emphasis on believing in the heart. In God’s order, belief precedes confession. The mouth speaks because the heart has first been persuaded. Where there is no genuine heart-belief, the confession becomes empty—mere words without life or substance. This means that a mouth that declares the lordship of Jesus simply because it was instructed to do so, without an inward conviction, has no true connection with Him. To such people, Jesus Himself issues a sobering warning: “I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” (Matthew 7:23). These are not words spoken to pagans, but to those who claimed His name without surrendering their hearts. God is not merely seeking verbal assent; He is calling for a response of the heart—one that produces a tangible transformation in life and conduct. True faith begins with a willingness to yield our will to Christ. If we truly believe that Jesus is Lord, then surrender is not optional; it is inevitable. Lordship demands ownership, and ownership demands submission. In the end, Jesus knows only those who believe in Him in truth and demonstrate that belief through wholehearted surrender. Even now, He stands at the door of your heart, knocking by the conviction of the Holy Spirit. This is not a call to recite words, but an invitation to open the door. Open it. Yield to Him. Let Him be Lord indeed.

Prayer_Bead: Father of All Things, thank you for the grace to surrender to Jesus in all things. 

Wisdom_Quote: Salvation starts with the heart, not with the mouth. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, I am fully persuaded that you are Lord. Rule and reign in my life from today henceforth. I surrender to you in all things.  

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Jesus—the laboratory of God

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So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, [ Galatians 3:26 NIV ]

All of humanity was alienated from God through the disobedience of Adam. In that single act of rebellion, we forfeited our right to sonship and became strangers to the life of God. Separation became our inheritance. Yet God, who is love, could not abandon what He had created. At the same time, He could not accommodate corruption without violating His own nature and word. So across generations, God worked patiently through human vessels, calling hearts back to Himself. Prophets spoke, laws were given, sacrifices were offered—but none could fully restore what had been lost. Humanity remained unable to bridge the gulf created by sin. Then, in the fullness of time, God did what no one else could do. He came down Himself. He paid the price for our disobedience and our wandering. This redemptive work was carried out in God’s own “laboratory”—the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. In Christ, the full weight of God’s justice fell upon humanity, and justice was satisfied. Yet in that same Christ, humanity was reconciled back to a loving Father. Because humanity did not personally bear the punishment for its own sin, God instituted a spiritual system by which we could lawfully access what we did not accomplish. That system is faith. Through faith, God grants us entitlement to what Jesus did, as though we had done it ourselves. His obedience becomes our obedience. His righteousness becomes our righteousness. Therefore, through Jesus Christ, all who believe are no longer aliens or outsiders. We are legitimate children of God—restored to sonship, reconciled by grace, and received through faith.

Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for the sacrifice of your Son Jesus. I am eternally grateful. 

Wisdom_Quote: Through faith in Jesus, we were grafted back into the family of God. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for paying the price for my sake. I surrender to your Lordship. Rule and reign in my life. 

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Your defining principle  

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Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, [ Philippians 3:13 NIV ]

Every great man or woman operates from a defining principle—a hidden conviction that governs every step and shapes every decision. The Apostle Paul, one of the greatest figures of the New Testament, openly reveals his governing secret. He declares that he forgets what lies behind and strains toward what lies ahead. This principle is echoed powerfully in Hebrews 12:1: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” This is not merely a suggestion; it is a divine blueprint for every believer. Because we are watched by witnesses—those who have run before us—we are instructed to lay aside every weight and every sin that restricts our movement. Only then are we able to run, and not just run, but run with perseverance. This is precisely what Paul practiced. The weight he cast aside was his past—his former life, his former identity, his former failures and achievements alike. He refused to be defined or delayed by what was behind him, choosing instead to press forward into what God had set before him. The same principle holds true for us today. When we deliberately push aside the weights that hold us back—whether past mistakes, past victories, or lingering guilt—and commit ourselves to the race ahead, the results are undeniable. Freedom produces focus. Focus fuels perseverance. And perseverance propels us into the future God has ordained for us.

Prayer_Bead: Father of all things, thank you for showing me this principle in your word. Help me to apply it to my life. 

Wisdom_Quote: Forget what is behind and strain for what is ahead. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for saving me from my past. I am a new creation through your redemptive work. I accept your forgiveness and receive your grace. 

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God uses the prepared

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If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. [ 2 Timothy 2:21 NIV ]

God does not discriminate against His children. He created us all, and He loves each of us without exception. If there is any sense of discrimination we experience, it is not from God—it is from ourselves. It is our identity that places us into different categories. God does not use anyone who does not bear His identity. This is where it would seem heaven discriminates. God uses those who purge themselves of anything that prevents them from becoming vessels of honour—sanctified, set apart, and fit for the Master’s use. In that sense, the difference between people is not favoritism; it is preparation and positioning. We therefore hold the power of choice. We decide whether our lives will be usable in the hands of God or not. God will use anyone who positions themselves to become a channel of His life. When we accept the identity of His Son and deliberately let go of our old identity, we make ourselves available for divine use. As we rid ourselves of what is not of God, we begin to look like God. And when we look like Him, we reflect Him. At that point, God does not need to announce that we are His—our lives will testify for us. People will recognize His nation because His nature is visible in us. Our responsibility, therefore, is to intentionally work on ourselves, to align our lives with His nature, so that it never appears as though God is discriminating against us. The truth is simple: God is always willing to use us, but He will only use what looks like Him.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for showing me what to do to be used for good works. 

Wisdom_Quote: God will only use what looks like Him. 

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me and save me. 

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The Light Burden

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For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. [Matthew 11:30 KJV]  

When the Lord Jesus invited people to come to Him, He did not speak in half-truths nor did He deceive them. He was profoundly honest. He acknowledged the weight people were already carrying—the crushing burdens of guilt, sin, fear, and weariness—and He offered real help. But He also made something unmistakably clear: His help does not remove responsibility; it replaces it. Jesus teaches us that burdens are unavoidable. You do not come to Him to live burden-free; you come to Him to exchange burdens. One cannot live without a yoke, but one can choose which yoke to carry. Many people spend their lives trying to escape every form of duty, every demand, every responsibility. Yet in running from responsibility, they find themselves pinned down by heavier, crueler burdens—burdens they never chose but cannot escape. All of humanity labored under the unbearable weight of sin. Into that reality, Jesus stepped with an offer of freedom and redemption. He called this gift a light burden. It is light not because it demands nothing, but because it gives life. It illuminates the soul. It frees the heart. And yet, it remains a burden, because it calls us into responsibility. To follow Christ means we no longer live for ourselves. It means our lives are no longer our own. As Galatians 2:20 declares, “I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” This is the holy exchange. This is the responsibility we embrace to enjoy the freedom our souls so desperately seek. The burden of Christ does not crush us—it carries us.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for your light burden that sets my soul free. 

Wisdom_Quote: The burden of Christ does not crush us, it carries us. 

Salvation Bead: Lord Jesus, I believe that you can take away my burden, I accept your gift because I believe that you died for me. Be my Lord today and forever. 

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The Power of Agreements 

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Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.  [Matthew18:19 KJV]  

In Genesis, when the people came together to build a tower that would reach the heavens and make a name for themselves, God did not immediately stop them. Instead, He made a profound observation: nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them, because they are one. Not one in strength, not one in resources—but one in mind, one in purpose, one in agreement. Jesus later echoes this same spiritual principle when He declares that if two or more agree on earth concerning anything, His Father in heaven will act. In other words, agreement on earth gives authorization to heaven. When we come into true agreement, we open the door for divine involvement. Heaven responds, heaven supplies, and heaven releases resources that earthly resistance cannot stop. Agreement is never merely human. Every agreement carries spiritual backing. Supernatural forces stand behind what we consent to, working to ensure its fulfillment. This is why agreements must never be entered into carelessly. You are not just shaking hands with a person—you are summoning power to enforce the outcome. Agreement attracts forces that push things to completion. So if you are not prepared for the end result, do not enter the agreement. Heaven endorses unity. Heaven honours alignment. Heaven moves when people agree. And this is also the good news: if you need something to happen, do not stand alone. Find someone who can agree with you in faith, in purpose, and in prayer. When heaven backs your agreement, the results will often be astonishing—beyond what human effort alone could ever achieve.

Prayer_Bead: Father thank you for the power of earthly agreements. Thank you for the tremendous results. 

Wisdom_Quote: The fool rushes carelessly into agreements 

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The Lean Diet of Christ

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But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” [ Matthew 4:4 NIV ]

Daniel, though exiled in Babylon, made a deliberate decision: he would live on the diet of Christ rather than the diet of the king. He was granted access to the finest food of the empire, yet he discerned that survival in Babylon required more than royal delicacies. He needed something deeper—something unseen—something the others were not privy to. So he chose restraint, faith, and obedience. And at the end of ten days, the verdict was unmistakable. The so-called “lean” diet proved superior to the rich portions of the king. Those who fed on faith appeared healthier, stronger, and better nourished than those who indulged in abundance (Daniel 1:15). By this hidden strength, Daniel did not merely survive Babylon—he lived in it as one who owned the city. This same diet sustained the Lord Jesus throughout His earthly life and ministry. When His disciples urged Him to eat in John 4:31, He replied, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” This is the lean diet of Christ: living on the Word of God and doing the will of God. And here is the divine paradox—those who live on this “lean” diet do not grow lean. They grow stronger. They grow fuller. They grow healthier in the deepest places of life. The lean diet of Christ addresses the real issues of life in the life of the one who commits to it. So get on that diet. Feed on Christ. Live by His Word; man shall not live by bread alone. Do His will. And watch Him sort out the issues of your life from the inside out.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to be on the diet of Christ.  

Wisdom_Quote: The lean diet of Christ cures leanness. 

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Think over it. 

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Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. [ 2 Timothy 2:7 NIV ]

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” — Matthew 13:9.
Jesus did not say this because sound was the problem. He said it because understanding was. Many would hear His words, but few would grasp their meaning. And it is on this foundation that Jesus introduces the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. Like all parables, it carries truth beneath the surface. Jesus Himself made it clear that parables conceal truth from outsiders, but to His disciples, the meaning is given. After telling the parable, Jesus carefully explains it. He tells us what the seed is—the Word of God—and what each kind of soil represents. When He explains the seed that fell along the path, He says these are people who hear the Word but do not understand it. Because there is no understanding, the enemy comes immediately and snatches the Word away. Notice the emphasis of Jesus: understanding. Then He speaks of the good soil. These are the people who hear the Word and understand it. That one difference—understanding—is what causes them to bear fruit. Not excitement. Not mere hearing. Not proximity to truth. Understanding! Fruitfulness begins where understanding begins. This is why the apostle Paul tells Timothy, “Think over what I say, and the Lord will give you understanding.” (2 Timothy 2:7). Understanding is given by the Lord, but it is invited by thinking. Revelation is God’s gift, but meditation is our responsibility. Jesus’ parable makes it clear: lasting fruit does not come from hearing alone. It comes from heard truth that has been understood. And understanding does not fall on a distracted mind. It is cultivated. So this word is for every believer who desires fruit that remains: do not rush past the Word. Do not treat Scripture as background noise. Think over what you read. Ponder what you hear. Stay with it. Wrestle with it. And as you do, the Holy Spirit will grant understanding. Don’t just hear the Word—think over it. Understanding will come. And where understanding lives, fruit will surely follow.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for showing me what to do so that the word of God will be productive in my life. 

Wisdom_Quote: Revelation is not automatic; it is granted. 

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The Father’s Love

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See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. [ 1 John 3:1 NIV ]

Children often resemble their parents—not by accident, but by origin. They come from them, and so the parent becomes the reference point for the child’s identity. Many times, you can tell who a person is by looking at their father, or recognize the father by looking at the child. Scripture tells us that the world does not know us because it does not know the One from whom we come. They fail to recognize us because they have no knowledge of our Father. If they had known Him, they would have known us—because our Father has lavished upon us the greatest love the world has ever known. That love is this: that we, sinful humanity—once depraved and cut off from the life of God—should be called children of God. Pause and feel the weight of that sacrifice. God, who knew no sin, became sin, so that through Him we might receive His life and dwell in intimate fellowship with Him. The dividing wall that stood between us was torn down, granting us access to the Father in the same way the Son has access. Therefore, we are children of God—not by human effort, not by the will of man, but because we have been born again by the will of God Himself.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to be called a child of God because I am. 

Wisdom_Quote: True love is in the details. 

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