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For Peace and rest read Matt

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Matt 11
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

… 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

 

In Anger read these verses from the Holy Bible

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Colossians 3:8 – But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

Colossians 3:21 – Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 – Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
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Ephesians 4:26 – In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry

Ephesians 4:31-32 – Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Hebrews 10:30 – For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

James 1:19,20 – My dear brothers, take note of this. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Psalm 30:5 – For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalm 37:8 – Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret – it leads only to evil.

Psalm 145:8 – The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

Romans 12: 19-21 – Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Nehemiah 9:17 – They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them.

Matthew 5:22 – “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.”

Proverbs 14:17 – A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.

Proverbs 15:1- A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:18 – A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32 – Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:11 – A man’s wisdom gives him patience, it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 21:19 – Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

Proverbs 22:24-25 – Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

Proverbs 27:4 – Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy.

Proverbs 29:22 – An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

Drinking water – Cause

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This has become a burning fire inside of me as I see and read about all the issues here around me.
Why am I doing this ? Because I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and together we can do much more for the community , City and country.

Water Shortage is the Biggest Challenge here in my city and in India.

Especially drinking water. Power supply is also effected majorly because of water shortage and that’s another monster to deal with and many of you know about the power cuts here in Andhra Pradesh and other states. Power cut for 5- 10 hrs a day. In the peak summer its very difficult to survive not only to bear the heat, but the power cut effects all industries in the country.

I am not a politician/minister who can reform the law or hold a high position in the state department and make necessary changes to make sure there are no leakages of precious water around the city and come up with better solutions to harvest rain water and to store that water for use later during the year.Protect water spills and many other things that could be done. Work more effectively to keep thief’s and unapproved water connections in check.

But what I can do is gather up saints and Pray to God , because he is able to give rains and change the system inside out that otherwise is corrupted.Isn’t it a shame that a country full of engineers and super intelligent people cannot do anything , but just comment and compromise with the current conditions and system around us.

All things are possible for God. You can pray to make a difference , so I request you to join me in this time of need.if you are not in India , but are moved by our condition please say a prayer for us , so the most merciful God will provide for us.

Invite prayer warriors , intercessors ,believers and those who has a heart for this cause. Even if it is spending only 2 minutes of your day in prayer for this need. Please Join me.

Happy Easter – Jesus Christ is Living God

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Pictures of Garden Tomb in Jerusalem

 

Luke 24:6

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee

Matt 28:6

He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.

“Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep”
(1 Corinthians 15a:20)

Matt 16:6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Luke 24:34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”

Luke 24: 44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Pictures of the Empty Tomb

 

Jesus is risen indeed …we should have a day to day personal experience with the risen and living God. what’s next and how do we understand..read Romans 6

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.
10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Wish you a Happy Easter …rejoice and Be glad and celebrate the Risen Lord Today and forever

Jesus THE BLOOD Atonement

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The Last Supper – Matt 26:17-19 , Mark 14:12-16 , Luke 22:7-13

 17On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

  23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

Below are the pictures of the Upper Room in Jerusalem 

The Lord’s Table unites everyone Christ has redeemed by His blood “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev. 5:9)

Prayer in Garden

30And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

 

The word gethsamane means an Olive press … Jesus would often come to the garden he would kneel and pray .In the upper room he had the last supper

Prayer in Garden

 

36Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. 40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

 These are the pictures from garden of Gathsemane on Mt.Olives in Jerusalem

 

 

 Matt 26:26,28 — “This is my body” ; ” Drink from it , all of you ” For this is My blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
THE BLOOD, Jesus used the occasion of the passover meal to inaugurate the New Covenant. The Symbolism of the passover meal under the Old Covenant is fully satisfied through Christ’s crucifiction.The bread represents His body, which would be given and the cup His blood which would be shed for the forgiveness of sins.A new and eternal bond is estabished by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:25 –Whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, throu faith to demonstrate His righteousness,because in His forbearance God had passed over tthe sins that were previoulsy commited.

Thank you Jesus for the atoning sacrify once and for all. Thanks for cleaning my sins, for forgiveness and for bringing me into your righteousness.

Glory to your Holy Name.

 

 

Hosanna in the highest

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Last night I lay a sleeping, There came a dream so fair,
I stood in old Jerusalem Beside the temple there.
I heard the children singing, And ever as they sang,
Me thought the voice of angels From Heav’n in answer rang;
 
  “Jerusalem! Jerusalem! 
  Lift up your gates and sing,
  Hosanna in the highest
  Hosanna to your King!”
 
 
And then me thought my dream was chang’d,
The streets no longer rang,
Hush’d were the glad hosannas The little children sang.
The sun grew dark with mystery, The morn was cold and chill,
As the shadow of a cross arose Upon a lonely hill,
As the shadow of a cross arose Upon a lonely hill.
 
 
  “Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
  Hark! how the angels sing,
  Hosanna in the highest,
  Hosanna to your King.”
 
 
And once again the scene was chang’d,
New earth there seem’d to be,
I saw the Holy City Beside the tideless sea;
The light of God was on its streets,
The gates were open wide,

And all who would might enter, And no one was denied.
No need of moon or stars by night, Or sun to shine by day,
It was the new Jerusalem, That would not pass away,
It was the new Jerusalem, That would not pass away.
 
  
“Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
  Hark! how the angels sing,
  Hosanna in the highest,
  Hosanna to your King.”

 

 

Transfiguration of Jesus Christ

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Mount Tabor where the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ of Nazareth believed to have happened — Luke 9:28-36

28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.

29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.

30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.

31 They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.

32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

33 As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)

34 While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”

36 When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.

 

 View of the village {Bedouin village Shibli}  from Top of the Mountain …Amazing Views !!!!

Chruch of Transfiguration Entrance

 View of the agricultural fields from Mt.Tabor

 Chruch Architecture …Everything on Mt.Tabor is breath taking .

 View of the Church Inside. Beautiful Paintings . Jesus Christ in White in the center with Moses and Elijah on either side and Disciples watching.

 

 View of the Main Chapel … a small group had a worship service when I was there. So could not go close enough as service was in progress. I sat by the entrance to listen to the service but it was some european language …couldnt understand a word …but amazing peace listening to God’s word in such a place like this …unknown language felt sweet as honey ….Hallelujah !!!!!

Mount Tabor is located in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Sea of Galilee, in Israel

Elevation 575 m (1,886 ft)

 

Accessibility

Mount Tabor is located off of Highway 65, and its summit is accessible by personal vehicle via Shibli’s access road. The peak itself is also traversed by the Israel National Trail.

Nowadays the reaching the top of the mountain itself does not demand great effort, but before circa 1,600 years ago one had to walk up no less than 4,340 stairs in order to arrive at the peak of the mountain.

Walking paths

There are two paths: the long track, which starts from the Bedouin village Shibli, length is about five kilometers long and a short nature track of about 2.5 kilometers at the summit.

The track which surrounds the mountain passes in well-developed Mediterranean woodlands. the color marking alternates to green at the eastern part of the track. Behind the monastery its possible to see remnants from the First Jewish–Roman War. In the path there is a view of the Jezreel Valley, Mount Gilboa, Samaria mountains, Mount Carmel, the Golan Heights, Gilead, the Lower Galilee and the Upper Galilee. On days with good visibility one could also see the Mount Hermon.

Israel National Trail goes up the mountain from mount Tabor the Gazit junction and the Shibli village, surrounding the summit and descends across the Arab village of Daburiyya towards the Nazareth mountains.

 

100 Shekel

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A shekel is a biblical measure of weight equal to .4 ounces or 11.4 grams.

Shekels were the standard unit of weight like the pound or gram is today.

Shekels are typically used in reference with monetary value – silver, gold, barley and fl…our. There is an exception to this when speaking about Goliath. His armor is mentioned to weight 5,000 shekels and his iron spearhead weighed 600 shekels.

For those who are curious but don’t want to do the math, that’s 125 (57 kg) pounds of armor and a 15 pound (6.8 kg) spearhead.

Key to Prayer

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Breakthrough Prayer 1 – The Key

1. What is the Key to breakthrough prayer?

It is persevering in prayer until there is breakthrough. Breakthrough Prayer: The Secret of Receiving What You Need from God
We see this in the following scripture:
Matthew 7:7-8 King James Version (KJV)
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:


8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

It is asking, seeking, and knocking until the answer is received, found, or opened.
It is being so obsessed with getting something that a person never gives up until God responds.
The words ask, seek, and knock are in the present tense. A person is to keep on asking, keep on seeking, and keep on knocking. He is to persist in prayer.
The words receive, find, and open are also in the present tense (Matthew 7:8). This shows that the answer to prayer is more than just a promise for the future.
This means the person who perseveres in prayer possesses the answer now. Perhaps the thing has not yet happened, but by faith the believer knows that God has heard his prayer

2. There are Several Lessons taught by Christ about prayer.
a. True prayer is persevering prayer, it is breakthrough prayer. God expects all of our prayers to be persevering. When we sense a real need to pray, we not only ask, but we seek and knock. We pray, really pray.
b. Prayer is to be often. Christ commanded prayer. He pointedly said: “Ask…seek…knock.” And, as pointed out above, He demanded that we pray often and pray with intensity.
c. The answers to our prayers are assured (Matthew 7:9-10)
Matthew 7:9-10 King James Version (KJV)
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
James 1:5 King James Version (KJV)
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Matthew 7:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Ephesians 3:20 King James Version (KJV)
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
d. The thing wanted must be in God’s will. It must not be asked from selfish desires and motives. God gives only what is good and wholesome for us
1 John 5:14-15 King James Version (KJV)
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
James 1:17 King James Version (KJV)


17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
James 4:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
e. True prayer, persevering prayer, acknowledges our dependence upon God. When we are genuinely in need, we come to God and ask and seek and knock. This has been the experience of all believers time and again.