TO BE A PRINCESS......

"Once in a kingdom, there lived a king. The king had a beautiful little daughter. She loved wearing her little golden shiny crown which had sparkling stones of white and red. She had everything she wanted. She had frocks of red, blue, pink and white with cute ribbons on it and Golden shoes decorated with silver strings. The king loved His precious little daughter more than anything that he was ready to lose His kingdom for her. But the little princess was not really happy......you know why?!........." ha!.....what do i see?! Hmm...eager lil childlike faces reading their bedtime story....! I am not going to tell you the story now! But i need to tell you something that is really really important!!!

Everyone loves stories! whether its being read or heard!! I love to hear them, even if i have heard it 100 times before. I have read and heard a number of fairy tales. I remember fighting for the books in the school library. Lol! Hahah!....We wer adorable lil ones dressed in cute maroon pinafore!! Every little girl would have dreamt of becoming a princess! you know, with a shiny golden tiara, a beautiful sparkling long gown and a fantancy creature, may be a unicorn or a magic horse or a lil fairy!! I thought as a kid that becoming a princess or a fairy is kind of a miracle, a supernatural thing and i was convinced that it cannot happen in real life.
But one day, Christ, the miracle worker, the supernatural power found me, when i was a young ambitious teenager! He saved me through His priceless-sinless-precious-Holy blood and told me that i am His daughter!! And because i know that i am the daughter of the King of Kings, i am a PRINCESS FOR REAL and i don't need a crown or a royal robe to show or prove! :D Yeah!! I am the beloved daughter of the Most High King Lord Jesus!!! The apple of His eye!!

Jesus loves everybody! Yes! He loves you too, even if it is hard for you to believe! He shows no partiality. He doesn't have any favorites. He loves each and everyone with the same unfailing love!! The blood that was shed on that cross was for everybody. Oh! Taste and see the love of the everlasting Father!! He is calling you with His wide-opened arms, ready to comfort you with His embrace and to bless you and to pour His Grace and goodness on you beyond your imagination!! Yes! YOU!!

Our God took the crown of thorns so that we should wear a golden crown with pearls and gems on it. His garments were taken so that we should wear a spotless holy white robe when we go to Him. He walked carrying the cross so that we should walk in the golden streets of heaven. He was given a sour drink so that we should drink the living water. He heard all the spiteful talk so that we should not be hurted by any spiteful tongue. He took all the shame so that we should boldly enter His gates with our heads lifted high. He bore all the pain so that we should never feel pain. He suffered because He loves us so much and He cannot watch us suffer. His sweat was shed as blood because He never wants to see us with tears even at times when we can't stop them rolling down and He wants to give us the everlasting happiness. He took all the wounds for us to be healed. He stood in between the thieves for our souls to stand secured. He was nailed at calvary so that we should be free!! The only JUST God was made sinful for us to be called 'righteous'. He died in our place so that we should LIVE eternally!! He paid everything on that cross!!! Telelestai! PAID IN FULL INDEED!!

Even today, the Living God, who rose up from death and won victory over it, the ALPHA and the OMEGA, wants you to realize who you are!! The king of kings is ready to adopt you and call you and treat you and bless you as His dearest princess!! But are you ready to go to Him and give your life?! Think about it!

Continuing in the royal position as a princess is not always easy. Sometimes we may have to go through circumstances that make us think we are not, even if we are people with extra-ordinary faith. But i tell you that its because of those situations of pain, loss, suffering, shame and failure, we find 'the real princess' in us! Be happy for all those hard times and don't dare to leave God and try things on your own. He will never leave you. If He brought you to it then He will bring you through it. Remember, valleys take us to the next peak. 'Wilderness' experiences, lead us to the land of milk and honey. People around you will know that the Spirit of the Most High God dwells in you, when you really walk with Christ! His light will shine forth to reveal His glory!! You shall lack nothing as you declare with all your heart that you are the daughter of the king of kings. Always have a heart of gratitude, giving thanks in everything, even when things don't happen our way. GOD'S AGENDA is not our agenda!! His wisdom is unsearchable and He knows what He is doing even if we don't understand His ways. Altogether for good!

We have to understand that we have been called to live a royal life in Christ, right from the time we received the spirit of adoption to call God as our Father, the very second we decided to follow Jesus. The enemy knows that we were created for royal greatness and tries continually to keep us from understanding it and puts us into situations were its hard to beleive that God is with us.  Success as a princess depends on the life we lead carrying the name of Jesus and fulfilling the desires of Our King, doing His will and remaining as a witness to the end of the earth receiving His Holy spirit, abandoning the sparkly and shiny things that demand our attention. Always remember, who we are in Christ and who Christ is in us!! Follow Him and trust Him in anything and everything! Work to seek the unseen kingdom and His righteouness to be a crown of glory and a royal diadem in the hands of the Lord. Make use of the oppurtunities. Jesus loves you!! Be the real Princess!! GBU! To God, all the glory!! Amen.
#IamaRealPrincessIndeed
~Blessed Christian.

P.S : Sorry for the incomplete story in the beginning. That was a self-made-up story...hehe....The rest of the story is left for your 'make-up'. Lol!! :D :D

THE BIBLE IS NOT A STORY BOOK!

The Holy Bible is full of great promises God has made to His children. Yeah! That's us!!
The Bible has 66 books and it is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. I happened to hear from a well-known preacher, a wonderful example for how the Bible was written.
A space shuttle, with its crew, is in the space and it is operated as per the instructions given by the crew in the ground station. Now, the operation is performed by the hands of the people in the space shuttle, but what they operate is determined by the people in the ground station. Similarly, the Bible was written by 40 God chosen people as told and guided by the Holy Spirit. The authors of the Bible used their language and style to write (hands used to operate the shuttle in space) but as directed by the Holy Spirit( instructions from the ground station).
Even though the Bible was written by different authors in different periods of time, we can find coherence between the books in the Bible. Every book in the Bible is interconnected. This is another proof to display that the main author was the God Almighty and all the 40 authors were led by the same Holy Spirit.

Do you know that the Holy Bible was the first book that was 'printed'? Yes! It was. You could find the geneology of people told in the Bible which other Holy books fail to tell. This gives a proof that the Bible is not a story book that was written through imagination!

The Bible is not 'something' that was printed in black ink on white paper. It's the truth and it's God's word. The words in the Bible are pure without impurity. Absolutely, no human error has crept into the book of God's word.

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psalm 12:6).

Bible is not a book that is supposed to be kept in libraries or in home shelves or inside the locker since it is a Holy book. This book is something that has to be kept in the HEART.

Let not mercy and TRUTH forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:3,4).

This Bible book is filled with prophecies about the future of the world as told by God ordained prophets not by their will but by the Holy Spirit.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation. For prophecy never came by the will of man, but Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20, 21).

The Bible teaches us the kind of life that we are supposed to live, making us righteous to live according to God's will and eligible for eternal life.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

How should we read the Bible?!
We are supposed to read it with faith.
We are supposed to read it with Godly fear. We have to read to obey.
We should read to share!

We are going to be judged in the heavens only by God's word!! Not by sword but by the word of God.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).

The word of God will cleanse us, sanctify us and qualify us. This 'treasure book' will make us a special treasure in God's sight. Let the Word-God who became flesh be born in your hearts! Amen! GBU!

How sweer are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. (Psalm 119: 103).
Eating the word of God!!
~Blessed Christian.

WHY ME....?!

Many times when we aspire to live for Christ and when we work with zeal and faith for God, we are put into tests. In pain we cry out asking 'why ME....?'. Sometimes we will not be able to understand the reason for our troubles. Our hearts begin to analyse our deeds and they keep trying to prove innocent. But who are we to doubt God's ways?!! Oh no!!

When i consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? (Psalm 8:4).

My dear child of God, are you sitting in the ashes and asking to yourself, "why did this happen to me?!...., Ow! why did I lose my dear one?!". Let me remind you the life of Job.
Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity. (Job 2:10).
Job lost everything including his loving children. Job never did understand why he had suffered; he felt bitter, but he never turned away from God. Job was convinced that someday, God would rescue him. He was sure that oneday God would bring to limelight his innocence.
I know that my savior lives, and at the end He will stand on this earth. My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God. Yes, I will see Him for myself, and I long for that moment! (Job 19:25-27).

Think about the life of Joesph. He was hated by his brothers, put into a pit for no reason, sold as a slave , accused for a wrong thing that he didn't do. But he knew that Lord will reveal openly that the almighty God is with him. The Bible says,
Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. (Psalm 105:19).

We cannot understand or doubt the ways of the Lord. We need to learn to praise and thank God for anything and everything that comes in our lives. Every time we go through loss, pain and suffering, we must strive to REJOICE. Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God.~Sam Storms.
Let me tell you that My Heavenly Father is perfect in His ways! Always!!yes!!

Temptations and trials are WONDERFUL times to get closer to our creator.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. (James 1:12).

Even if loss and situations have broken your heart into pieces, God is able to create a masterpiece out of your shattered life. So its too often in the details of life that we see God's beautiful work so clearly displayed.At times, we may be tempted to worry about things both big and small. But I say with sureness that we can rest assured even in the midst of the trials and challenges. God is able to work something in and through our lives, including the difficult areas, more beautiful than we ever imagined.

Hardships and challenges serve only to polish us! As said by Charles Spurgeon, Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls. At the times of trials we are supposed to sit and understand the power of our God in quietness.

Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil. (Psalm 90:15).

One word, one touch from God can change our lives. One look of God can change your situations upside down. Oh! All you who labor and are heavy laden, come to Jesus, the river of love! He will give you rest.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.(Philippians 4:7).

I could tell of God's love forever!!
~Blessed Christian.

WHY DO 'WORSHIP CONCERTS' BECOME 'ROCK CONCERTS'?!

Nowadays, people who call themselves as christians hardly read the Bible. The christian world today is in a pitiable situation without knowing to discriminate the right and the wrong, the evil and the good as they fail to read the scripture. We see people with more 'fashion' and less 'passion'. Just because the country is getting westernized, we cannot take it for granted that everything that the world provides in the name of 'christianity' is Holy. THE THINGS THAT THE BIBLE CALLS AS SIN IS 'SIN'.
There is a great need for the spread of gospel and on the other hand a spiritual spanking is required. The scene that is created in the name of 'worship concerts' is pathetic. Its heartbreaking to know that the ONE who needs to be focussed and exalted is FORGOTTEN and its more pathetic when these people call themselves as 'God freaks'. 

We cannot keep playing in the fire guys!! The result is going to be miserable unless or until we walk according to God's word. There is mercy if we turn from our evil ways and sanctify ourselves allowing God to work in our lives. The Lord is compassionate and merciful(James 5:11) but most of us forget at times that He is the also called as the 'CONSUMING FIRE'.( Hebrews 12:29).

Worship is praising God with all our hearts, presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice before the Lord, laying our lives before Him and honoring the God who died for us, thanking Him for everything not just by lips but with FULL heart. Worship should be acceptable with reverence and godly fear.(Hebrews 12:28).
Certainly i say, we will be able feel GOD'S presence abundantly in this kind of worship and we will be filled with the HOLY SPIRIT. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!!! (Psalm 29:2).The actions of a worshipper should come from a his/her dedicated heart.

Eardrum-breaking loud screeching music or eye-spoiling fancy lights or leg-fracturing dance are not compulsorily needed to worship the Lord!!! Nothing is wrong with the music or the lights or the dance. But worship can never become a performance.The problem arises ONLY when all those things become the focus and identity of a worship concert. The question is why do 'worship concerts' become 'rock concerts'?! I mean, why should they?!!

On the other hand, it's important to explore the lyrics before we listen to any 'so-called' christian music. It is important to cross check the lyrics and the person who sings it with the scripture before we listen to them.
If we spend more time in reading the Bible and understanding the scripture, then God will help us to differentiate the evil and the good. We will be able to say 'Hey! this thing is not of God!!', when His words abide in us.
Let us make one thing clear. We cannot follow the world and Jesus. We can never serve two masters.(Mathew 6:24). Let us be followers of people who truly follow CHRIST. Let followers of Christ be our inspiration, imitating Jesus in our ways. Jesus will help us to lead a Holy life! Yea!! If we choose to follow Jesus then there is no turning back!

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And donot be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.(Romans 12:1,2).

The Bible says its impossible to see God without Holiness( Hebrews 12:14). We will never be able to enjoy the eternal life, without living according to His will!!
"Not everyone who say to me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My father in heaven".(Mathew 7:21).
By no means I am trying to prove that i am extra Holy. I am not judging either. But i have Christ in me who is authoritative in His teachings and judging is His business!!
~Blessed Christian.

WHAT THE LORD SEES?!!

The Lord always looks for a leader whose heart(inward purpose) is in tune with His own. What would it be?! Like DAVID, it would be a young shepherd who loved singing psalms and skilled with the harp. More important, the shepherd's HEART was right.
People judge others by what they look like, but I judge people by what is in their hearts. (1 Samuel 16:7).
Time is never an obstacle to God. David even though he was anointed when Saul was on the throne, he shows no impatience to assert his right to the throne. He remains loyal even when abused. He knew that God will keep His promises on schedule.
God fulfills every letter of His promises to His loved ones in ways that are beyond our understanding. We can rest at ease knowing that God is always incharge of us. No evil plan can separate us from the love of God.
We must look deep into realism instead of accepting only the outward sense of things.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone. (Psalm 118:22)
People, the world used to regard as "outsiders" turn out to be God's finest "insiders". See how David was treated. He was not even invited by his own family to the feast. He was forgotten and considered insignificant. But God didnot forget Him. He knew his heart and so He chose him to be the king of His own people.

So dont judge anyone until the Lord returns. He will show what is hidden in the dark and what is in everyone's heart. Then God will be the one who praises each one of us. (1 Corinthians 4:5).

The Lord was the one who chose Moses even though he was slow of speech and slow of tongue. He chose Paul who was once Saul. Depend fully on God and delight in His word ALONE!!

I pray that God, one who gives peace, will make you completely Holy. And may your spirit, soul and body be kept healthy and faultless until our Lord Jesus Christ returns. The one who chose you can be trusted, and He will do this. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)

God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty. (1 Corinthians 1:27).
The one who brought us out of the horrible pit and miry clay, will set our feet upon the rock. Learn that just as time doesnt limit God's plans, neither does anything else.God can use the most ordinary things to get His work done. He can use you too!!!
Never try to project yourselves better than you are 'actually'. Come to Jesus just as you are. He is our master and He will qualify and mould us to fulfill His will.
As He says in Jeremiah,
"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" Says the Lord. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel" (Jeremiah 18:6).
As Ron Kenoly sings, "If You can use anything Lord, You can Use me!!".
~Blessed Christian.