PROMISE MESSAGE FOR THE NEW YEAR 2003
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?.HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO…” :John 14:12
NOTE: Kindly read the Bible verses mentioned along with the article
OUTLINE
1.POWER
2.PRECEPTS
3.PROMISE
4.PLACE
5.PEACE
6.PARACLETE
7.PROCLAMATION
THE MESSAGE
MEDITATIONS FROM JOHN CHAPTER 14
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?.HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO…” :John 14:12
1.POWER
John 14:12 Mark 16:15-18 Acts 2:17-18 Acts 4:29-31 Luke 4:18
The Lord wants to use His people mightily in this hour with signs and wonders. Satan thinks He can stop the growth of the Kingdom of God by persecution but God will empower His people to perform mighty miracles and confirm His Word with signs following. All those who are hungry for God and desire to be used by Him will be blessed with a mighty anointing to bring deliverance to the captives of demonic oppression.
2.PRECEPTS
John 14:15, 21, 23-25 Matthew 7:21-27
The Lord wants His people to obey His commandments diligently and demonstrate their genuine love for Him. The proof of passion lies in practicing His precepts. The Lord will shower His blessings on all those who would take His commandments seriously and obey them carefully. He will reveal himself to them and dwell with them with His rich presence. Let us be diligent in obeying the Lord in this New Year and enjoy His abundant blessings .
3.PROMISE
John 14:13-14 John 16:23-24
The Lord promises that He will do whatever we ask in His name so that the Father will be glorified in the Son . He wants our joy to be full by receiving what we ask from Him. We must be careful to ensure that our petitions will bring glory to God. We must avoid asking anything with evil and selfish motives that will bring dishonour to the Lord. The Lord will surely grant the desires of His people when we seek His blessings with a pure heart. Let us reach out to God to receive all the blessings that He has promised to us in this hour.
4.PLACE
John 14:2-3 Philippians 3:20 Hebrews 11:13 I Peter 2:11
The Lord is preparing a place for His children and He will come back to take them to be with Him forever. The Lord wants His children to realize that their citizenship is in heaven. We are only strangers and pilgrims in this world. The Lord does not want His children to be so attached to the material things of this world that they lose their passion for the Kingdom of God. He wants to remind us that we do not belong to this world although we live in this world. Let us focus on the things of God in this hour with the realization that the Lord Himself is preparing a place for us in eternity.
5.PEACE
John 14 : 27 , 1 , 18 John 16 : 33 Philippians 4:4
The Lord wants His children to be filled with His peace in this hour. The peace which the Lord gives is not the peace which the world gives which is dependent on external circumstances. The Lord wants us to experience His own peace which He had in his heart when he lived in this world. He wants us to enjoy His Divine peace even when we face persecution and tribulation . We must rejoice in the Lord always. Let us not allow our hearts to be troubled and filled with fear in this hour.
6.PARACLETE
John 14:16,17,26 John 16: 7-15
The Lord wants His children to experience an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit in this hour. The Holy Spirit is the divine comforter –Paraclete. The Holy Spirit will comfort us in times of sorrow , encourage us in times of discouragement and motivate us to keep on going when we feel like giving up. The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth and reveal Christ to us . He will also convict of sin ,righteousness and judgement. His presence in our lives is equivalent to the physical presence of Jesus. Let us enter into an intimate fellowship with the Holy Spirit as we face the challenges of this hour .
7.PROCLAMATION
John 14:6 Acts 4:17-20 Acts 5:24 ,28-29 , 38-42
The Lord wants His children to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a renewed zeal and fervour in this hour. Jesus has proclaimed ?Iam the way , the truth and the life . No man cometh to the Father but by me ? The Lord wants us to proclaim the gospel with simplicity and clarity without diluting the truth. The early church faced many obstacles in proclaiming the gospel. The authorities forbid them from preaching about the Lord Jesus Christ. But the apostles refused to obey their commands choosing to obey God rather than men. The attempt to prevent the gospel from spreading within Jerusalem failed miserably and today the gospel of Jesus Christ has spread all over the world. The Lord wants us to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in this hour with a renewed commitment and dedication and a willingness to face any persecution and suffering for the Lord Jesus Christ . Let us proclaim the gospel to this needy world and multiply our efforts to win souls in this hour.
