Merry Christmas to you!! From today to December 31, the Manna will be "Under Construction" until December 31st.
Until then Happy New Year until January 1st, 2015. You all have a good holidays!
Love,
Dorothy and Tony Callies
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Never Be Thirsty - 12/24
John 4:14a, NCV "But who ever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty ..."
The story of Samaritan woman who came to the well to get the water pour into the pot. She would then carry the pot of water over her head or shoulder whatever she could carry the weight easily. But then that is when Jesus asked her for a water to drink.
From there, the Samaritan woman discovered that Christ was that living water and she wants to drink it forever and never have to thirst again. Do you ever get thirsty when there was a time when you got too busy for Christ? It is good to be reminded that Christ is our living water. Let us drink His Word.
SONG: SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER
Drinking at the springs of living water,
Happy now am I, My soul they satisfy;
Drinking at the springs of living water,
O wonderful and bountiful supply.
(John Willard Peterson, Sing His Praise)
The story of Samaritan woman who came to the well to get the water pour into the pot. She would then carry the pot of water over her head or shoulder whatever she could carry the weight easily. But then that is when Jesus asked her for a water to drink.
From there, the Samaritan woman discovered that Christ was that living water and she wants to drink it forever and never have to thirst again. Do you ever get thirsty when there was a time when you got too busy for Christ? It is good to be reminded that Christ is our living water. Let us drink His Word.
SONG: SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER
Drinking at the springs of living water,
Happy now am I, My soul they satisfy;
Drinking at the springs of living water,
O wonderful and bountiful supply.
(John Willard Peterson, Sing His Praise)
Monday, December 22, 2014
Be Strong 12/22-23
Ephesians 6:10, NCV "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his great power."
What does the Bible has to say about the spiritual warfare? What are we fighting about and how are we going to do that? Ephesians 6:11-12 gave us the answer.
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world."
Reading one story from the book called, "Jesus Freaks and The Voice of the Martyrs" from Albury Publishing, Tulsa, Oklahoma, touched my heart to where I would like to share this with you.
Her name is Liuba Ganevskaya and during 1970's she was arrested for her faith by the Russian Communists, was kept in a solitary cell, starved and beaten. They wanted her to give up her faith in Christ and give the names of other believers so the guard would beat her daily. Liuba has had enough and she was going to tell the guard to his face that he is a criminal.
But the Holy Spirit showed her something else. The Holy Spirit had Liuba noticed the guard was tired of beating her because if he failed to get any information from her, Stalin, the chief Communist dictator, would killed him along with 10,000 officers of his own secret police, which included three successive heads of the police. Just like the Christians they had persecuted!
Holy Spirit spoke to her, "You and your torturers pass through the same vale of tears." Luiba looked up at the guard who had already lifted his whip to beat her. She smiled. Stunned, he asked, "Why do you smile?"
The way Liuba explained to the guard caused him to put down his whip. She continued, "What burden so weighs on you that it drives you to the madness of beating a person who has done you no harm?" He had no answer. The torturer left that day a changed man.
The Holy Spirit has shown Luiba how to fight against the powers of this world's darkness. Her gentle spirit has won the guard's heart to Jesus. She did not fight him. Let us listen to the Holy Spirit:
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world."
May the Lord bless you today!
What does the Bible has to say about the spiritual warfare? What are we fighting about and how are we going to do that? Ephesians 6:11-12 gave us the answer.
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world."
Reading one story from the book called, "Jesus Freaks and The Voice of the Martyrs" from Albury Publishing, Tulsa, Oklahoma, touched my heart to where I would like to share this with you.
Her name is Liuba Ganevskaya and during 1970's she was arrested for her faith by the Russian Communists, was kept in a solitary cell, starved and beaten. They wanted her to give up her faith in Christ and give the names of other believers so the guard would beat her daily. Liuba has had enough and she was going to tell the guard to his face that he is a criminal.
But the Holy Spirit showed her something else. The Holy Spirit had Liuba noticed the guard was tired of beating her because if he failed to get any information from her, Stalin, the chief Communist dictator, would killed him along with 10,000 officers of his own secret police, which included three successive heads of the police. Just like the Christians they had persecuted!
Holy Spirit spoke to her, "You and your torturers pass through the same vale of tears." Luiba looked up at the guard who had already lifted his whip to beat her. She smiled. Stunned, he asked, "Why do you smile?"
The way Liuba explained to the guard caused him to put down his whip. She continued, "What burden so weighs on you that it drives you to the madness of beating a person who has done you no harm?" He had no answer. The torturer left that day a changed man.
The Holy Spirit has shown Luiba how to fight against the powers of this world's darkness. Her gentle spirit has won the guard's heart to Jesus. She did not fight him. Let us listen to the Holy Spirit:
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world."
May the Lord bless you today!
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Don't Worry 12/20-21
Philippians 4:6, NLT "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done."
Inspiration: This verse came from the booklet, God's promises for every day. What to do when you are in doubt about yourself. I was reading the book, Heaven's Heroes on the part about Adoniram Judson (1788-1850). Judson dedicated his life to the Lord and to world missions. In 1812, Judson and his new wife, Nancy, boarded ship as the first American missionaries.
They first came ashore in India, but circumstances lead them toward Burma. Landing in Rangoon, they met and teamed with William Carey's son Felix to reach the Burmese with the gospel. Often they study 12 hours a day to learn Burmese's language.
Then the war broke out between Burma and England, the Burmese government suspected all foreigners as spies and sentenced them all to a Burmese death prison. Staying in a prison over a year with no exercise and little food, they were forced to march out to different place. Several died on the way when it became too much for them to travel. Judson survived the journey. Sorrows came upon Judson when he lost his wife and two children. His second wife, died.
Judson went into a time of deep discouragement, then the new power of the Holy Spirit surged through Judson and he was refreshed to continue his preaching. In 1840, 28 years after landing in Burma, Judson completed his translation of the Burmese Bible and sent it to the press.
Judson went to America to speak. Judson met and married Emily who returned with him to Burma. Emily was a gifted writer and she helped him complete a Burmese dictionary in 1849. Despite the illness and death of family members, Judson held to his faith in God. He never lost sight of his vision to evangelize Burma.
As he stood against great odds, he was able to say, "The prospects are as bright as the promises of God." He left a valuable contribution to Burma: a Bible and a dictionary. This story of Judson as a missionary, faced the odds and still held on to his faith in God, this really touched my heart.
This was where God's promises quoted, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your heart and minds as you live in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7 NLT.
SONG: WONDERFUL PEACE
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
(W. D. Corell, Sing His Praise)
Inspiration: This verse came from the booklet, God's promises for every day. What to do when you are in doubt about yourself. I was reading the book, Heaven's Heroes on the part about Adoniram Judson (1788-1850). Judson dedicated his life to the Lord and to world missions. In 1812, Judson and his new wife, Nancy, boarded ship as the first American missionaries.
They first came ashore in India, but circumstances lead them toward Burma. Landing in Rangoon, they met and teamed with William Carey's son Felix to reach the Burmese with the gospel. Often they study 12 hours a day to learn Burmese's language.
Then the war broke out between Burma and England, the Burmese government suspected all foreigners as spies and sentenced them all to a Burmese death prison. Staying in a prison over a year with no exercise and little food, they were forced to march out to different place. Several died on the way when it became too much for them to travel. Judson survived the journey. Sorrows came upon Judson when he lost his wife and two children. His second wife, died.
Judson went into a time of deep discouragement, then the new power of the Holy Spirit surged through Judson and he was refreshed to continue his preaching. In 1840, 28 years after landing in Burma, Judson completed his translation of the Burmese Bible and sent it to the press.
Judson went to America to speak. Judson met and married Emily who returned with him to Burma. Emily was a gifted writer and she helped him complete a Burmese dictionary in 1849. Despite the illness and death of family members, Judson held to his faith in God. He never lost sight of his vision to evangelize Burma.
As he stood against great odds, he was able to say, "The prospects are as bright as the promises of God." He left a valuable contribution to Burma: a Bible and a dictionary. This story of Judson as a missionary, faced the odds and still held on to his faith in God, this really touched my heart.
This was where God's promises quoted, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your heart and minds as you live in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7 NLT.
SONG: WONDERFUL PEACE
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
(W. D. Corell, Sing His Praise)
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Calm and Quiet 12/17-19
Psalm 131:2 "I have calmed and quieted my soul."
In search of silence is to find a place that is perfectly quiet. A soul need a place to quiet our inner being, a place where God has our full attention. Looking at the translations, it was entirely new to me. I like what it says. It gives a beautiful illustration between you and God.
NLT: "But I have stilled and quieted myself, just as a small child is quiet with its mother. Yes, like a small child is my soul within me." Psalm 131:2
NCV: "But I am calm and quiet, like a baby with its mother. I am at peace, like a baby with its mother." Ps. 131:2
Inspiration: The Holy Spirit brought a line of song, "There is a place of quiet rest." And I search for that song that fits the line, Near to the Heart of God. Devotion fits well that God held us like a baby close to His heart and He wants us to be calm in His arms of love. He wants us to be at peace. So let us trust our loving heavenly Father!
SONG: NEAR TO THE HEART OF GOD
1. There is a place of quiet rest, Near to the heart of God.
A place where we cannot molest, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus:
O Jesus, blest Redeemer, Sent from the heart of God,
Hold us who wait before Thee, Near to the heart of God.
2. There is a place of comfort sweet, Near to the heart of God.
A place where we our Savior meet, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus: See above.
3. There is a place of full release, Near to the heart of God.
A place where all is joy and peace, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus: See above.
(Cleland Boyd McAfee, Sing His Praise)
In search of silence is to find a place that is perfectly quiet. A soul need a place to quiet our inner being, a place where God has our full attention. Looking at the translations, it was entirely new to me. I like what it says. It gives a beautiful illustration between you and God.
NLT: "But I have stilled and quieted myself, just as a small child is quiet with its mother. Yes, like a small child is my soul within me." Psalm 131:2
NCV: "But I am calm and quiet, like a baby with its mother. I am at peace, like a baby with its mother." Ps. 131:2
Inspiration: The Holy Spirit brought a line of song, "There is a place of quiet rest." And I search for that song that fits the line, Near to the Heart of God. Devotion fits well that God held us like a baby close to His heart and He wants us to be calm in His arms of love. He wants us to be at peace. So let us trust our loving heavenly Father!
SONG: NEAR TO THE HEART OF GOD
1. There is a place of quiet rest, Near to the heart of God.
A place where we cannot molest, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus:
O Jesus, blest Redeemer, Sent from the heart of God,
Hold us who wait before Thee, Near to the heart of God.
2. There is a place of comfort sweet, Near to the heart of God.
A place where we our Savior meet, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus: See above.
3. There is a place of full release, Near to the heart of God.
A place where all is joy and peace, Near to the heart of God.
Chorus: See above.
(Cleland Boyd McAfee, Sing His Praise)
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Encouragement 12/16
Romans
15:4 NLT, “Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us.
They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises.”
Paul
was writing to Roman Christians Church and he explained what it would take to
have a strong church. One of them was to study the Scripture. Here is one
example of Acts 17:11-12, NLT “And the people of Berea were more open-minded
than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They
searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if
they were really teaching the truth. As a result, many Jews believed, as did
some of the prominent Greek women and many men.”
Inspiration:
I read a short story about Samuel Zwemer from Heaven’s Heroes by David Shibley.
Samuel was a missionary to Islam and he did not have an easy lives. But God
granted him powers equal to his tasks. I like this kind of prayer: “Do not pray
for easy lives, pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your
powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks” by Phillips Brooks.
What
impressed me? Until I read a short story of Samuel, it made me realized that
maybe I was looking for an easy way out from studying “too hard?” Oh, thank you
Lord for Heb. 4:12 that your Word discern my thought and my heart and not to
look for an easy lives.
Prayer:
“Now may the God Who gives us the power of patient endurance (steadfastness)
and Who supplies in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another,
in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may [unanimously] with united
hearts and one voice, praise and glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ (the Messiah).” Romans 15:5-6, The Amplified Bible. In Jesus’ name I
pray. Amen!
Monday, December 15, 2014
Lamp Unto My Feet 12/15
Psalm 119:105 KJV
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
God's word has the spiritual principles (a basic truth or rule of conduct) that will help us avoid many sorrows, pitfalls, and tragedies brought on by wrong decisions and choices. The Holy Spirit encourages us to treasure its wisdom and steadfastly hold on to the Word of God in all of our life's situations.
Like the Psalm 119:112 says, "I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end."
Prayer: Thank you, Lord for being a lamp unto my feet. Thank you, Lord for being a light unto my path. Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths (Ps. 25:4). Lead me in thy truth, and teach me for you are my God, the creator of heaven and earth. Lord, I bless you today. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen!
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
God's word has the spiritual principles (a basic truth or rule of conduct) that will help us avoid many sorrows, pitfalls, and tragedies brought on by wrong decisions and choices. The Holy Spirit encourages us to treasure its wisdom and steadfastly hold on to the Word of God in all of our life's situations.
Like the Psalm 119:112 says, "I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end."
Prayer: Thank you, Lord for being a lamp unto my feet. Thank you, Lord for being a light unto my path. Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths (Ps. 25:4). Lead me in thy truth, and teach me for you are my God, the creator of heaven and earth. Lord, I bless you today. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen!
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Reconcile Your Brother 12/13-14
Matthew 5:24 "Be reconciled to your brother."
Just how important is it to be reconciled to your brother? It is the only time when you prayed and remembered that you have hurt someone. Jesus encourages us that to be reconciled is important to Him.
This story happened to be in Maryland when Monika Couch and I was doing a ministry of intercession to Deaf Women Retreat. I can't remember what year. She was talking about the curse from generations that passed on. As I heard this, during that time I was having a problem with my headache on top of my head when the weather gets cold. I would have had to wear a covering over my head when need to. Also I felt a tension on my right neck and it felt like a "claw." Monika suggested a prayer of deliverance with the deaf ladies that Sunday morning.
When that morning came, Monika called me to be prayed for. It was revealed that since I had some of the Indian blood from my mother's great grandma who was pure Indian, and there was a generation curse from the Indian witch doctor. She asked me if I would forgive him for that curse. I spoke the word and said, "Yes, I forgave him." I felt the "claw" that represents the witch doctor using a rattler with eagle's claw, disappeared from my right neck. The second prayer was for my top headache and it disappeared as well. I was amazed and Monika asked me how it does feel.
I respond that I felt so good and then there was a song along with it and everyone was singing. I felt the spirit of dove came upon my right shoulder and another dove to my left shoulder. Suddenly I felt so "tender in the spirit" and tears just flows upon my cheek. It was really a new experience for me.
Here's what amazing: Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, "You need to be nice to Mary. Don't give her hard time. Be reconcile to her and forgive her." So I spoke to Mary and asked her to forgive me. She said that she was amazed because she prayed that I would be nice to her during the time when two doves were upon both of my shoulders. It was a beautiful reconciliation. It touched all the deaf ladies that they were able to surrendered completely to the Holy Spirit that Sunday morning. [Saturday night was struggled for some of them until that Sunday morning, it was a complete deliverance for all of us. God became so much more real than we had ever seen. So God knew a perfect timing when we all need to be set free in the Spirit.]
Jesus said that if you remember you have hurt someone, go and reconcile to someone. It is that important to God and Jesus Himself (Matt. 5:21-26).
So let God bless you and set you free from being bondage to unforgiving spirit. Ask Holy Spirit to help you to be reconciled to your sisters or brothers in Christ.
Just how important is it to be reconciled to your brother? It is the only time when you prayed and remembered that you have hurt someone. Jesus encourages us that to be reconciled is important to Him.
This story happened to be in Maryland when Monika Couch and I was doing a ministry of intercession to Deaf Women Retreat. I can't remember what year. She was talking about the curse from generations that passed on. As I heard this, during that time I was having a problem with my headache on top of my head when the weather gets cold. I would have had to wear a covering over my head when need to. Also I felt a tension on my right neck and it felt like a "claw." Monika suggested a prayer of deliverance with the deaf ladies that Sunday morning.
When that morning came, Monika called me to be prayed for. It was revealed that since I had some of the Indian blood from my mother's great grandma who was pure Indian, and there was a generation curse from the Indian witch doctor. She asked me if I would forgive him for that curse. I spoke the word and said, "Yes, I forgave him." I felt the "claw" that represents the witch doctor using a rattler with eagle's claw, disappeared from my right neck. The second prayer was for my top headache and it disappeared as well. I was amazed and Monika asked me how it does feel.
I respond that I felt so good and then there was a song along with it and everyone was singing. I felt the spirit of dove came upon my right shoulder and another dove to my left shoulder. Suddenly I felt so "tender in the spirit" and tears just flows upon my cheek. It was really a new experience for me.
Here's what amazing: Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, "You need to be nice to Mary. Don't give her hard time. Be reconcile to her and forgive her." So I spoke to Mary and asked her to forgive me. She said that she was amazed because she prayed that I would be nice to her during the time when two doves were upon both of my shoulders. It was a beautiful reconciliation. It touched all the deaf ladies that they were able to surrendered completely to the Holy Spirit that Sunday morning. [Saturday night was struggled for some of them until that Sunday morning, it was a complete deliverance for all of us. God became so much more real than we had ever seen. So God knew a perfect timing when we all need to be set free in the Spirit.]
Jesus said that if you remember you have hurt someone, go and reconcile to someone. It is that important to God and Jesus Himself (Matt. 5:21-26).
So let God bless you and set you free from being bondage to unforgiving spirit. Ask Holy Spirit to help you to be reconciled to your sisters or brothers in Christ.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
My People, A Remnant 12/10-12
Jeremiah 31:1 NIRV, "At that time I will be the God of all of the tribes of Israel," announces the Lord. "And they will be my people."
Let us read on to Jeremiah 31:2-3 with New International Reader's Version:
2) The Lord says, "Some of my people will live through everything their enemies do to them. They will find help in the desert. I will come to give peace and rest to Israel." 3) The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said, "I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with faithful love.
The verse 2 has a history about these people that are remnant found in Jeremiah 31:7 "... O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel." You see the word, "remnant" often in the Bible especially Paul in Roman 9:27, "... a remnant shall be saved." Also in Roman 11:5, "... a remnant according to the election of grace." Remnant means a surviving usually small part (remnants of a great civilization) and something that remains or is left over.
These people are the remnant from all the families of Israel who would return from the captivity. Many were carried away by the Assyrians in 722 b.c., and others by the Babylonians in 605, 597, and 586 b.c. God would bring them back because of His everlasting love for His people.
In this chapter was about God promised the restoration of Israel and God's people would again dwell together under His blessing. God remembered His covenant with Abraham and with Israel. Israel would have renewed joy, peace, prosperity, and fellowship in the Lord.
Jeremiah reveals that God would make a new and better covenant with His people that would include spiritual power to obey His commandments. In KJV, Jeremiah 31:3b has been my favorite verse: "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee."
Inspiration: I asked God to give me a verse for Manna this morning. I opened Jeremiah 31:1-3 and I was inspired that God wants to tell you that He loves you with a love that will last forever. He wants to continue to show you His loving kindness. I learned about the history of Israel that many were killed and there were a small group that still loves God. God encouraged them that His love is forever. His kindness is forever.
So let us trust God today!
SONG: I HAVE LOVED THEE
I loved thee with an everlasting love.
I loved thee with an everlasting love.
My love is so big, and My love is so deep.
And I loved thee with an everlasting love.
(Inspired by Dorothy Callies)
Let us read on to Jeremiah 31:2-3 with New International Reader's Version:
2) The Lord says, "Some of my people will live through everything their enemies do to them. They will find help in the desert. I will come to give peace and rest to Israel." 3) The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said, "I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with faithful love.
The verse 2 has a history about these people that are remnant found in Jeremiah 31:7 "... O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel." You see the word, "remnant" often in the Bible especially Paul in Roman 9:27, "... a remnant shall be saved." Also in Roman 11:5, "... a remnant according to the election of grace." Remnant means a surviving usually small part (remnants of a great civilization) and something that remains or is left over.
These people are the remnant from all the families of Israel who would return from the captivity. Many were carried away by the Assyrians in 722 b.c., and others by the Babylonians in 605, 597, and 586 b.c. God would bring them back because of His everlasting love for His people.
In this chapter was about God promised the restoration of Israel and God's people would again dwell together under His blessing. God remembered His covenant with Abraham and with Israel. Israel would have renewed joy, peace, prosperity, and fellowship in the Lord.
Jeremiah reveals that God would make a new and better covenant with His people that would include spiritual power to obey His commandments. In KJV, Jeremiah 31:3b has been my favorite verse: "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee."
Inspiration: I asked God to give me a verse for Manna this morning. I opened Jeremiah 31:1-3 and I was inspired that God wants to tell you that He loves you with a love that will last forever. He wants to continue to show you His loving kindness. I learned about the history of Israel that many were killed and there were a small group that still loves God. God encouraged them that His love is forever. His kindness is forever.
So let us trust God today!
SONG: I HAVE LOVED THEE
I loved thee with an everlasting love.
I loved thee with an everlasting love.
My love is so big, and My love is so deep.
And I loved thee with an everlasting love.
(Inspired by Dorothy Callies)
Monday, December 8, 2014
Reconciled to God 12/8-9
Roman
5:1 KJV, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ.”
In
the Old Testament, Leviticus 16 describes the Day of Atonement, the most important
holy day of the Jewish year. On this important Jewish day, God gave every
details how the process of atonement should be done. Why? If there was no
atonement being done, the Israel would be forced to put up with God’s wrath for
not following His laws. There was no peace for Israel facing God’s wrath upon
their disobedience.
God
had a great desired to save Israel from His wrath. God wanted to forgive their
sins, and reconcile them to Himself. So God provided a way of salvation by
accepting in the place the death of an innocent life, the animal that was to be
sacrificed. This animal bore their guilt and penalty and covered over their
sins by its shed blood.
When
I read the whole chapter of Leviticus 16, I thought, “Wow, so much details for
the priests to follow the ritual.” As a reminder, these ritual all pointed out
toward Jesus Christ. The Day of Atonement is illustrated with symbols that
points to the work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In
the New Testament, the author of Hebrews emphasizes the new covenant
fulfillment on the typology of the Day of Atonement ritual. Since animal
sacrifices were a type of Christ’s perfect sacrifice and found their
fulfillment in Christ’s sacrifice of Himself, there is no more need for animal
sacrifices after His death on Calvary (Heb. 9:12-18). Christ’s sacrificed once
for all.
“Since
we have been made right with God by our faith, we have peace with God. This
happened through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has brought us into that blessing
of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have
of sharing God’s glory” (Romans 5:1-2, NCV).
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your Son into the world … [silent
worship] … I am feeling your Presence … I am feeling your peace …
SONG:
IN YOUR PRESENCE
In
Your presence, in Your presence, there is peace;
In
Your presence, in Your presence, there is joy,
I
will linger, I will stay in Your presence day by day
That
Your likeness may be seen in me.
(J.D.
and Steven Ray Phifer, Sing His Praise)
Friday, December 5, 2014
Reconcile 12/5-7
2 Corinthians 5:19, NCV "God was in Christ, making peace between the world and Himself. In Christ, God did not hold the world guilty of its sins. And He gave us this message of peace."
The message was about "reconcile" and NCV translate the meaning of the word reconcile to making peace or message of peace. I believe it is important to know about the reconcile and I will used Amplified for reading. 2 Cor. 5:17 has been my favorite verse. Holy Spirit often quote this to me whenever we were tempted to talk about the "old past." He reminded us that today is a new day, not yesterday. God's mercy is new every morning.
Reading from Amplified Bible 2 Corinthians 5:17-21:
17) Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
18) But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
19) It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).
20) So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.
21) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].
Inspiration: The word reconcile has been on my heart for a very long time. I have written in my journals, but I was not able to write it clearly for Manna until I saw this in Amplified reading.
There is one illustration or picture of what this reconciled really mean. At the cross, Jesus held out His right Hand to the Father and Jesus held out His left Hand to the world, and that is reconciled by restoring the relationship between the world and the Father. Christ has reconciled the Father to the world so now it is up to the world to accept Christ as their Savior who has already forgave sins that was done at the cross.
This is deep, but I just got to share this with you. So now our job is a ministry of reconciliation. It means that our job is to pray that we would bring the people to understand that God has already reconciled them to Him if they just realized this and accept Christ as their personal Savior.
At Christmas time, when you see many pictures of Mary holding the baby Jesus in her arms, that is a message that God has already provided the reconciliation to the world because the baby Jesus was in the world.
What does this mean to me? My heart was overflowing with this knowledge of His Word of wisdom. I trust the Holy Spirit to open our mind to understand His Word of reconciliation. It took me a long time to to grasp this and it is worth growing into this knowledge of Christ.
May the Lord bless you and believe that God gave us the message of peace!
The message was about "reconcile" and NCV translate the meaning of the word reconcile to making peace or message of peace. I believe it is important to know about the reconcile and I will used Amplified for reading. 2 Cor. 5:17 has been my favorite verse. Holy Spirit often quote this to me whenever we were tempted to talk about the "old past." He reminded us that today is a new day, not yesterday. God's mercy is new every morning.
Reading from Amplified Bible 2 Corinthians 5:17-21:
17) Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
18) But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
19) It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).
20) So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.
21) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].
Inspiration: The word reconcile has been on my heart for a very long time. I have written in my journals, but I was not able to write it clearly for Manna until I saw this in Amplified reading.
There is one illustration or picture of what this reconciled really mean. At the cross, Jesus held out His right Hand to the Father and Jesus held out His left Hand to the world, and that is reconciled by restoring the relationship between the world and the Father. Christ has reconciled the Father to the world so now it is up to the world to accept Christ as their Savior who has already forgave sins that was done at the cross.
This is deep, but I just got to share this with you. So now our job is a ministry of reconciliation. It means that our job is to pray that we would bring the people to understand that God has already reconciled them to Him if they just realized this and accept Christ as their personal Savior.
At Christmas time, when you see many pictures of Mary holding the baby Jesus in her arms, that is a message that God has already provided the reconciliation to the world because the baby Jesus was in the world.
What does this mean to me? My heart was overflowing with this knowledge of His Word of wisdom. I trust the Holy Spirit to open our mind to understand His Word of reconciliation. It took me a long time to to grasp this and it is worth growing into this knowledge of Christ.
May the Lord bless you and believe that God gave us the message of peace!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Light So Shine 12/4
Matthew 5:16, KJV
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Jesus explained, "You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden. And people don't hide a light under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand so the light shines for all the people in the house, in the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven" (Matt. 5:13-16, NCV).
Peter explained, "Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul. People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again" (1 Peter 2:11-12, NCV).
Inspiration: What impressed me is that you can't hide your life under a bowl. Have you ever met some Deaf Christians who tried to hide their lives? Maybe some Deaf says, "That's like show off?" Then Peter explained more clearly that it is your normal, daily lives that you have allow Christ inside of you to shine every day. You can't hide Christ inside of you. People around you will see that you are different. You are so nice. You are willing to do good things even when other people may not be so nice to you. Let them see that you are willing to do good things and they will be impressed. That is when your Father in heaven will be so proud of you. It glorified Him!
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your words of wisdom to remind me that you are glorified when I tried to do good things at my work and among my friends and at home. Thank you Jesus for your words. Thank you Holy Spirit to keep me shining for Him. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen!
Song: Keep Me Shining for Thee
Lord, keep me shining for Thee,
Oh, keep me shining for Thee.
In a world wrap in night,
Keep me pure, keep me bright,
Lord, keep me shining for Thee,
Oh, keep me shining for Thee
Until I behold Thy face.
(Out of memory, not sure where to find this.
I may need to correct this later.)
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Jesus explained, "You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden. And people don't hide a light under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand so the light shines for all the people in the house, in the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven" (Matt. 5:13-16, NCV).
Peter explained, "Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul. People who do not believe are living all around you and might say that you are wrong. Live such good lives that they will see the good things you do and will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again" (1 Peter 2:11-12, NCV).
Inspiration: What impressed me is that you can't hide your life under a bowl. Have you ever met some Deaf Christians who tried to hide their lives? Maybe some Deaf says, "That's like show off?" Then Peter explained more clearly that it is your normal, daily lives that you have allow Christ inside of you to shine every day. You can't hide Christ inside of you. People around you will see that you are different. You are so nice. You are willing to do good things even when other people may not be so nice to you. Let them see that you are willing to do good things and they will be impressed. That is when your Father in heaven will be so proud of you. It glorified Him!
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your words of wisdom to remind me that you are glorified when I tried to do good things at my work and among my friends and at home. Thank you Jesus for your words. Thank you Holy Spirit to keep me shining for Him. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen!
Song: Keep Me Shining for Thee
Lord, keep me shining for Thee,
Oh, keep me shining for Thee.
In a world wrap in night,
Keep me pure, keep me bright,
Lord, keep me shining for Thee,
Oh, keep me shining for Thee
Until I behold Thy face.
(Out of memory, not sure where to find this.
I may need to correct this later.)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Light of Life 12/3
John 8:12, NIV
"Whoever follow Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
KJV: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he (whoever) that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
The key word here is 'followeth.' Three letters: eth means to 'keep on' following. From the technology dictionary, I choose one meaning: to work in or at something as a business or way of life. Jesus promised that you will not walk in darkness, but shall have the light which is the way of life.
Jesus does not intend to leave us in darkness, the gloomy side by looking on the dark side which is not bright or cheerful. Jesus does not intend for us to be ignorance when we see or hear about "chaos world" [complete confusion]. Jesus has taught us through His Word to be prepared and to keep on living in the light of life which is Jesus Christ, Himself.
Prayer: Thank You, Heavenly Father for giving us the Word of encouragement to keep on following Jesus as the light of the world. Thank You for showing us Your Word why many things will happen before Jesus comes again. Remind us to turn our eyes upon Jesus as the light of the world. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen!
"Whoever follow Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
KJV: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he (whoever) that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
The key word here is 'followeth.' Three letters: eth means to 'keep on' following. From the technology dictionary, I choose one meaning: to work in or at something as a business or way of life. Jesus promised that you will not walk in darkness, but shall have the light which is the way of life.
Jesus does not intend to leave us in darkness, the gloomy side by looking on the dark side which is not bright or cheerful. Jesus does not intend for us to be ignorance when we see or hear about "chaos world" [complete confusion]. Jesus has taught us through His Word to be prepared and to keep on living in the light of life which is Jesus Christ, Himself.
Prayer: Thank You, Heavenly Father for giving us the Word of encouragement to keep on following Jesus as the light of the world. Thank You for showing us Your Word why many things will happen before Jesus comes again. Remind us to turn our eyes upon Jesus as the light of the world. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen!
SONG: TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will
grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
(Inspiring Choruses)
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Ordain Peace 12/2
Isaiah 26:12, KJV
"Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us."
AMP: "Lord, You will ordain peace (God's favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works."
NKJV: "Lord, You will establish peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us."
We see wars over and over again and many are restless and are not turning to God. So where is the promised peace? The Scripture tells us that true peace comes only from the Lord. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" John 14:27.
Jesus taught the principles (rules) of peace, calling for people to love their neighbors as they love themselves. Paul encourages us in Romans 12:18, "As much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men."
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the verse that You have taught us that only You ordain peace. We ask You to teach us to depend on You to bring peace inside of us so we could be at peace with our neighbors. Help us to experience peace with You so we could share Your peace with others. Let our lives reflect the Prince of Peace which is Jesus Christ. It is through Christ's peace that we can bring others to Jesus. We thank You for that in Jesus' name. Amen!
"Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us."
AMP: "Lord, You will ordain peace (God's favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works."
NKJV: "Lord, You will establish peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us."
We see wars over and over again and many are restless and are not turning to God. So where is the promised peace? The Scripture tells us that true peace comes only from the Lord. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" John 14:27.
Jesus taught the principles (rules) of peace, calling for people to love their neighbors as they love themselves. Paul encourages us in Romans 12:18, "As much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men."
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the verse that You have taught us that only You ordain peace. We ask You to teach us to depend on You to bring peace inside of us so we could be at peace with our neighbors. Help us to experience peace with You so we could share Your peace with others. Let our lives reflect the Prince of Peace which is Jesus Christ. It is through Christ's peace that we can bring others to Jesus. We thank You for that in Jesus' name. Amen!
Monday, December 1, 2014
Happy December First and Delight Thyself 12/1
Psalm 37:4, KJV "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
I prayed and said, "Lord, I had question about this verse whether or not to put it into this Manna." I felt led to read the part of articles from the book called, "Partners in Prayer" by John Maxwell. To make story short, Bill Klassen was called by God to become prayer partners to John Maxwell. John already had a great ministry, yet God called one layperson to pray for him.
"John," Bill said. "I believe God has called me--a layman--to disciple, encourage, and pray for pastors. The reason I came here today was so that I could pray for you." Note this: John never had a layman come just to pray for him. As they prayed together, John wrote, "Bill fulfilled a need for personal prayer that I didn't know I had, and he sparked a deep desire for an additional prayer covering over me, the church, my family, and my ministry."
That part impressed me. Bill, his prayer partners had sparked a deep desire in the pastor, John Maxwell that Bill was able to pray for him. They had delight themselves in the Lord for an hour and then, John was able to share his deep desire for an additional prayer covering for John, the church, his family and his ministry.
As a result when John shared his heart desires to Bill, God had blessed the church from 1,000 to 3.500 people, and the rest is a history. In case you might want to know the ISBN 0-7852-7439-1 to order the book. It is well worth reading because his letter mentioned the importance of teaching the partners in prayer. He quoted:
"The prayer needs of pastors are so great. This year, one-third of all local church pastors will consider resigning under the weight of their responsibilities. In America, one denomination alone sees an average of four pastors resign every single day because of discouragement, personal and professional failure, and loss of purpose. During the more than 25 years I spent in pulpit ministry, the best decision I made was to develop a prayer partner ministry."
I like this quote: "When we work, we work; but when we pray, God works." [Foreword from Max Lucado] Dorothy: What can we Deaf people do about this? You could learn to become prayer partner for someone who needs YOU. Just like Bill who became prayer partner for a pastor. It is something to think about.
I prayed and said, "Lord, I had question about this verse whether or not to put it into this Manna." I felt led to read the part of articles from the book called, "Partners in Prayer" by John Maxwell. To make story short, Bill Klassen was called by God to become prayer partners to John Maxwell. John already had a great ministry, yet God called one layperson to pray for him.
"John," Bill said. "I believe God has called me--a layman--to disciple, encourage, and pray for pastors. The reason I came here today was so that I could pray for you." Note this: John never had a layman come just to pray for him. As they prayed together, John wrote, "Bill fulfilled a need for personal prayer that I didn't know I had, and he sparked a deep desire for an additional prayer covering over me, the church, my family, and my ministry."
That part impressed me. Bill, his prayer partners had sparked a deep desire in the pastor, John Maxwell that Bill was able to pray for him. They had delight themselves in the Lord for an hour and then, John was able to share his deep desire for an additional prayer covering for John, the church, his family and his ministry.
As a result when John shared his heart desires to Bill, God had blessed the church from 1,000 to 3.500 people, and the rest is a history. In case you might want to know the ISBN 0-7852-7439-1 to order the book. It is well worth reading because his letter mentioned the importance of teaching the partners in prayer. He quoted:
"The prayer needs of pastors are so great. This year, one-third of all local church pastors will consider resigning under the weight of their responsibilities. In America, one denomination alone sees an average of four pastors resign every single day because of discouragement, personal and professional failure, and loss of purpose. During the more than 25 years I spent in pulpit ministry, the best decision I made was to develop a prayer partner ministry."
I like this quote: "When we work, we work; but when we pray, God works." [Foreword from Max Lucado] Dorothy: What can we Deaf people do about this? You could learn to become prayer partner for someone who needs YOU. Just like Bill who became prayer partner for a pastor. It is something to think about.
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