By Stella Dhinakaran
In
everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for
you (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Once, a
man of God from England had gone to Africa to do ministry. He proclaimed about
the Lord to the people who absolutely had no knowledge of the Lord and turned
many towards the Lord. Observing this, the village headman was greatly annoyed
due to jealousy and planned to kill the man of God.
He cunningly invited him home and gave him a feast, mixing poison in the food. But the Pastor, after praying over the food saying, “Lord, bless this food; sanctify it and strengthen me as I eat it” started eating it. The Lord, who heard the prayer, completely nullified the toxic effect of the poison in that food. So no harm befell him. The village headman’s heart was broken seeing this and he realized that the pastor was truly a man of God. After that he too accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour and made it possible for the Pastor to spread the Gospel throughout the village.
My dear beloved, do not worry saying, “Alas, I have this terrible disease; I am unable to bear this”. The Lord is still alive to give you perfect healing. His strength will be made perfect in your weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
“He (the Lord) will bless your bread and your water…..” (Exodus 23:25).
According to the scripture, pray before you have your food saying, “Lord, thank You for this food which You have given; bless it and sanctify it” and then consume the food, you need to be aware that the Lord sanctifies it by His Word and prayer. Yes my beloved! if you are thankful to God in everything as stated in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” God will certainly give you what you have thanked Him for!
He cunningly invited him home and gave him a feast, mixing poison in the food. But the Pastor, after praying over the food saying, “Lord, bless this food; sanctify it and strengthen me as I eat it” started eating it. The Lord, who heard the prayer, completely nullified the toxic effect of the poison in that food. So no harm befell him. The village headman’s heart was broken seeing this and he realized that the pastor was truly a man of God. After that he too accepted the Lord as his personal Saviour and made it possible for the Pastor to spread the Gospel throughout the village.
My dear beloved, do not worry saying, “Alas, I have this terrible disease; I am unable to bear this”. The Lord is still alive to give you perfect healing. His strength will be made perfect in your weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
“He (the Lord) will bless your bread and your water…..” (Exodus 23:25).
According to the scripture, pray before you have your food saying, “Lord, thank You for this food which You have given; bless it and sanctify it” and then consume the food, you need to be aware that the Lord sanctifies it by His Word and prayer. Yes my beloved! if you are thankful to God in everything as stated in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” God will certainly give you what you have thanked Him for!
