#53 — Art of Living

Åґ☂ ◎ḟ ʟ☤√ḯη❡ #53: "Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.." (Psalms 92:13, NKJV).

I praise God for the privilege that God gave me in my childhood to grown in the house of the Lord. As my dad is a pastor who pioneered a Church in Erode which is in South India and places around it, initially we were living in a thatched coconut leaf roof shed as a small children in faith. When ever some storms would blow, all the fence around the Church would fall down and in the morning all the brothers living around the Church would come to reassemble the whole structure. Then as the rain would pour out, we would take a lot of vessels and keep those vessels under all the places in our house where water would be dropping in. It was truly a time of great faith that my Dad and Mother went through along with us as little kids. And we had a very big thatched coconut leaf roof Church just opposite the place where we stayed.

Still I could remember clearly how much joy we had in living in that humble place. Now I realize that the joy we had was no natural one but a supernatural one from heaven, as the conditions we were living were very hard and substandard. We faced many trials in our family. We constantly faced health issues, financial issues and the burden of ministry right through out those times. One time, some anti-social miscreants threw a fire ball over the Church and ran away. Before we could douse the fire with our limited water supply, the whole Church got guttered down. It was a big shock to all of us. God in His faithfullness had prepared a believer to build a terrace house just opposite to our Church and it was ready to occupy at that time. The owner immediately gave it to us for rent. But this tragedy still strengthened our resolve to live for the Lord. Today I can tell you, all those trials that came to our family made us stronger spiritually. Dad never would tell us all these burdens but would be praying for it constantly as we faced it all. But when I was growing up from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, the world's way of thinking began to creep in to my mind and I began to think that we were lacking and poor compared to the worldly people. But such thinking sapped the joy that I had in me slowly like a leech.

But then as I was in to adulthood, all my joy was lost forever and bI egan to seriously think about the joy I experienced in the house of the Lord in my childhood days, inspite of poor conditions all around me. Then it dawned on me that the joy I experienced in the house of the Lord was thousand times more satisfying at any time than any passing sinful pleasure that I ever experienced in the world (Psa 84:10). Then I began to desire for it and asked the Lord to fill me with such heavenly joy again. Then after that God sent a heavy trial physically to refine me, I felt miserable but the Joy of the Lord began to sustain me through those trials. I began to desire seriously again to live in the house of the Lord and flourish with the heavenly life of joy, peace and righteousness again (Psa 27:4; 16:11). Guess what? The Lord called me in to ministry and thereafter I began to live by faith. The anointing of the Holy Spirit increased upon my life and made me realise that I myself is the house of the Lord (1 Cor 6:19-20). When the presence of God rushes from deep within my spirit to my soul mind and emotions, I understood that I am actually flourishing in the courts of the Lord. In the New Testament, the spirit-man is the most Holy place of communion where we speak to God face to face spiritually, and our soul is the holy place where we minister to the Lord with our mind, emotion and will continuously, and our body is the outer court where we as living sacrifice, sacrifice all our actions, strength and doings to the Lord (Rom 12:1). Now my life is blessed by God and is full of joy, victory and glory because I have chosen to pitch my tent inside the house of the Lord spiritually. ARE YOU READY? YOU ARE ASKING ME FOR WHAT? JUST TO PITCH YOUR TENT IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND FLOURISH ALONG WITH ME FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. I pray that your life be filled with the joy of the Lord and flourish by being planted in the house of the Lord forever and ever!

MuCh BlEsSiNgS....

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Apostolic Quotes

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"You can never be truly what you want to be, until God makes you what He wants you to be." — Abraham Israel

"When you say that I have found the meaning of life, it means you have already found the God who has given you the questions of life and has become the answer behind it." — Abraham Israel

"See as God sees and you will see the whole earth filled with His glory." — Abraham Israel

"The small things in life means much when God is in it." — Abraham Israel

"God gives big satisfying surprises to those who who wait for Him in faith." — Abraham Israel

"You can never outgive God, cause He gives and gives and forgives." — Abraham Israel

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Ḡґℯαт ℚυø⊥εṧ : "There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him." — F. B. Meyer

"Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the same." — Helen Grace Lescheid

"It's exciting to live in complete oneness with the will of God. It is never dull or static because it is not a one-time, once-for-all commitment. It is something we have to work at constantly, moment by moment." — Evelyn Christenson

"If you feel stuck, bring your whole self to Christ, not just the problem, but you. Ask God to change your heart. Commit yourself to pray to that end. It's God's heart to give good gifts to His children." — Sheila Walsh

"Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?" — Watchman Nee

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Å℘◎﹩☂øł☤ḉ ℚυ◎тℯṧ : "God arrives much before you ever step in to your destiny." — Abraham Israel

"The journey of a life time should be abundantly lived out for God before the life time of our journey ends on earth." — Abraham Israel

"Our works means much to God when the God whom we work for means much to us." — Abraham Israel

"God is always able when you are able to believe." — Abraham Israel

"Your earthly crown of thorn becomes a eternal heavenly crown of gold once you have passed over your God ordained test of faith with endurance in praise and thanksgiving." — Abraham Israel

"God cannot love us any more than how He has already loved us by sacrificing his only Son for our sins. Now it is our turn to realize His unceasing love which He expressed through Jesus, to bring us near to Himself and to help us be always near to Him through our perpetual faith in the shed blood of Jesus. The power of the blood is greater than all the sin's vileness which keeps a human in its control through fear, condemnation and certain death." — Abraham Israel

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Ḡґℯαт ℚυø⊥εṧ : "Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God." —William Carey

"When we miss God's will, the repercussions will follow us for many years." — N. Daniel

"The best joys of the world are shallow and empty compared to the service to the King of kings." — John MacArthur

"There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things." — D. L. Moody

“Divine presence made the martyrs as willing to die as to dine.” — Thomas Brooks

“If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” — Amy Carmichael

“Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.” — C. T. Studd

“Be assured, if you walk with God and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you.” — George Mueller

“A mature person uses his authority to build up people. An immature person uses people to build up his authority.” — Warren Wiersbie

“The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living.” — E. M. Bounds

“Worship is asking nothing from God, occupied and satisfied with Him alone.” — Oswald Sanders

“One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.” — Amy Carmichael

“Pain and suffering would be a paradise to me while I should suffer with my God, and the greatest pleasures would be hell to me if I should relish them without Him.” — St. Lawrence

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