Sunday, 15 October,2011

Today's Message at Church

The Blessing Of Naphtali!

I greet you all in the precious name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on this beautiful Sabbath!!

                Hope you feel blessed! There is one more beautiful blessing that comes through a unique quality which we are now going to see.

                Can you recall about a character called ‘Naphtali’ in the Bible? Well and good if you do J and there isn’t a problem if you don’t!

                Naphtali  was the third child of the 12 children born to Jacob, the grandson of Abraham. In Genesis 49:21, the Bible talks about the blessing that Jacob, father of Naphtali, pronounced on Naphtali.

“Naphtali is a deer that runs free, who bears lovely fawns.”

How beautiful the blessing is!! He is compared with a she-deer. What does it mean? A she-deer is very graceful and gentle possessing the characters of patience, kindness etc., which can be said as ‘good characters’. So Naphtali possessed these beautiful characters and was unique from his brothers. Also behind these amazing characters, we can see that he should have had a good relationship with God through his prayerfulness.

So dear friends J it’s good that you have accepted Lord Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior…it’s good that you have been baptized both by water and fire…it’s good that you’ve received the Holy Spirit..yes of course it’s good that you speak in strange tongues..it’s good that you pray and shake your church filled in Spirit….but……the one most important question is “do you possess these beautiful characters of patience…peace…kindness…as possessed by Naphtali?”

Analyze for a moment! Also what about your prayer life?

My dear friends, Jesus prayed.

Remember that  Jesus was the son of the one and only Holy God. But when He was in this world, he lead an example of how we should live. All the time He was teaching about the ‘holy word of God’ and when he wasn’t with his disciples, He was found praying along.

Strive to spend more time with God. This was the secret of Jesus J He did not waste a single moment.

If you follow the two important facts discussed here, this is the blessing you will receive J

“About the tribe of Naphtali he said, ‘Naphtali is richly blessed by the Lord’s good favour;  Their land reaches to the south from Lake Galilee.” –Deuteronomy 33:23

By implementing these in your practical life, you can be a witness of Jesus to people around you!