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Edwin Elisha James is an Evangelist whose commitment to preach wherever the Lord leads him has fructified in bringing hundreds of souls to the Lord - a dream and a desire that he has harboured for the longest time!

Thursday, January 1, 2015

God the Father

Isaiah 40:21-31

21  Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

25 “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?

28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Hebrews 13:5-6 

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

God is unchangeable

Malachi 3:6 

“I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:29 

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.”

Numbers 23:19 

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

James 1:17 

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

The book of MATTHEW -5

What we can learn from the book of Matthew from its 28 chapters?

19

Jesus faces opponents in Judea

Teaching about divorce

Jesus blesses little children

A rich young man

20

Workers in a vineyard

Jesus again tells about His death

A mother’s request

Jesus heals two blind men

21

Jesus enters Jerusalem

Jesus in the temple

Jesus puts a curse on a fig tree

A question about Jesus’ authority

A story about two sons

Renters of a vineyard

22

The great banquet

Paying taxes

Life in the future world

The most important commandment

About David’s son

23

Jesus condemns the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law of Moses

Jesus loves Jerusalem


Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Late Rev. Elisha James

March 25, 1910 to August 19, 1972

My dear brothers and sisters

I greet you all in the name of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I would like to present my Dad’s last letter to his dear family members.

Edwin James
Youngest son of Late Rev. Elisha James.

He was fully prepared to meet his LORD was evident from the fact that he had himself written

the Order of Worship for his own funeral service and the beautiful letter that he had written to his loving family. 

The first and last paragraphs of that letter, dated December 18, 1969 reads:

“There is no need for you to weep and spend your time in gloomy mood because I shall be in my father’s home in joy on that glorious land, waiting to see you all on that happy morning. 

I shall be closer to you than now in this life and will be seeing you all at all places and praying for you all.

God bless you all.

Good night till we meet at Jesus’ feet. My last word is that you all must be prepared to meet me on that Happy Land.

Ever Yours Lovingly
Sd/-
Late Rev. Elisha James.

Father God…You are Strong!

Psalms 18:32-34 

32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Micah 5:4 

He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 12:2-3 

2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.”

3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 41:10 

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Thoughts

Instrument of Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;

Where there is hatred, let me sow love,

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

- St Francis of Assisi

Feeling Bad Over Something That Happened

John 14:27 

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

John 16:31-33 

31 “You believe at last!” Jesus answered. 

32 “But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Romans 8:28 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 4:16 

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

1 Peter 1:3-9 

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 

4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, 

5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 

7 These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 

9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

The book of MATTHEW - 4

What we can learn from the book of Matthew from its 28 chapters

14

Jesus is the Messiah:

The death of John the Baptist

Jesus feeds five thousand

Jesus walks on the water

Jesus heals sick people in Gennesaret

15

The teaching of the ancestors

What really makes people unclean

A woman’s faith

Jesus heals many people

Jesus feeds four thousand

16

A demand for a sign from Heaven:

The years of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Who is Jesus?

Jesus speaks about His suffering and death

17

The true glory of Jesus

Jesus heals a boy

Jesus again speaks about His death

Paying the temple tax

18

Jesus instructs His followers

Who is the greatest?

Temptations to sin

The lost sheep

When someone sins

Allowing and not allowing

An official who refused to forgive

God’s promise to answer our prayers

Psalms 91:15 

He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

Isaiah 65:24 

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Zechariah 13:9 

This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

Luke 11:9 

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Luke 11:10 

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

John 15:7 

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

Matthew 18:19 

“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

Mark 11:24 

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 5:16 

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

1 John 3:22 

And receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The book of MATTHEW -3

What we can learn from the book of Matthew from its 28 chapters?

10

Jesus instructs the twelve apostles:

Instructions for the twelve apostles

Warning about the out trouble

The one to fear

Telling others about Christ

Not peace, but trouble

Rewards

11

Jesus faces opponents and their questions

John the Baptist

The unbelieving Towns

Come to Me and Rest

12

A Question about the Sabbath

A Man with a Crippled Hand

God’s chosen servant

Jesus and the ruler of the demons

A tree and its fruit

A sign from heaven

Return of an evil spirit

Jesus’ mother and brothers

13

Jesus tells stories about the kingdom of Heaven:

A story about farmer

Why Jesus used stories

Jesus explains the story

Weeds among the wheat

Stories about a mustard seed and yeast

The reason for teaching with stories

Jesus explains the story about the weeds

A hidden treasure

A valuable pearl

A fish net

New and Old Testament

The people of Nazareth turn against Jesus