The Lord is not slack concerning His promise

2Pet 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; 

Lord Jesus Christ before ascending promised that He will come back again.

Yes, its sure that He is coming back soon.

There are still many whose hearts are far away from God and filled with sin.

If they do not repent and turn to God and get washed in the blood of Jesus Christ 

before He comes, they will perish.

God is longsuffering towards us.

He is not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.

Friend ask yourself if you are ready to face the second coming of 

the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?

He may come any day any time. Watch and pray.

Love your neighbour

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people,
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Lev 19:18

God is Holy and God is love. we are His wonderful creation made in His image.
Sin seperated us from the Holy and loving God. But because of His unconditonal love,
God has prepared a way of salvation and restoration by shedding His precious blood on
the cross of Calvary.

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God's wrath.
For it is written: "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
Don't pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you.
Joseph in the old testament, did not take vengence on his brothers when they came
to him for grain. David did not take vengance on King Saul.
Its God's command for us as His children to love our neighbours as ourselves and to love our enemies.
The whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
James says in his epistle, 'If you really keep the royal law stated in Scripture,
"Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.'

Let the love of God that has been poured in our hearts through His Holy Spirit, overflow and reach out the lost and bring them back to God. Amen!

We cannot hide from God

Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.  Jer 23:24

Friends, Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees his every step.
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

The psalmist asks God in psalm 139:
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in sheol, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall [d]fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
Indeed, the darkness [e]shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Let us surrender our lives to God who loves us and submit our hearts to Him, who shed His precious blood to redeem us from all sins.

May the conciousness of the omnipresence of God motivate prompt us a life that honurs God in our lives.

- David Nallapu, Evangelist, Missionary, Teacher

Notes from Joshua 20

This short chapter is concerning the cities of refuge, which we often read of in the writings of Moses, but this is the last time that we find mention of them, for now that matter was thoroughly settled. Here is,

I. The law God gave concerning them (v. 1-6).
II. The people's designation of the particular cities for that use (v. 7-9). And this remedial law was a figure of good things to come.

Notes from Joshua 19

In the description of the lots of Judah and Benjamin we have an account both of the borders that surrounded them and of the cities contained in them. In that of Ephraim and Manasseh we have the borders, but not the cities; in this chapter Simeon and Dan are described by their cities only, and not their borders, because they lay very much within Judah, especially the former; the rest have both their borders described and their cities names, especially frontiers. Here is,

I. The lot of Simeon (v. 1-9).
II. Of Zebulun (v. 10-16).
III. Of Issachar (v. 17-23).
IV. Of Asher (v. 24-31).
V. Of Naphtali (v. 32-39).
VI. Of Dan (v. 40-48).
Lastly, The inheritance assigned to Joshua himself and his own family (v. 49-51).

Notes from Joshua 18

In this chapter we have,

I. The setting up of the tabernacle at Shiloh (v. 1).
II. The stirring up of the seven tribes that were yet unsettled to look after their lot, and the putting of them in a method for it, by Joshua (v. 2-7).
III. The distributing of the land into seven lots, by certain men employed for that purpose (v. 8, 9).
IV. The determining of these seven portions to the seven tribes yet unprovided for by lot (v. 10).
V. The particular lot of the tribe of Benjamin, the borders of it (v. 11-20). And the cities contained in it (v. 21-28). The other six tribes we shall find well provided for in the next chapter.

Notes from Joshua 17

The half tribe of Manasseh comes next to be provided for; and here we have,

I. The families of that tribe that were to be portioned (v. 1-6).
II. The country that fell to their lot (v. 7-13).
III. The joint request of the two tribes that descended from Joseph, for the enlargement of their lot, and Joshua's answer to that request (v. 14-18).