Dollar Sense - Dollars and sense!

Dollar Sense - Dollars and spiritual sense!

A million dollars cannot save one soul!

One saved soul can see a million souls saved

by bringing them to the LORD JESUS!

One soul is therefore more valuable than a million dollars.

So work on seeing one soul saved than seeing a million dollars saved!

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world,

and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words

in this adulterous and sinful generation,

of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed

when He comes in the glory of His Father

with the holy angels." Mark 8:36-38

Dengue Epidemic!

 Local newspapers reporting of Dengue epidemic in Sri Lanka

One of the main reasons for the spread of dengue is improper
garbage disposal, he pointed out, urging that there is a need to
change the habits of the people in this connection. He was
adamant that the best ways to bring about a behavioural change
were strong campaigns both in education and the media. The
campaigns should also not be one-off but consistent and
throughout the year. Schools should educate children on proper
garbage disposal which would then impact not only on dengue
but many other diseases as well and keeping the environment
clean, while the media (print and electronic) should do the same
for the wider public.

Unclean spirits are like viruses.
Viruses work and multiply through cells of other living creatures.
They need others’ cells to fulfil their destructive purposes.
Similarly, unclean spirits operate in and through human beings. 

Garbage is the place where mosquitoes that carry viruses multiply.
Hurts, unforgiveness, anger, and bitterness are spiritual garbage.
Unclean spirits thrive in lives where there is spiritual garbage.
They cause anxiety, depression, murder, cheating and fightings
which in the spiritual sense are as dengue and other diseases.

Let us keep our lives, minds and hearts clean so that we may live
peaceful and happy lives filled with GOD’S love for one another!
The Holy Spirit dispels the unclean spirits.
The truth of the word of GOD, the Bible is like water that washes
our minds clean.
The Blood of the LORD JESUS is like a powerful stain remover
or cleanser!
Let us use these in prayer and intercession to clean ourselves and
clean others and relationships.

Who is wise and understanding among you?
 Let him show by good conduct 
that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

James 3:13-17

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:30-32

If anyone teaches otherwise

and does not consent to wholesome words,

even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and to the doctrine which accords with godliness,

he is proud, knowing nothing,

but is obsessed with disputes

and arguments over words,

from which come envy, strife,

reviling, evil suspicions,

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds

and destitute of the truth,

who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

From such withdraw yourself.

1 Timothy 6:3-5

TWO SIDES

TWO SIDES

All things have two sides. 

Let's think about it. 

Doesn't everything on earth 

have two sides to it?

If there is a beginning, there is an end.
If there is a start, there has to be a finish.
If there is an up, then there is a down.
Inside and outside;
 right side and left side.
Even the shortest thinnest line and the tiniest dot have two dimensions!
There is a width and a length!

Hooks and Loops!

There is a heaven and a hell.
There is a downward pull which is gravity and an upward pull which is glory.
There is light and darkness;
good and evil.

In relationships there is giving and receiving;
bearing and forbearing;
repenting and forgiving.

Even in our relationship with GOD there are two sides,
GOD'S and ours, just like any covenant.
GOD always does His part. How about you?
Are you doing your part to see GOD'S promises fulfilled in your life?

 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High 
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1

For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; 
In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; 
He shall set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 27:5

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, 
whose name is Holy: 
"I dwell in the high and holy place, 
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, 
To revive the spirit of the humble, 
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 57:15 

Man dwelling in GOD
and GOD dwelling in man.
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I am the vine, you are the branches. 
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; 
for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 

 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. 
If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, 
you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 
And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life. 
These things I have written to you 
concerning those who try to deceive you. 
But the anointing which you have received from Him 
abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; 
but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, 
and is true, and is not a lie, 
and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
1 John 2:24-27 

I abide in CHRIST
and CHRIST abides in me.
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nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' 
For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
Luke 17:21

Assuredly, I say to you, 
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child 
will by no means enter it."
Luke 18:17 

When the Kingdom of GOD is within me
I am in the Kingdom of GOD.
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 If we confess our sins, 

He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

If we confess, He will forgive.
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He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 

But as many as received Him,

to them He gave the right to become children of God, 

to those who believe in His name:
John 1:11-12

if we believe Him and receive Him
He gives us the right to become
children of GOD.
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 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, 

believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Mark 11:24

If we believe we will receive. 

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Now He did not do many mighty works there 

because of their unbelief.
Matthew 13:58

and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. 

And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
Matthew 14:36

If we touch Him He will touch us.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
 If anyone loves the world, 
the love of the Father is not in him. 
For all that is in the world-
-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, 
and the pride of life--is not of the Father 
but is of the world. 
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; 
but he who does the will of God abides forever. 
1 John 2:15-17 

Deceptive teachings from false prophets and teachers
lure even the very elect into carnal lusts.
When Babylon of worldliness stands tall and strong
and false teachers preach and offer things
that seem to satisfy the lusts of the flesh and eyes
and the pride of life,
the carnal mind gets attracted to it.
If money is the hook,
the love of money is the loop that gets hooked to it!
Such hooks will increase in the world these end times.
Let us beware and make sure
our minds and hearts are free of loops!

Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23
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 "Ask, and it will be given to you; 
seek, and you will find; 
knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7 

When we ask it will be given to us.
When we seek we will find.
when we knock it will be opened to us.
Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, 
and I will listen to you. 
And you will seek Me and find Me, 
when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 

When we call upon the LORD
He will listen to us.
When we search for Him
we will find Him.
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This is a faithful saying: 
For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. 
If we endure, We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 
If we are faithless, He remains faithful; 
He cannot deny Himself.
2 Timothy 2:11-13 

Faithful GOD!



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Garbage Disposal System

Garbage Disposal System

Your Tales of Trash Hell https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/12/nyregion/trash-nyc.html

The cleanliness of an individual, a household or a city is determined by the effectiveness of their knowledge and disposal of personal dirt, household rubbish and city garbage respectively. Similarly,  the testimony and the glory of the Body of CHRIST is brought about by the intercession of humble servants of GOD in the body.

Just as the garbage truck drives towards the collections of garbage, picks them up and then heads towards the rubbish dump, so the Saviour of the world came down from the Holy Heaven toward this filthy world and sat with publicans and sinners. Then He headed towards Calvary, laying all of the garbage of all of mankind down and covered it with His life blood! Thus He has made a way for the effective disposal of not only our sin, but also for the sin of others through our intercession. We are like garbage trucks transporting all anger, bitterness, hurt and such that we encounter, to Calvary, trading them with forgiveness, grace and love.

 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
Matthew 11:19

Are you one who collects dirt and effectively disposes of it or are you one of those who scatter garbage and are used as a tool of the enemy?

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad. 
Matthew 12:30 

Sinners tend to gravitate towards the Saviour to be unburdened of their sin.

Do people who are oppressed by the devil through guilt and fear come to you for help?

Do they feel comfortable to open up to you with their needs, weaknesses and burdens?

Do you effectively dispose of all spiritual garbage by interceding wherever you go, so that you leave a clean spiritual atmosphere for the glory of GOD!

Yesterday I heard news that over a hundred containers full of garbage from foreign countries are heading towards our nation! The spiritual vision came to me when my husband and I walked, stood, sat and prayed on the rampart within the fort of the city of Galle situated in the southern coast of Sri Lanka, expecting to hear a word from the LORD and to receive a vision. The GOD, Whose name is faithful, has not only given us a vision, but will also fulfil it at the appointed time. I am therefore writing it down on my tablet with urgency, making it known plainly, so that those who read it may run with it.

The LORD is raising a mighty army of effective intercessors who will repent and earnestly pray for the LORD to graciously remove their own sin, the sin of this nation and the sin of other nations!! Amen, So be it , LORD.

 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Habakkuk 2:1-3 

 For behold, the stone That I have laid before Joshua: Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription,' Says the Lord of hosts, 'And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zechariah 3:9

Highway of Holiness

Highway of Holiness

Unresolved issues in life form an uneven path for the journey of life. A person who is fearful of conflicts will wind his way around others to avoid confrontations. what he believes in his heart will be different to what he says with his mouth. Hence he cannot form deep and meaningful relationships with others. They are peacekeepers and not peacemakers. Every one of those issues needs to be sorted out and put right before the coming of the LORD.

While driving around in cities, from time to time we encounter the long, complex and tedious process of the building of a highway. Many persons with many skills are involved in the planning, digging and making process. Various equipments such as tractors, diggers, earth movers and tools are used. There seems to be a period of mess and chaos. Traffic is diverted for a season. The direction of traffic in certain lanes are reversed temporarily! Many who use the roads around are inconvenienced for a period.

GOD gave commandments (come and mend!) to His people, so they could follow the way and pave their path towards Him. That long and difficult path of keeping rules and laws and sacrificing for sins and giving offerings to appease the wrath of GOD was an impossible road to travel for our ancestors of the Old Testament.

 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 

Prepare the way of the Lord; 

Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. 

Every valley shall be exalted 

And every mountain and hill brought low; 

The crooked places shall be made straight 

And the rough places smooth; 

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, 

And all flesh shall see it together; 

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
Isaiah 40:3-5 

Imagine that road replaced by a highway that is easy, travellable and quick! That is the path of grace Father GOD has made for all of mankind through the LORD JESUS. He is the Way and He is the Vehicle! You need to get into Him and you can be sure you will get to the Father. He has made all the necessary sacrifices and offerings and appeased the wrath of GOD. When you receive Him into your 
heart, He will guide and lead you through His Spirit.

This highway journey begins with JESUS in our heart but there are many mountains, obstacles and twists in the pathway of the mind.
 The foolishness of a man twists his way, 

And his heart frets against the Lord.
Proverbs 19:3 
The path of one whose intellect and will are not surrendered to GOD in worship is crooked.

Some may have low self esteem or negative experiences that would make their path to be a valley while beauty, wisdom, success and high achievements could make others walk the mountain of pride.

 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal 

but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 

casting down arguments 

and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, 

bringing every thought into captivity 

to the obedience of Christ,

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 

Every mindset needs to be corrected, straightened, levelled and evened before the coming of the LORD.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 

that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, 

holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 

And do not be conformed to this world, 

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 

that you may prove what is that good and acceptable 

and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1-2

 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, 
and the feeble knees, 
and make straight paths for your feet, 
so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, 
without which no one will see the Lord: 
looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; 
lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, 
and by this many become defiled;
Hebrews 12:12-15 
The word of GOD is the straight and narrow path that leads us to GOD. Therefore every thought, imagination, intent and attitude needs to align to GOD'S word for us to be able to travel that road. We  should diligently study GOD'S word like studying a map. We should submit to His word and walk in obedience to His will. His grace will enable us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When we are securely walking that highway,
We can prayerfully help others in the construction
of their Highway of Holiness!

See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, 

To root out and to pull down, 

To destroy and to throw down, 

To build and to plant." 

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 

"Jeremiah, what do you see?" 

And I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree." 

Then the Lord said to me, 

"You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word."
Jeremiah 1:10-12 

 The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, 
And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; 
It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, 
Even with joy and singing. 
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, 
The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. 
They shall see the glory of the Lord, 
The excellency of our God. 
Strengthen the weak hands, 
And make firm the feeble knees. 
Say to those who are fearful-hearted, 
"Be strong, do not fear! 
Behold, your God will come with vengeance, 
With the recompense of God; 
He will come and save you." 
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, 
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 
Then the lame shall leap like a deer, 
And the tongue of the dumb sing. 
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, 
And streams in the desert. 
The parched ground shall become a pool, 
And the thirsty land springs of water; 
In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, 
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 
A highway shall be there, and a road, 
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. 
The unclean shall not pass over it, 
But it shall be for others. 
Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray. 
No lion shall be there, 
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; 
It shall not be found there. 
But the redeemed shall walk there, 
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, 
And come to Zion with singing, 
With everlasting joy on their heads. 
They shall obtain joy and gladness, 
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35:1-10

HUMILITY

HUMILITY

Practical ways to humble myself:

 Let this mind be in you 
which was also in Christ Jesus, 

who, being in the form of God, 
did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 

but made Himself of no reputation, 

taking the form of a bondservant, 

and coming in the likeness of men. 

And being found in appearance as a man, 

He humbled Himself 
and became obedient to the point of death, 

even the death of the cross. 

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him 

and given Him the name
 which is above every name, 

that at the name of Jesus 
every knee should bow, 

of those in heaven, 
and of those on earth, 

and of those under the earth, 

and that every tongue should confess
 that Jesus Christ is Lord, 

to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11 

I will bless the Lord at all times; 
His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; 
The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 
Oh, magnify the Lord with me, 
And let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:1-3 

 The elders who are among you I exhort, 

I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, 

and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, 

not by compulsion but willingly, 

not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 

nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, 
but being examples to the flock; 

and when the Chief Shepherd appears, 

you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. 

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. 

Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, 
and be clothed with humility, 

for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, 

that He may exalt you in due time, 

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 

Be sober, be vigilant; 

because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, 

seeking whom he may devour. 

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, 

knowing that the same sufferings are experienced 
by your brotherhood in the world. 

But may the God of all grace, 

Who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, 

after you have suffered a while, 

perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 

To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

1 Peter 5:1-11 

Adulterers and adulteresses! 
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? 
Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world 
makes himself an enemy of God. 
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, 
"The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"? 
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: 
"God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 
Therefore submit to God. 
Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. 
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; 
and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 
Lament and mourn and weep! 
Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, 
and He will lift you up. 

James 4:4-10 

Eat simple.
Dress simple.
Live simple.
Associate with humble people.
Work on understanding others.
Exalt the LORD.
Magnify the LORD.
Honour people.
Abide in the LORD JESUS.
Submit to the Holy Spirit.
Follow the leading of the Spirit.
Allow your heart to be filled the LORD'S love.

TRAIN

Train Up Your Child 

(The Train Principle) Prov 22:6

• Do not control the child.

• Teach the child to come under God’s control.

• Decide for the child in his early years.

• Later, teach him how to make decisions.

• Do it all first by godly example, then by instruction.

• Do all work with understanding, love and patience.

• Let your focus be the Lord and not the child.

• Be an intercessor - be close to the Lord and to the child.

    - be linked to the Lord and to the child.

In this way, you will see that the child will be linked to the Lord and will be able, in due time, to effectively train up his child in the way he should go.

Train up a child in the way he should go,

 And when he is old he will not depart from it.

 Proverbs 22:6 

"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,

 when I will make a new covenant

 with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--

 "not according to the covenant that I made

 with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand

 to lead them out of the land of Egypt,

 My covenant which they broke,

 though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.

 "But this is the covenant that I will make

 with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD:

 I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts;

 and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

 "No more shall every man teach his neighbor,

and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,'

 for they all shall know Me,

 from the least of them to the greatest of them,

says the LORD.

 For I will forgive their iniquity,

and their sin I will remember no more."

Jeremiah 31:31-34 

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, And great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13

"As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, onr from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore." Isaiah 59:21