Hear my cries O Lord and help me

Help Me O Lord

I cry to You, 

do not forsake me, 

have mercy on me,

for You alone can do the impossible.

Save me O Lord.

Help O Lord in this urgent time.

click2 H-E-L-P, God will make a way when things are impossible for me

Prayer to St.Padre Pio for Special Favour

Padre Pio, you know me by name, you know my life, and you know my affliction. You have seen my eyes weep and my face become sad, and you know well that my soul is pierced with anguish. Padre Pio, during your earthly life you showed great love for the sorrowful. Hear my prayer and intercede before almighty God so that I may receive a miraculous blessing for the favour I beg for (mention your request).

Padre Pio, strengthen my faith, for I feel tormented with uncertainty. Calm my fears so that my steps may not falter. Padre Pio, you always showed compassion for others’ sufferings, and you have always poured yourself out lovingly for those who have recourse to you in prayer asking for a special favour. Padre Pio, with this prayer asking for a special favour, I entrust to you all my intentions and my present petition.

Padre Pio, with confidence I entrust myself to your protection, which is so great, so strong, and so immediate before the throne of God. Help me by your powerful intercession to receive a miraculous response to the favour I ask of you. Padre Pio, amidst these trials, teach me to understand the love that God has for me; and if it is not possible that “this cup pass from me,” help me to accept it with devotion and obedience. Grant me the strength and courage to bear my cross.

Renew my heart; make it loving and full of goodness; let it know how to recognize in my life the fruits of the spirit so that, through them, I may renew my love for God every day. Inspire me to follow you in love, to be more generous, and to do good works. Padre Pio, let this affliction purify me, make me worthy of being heard, and transform me into a new person, to be closer to you and to our Lord Jesus Christ who is in heaven. May His will be done now and forever. Amen.

Every act of kindness makes a difference

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:9

Kindness doesn’t have to wait for someone to ask. Kindness moves on its own. When you are kind your heart is aligned with your words and this leads to action. Kindness results in doing things with a cheerful heart. Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.

God is my Provider

Amen. So true... 

God has done, is doing and will always do great things for me. 

He has provided for me, is providing for me and will always be my greatest Provider. 

Thank you heavenly Father God. 

When the Counselor Comes, the Spirit of Truth

 

Where do you find help and support when you most need it? True friendship is strengthened in adversity. Jesus offers his disciples the best and truest of friends. Who is this promised friend? Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our Counselor and Advocate (also translated Paraclete or Helper). How does the Holy Spirit help us as the counselor? Counselor is a legal term for the person who defends someone against an adversary and who guides that person during the ordeal of trial. The Holy Spirit is our Advocate and Helper who guides and strengthens us and brings us safely through the challenges and adversities we must face in this life.

Person and role of the Holy Spirit

As Jesus approaches the hour he was to be glorified - through his death on the cross and his resurrection - he revealed more fully to his disciples the person and role of the Holy Spirit. What does Jesus tell us about the Holy Spirit? First, the Holy Spirit is inseparably one with the Father and the Son. It is the Holy Spirit who gives life - the very life of God - and who makes faith come alive in hearts and minds of people who are receptive to God's word.

The Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to know God personally. He gives us experiential knowledge of God as our Father. The Spirit witnesses to our spirit that the Father has indeed sent his only begotten Son into the world to redeem it and has raised his Son, Jesus Christ, from the dead and has seated him at his right hand in glory and power.

The Holy Spirit reveals to us the knowledge, wisdom and plan of God for the ages and the Spirit enables us to see with the "eyes of faith" what the Father and the Son are doing. Through the gift and working of the Holy Spirit we become witnesses to the great work of God in Christ Jesus.

Spirit strengthens us in faith and courage

Jesus warned his disciples that they could expect persecution just as Jesus was opposed and treated with hostility. We have been given the Holy Spirit to help us live as disciples of Jesus Christ. The Spirit gives us courage and perseverance when we meet adversities and challenges. Do you pray for the Holy Spirit to strengthen you in faith, hope and love and to give you courage and perseverance when you meet adversities and challenges?

O merciful God, fill our hearts, we pray, with the graces of your Holy Spirit; with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be the children of your love, our Father, who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. In adversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperity keep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips; may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world, and thirst after heavenly things; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

source: From the desk of Don Schwager, hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

Prayer to Mother Mary for Peace of Mind

Kneeling at your feet, sweet Mother of God and Queen of Peace, I, your loving child, confidently turn to you in my need, seeking your intercession for peace of mind and comfort to my troubled heart. (Mention your petition here.)

O listen to me, dear heavenly mother. Come to my aid and refuse me not as I cry to you. For you are my mother, and you fail no one who has recourse to you, O Consoler of the afflicted, O Queen of Peace. Amen.

Bible prophecies that are being fulfilled at these current time

 Take a look at what is happening today. 

 Here are some of the Bible prophecies that are being fulfilled.  

Go thru the following scriptures....

1. The songs in the temple will go away. (Amos 8: 3) 

 2. The corpses are so numerous that they are thrown away.  (Amos 8: 3) 

3. The earth will shake (Amos 8: 8) 

4. The Festivals and Celebrations become sad.  (Amos 8:10) 

5. Bitter days ahead. (Amos 8:10)

6. You will not be able to hear the Word. (Amos 8:11, 12)

7. A young people fall unconscious when they are young. (Amos 8:13)

8. Marriages will be without celebrations. (Jeremiah 16: 9)

9. People will die of deadly diseases.  (Jeremiah 16: 4)

10. They will be not be able to mourn for their dead.  They will not be able to bury their dead.  (Jeremiah 16: 4)

11. They will not go to the house of sorrow.  And will not show sympathy.  (Jeremiah 16: 5)

12. Big and small, old and young will die.  There will be no one to bury them.  (Jeremiah 16: 6)

13. It is forbidden to go to a feast/celebrations. (Jeremiah 16: 8)

14. Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors: hide thyself for a little while, till the fury pass away.  (Isaiah 26:20)

15. The pride of men shall be humbled, and the lofty shall be humbled. (Isaiah 2:11)

16. Wash your hands so that they do not die. (Exodus 30: 18-21)

17. Keep distance if you have symptoms.  Cover Mouth and Avoid Contact (Leviticus 13: 4,5,46 Mask)

 18. Whoever is sick should stay inside their tent for 7 to 14 days. (Leviticus 13: 4-5, Quarantine)

St.Anthony, pray for us.

 

Dear St.Anthony, pray and intercede with Jesus for us. You are known for miracles in finding lost things. Help me find and get all that I have lost. I am truly confident, you will come to my aid with your intercession on my behalf answered by God through Jesus who loves to linger in your arms. I will spread your miracle prayer and make you known to all. Amen.

Consecration of our family to the Holy Family

* This act of consecration to the Holy Family will u nite the members of your family more closely to God and to one another.

Prayer

O Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, Who having come to enlighten the world, with Your teaching and example, willed to pass the greater part of Your life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all Christian families, graciously receive our family as it dedicates and consecrates itself to You this day. Defend us, guard us and establish among us Your holy fear, true peace and concord in Christian love: in order that by conforming ourselves to the divine pattern of Your Family we may be able, all of us without exception, to attain to eternal happiness.

Mary, dear Mother of Jesus and Mother of us, by your kind intercession make this our humble offering acceptable in the sight of Jesus, and obtain for us His graces and blessings.

Saint Joseph, most holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all our spiritual and temporal necessities; that we may be able to praise our divine Savior Jesus, together with Mary and you, for all eternity.

Our Father, Hail Mary and Gloria three times.

Prayer Source: Catholic Family Handbook, The by Rev. George A. Kelly, Random House, Inc., New York, 1959 

Lord, make a way for me

 

Jesus, You are the way maker. I trust in You and I know You will make a way for me. I know You have always been beside me especially at my lowest times. I need You now ever more in these difficult times. Only You Lord know what is happening in my life. You have said, "Be still and now I am God,  Be not afraid, I will deliver you". I trust in You, Your words and promises. You surely will rescue me from my exile and restore my life. Amen.

Act of Consecration to the Blessed Sacrament

 

My LORD Jesus Christ, Who because of Your love for men remain night and day in the Blessed Sacrament, full of pity and of love, awaiting, calling and welcoming all who come to visit You, I believe that You are present here on the altar. I adore You, and I thank You for all the graces You have bestowed on me, especially for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me Your most holy Mother Mary to plead for me, and for having called me to visit You in this church.

I now salute Your most loving Heart, and that for three ends: first, in thanksgiving for this great gift; secondly, to make amends to You for all the outrages committed against You in this Sacrament by Your enemies; thirdly, I intend by this visit to adore You in all the places on earth in which You are present in the Blessed Sacrament and in which You are least honored and most abandoned.

My Jesus, I love You with my whole heart. I am very sorry for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. With the help of Your grace, I purpose never to offend You again. And now, unworthy though I am, I consecrate myself to You without reserve. I renounce and give entirely to You my will, my affection, my desires and all that I possess. For the future, dispose of me and all I have as You please.

All I ask of You is Your holy love, final perseverance and that I may carry out Your will perfectly. I recommend to You the souls in Purgatory, especially those who had the greatest devotion to

the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners.

Finally, my dear Saviour, I unite all my desires with the desires of Your most loving Heart; and I offer them, thus united, to the Eternal Father, and beseech Him, in Your name and for love of You, to accept and grant them.

Amen.

On a rainy day (Wake up World)

The rain is falling, the eyes of the Angels are crying. This earth so arid with love needs to be watered. How long will it take for humanity to understand? How many destructions, big and small, for the world to hear what True Freedom is? Yet the Lord waits, and his arm of righteousness is withheld by His Mother. Oh how much they love us those of Heaven! They look at us, they intercede, with their benevolent gaze. Will I be worthy of so many promises up there in Heaven? Nothing that I could have done will be enough ... It is You Lord who saves me, day and night You are there. So I say to myself "No matter where this world is going, Lord I trust in You!".

Source: FB/Fania/Christine Garvey Vilar

A word for someone

The Lord says , I am the God of the impossible and I will watch over My word to perform it. No matter what you are facing, stay focused upon Me, for I Am faithful and I will lift you up. My child, the plan of the enemy is to bring confusion, and cause you to settle for less than what I have for you. Do not fear what the future will hold, as you place your life in My hands I will direct your paths. My child, lean not unto your own understanding. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Allow Me to work in you and watch how I will bless the works of your hands. Be still and know that I am your God and that I have everything under My control. My child, I am calling you to draw closer to Me and keep your eyes upon Me, for I am the Author and the Finisher of your faith. Leave all your past failures, mistakes and disappointments behind you and Trust Me to provide all your needs. Worship Me in the beauty of holiness. As you follow My leading I will bring breakthrough to your situation says the Lord! Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. 

Source: FB Carole Burgess/Christine Garvey Vilar

Lord Jesus, only You are my provider

Lord Jesus, I need You this very moment where I am going through difficult situation. Things are beyond me but not for You my Saviour Lord for nothing is impossible for You. You have said, "Ask with faith and believing, you will surely receive".  

So Lord Jesus with the faith and believe in Your promises, I am asking You... Please grant me the miracle I need, make a way Lord that if it is Your will and for Your glory. Let the help I need to overcome my situation, find it way and flow to my account. Send forth You helping angels with open hearts.

Lord Jesus, I trust and hope in Your alone. Your timing is always perfect. Amen.

Click 2 Help 

Proverbs 21:13, Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

When we are generous with the things that come through our life, we are actually sending it ahead, and we’ll be compensated by God.

St.Anthony, pray and intercede on my behalf, that I get back all that is lost

O Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request).

O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms. The gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.

O Holy St. Anthony gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me 

Dearest St.Anthony, you are known of your miraculous intercession and prayer to Jesus, I and many have felt and received your miraculous power through Jesus having our petitions answered. Therefore, I who is currently going through storms in my life, and in need of your power intercession and prayer in overcoming the difficulties that I have been facing for several months which have become beyond my means and require urgent help. St.Anthony, help find and get back all that I have lost. Only miracle from Jesus by the will of the Father in Heaven can heal and provide for my solution for me. I want and vow to change my ways and character for the better, by the help from Jesus and the Father through your intercession and prayer, dearest St.Anthony. I feel so hopeless, impossible, desperate and worried, I urgently need your miraculous intercession and prayer, which I truly believe will be answered, and the help needed soon come from Jesus with the will of Father.

O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms. The gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.

St.Expedite, I need your prayer and your miraculous intercession

 

I have overlooked or forgotten in past answered request by you in offering you what I promised if my prayer was answered. Please accept my plea for forgiveness and have mercy on me and grant the favour I now ask of you in my urgent and speedy need through the the will of God the Father. Blessed by your grace that comes from God through your speedy, quick and urgent intercession and not forsake me.

St.Expedite, I seek your help for a urgent financial blessing in current depression. I need the sum of money  which is beyond my capability to settle my financial difficulties. Full of confident in your urgent and speedy help, I ask your favour and grace of the Lord so that I can overcome this situation. As you always against delay and procrastination, please come to my urgent help. In Jesus name I make this prayer and urgent request. I promise I will honour you and share about you and your devotion to other by my blog and Facebook, thank you St.Expedite in advance cause I really know that you will bring the speedy help that I need to me.

Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus. (The Miracle Heart of JESUS Prayer)

Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus for prayers granted. 

Friends please pray this prayer for any intention and it will be granted. This is a very powerful prayer.It has never known to fail. Amen. Trust in the Lord.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

The Tragedy of the Betrayal

Why did Judas betray his Master? Was his treachery motivated by greed, bitter disappointment with Jesus, or hatred because of disillusionment? It may be that Judas never intended for his Master to die. Maybe he thought Jesus was proceeding too slowly and not acting aggressively enough in setting up his messianic kingdom. Perhaps Judas wanted to force Jesus' hand by compelling him to act. Nonetheless, his tragedy was his refusal to accept Jesus as he was.

The power of greed can only be overcome with the power of Christ's love poured out for us
Origen (185-254 AD), a bible scholar and early church father, comments on Judas' betrayal:

"Let us consider what Judas said to the Jewish priests: What will you give me if I hand him over to you? He was willing to take money in exchange for handing over the Word of God. They do the same thing who accept sensual or worldly goods in exchange for handing over and casting out from their souls the Savior and Word of truth who came to dwell with them. Indeed, it would be fitting to apply Judas's example to all who show contempt for the Word of God and betray him, as it were, by committing sin for the sake of money or for any selfish motive. People who behave in this way appear openly to be calling out to the powers of the enemy who offer worldly gain in return for the sin of betraying God's Word, saying, What will you give me if I hand him over to you? And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

The number of coins they gave Judas was equivalent to the number of years the Savior had sojourned in this world. For at the age of thirty, he was baptized and began to preach the gospel, like Joseph was thirty years old when he began to gather grain for his brothers (Genesis 41:46). Just as at that time the grain was prepared by God for the sons of Israel but given also to the Egyptians, so also the gospel was prepared for the saints but preached also to the unfaithful and wicked." (Commentary on Matthew 78.)

The Lord will test our hearts to show us where we need his love and strength to do his will
Jesus knew beforehand what would befall him. As Jesus ate his last supper meal with his twelve apostles he put them under trial and suspicion (one of you will betray me) to teach them to examine themselves rightly, lest they be high-minded and think themselves more strong than they were. We, also must examine ourselves in the light of God's truth and grace and ask him to strengthen us in faith, hope, and love that we may not fail him or forsake him when we are tempted. Do you pray with confidence in the words Jesus gave us to pray: Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:13)?

God our Father, we are exceedingly frail and indisposed to every virtuous and gallant undertaking. Strengthen our weakness, we beseech you, that we may do valiantly in this spiritual war; help us against our own negligence and cowardice, and defend us from the treachery of our unfaithful hearts; for Jesus Christ's sake. (Prayer of Thomas a Kempis)

source: From the desk of Don Schwager, hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

The Miracle Heart of JESUS Prayer

Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus for prayers granted. Friends please pray this prayer for any intention and it will be granted. This is a very powerful prayer.It has never known to fail. Amen. Trust in the Lord.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored and glorified forever. 

Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You.

O Infant JESUS, through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy mother and St. Joseph, Your loving foster father, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted

 .

O Infant Jesus, I come to You, seeking You to save me. I am in great need for your miraculous help in pressing financial situation that I am going through currently. I do not seek a large sum of money or trouble you for unneeded comforts or luxuries. All I am requesting is for enough money to relief my financial debt woes, ease this stress and some extra to get my day to day life back on track. The stress caused by my worries has started to interfere and mess with all my other parts of my life. Full of trust, I truly believe and with hope to obtain Your holy grace. I love You, Jesus, I am painfully sorry for my sins and I beg You, and to set me free from them. I promise to change, improve myself and to never offend You. I offer myself to You, give me the means to do Your work, and spread Your Love. I have only so much to give, if only I were allowed the chance. Infant Jesus show me Your goodness, and deliver me from my difficulties. Infant Jesus, Mighty and Sweet Child, I offer You all Glory, Praise and Thanksgiving belongs to You. Divine Child Jesus, Infant Jesus, heal me by Your will, extend Your holy hand and by Your power take away all my worries and bestow Your peace upon me today that I may have eternal joy with You, Mary, Your Most Holy mother and St. Joseph, Your loving foster father. O Infant Jesus, You who have said, ask and you shall receive, seek and you will find, ask and it shall be opened to you. Through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy mother and St. Joseph, Your loving foster father, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted. AMEN.

We all need help from time to time, 

especially in desperate and pressing times 

and there is no shame in asking for it. 

God will work wonders through his people. 

All Glory. Praise and Thanksgiving 

to Our Father, God in Heaven and on Earth.

To offer a helping hand, follow this link. 

May the Good Lord Bless you 

for Your sincere help a hundred-fold. 

God Bless and Thank You. 

Solutions

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (James 1:5)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2)

So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34)

Whatever your need is, take it to Him who has all authority in heaven and earth, to Jesus Christ who is Lord of all. Come boldly to His throne of grace to find mercy, grace, and help in your time of need (Hebrews 4:16). You will experience His presence, He will hear and help you!  He doesn't grow tired, He just gives, and gives again. He gives more grace when the burdens grow greater. Lord we thank You for what You have done and are doing today.  

God Your so good, God Your so good to me

 

God will Provide.

Amen.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

Do you allow anxiety or fear to keep you from trusting in God's provision for your life? The apostles worried because they forgot to bring bread for their journey. And that was right after Jesus miraculously fed a group of five thousand people (Mark 6:41-44, Matthew 14:17-21), and then on another occasion four thousand people (Mark 8:1-10, Matthew 15:34-38)! How easy it is to forget what God has already done for us and to doubt what he promises to do for us in the future as well. Scripture tells us that "perfect love casts out fear" (1 John 4:18). Ask the Lord Jesus to fill your heart with his love and to increase your faith in his provident care for you.

Beware the "leaven" which corrupts mind, body, and soul

Jesus cautioned the disciples to beware of bread that corrupts, such as the "leaven of the Pharisees." When leaven ferments a lump of wet dough, it transforms the dough and changes it into life-enriching bread when heated. Left-over dough which had been leavened (but not baked) would rot and become putrified. For the Jew leaven was a sign or symbol of evil influence. It signified anything which rots and corrupts, not just physically but spiritually and morally as well.

Jesus warned his disciples to avoid the way of the Pharisees and Sadducees who sought their own counsels rather than the mind of God. They were blinded by their own arrogance and were unable to recognize the truth and wisdom which Jesus spoke in the name of his Father in heaven. What kind of leaven (spiritual, moral, intellectual) do you allow to influence your way of thinking and living? Jesus sharply contrasts the bread and leaven which produces life, especially the abundant life which God offers through Jesus, the true bread of heaven, with the bread and leaven which rots and corrupts mind, body, and soul.

Let God's word nourish and strengthen you in faith, hope, and love

As the disciples continued to worry about their lack of physical bread for the journey, Jesus reminded them of his miraculous provision of bread in the feeding of the five thousand and the four thousand. He then upbraided them for their lack of trust in God. Aren't we like the apostles? We too easily get preoccupied with the problems, needs, and worries of the present moment, and we forget the most important reality of all - God's abiding presence with us!

When the people of Israel wandered in the desert homeless and helpless for forty years, God was with them every step of the way. And he provided for them shelter, food, water, and provision, as long as they trusted in him. Each day he gave them just what they needed. Jesus teaches us to trust in God's abiding presence with us and in his promise to provide us what we need each and every day to live as his sons and daughters. Do you pray with joyful confidence, "Father, give us this day our daily bread"?

Lord Jesus, you alone are the true bread of life which sustains us each and every day. Give me joy and strength to serve you always and help me to turn away from the leaven of sin and worldliness which brings corruption and death.

 source: From the desk of Don Schwager, hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me

What can bring us true freedom and joy? In Jesus we see the healing power of God's love and mercy in action. Wherever Jesus went, people gathered to hear him speak about the kingdom of heaven and God's promise to bring freedom and healing to those who put their trust in God. His gracious words brought hope, joy, and favor to those who were ready to receive him.

Jesus began his public ministry in his own land of Galilee where he was reared. His proclamation of the fulfillment of the Messianic prophecy of Isaiah brought wonder to the people. Isaiah had prophesied that the Messiah would come in the power of the Holy Spirit to bring freedom to those oppressed by sin and evil (see Isaiah 61:1-2). Jesus awakened their hope in the promises of God. They, in turn, received his words favourably and wondered what would become of "Joseph's son". Their hearts were hungry for the word of life and they looked to Jesus with anticipation and wonder. Do you look to Jesus with confidence and hope in the fulfillment of all God's promises?

The word "gospel" literally means "good news". Isaiah had prophesied that the Messiah would come in the power of the Holy Spirit to bring freedom to those who suffered from physical, mental, or spiritual oppression (see Isaiah 61:1-2). Jesus came to set people free, not only from their infirmities, but from the worst affliction of all - the tyranny of slavery to sin, Satan, and the fear of losing one's life. God's power alone can save us from dejection, hopelessness, and emptiness of life. The Gospel of salvation is "good news" for everyone who will receive it. Do you know the joy and freedom of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God who came to bring us the kingdom of heaven?

Lord Jesus, you are the fulfillment of all our hopes and dreams. Through the gift of your Holy Spirit you bring us truth, freedom, and abundant life. Fill me with the joy of the Gospel and inflame my heart with love and zeal for you and for your kingdom of peace and righteousness.

source: From the desk of Don Schwager, hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

Happy New Year 2021

Thank You Lord God 

for all the blessing and graces in the past year.

Please continue to shower 

Your blessings, graces, mercy, and protection 

in this current new year.

Without You Lord God, 

I am nothing,

and nothing is impossible for You.

AMEN.