Shyju’s Blog

Dear Friends,
I have missed writing to you. Even though I love writing I don’t seem to be able to get disciplined to set apart some time every day for the same. But I am hoping to keep in touch as much as I can.

I am back in Malaysia, after my meetings in Indonesia as I had mentioned in the “EVERYDAY TALK” on the blog site. I tried something I’ve not done before. I walked for one and a half hour to a shopping mall. It was a long walk and legs ached, body slowed down, yet I kept walking having the mall in mind. Out came a revelation here it is:
     
When I’ve already walked a long way,
And yet do not for sure know the way.
I continue walking on the road,
Which I assume is for my good.

It’s been good and sometimes bad,
But I’ve been going on strong.
I won’t know for sure if the path is right,
Till I see the angels and my Father by sight.

But I am going on, going on,
For His love is my greatest reward.

My team member Michael and his dear Chinese wife Jasmine, have a very cute baby named Ethan. Ethan is almost 2 years old and much attached to me. And the best part of it, he calls me Papa Ju. The other day I made him stand on his dinning table and asked him to jump, with my hands open ready to catch him. For almost a minute he did not budge. Finally after repeated encouragements from my end he jumped; straight into my hands. I put him back on the table and asked him to do it again, this time without a shadow of doubt, He jumped with all giggles. He simply trusted. I am wondering why God said “Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all].” Mat 18:3 AMP

Look at the Israelites, wouldn’t you say that they were a bunch of very confused people. I would say confused because they always found it very hard to simply trust God. (I am wondering what would we be called if we were in their place.) They had seen His power, they had witnessed the miraculous parting of the Red Sea making way for them to go over to the other side- what a marvelous sight that would have been!, and they were there that day when the LORD fought for them and let the Egyptians drown right behind them in that same Red Sea. They had baskets full of testimonies, signs & wonders yet not witnessed by others, even then when they had a need they failed to trust Him. Time and again they put HIM to test.

One evening God told them that he was sending them their morning meal the next day. [And Moses said, [This will happen] when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumblings which you murmur against Him; Exo 16:8 AMP] and true to HIS word GOD delivered the parcel at their doorsteps. They heard from God that it was their bread yet they asked “what is this”!? [When the Israelites saw it, they said one to another, Manna [What is it?]. Why? Because their breakfast did not look like the one they expected. For too long the Israelites had been having the Egyptian breakfast or may be sometimes even no breakfast. So when God blessed them they asked, manna (meaning “what is this”). Does not the Bible say our thoughts are nothing compared to his and that His ways are much higher? [For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts- Isa 55:9KJV] How much longer will we take to trust Him?

I don’t know how many of you know that I did my 3 years degree course from Kodaikanal (Kodaikanal Christian College). While a student I was also given the responsibility of being the chaplain for the college by the founder, my dear friend and uncle Dr. Sam Abraham, which I enjoyed doing very much.  I had a great time there, in the land of great,  tall mountains; I loved the times that I have spent praying all night outside in that biting cold weather. In the initial months the pressure of being the chaplain and a student used to get to me at times; more so because I hated the thought of studying ;). Under pressure I would cry out to God; till one day God told me that it was for His glory. I did not understand HIM then but now I know better. Let me explain-I remember traveling to Kerala once by train, the journey was over 12 hours from Bangalore. As a young boy I remember sitting at the door of that train holding on to the railings as tightly possible and gazing at the huge mountains as the train passed by. Watching the clouds envelop the mountains was the most amazing sight. I remember having tears in my eyes as I imagined Moses on the top of the mountain with God. And I asked if God could please allow me to be on top of a mountain to pray at least for one day. I just wanted to know what it felt like. But now when the blessing had come, I was complaining. Why? Because it was not packaged in the way I imagined!
Was that similar to the Israelites? God had told them about the breakfast but when it came they were busy examining what God gave them rather than enjoy the blessing.  It is very important that we live the moments that God gives us than crib about the way it has been deilivered. You have been praying for the right door (college, marriage partner, jobs etc) to open up and when it did you are cribbing about your tough situation because the blessing did not come to you in the expected package.

Matthew 6:31 KJV
Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, what are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?

Isn’t it interesting that God sent worms to eat up the food that was left over for the next day as if God was saying don’t live for tomorrow live your life for today?
Friends, please don’t fight tomorrow’s battle with yesterday’s strength. Matthew 6:34 KJV
So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.God wants you to enjoy your life today and praise Him for all His goodness today.

And just like baby Ethan, can we start trusting God?

His love endureth forever.
Blessings,
Shyju

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We started our journey at around 9am towards Indonesia. We traveled by air for one hour and reached the border of Malaysia from where we traveled by a ferry to an island. The overseer of the Indonesia Bethany Church (overseer with 50 churches under him) accompanied us for a 45 minute drive by car to another ferry point where we again took a ferry to another location. From that spot we traveled for more than 2 hours to reach the location we were to minister.( Phew that was some journey)
It was not an evangelistic-al meeting. It was a small gathering of people; around 50 believers who had together to hear from God, the main meeting was supposed to begin only the next day. Just a week ago they had shut down 4 churches by the extremist’s who believed that the nation cannot have other religions in the same location. I went in there directly after this long drive, I did not even have time to refresh as they had been there worshiping from 6 pm and by the time we reached it was around 8.30 pm. I planned to preach something else till I got up! The Spirit of God changed my subject into talking about moving in the power of God. I taught them how they could move in the power of God like the New Testament Church as the believers anxiously listened to the whole sermon. Joy filled my heart to see more than 20 believers receive the Holy Spirit followed by the obvious sign of speaking in heavenly tongues.
The next meeting I went to(more than around 200 people); I was dumbstruck to find people who were so lukewarm it broke my heart; they had no excitement, as if they came up there as if they had been forced to!!! I had to tell them that I was there for the real deal and had no time to goof around. They did not expect anything to happen. They were just there because were told that a guest speaker from India has come. They were used to seeing many usual preachers with some teaching material and power points. I remained excited in the knowledge that God has sent me there! 5 minutes into the meeting, the zeal for God took over and before I knew it God was revealing their sickness and more than 25 people came up healed of all kinds of problems, many wept as they did not come expecting a miracle but Jesus had done it again! Many more were healed the next day. A pastor commented that people were not used to this kind of meetings. For the next 5 days I spent time empowering the Churches to go to the next level. Thank you dear partners for your committed time’s of prayer. 

Besides I had fun on the ferry, we travelled to Indonesia on the singapore waters and I enjoyed the idea of being able to talk with God on the top of the ferry, with waters beneath and the vast skies above. Just loved it~it was such a close personal time with God! We tried shopping but naaa most of the shops were designed for small people, so too bad did not have anything that i liked for my size. It was the first time there and we are going back to a different island this August end. Guess what, God is opening up some underground churches in East Asia and i am told not to put up the details on the site. And i kind of feel like apostle Paul to go into these places to go strengthen Churches, and to see their passion and love for Jesus like we have seen everywhere else that God has sent us so far! I’l try putting up the pictures on the website or facebook soon. Keep me in your prayers as i travel to those churches, Miri island, Indonesia again, Singapore and so on. And again, thank you for your support that will help our team to go into these places without putting the weight of the expense on the local churches there. 

Dont miss the next blog, specially written for my blog friends! forward it to as many as you think will be blessed by it~!

Love.

Your friend,

Shy

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Hello my dear friends,

To be honest I missed writing to you. I have been extremely busy with my meetings but now I could go no more without updating my dear prayer partners on what God has been doing. 

Till date more than 310 people have been saved in Malaysia. Which according to a pastor here is a huge number with the usual rate of people being saved. I was shocked when I heard another pastor say they have baptisms only once a year. Well may be because i come from a church where we see baptisms every week. But i am sure now they have some work to do. In case you are reading this and do not experience the same growth in your church, well get on your knees and ask God who gives souls to take your church to that level of constant growth. The scripture talks about how people were added to the church daily. Let us believe for the same.

About the miracles, i have lost count, i now dont even remember all the healing’s. But hundreds have been healed. Last evening I was preaching in a sports complex where 113 people gave their lives to Jesus, it was such a touching experience. This morning the senior pastor called me up asking me to give opportunity for people to testify as many reported to him that they were healed even after i left the complex. 

One of the Indonesian meeting that i preached in here in Malaysia we had a dozen demons manifest in people. What shocked me was 2 of them manifested from the dear people in the choir. We had people all over screaming and manifesting. The name of Jesus is above all other names. I am expecting ten times more deliverance ministry while I travel to Indonesia.

Here is few of the hundreds of healing testimonies that i can remember :

Heart and double vision healed: Another Chinese sister who had a problem in the heart valve came back after 4 days to testify that since the last four days her heart has been completely healed, no more pain, no more breathing problems and she strongly believes that her valve has been healed.  To her surprise ,in the same service, her son was healed of a double vision.

Lump in the breast healed

Another chinese lady who came to pray for her daughter’s headache was healed of a lump in her breast which she checked after she reached home.

Migraine for 10years

A sister who suffered from tremendous migraine was healed right during the meeting and the pain has not come back ever since.

Tumor on the spine

A young chinese man came to pray for his grand parents but while he was praying the presence of Jesus touched his back and the tumor on his spine disappeared and today he is pain free!

Growth in the arm pit 

A chinese sister with a growth in her arm pit was greatly shocked when suddenly she realized that the lump had disappeared. She had been in pain for six moths.

Many ears opened!

A lady was healed of 2years of deafness. Another lady who was deaf in her left ear for the last 15years was completely healed during the service. Many others came and testified about their ears popped open.

Spinal problem

Dozens of spinal problems were made whole by Jesus. A lady testified about her crooked spine being straightened in the meeting. 

60pills everyday! Healed!

A first time visitor who came reluctantly was healed of series of problems which caused her to eat 60 tablets everyday. 

You will also be pleased to know that SMM interviewed Sister Linda who was healed of her Kidney failure during our last December’s ministry. She is well and the doctors have certified that her kidneys are functioning 100% well. Jesus is Alive!!!

Please continue upholding my meetings in your prayers. Please check my meeting schedule and uphold me in your prayers! I might have to come back to Malaysia after my meetings in Indonesia as my tickets have been issued from here. 

FASTING

I am troubled by the reports I hear about the sin and filth in Indonesia. Would you partner with me and stand along in strong prayer for God to send me with a powerful anointing to break the works of the devil. That many sinners, prostitutes, gamblers etc would know the love of Jesus and be set free of their sin!!! I am going on a three day strong fast before i go into that nation, I want to know if you can agree with me in prayer and if possible fast  only if the Holy Spirit leads you to stand in the gap for the nation of Indonesia.

In all of this- I want you to stand with me in prayer. I am physically very drained and tired with meetings everyday but my spirit is soaring! I need you to pray and ask God to pour out more of His strength and grace over me. It’s my desire to be serve more, wherever God sends me. 

Servant for Christ,

Shyju

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Dearest Prayer Partners and Friends,

I count this great joy to update you on what God is doing here in Malaysia because I know there are many of you who are earnestly praying for these meetings and would like to know what’s happening.

Power of the word: It’s been3days now and God has been mightily confirming His word with signs and wonders. I’ve already ministered in 4meetings in these 3days, we’ve seen the power of the gospel. I feel God up to something new as after I reach the meeting spots there has been a heavy prophetic mantle coming to action, with God revealing the conditions of hearts of the people and the spiritual conditions of the Church. People and the leaders immediately seen responding to the word with much repentance and tears.

9 long years of deafness healed: There was a lady who was completely deaf in her ears for 9long years, she came forward after a word of knowledge was given and her deaf ear was completely opened and she would not stop giggling surprised as she could not believe it for herself.

No more drilling holes on the knee cap: A man who had a doctor check up and was supposed to have an operation the next day after meeting on his knees. His doctor after seeing his MRI scan had said that he would have to drill holes and have a major operation which later he would have to walk with the help of crutches. He went back the next day for the operation after getting prayed.  But to his surprise the doctor came to him with a good news, he said, “we have a good news, I don’t know how but we do not have to drill and you will not have to use the crutches.” But we do know how- JESUS LIVES!

13 years of PAIN healed: A man had an accident 13years ago and his bone was operated and had some fittings on the hip, he could not bend and was in extreme pain for these long years but during the conference his pain left. He came up to testify with tears that he was healed while he prayed for his son to be touched.

Spine healed: More than 7 people’s spinal problems completely healed.

2years of Head ache healed: A lady suffering from continuous head ache for 2years instantly healed and through out the meeting she sat without any pain.

Hand growing out live miracle: There was one sister who had an inch shorter hand than the other hand, (a doctor in the meeting checked the same and agreed) while the doctor was holding her hand the other hand grew out to the normal size while we prayed!!!A lady who could not move her legs got a word of knowledge which she later confirmed, that she was not supposed to be at the meeting. But after prayers she could completely move her leg without any pain and was in joyful tears in knowing that Jesus loves her!!!

Numbness Healed: in the toe healed, numbness in the legs healed.. and many more heeling’s that I don’t remember now…

I want to thank everyone that has been praying.

III John 1: 2 “Beloved, in regard to all things i pray that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers”

Please continue praying till the next update. I have a pastors meeting tomorrow. Day after begins a series of evangelistic and healing rally for 5days in different parts of Penang Island. You will be informed about the next update if you can leave your email id as a response to this blog.

Blessings,

Shy

God is moving so fast! So fast, that i cant fathom His ways.

I am sorry dear friends I could not update you of the meetings from Chennai. Thank you so much for praying and standing along.
It was one Holy Ghost Fire Camp! The first session I was in good form to preach till Holy Spirit invaded and healings bursted everywhere. God started revealing their problems and people started getting healed in dozens. Many were instaly healed of their spine problem, instantly as God revealed their condition. Years of pain vanished in the presence of God. The next day I got up to see greater glory as the presence of God moved in great power as demons came out screaming from youngsters. They were set free by the power and the name of our Lord Jesus. It was a first time experience to see demons manifesting in a youth camp in that number! The glory was there. That evening a number of healings were taking place as Jesus moved in such power. Young men and women came up with skin rashes and scars disappearing. A young man did not need his glasses anymore of his eye power -2 which was corrected by Jesus. Ears and eyes healed, breathing trouble healed, head aches gone, another man came up running as from 3days he suffered from continuous bleeding in his nose after an operation, as the word of knowledge came his pain left immediately. He came up with blood soaked hand-kerchief and proving Jesus is Lord and he was pulling his nose which he couldnt touch before due to pain, now completly without pain. Jesus moved so powerfully as youngsters were being challenged to move into the next level of glory seeing the wonders of Jesus. Next day I could not complete my message as the power of God touched the pastors and the youth equally. It was glorious!

I am writing this in a rush and probably lost account of many things that happened, as I am leaving tonight to Malaysia. I have now invitations to carry on from there to Indonesia and singapore. I request you to pray strongly for the visa to be released as it would require a miracle for the lack of time. If the visa has not come I wil be back here by July 6th else I am yet not sure about the date when I will return. I request you to remember me in your prayers daily, as standing in the war front requires so much more of God’s protection. And I thank Jesus as His grace is sufficient. Yet i covet your prayers. Thanks once again for all your support.
God bless you.
Your servant in Christ,
Shyju

Hello Dearest Friend,
I am just back from Cochin meetings and thanks for praying for the same. I have to confess the kind of glory and anointing that God released was even new to me. Almost three times the glory was so thick that I had to sit down from ministering and just soak. I wish you all were there to receive it and I wish we had a good camera to record and capture the move of God

From the very first session I sensed a very strong authority as I stood talking to the youngsters, a very strong sense of authority in knowing that God had sent me for a special purpose with a special anointing. And yes it was so. The glory of God started hitting the place like crazy as the youth started crying out like little babies in the presence of our God.

It was almost like a wash out from the world.

That evening I was in form. I told God that I wanted to have some fun, so I asked God that healings would take place in this ‘youth’ camp! And so it was! It was a camp of fun that evening as we saw plenty of instant healing! We had 6 guys come up and testify of healingi n their back, one guy literally lifted his friend standing next to him and testified, no more pain! 5 girls healed of head ache! 2 of them had sinus problems, one felt heaviness in the head being removed! A young man with thumb that was swelled cause of a cricket injury was instantly healed and could bend his thumb and had no pain. One girl’s blocked ears opened up! Many more! I tell you our Jesus is just awesomel!!!!

That night i was drained in my body after long sessions, tried sleeping and at 12am Jesus Dada woke me up and wanted me to spend time with him. Dada told me He was going to do double of it the next day to which i slightly panicked, I said Lord I cant imagine double, forget handling it! I say it with tears in my eyes, it was more than double! I have never felt so much power, and I believe that God was releasing such glory on the youth that came and stayed for three days for the camp to recieve from God.

Friends, forgive me as I do not know how to explain it, I mean it - I dont! I cannot put in words the glory and the power and the fire that fell there! It numbs me even when i try imagining it. I was preaching about my now favourite word of the hour, the season, “triple I.” With the First I- interfere, the glory hit the place and I could not minister as the youngsters started falling out of their chairs weeping! O they were so hungry! Force, sat them back to finish my sermon and boom the glory hit again and this time with double power! I mean it, my hands were so heavy I could not contain it! Youngsters were down on the floor in the power for hours in the glory weeping loud! Heavy manifestation of power! Later there was 7 show of hands of out of body experience- one girl who struggled with fear was taken up in the clouds and saw herself on the lap of Jesus and Jesus braided her hair and this girl who ran away in the first session because of the fear  was now filled with Holy laughter and no more had creeping fears! Youth were delivered from addiction to secular Antichrist music! The Spirit of prayer came upon them that they were praying for others and groups of youngsters were reported to be prophesying in the dorms late in the night!

I got a call from another friend, telling how his friend called and reported about how the glory had changed her and that she was back at home and still drunk in the spirit!

Just this morning I got a call from the senior Pastor of Master Ministries, a man of principles, Pastor Damien, expressing how happy he is and how he came back from his vacation to see the youths completely changed!

A MILLION THANKS AND ALLLLL GLORY TO OUR LORD JESUS!

Now tell me what is this? Like Peter said, ‘this is that’ This is that Joel prophesied! End time move, i am even more excited about the Fire Chennai youth conference, expecting more than 3000 youth each night! May 27, 28, 29. Ask God for more and double, will you? Stand along with me for this revival! Thanks for all your prayer and support! I need more prayers, as I can sense God’s power shaking up territorial demons and principalities everywhere God is sending us which means i need a lot more of your prayer support! Thanks for standing along until now!

Be blessed,
Shyju

Jesus walked with the disciples and all he talked with them is about the Kingdom of God! That was his endtime purpose that the Kingdom may be established on earth as it is in heaven!
“For the kingdom of God to come on earth it must first be born in your heart!”
It is through the Church, the body of Christ, that the Kingdom of heaven comes to earth. But if the bride is not prepared then it would delay God’s plan for our nations. The Church must wake up! God’s voice is waking up sleeping believers in this end time and the Spirit of the Lord wants you to, Arise, dress yourself, for the King is about to meet you. Esther had to be dressed in her royal apparel before she met the King. Are we ready to meet our King? Are we ready for His immense glory to be manifested or is our apparel in dirt? Is our heart bitter with unforgiveness or filled with envy? Is the joy of the Holy Ghost continuing to manifest in our hearts? Have we given God the full place in our life?

I believe God is about to reveal his glory on earth and before that happens the same glory must be manifested in our hearts. That is the platform for a real revival! Our hearts must be as it is in heaven, for the Kingdom of God to descend into our hearts. Our churches and hearts must not only cry out ‘holy, holy’ through our lips,but must be holy, as it is in heaven!

Pure joy must invade our lives for ourselves and others like it is in heaven that the Kingdom may come. Non stop worship must fill our heart not just through our services but even through our lifestyle, “like it is in heaven.” Lets guard our heart one more time sternly for what God has in store. And I pray that this blog will release you into God’s fullness and if you are reading this blog it is because God has promised to reveal your glory to you by allowing Holy Spirit to remove every darkness and preparing your heart for HIS glory to descend. Once that happens then you ar the Kingdom carrier. You are God’s instrument to bring in God’s authority and will on the earth. To proclaim the Gospel to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and to give new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Thy Kingdom come!!! Thy will be done!!!

From the Lord,

Shyju

Though I am very encouraged with the responses precious saints have been posting, its way beyond those responses that makes me want to come back and write… Now I realise this is beyond the idea of having a blog for just writing… I feel Holy Spirit taking over the post to talk to a generation that he really dearly loves. He seems to have a word and that excites me to have a opportunity to share what is on the heart of God. Wow! I am happy with the friends who have been blessed and forwarding the link so that more might be blessed.

Last night I was on a call with a young man whom I believe had a call to be a leader for our generation. As i prayed, my spirit wept, I felt my spirit weeping strongly for this generation. I wept with the Spirit. I wept cause I heard the spirit telling. We are not listening.

 We are not listening to Him.
 Our hearts are not still. We are so much in our world and let the world take over us that what is left about God in our lives is just crumbs, when He must be reigning our life we give Him only a corner chair while we run the life’s show. For Him to reign in our lives we must not live but die to ourselves. The spirit of God is waiting to use this generation like never before but he wants us to stop running the show and surrender. The greatest of the move’s happened when there was someone who surrender every being of them and every area of their life. And I feel the urgency again Holy Spirit silently waiting to pick up in His hands a generation that is completely surrendered to His will and wish.

In this act of complete selfless surrender Holy Spirit will take hold of our life. We must surrender our will to Him and let Him have His way. Many a times we are driven by our ambitions and dreams and selfish accomplishments that we somtimes use to prove our worth but what we have to do is lay our accomplishments, awards and ourselves before the throne and pick up the cross and follow Him. That there might not be in me anything that HE has no complete control of. Then we would cease and He would reign. I surrender my ambitions, dreams, desires, needs, wants, will,ego, character, o even the linen threads that stitch’s my lifestyle.

 That when it is no more my will but His. That i might cease to exist. That no more the world will hold me, not by the shinning stars of fame, nor by glittering riches that fade. Nothing but Christ in me, that they will see me no more but Christ in me. Help me Lord, Here I am. Help me lord, the mortal man I am. I need thee, I need thee, every hour i need thee!!!

Any Levite’s listening? The 21st century Levite?
Blessings.
From the Lord,
Shyju

P.S - I am leaving to Cochin for meetings on 21, 22, for more details http://www.shyjumathew.com/images/may%20calendar.jpg please pray that many young will be changed with God’s glory. Thank u.

Dear Chosen Generation,
I love to walk and pray, infact i walk for hours in my room when i pray, so much that i feel i dont need to excersise anymore than that it was 03.02am… My heart was burdened to pray for the youth. During that prayer Spirit of the Lord spoke to me just one sentence, it was this- “Let this generation guard their heart”. I asked God why it was so important to guard the heart… He said that it was His throne room.. I said why the heart? Spirit of God said it was the heart which pumps life to the body.. And that Jesus was life! He controlled every being of us. I sensed a urgency in that word that I was in fact straight away led to write this to our generation!

It is therfore very important that this generation guard their heart. Somtime ago I heard a rumor someone tried to spread about me, and I was very disturbed, distubed that i thought about it over and over again. Before I knew an hour had passed. By now bitterness filled my heart towards some. Why were the fighting me without a reason? I have not even hurt them once. I dont even know them. I have not even spoken to them. Why? Before I knew my heart was becoming defensive to people. I saw everyone in that eye kept a distance with everyone. Now that bitterness grew to anger. Till the Holy Spirit convicted me. I then realised that 3hours had passed by without a second of prayer, and to me that is a graveous sin. I was shocked with that realisation on how a simple thing had shaken up my heart and drew me away from God.

My best time of crying out to God happens on my bike. I took of for a ride with God on my Charisma, i tried to silence my mind to know what was happening. Why God? How could i be so easily detached from God? It was simple the walls of my heart was broken and my joy was lost and the evil took advantage of that moment. As i tried to silence my mind i strolled slowly on the bike trying to glide through a speed breaker, and to my shock a street dog came charging at me.(which is no new thing in India) I quickly raised both my legs on the bike and sped away from the crazy dog!!! And i was shaken for a second by the sudden loud barking and chasing by the silly street dog. And i was almost talking to the dog. (after i was quite far from it) You silly dog what have i done? why you barking at me? And before i knew i was laughing…laughing away my pain too Holy Spirit was teaching me something.Why do we allow people to affect us, knowing that its the devil that sends them to catch us off guard and loose our joy and walk with God? My friend, the devil knows you well, and he will infact direct the most respected people in your life  to come against you. The most loved ones would come charging at you. How would you react? Would be hurt? Offended? Rejected? Isolated? Or would you run the arms of your living God and guard your heart with joy and continue walking with God in the joy of knowing that God has predestined your life and none can change it. Dont you realise the word says, if God be for us who can be against us?

Guard your heart cause proverbs says, Pro 4:23  Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. How you allow your heart to be affected will affect your relationships, your prayer life, your sensitivity to God. Pro 12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop,- it will affect your walk with God!!! Pro 15:13  A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. A spirit when not strong cannot hear from God. I’ve noticed this, if i allow my heart to be upset that i cannot hear clearly from God. Therefore I shut my heart and guard it so closely so i can hear better from God. There are times when the devil will try to gain upperhand but that again should not worry you go ahead seek Him and get over it!

In the book of Genesis in the time of Noah it talks about the thoughts of the ‘heart’. Heart releases the thought world! Heart releases the desire! James 1: 15 says, (ESV)  Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Unhealthy feelings and emotions of heart is another strategy the devil might use against us, esspecially youngsters. We may not even realise it, it may be a handsome guy or a pretty girl that ignites a little thought, and it may not contain any lustful intentions but search your heart and see if it is a plan of the devil to distract your mind from God.

Our churches today seem to find some joy of a fallen man of God or a ministry! Guard your heart from slander and ungodly chatter. It may be true about that church, that ministry, that minister- but my friend, if you are God’s choosen shut your heart from these ungodly chatter. let God do the judging you do the interceeding for them! Pro 22:11  He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king shall be his friend.

Dear friend forward this link to as many as your friends you know that need to guard their heart and be blessed have a great day!
Prayers,
your friend in Christ,
Shyju

www.shyjumathew.com

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