God's Love - Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

god is good all the time kindly keep your hands on your heart please pray after me Abba Father I believe that you are inside me and I thank you so much for living inside me for being so kind to me for never being tired of me I thank you my father for being my father my Maker my Creator I surrender my life to you my Jesus I believe you are inside me and I thank you for holding on to me for living inside of me for loving me the way I am my holy spirit I believe that you are in my heart that you live inside me and I thank you I thank you so much for being my teacher my helper my advocate my defender and I love you so much from the bottom of my heart Holy Spirit I love you I believe it's you who brought me here and I beg you to speak to me to reveal to me all the hidden secrets and lead me to the way of freedom hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah together we seek the intercession of Mother Mary as we pray hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and the hour of our death amen kindly ask the name of the person standing beside you [Music] we are going to pray for one another so I pray for apple we're standing in front of me and up we'll pray for me the prayer is very simple Jesus master have mercy on Appu come Holy Spirit Jesus Master Thomas you're an apple come Holy Spirit ten times we prayed together Jesus master have mercy on Appu come Holy Spirit Jesus master Thomas Yan Appu come Holy Spirit Jesus master Thomas Jana Pooh come Holy Spirit Jesus Master Thomas Jana Pooh come Holy Spirit Jesus master have mercy on Appu come Holy Spirit Jesus master Thomas Jana poo come Holy Spirit Jesus master have mercy on up o come Holy Spirit Jesus master Thomas Jana poo come Holy Spirit Jesus master Thomas Jana poo come Holy Spirit Jesus master Abu come Holi kindly listen a small little prayer with love and compassion he is more powerful and more precious than giving someone 100 thousand pounds a small little prayer he's so precious it can change our whole life because the best gift and the best charity is to give God himself when I had a retreat in Cameroon in a place called ila disease in the North West region of Cameroon the first day the Lord spoke to me like these to tell the people they were more than six thousand people attending that retreat the Lord asked me to teach people to get out of themselves and to pray for the other to think about the other to pray for the other the moment they started to pray for the other those who were praying for others received healings hundreds of people got healed not when I prayed for them when they prayed for others praise the Lord hallelujah a Christian is a person who never live for himself or herself the first action of the Holy Spirit who lives inside us is that those who are led by the Holy Spirit they never live for themselves they live for others Christ never lived for himself he categorically said the son of man has come not to be served but to serve why because he is the origin the source of Holy Spirit hallelujah when being filled with Holy Spirit the first action of Blessed Virgin Mary is that she got out of herself she forgot about herself and she remembered Elizabeth and she went and she stayed with Elizabeth helping her three months today as we are here we are here with a different various issues difficulties and problems knowing everything your master Jesus is telling you can you forget about your problem your difficulties can you get out of yourself and remember your brother your sister who is standing beside you with more difficulties that is Christian life what has always surprised me in the life of Jesus he was never living for himself even when he was carrying the cross the eighth station of the cross Jesus was carrying the cross and many women followed him I was always thinking if I was in the position of Jesus I could tell these women who were crying I will tell them stop your crocodile tears I am carrying this heavy cross because of your sin because you are lying you are cheating you're unfaithful every sin that you commit that is the cross I carry here only you stop those sins the weight of my cross can be reduced but the most gentle Jesus did not say anything like that he said forgetting about his heavy sufferings is remembering about those women and telling them cry not for me cry for yourself and for your children that is the Lord whom we have to learn today as we are here you may be carrying a heavy cross you may have different various problems but you have mastered Jesus are set an example that you forget about your cross and pray for the other remember the other that's the way you become a channel of the grace of Jesus praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah so now remember the person who is standing beside you with the combustion me to that Christian combustion and great love remember the person who is standing beside you pray for that person my Jesus I know you have brought this person to this retreat center and I pray for the verifier of this person whom you brought bless this person heal this person save his soul a mercy on him hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah can I be seated [Music] we read in the scripture this is Isaiah chapter 54 verse 10 the Word of God says the mountains may depart let us look onto the screen and let's read together for the mountains may depart and the hills be removed but my steadfast love shall not depart from you and my covenant of peace shall not be removed says the Lord who has compassion on you this is God's Word this is his promise he is telling once he has loved you he has loved you forever his love will never depart from you hallelujah whatever may be your life whatever may be your situation your difficulties once God has loved you his love is forever hallelujah in order to know that we should know our identity who we are avi slaves hobby workers or hobby servants or are we the children of God who are we for God praise the Lord who Harvey in front of the Lord Harvey servants Ivy slaves or are we workers or we are his children praise the Lord now as you are here at this divine retreat center we should know our identity for example if you have employed a person to take care of your small little child and this person whom you employed have stolen maybe 1,000 pounds and you have found it on the CCTV you can dismiss this servant whom you employed saying that this person is unfaithful he has a tendency to steal so you can dismiss that person but let me ask you if your own son who is 11 years old he stole after two weeks after you have dismissed your servant the boy whom you employed later on after two weeks you found your own son with 11 years he stole 3,000 pounds and you found it on the CCTV can you dismiss your son can you chase away your son from your home why because he is your son this is what you should know as you sit here at this retreat centre you are a son you are a child this is galatians chapter 4 verses from 6 let us read this scripture this is from galatians chapter 4 verses from 6 and because you are the children God has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts crying Abba Father so you are no longer a slave but a child and if a child then also on air through God kindly lift your right hands and repeat after me so you are no longer a slave repeat after me so no longer a slave but a child and if a child then also an air through God repeat after me my Jesus today I believe that I am NOT a slave I'm not a servant I'm not a walker I am your son I am your daughter and I believe you love me even though I'm a sinner because I am your child spiritual father said before you have become a sinner remember you are a son you are a son this is 1 John chapter 3 1 & 2 1 short 1 3 & 2 again we read this great truth let us read together see what love the father has given us that we should be called the children of God beloved we are God's children now let no one miss guide us devil is a deceiver he will repeatedly tell you that he are not God's children that's why many people fall into guilty feeling sorrow and depression they cannot come back because the devil has put into their heart now no longer you are a child remember when the prodigal son committed sin he thought now he is no longer worthy to be called even as a son so he wondered himself to be called as a servant but we read the father God he waited for the son called him my son praise the Lord today as you are here remember you are in the best place in the world where you recognize who you are in front of your father God your Jesus your Holy Spirit praise the Lord they were a thief to thieves and a thief hanging on the right side remember the whole world called him thief but Jesus called him my son you will be with me in paradise today praise the Lord this prostitute this adulterous woman was brought before Jesus people all called her oppressed prostitute a woman good-for-nothing people have called her an outcast as sinner no one should associate with her Jesus called her my daughter I don't judge you sin no more my daughter Mayra sisters and brothers where else we will go who else will help us it is this God who loves us the way we are and again we read the greatness of our God this is 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 13 2 Timothy 2:13 it's it's written that even if we are faithless he is faithful because he cannot deny himself he we are faithless that means even if we are sinners he still loves us the way we are praise the Lord hallelujah for Francis when he was declaring the year of mercy he is quoting the life story of st. Matthew Jesus calling Matthew to be his disciple in Rome there is a beautiful picture were the call of Matthew is depicted and Pope Francis is caught a coating that particular picture and for Francis he is telling like this when Jesus entered into the place where Marty was collecting tax Matthew and Jesus is calling Matthew Matthew was surprised and he was shocked he was asking is it me he could not believe because he thought Jesus is calling someone else then Jesus is telling it's you Matthew it's you whom I call multi could not accept it because he thought I cannot be called to be a disciple of Jesus the master because he considered himself as sinner an outcast a tax collector good-for-nothing people hated him so Matthew is telling in his heart Jesus you don't know anything about me I'm an outcast people hate me if you call me to be your disciple people will desert you no one will empower you if I start to follow you you don't know who I am I am such an outcast I should not be called by you you should go and find someone who is worthy who is more what he died me I am good for nothing Jesus said Matthew it's you whom I call my sisters and brothers that is why Pope Francis was telling mati was fully aware of the mercy of God he himself when he wrote the gospel he himself is calling him calling as a tax collector that means he is telling he does not deserve the great call of Jesus praise the Lord Mary sisters and brothers this is what st. Paul rod this is 1 Timothy chapter 1 15 and 16 we can say this is the content of the whole gospel this is the mystery this is the full mystery of st. Paul and his ministry what is the root of his ministry we read in the scripture the saying issuer and worthy of full acceptance so st. Paul is saying if there is a saying that is worthy of full acceptance if there is a truth that is found in the gospel which is of full acceptance what is that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the foremost but for that very reason I received mercy so that in me as the foremost Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life now Saint Paul is telling me I was a sinner and I have received mercy I was not rejected because I was a sinner the Lord Jesus chose me as the way I was being a sinner so I know one thing Jesus Christ will not reject anyone who comes to him this is John 6:37 jesus said I will not reject anyone who comes to me praise the Lord we live in a world where people are looking for perfect people people will make friendship with people who have no weakness people who are rich people who who have a good name good Fame good position but we see the difference of Jesus and his love is not looking for perfect people his eyes are always searching for the imperfect the weak the sinful the rejected the abandoned the lonely the single type of people that is the difference between God's love and the love of human beings praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah so it's so important that we should run to these Jesus without wasting any time any more time spending me to the people praise the Lord in in Kerala in the in our language there are different proverbs and one problem is like this pagana coldly pirata that means that which is that branch of the fire that is not dry enough we have to remove it but we know in the words of Jesus nobody is out fog Anya colum Agatha even the tree that is not dry enough he'll put inside that means the Lord Jesus in his love there is no one who is outside everyone is inside the love of Jesus praise Lord imagine does the story the parable Jesus said about the prodigal son that a father had two sons the elder and the anger now we read when we read the Gospel of Luke chapter 15 we find this story since this inner son left home abba father lost sleep he's looking outside he is looking for this son for he is coming back every day he will look he lost his sleep this inocent broke the heart of his father he took all his property this emerson deserved nothing from the father he has taken of everything even that he does not deserve but this father he still having lot of wealth inside him [Music] full of love compassion and mercy this father is not considering this son as an outcast though the son has rejected the love of the father this father is looking outside imagine that that incident that picture the father has lost sleep completely and he is looking out and he saw after long the Sun is coming from far this old father recognized and we read in the Gospel of Luke here on an old man running if you don't have love you can't run he we don't have combustion you cannot run and this is not an egg man is an old father we read let us read this is Luke this is chapter 15 we read it is verse chapter 15 we read from verse 16 verse 16 he would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating and no one gave him anything but when he came to himself he said how many of my father's hired hands how bread enough and despair but here I am dying of hunger I will get up and go to my father and I will say to him father I have sinned against you and I am not worthy to be called your son my dear sisters and brothers this prodigal son when he lost everything he remembered about his father who is so kind even to the servants even to the slaves he came to know when he was mistreated about the love of his father who is even compassionate to the slaves to the servants how good is my father so now when he started to remember the goodness of the Father and when he started to come back the father was still waiting for him we read was 20 Luke 15 verse 20 the reaction of the father looking from far we read so he set off and went to his father but while he was still far off his father saw him and was filled with compassion he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him how can a man see somebody coming from far unless he is keep on waiting and looking and looking sleeplessly looking and this father saw him today as you are here my dear sisters and brothers your God can never reject you even if you are a sinner even if you have forgotten him even if you have forsaken him Europeans to go to church you did not pray for a long time you did not go to church for a long time you did not even attend the mosque you did not go for confession your father is still waiting for you praise the Lord he is never tired of you he's never angry with you he is still waiting to welcome you this is what we read in Isaiah chapter 65 verses from one these greatness this goodness of the goth God because he is searching for those who do not search him imagine a god like that let us read I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask to be found by the so did not seek me I said Here I am Here I am to a nation that did not call on my name we should know in different passages of the Bible is written that you thought I am a human being like you God is not a human being like us he's different what is the difference between a human person and God we the humans we love those who love us we hate those who hate us we greet those who greet us we help those who help us but God is different he has no enemy he grieves even those who do not greet him he helps even those who do not help him he appreciates even those who are against him he allows even the enemies he taught love your enemy this is Matthew chapter 5 verse 44 the Lord Himself said but I say to you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you no human person no one in the history of the world ever said love your enemy it was always said love your friends and hate your enemies and this is the common principle and there comes the Lord and the Lord Jesus is telling I tell you this is Matthew 5:43 we read the common principle we read 5:43 you have heard that it was said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy this is the point many people miss because people simply think I help those who help me and we always refuse to help those who are ungrateful to us but God and God's nature is so different praise the Lord hallelujah so as you are here the Lord Jesus we should know he died for us when we were sinners decease Romans let us read this is the book of Romans chapter 5 verse 5 we read God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit together we read and hope does not disappoint us because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us and again we read was 10 the greatness of our God verse 10 for Eve while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his son much more surely having been reconciled will we be saved by his life he died for us when we were sinners so today as ye are seated here remember something so important Jesus has no problem with you he loves you the way you are he has never departed from you his love for you is steadfast Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 3 jeremiah 31:3 we read the Lord appeared to him from far away I have loved you with an everlasting love therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you the spiritual father say about Prophet Jeremiah in his crisis in his difficulties he thought God is far away God is not caring for him God has forgotten him that is why the Prophet feels the Lord appeared to him from far away in his difficulties in his sufferings he was feeling God is no more cross but what did God told him I have loved you with an everlasting love but God was so close in his difficulties he was thinking God was far away but what did God said I am so close to you and the Lord is telling I have continued my faithfulness to you I have not changed I have no changed praise the Lord I do remember this incident I have heard from a lady called salami she is from Kenya she was telling me she is more than 50 years she was sharing her testimony she was it is a personal testimony she was raped she got pregnant then she thought the only way forward for her is to commit suicide because she was studying in form 4 she thought the only way is to commit suicide but she came to know if she commits suicide she will bring curse upon her family but she came to know but she has no other way forward because she can't give birth to children to a child that has no father she can give birth to somebody who is a victim of rape and she got herself she felt self hatred she thought the only ways to commit suicide but she was a very prayerful very sincere very good woman and she thought but I if I commit suicide nobody should know I am committing suicide so she decided she said to take poison in a place where no one even trace her body out after she's come she has taken her life so she took Bible and rosary she went into the nearby interior for us deep deep inside and after reaching the she prayed as usual because she is very prayerful and she prayed to Jesus like this my Jesus you know I'm raped and I am pregnant and I have no way to live forward forgive me that I'm going to commit suicide don't punish me because I am committing suicide and make sure nobody knows that I have committed suicide she prayed immediately of the prayer salami was telling she heard a voice always of Jesus who told her my daughter don't do that I am the father of your sons I will be a husband for you I will take care of you she heard the voice of Jesus and she found somebody was standing very close and she got peace inside she found someone is protecting her taking care of her she felt a lot of peace and courage she destroyed the poison she got up she walked all the way back to her home since then she had not told anybody that she was raped she's pregnant after Jesus conformed that he will take care of her she went back to her home she told her parents that she's already raped she is pregnant and she's very sorrowful the parents understood have pain and the parents told her daughter don't worry we will take care of you she went to the school and reported to the teachers her situation the teachers gave her time and salomi was telling when she was giving birth it was two sons it was twins exactly what Jesus told her deep inside the forest and salomi said now she is more than 51 years her children are the best they got graduated they went to the best university she said Jesus kept his word he became my husband he became a father to my sons he never never humiliated me praise the Lord when salomi said father I love Jesus I started to love Jesus when I was 16 years old deep inside that forest when nobody wanted to associate with me nobody even wanted to talk to me people call me as a rape victim or people does not even want to take up the responsibility even the boy abuse to me ran away Jesus came and he said my daughter I allow you the way you are with everything that happened to you that you are defiled that you feel worthless I love you the way you are and salomi said since that day I have decided to love for him and on and she caught it Isaiah 54 4 and 5 and she said this is her life Isaiah 54 4 and 5 we read do not fear for you will not be ashamed do not be discouraged for you will not suffer disgrace for you will forget the shame of your youth and the disgrace of your video hood you will remember no more for your maker is your husband the lord of us is his name the Holy One of Israel is Redeemer the god of the whole earth he is called salomi is telling that since I have accepted Jesus as my personal Savior in my distress I could forgive everyone I'm a new person Sonoma has no complaint she started to pray for the one who abused her she said because her father became my father and Jesus became my husband and the Holy Spirit became my true partner praise the Lord hallelujah the goodness of our Lord is that my dear sisters and brothers he is not going to come and associate with you because you are rich because you are healthy because you you have a power you have a position he loves you the way you are Hosea chapter 11 1 & 2 when Israel was a child I loved him and out of Egypt I called my son the more I called them the more they went from me they kept sacrificing to the boss and offering incense to idols the Lord is telling that when you are a child when you are a child my dear sisters and brothers it is you cannot do anything for God you are so helping us and he loved you without expecting anything from you that is the greatness of the love of God and we have kept away from him we did not obey we did not follow instead we incense the ball that means the people of this world we love other people we loved the human beings more than our true God true father but he has still he has not complained because we read in verse 3 even though we have abandoned him what did he do we read yet he to us I who taught Ephraim to walk I took them up in my arms but they did not know that I healed them today as you are here you should know that it is God who loves you the way you are more than your father more than your mother more than your brother your sister Madonna employer Madonna priest Madonna boyfriend or girlfriend Madonna husband your wife the one who loves you the way you are before you were born even when you were a child even when you were sick even when you were admitted in the hospital the one who never departed you the one who loves you the way you are forever is Jesus alone praise the Lord please pray after me my Jesus I thank you for loving me the way I am even when I fall sick even when I am weak even when I am depressed you love me tirelessly and I thank you for loving me the way I am hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah and God's love is unconditional it was no condition at all even when you are sick even when you are afflicted he loves you and his love is irrespective of who you are because everybody we should know that Jesus is not a Christian is not a Catholic he is the God of all creation praise the Lord Jesus has no religion Jesus has no religion he died for whom for all people all those who are born as Christians all those who are born as Christians lived here hands those are born as Christians those who are lifting the hands you are saying a big lie today nobody is born as Christians we are all born as human beings Jesus was born not as a Christian he was born as a human when Jesus was born how many Christians were there nobody when he was dying on the cross how many Christians were there Norman he is the God of all creation that is why when Jesus was born the him that was sung by angels this is Luke chapter 2 verse 10 they sang a hymn that here comes the law let's read together but the angel said to them do not be afraid for see I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people is it for Christians alone the duplicate Christians including me we are the biggest headache for Jesus we same simply take Jesus as our private property but he is not a Christian this is Romans chapter 3 verse 29 Romans 3:20 9 we read for east god the god of Jews only is he not the god of Gentiles also as the Gentiles also he see the god of Christians only he see not the God of Hindus also 6 also Muslims also he's the God of all creation praise the Lord hallelujah today as you are here the way Jesus loves you he wants you to love one another irrespective of who they are because what is the mystery there is a secret that was hidden for long this mystery is Colossians 1 from 26 we read there is a mystery that we should learn today what is that mystery Colossians 1:26 the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed - he says there is a secret that was hidden for centuries for generations there is a top secret what is this mystery we read was 27 to them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery which is Christ in you the hope of glory what is this mystery Christ in you in whom even inside the Gentiles so Christ is hiding inside a Christian a Hindu a Muslim as sick a Jain a posse and non Christian an unbeliever and an artist praise the Lord that is why we read that there is nothing this is John chapter 1 verse 3 we should never forget it John 1:3 all things came into being through him through Jesus and without him not one thing came into being what has came into being is come through whom Jesus so everyone we are all created in the image and in the likeness of the Lord praise the Lord I have heard people saying about Great Britain and the British people they always say the British people are very gentle very polite they always speak very gently then never offend people in such a way especially those who are a taste unbelievers they are so polite in their character we should know why they are polite because even without their knowledge Jesus is hiding inside them praise the Lord he is hiding inside a mentally sick person he's hiding inside a poor person a sick person a hospitalised person a taxi driver every doe a newborn baby everyone because life is an exclusive gift of God praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah I had a dream this dream was I entered visited a mentally sick hospital they are only mentally they are treating only mentally sick people they also have a hostel so in the dream I entered into that place I visited that place several times so when I entered there I saw a person at the entrance I know him he's mentally sick he started to sing a hymn in his language the language I don't know but when he was singing I knew it's about Jesus because in his own language is calling the holy name of Jesus I felt great anointing I felt like crying gia started to flow from my eyes my heart was pumping with lot of feelings for Jesus it's a great anointing I have heard many people singing but I never cried when people sing why do you cry but when this mentally sick person is singing I started crying I do not understand what's going on then I heard a voice in my ears like this my son don't you know that the one who is singing from within this mentally sick boy is me you are Jesus praise the Lord praise the Lord that's today I came to know how great is Jesus he's hiding inside a mentally sick person that's what Catholic Church officially declared in 2016 by erasing Martin he is the father of saint arias of child Jesus he was mentally sick and the Catholic Church declared him as a saint in the Catholic Church the church declared meant even those who are mentally sick can be raised to sainthood because it can only or it can only affect your mind not your soul today as you are seated here there are people who always take God's love and God's blessings too healthy which materially feed people but God's Way is not like that is the god of them mentally sick those who have autism those are hyperactivity those who are physically handicapped God is truthfully hiding inside them st. mother Teresa of Calcutta found this truth that's why she could treat those who are mentally sick physically handicapped those who were afflicted with AIDS cancer she embraced them because she found Jesus inside them Saint Francis of Assisi embraced their leper because she he could find Jesus hiding inside a leper praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah we know we read in the Gospel of Matthew this is chapter 5 verse 8 we read this is about this the Beatitudes where he says blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God for many years I was thinking that if I keep purity and sanctity in my heart I can see God as he is but later on I was taught I was taught this is not about seeing Jesus as he is in his glory those who are pure in the heart they can see Jesus hiding inside the other person those who have purity of heart they can see Jesus hiding inside a mentally sick a physically handicapped a child with autism a child with hyperactivity a person with a mental disorder a person who is a criminal a person who is a team you can find God inside them praise the Lord hallelujah so if we reflect about God's love his love is unconditional is unlimited it details no partiality he loves us the way we are irrespective of what we are irrespective of the suffering me what we have I met a priest from Cameroon he was sharing his vocation he was telling me Father I was never worthy to be called to become a priest he told me for I am born in a polygamous family my father had five wives I am born of the fourth wife we are turned eat children and my father was refusing to send me to the school so I went to the school by selling liquors and cigarettes I know it was wrong but I had no other way my parents were never married in the church because it was a polygamous background and it's never permitted but the parish priest liked me so he helped me I got baptized but my parents were never married yep a child cannot be taken to seminary if his parents are not married in the church if they don't have a Catholic background and my father did not believe though my mother was a Catholic my father did not believe at all and with all these things I joined the seminary Father I lied a lot because without lies I can't get admission I lied to my father and there are so many sins I committed but at the end of the day the priests were in my congregation they did not find the truth and miraculously I got ordained it was on the day I was Ho deigning my father accepted and they got married but father when I look back I remember the many sins have committed that I was never worthy to be called a priest and now I'm a priest one day he said his testimony I was praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament and I told Jesus Jesus forgive me for cheating you I was never worthy to be become a priest I was born in a non Catholic family my parents were not even married in the church I have such a dirty polygamous background I committed so many sins even to go to school to join the seminary Jesus I was never born in a good family in a in such a broken a sinful family a family were people also practice to be cheap craft Jesus will you forgive me then this priest said Jesus told him this priest like this my son don't worry even I was also born in a broken manger I was born among sheep and cattle I was not even born in a good place you are better than me at least you are born in a family I am born in a cowshed this pre said theis today I felt that I should live for these Jesus who just wanted to love me with all the sins I have committed so since that day I cannot commit sin because I came to know these Jesus allows me forgiving all my sins praise the Lord and I came to know it is not my worthiness that made me a priest it is God's mercy that's why we read in Romans chapter 9 verse 16 today as you are here this is very important to know so it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who shows mercy today as we are here everything is his mercy with our own power with our own effort we can only commit sin we need grace even to speak a good word to know his love which we don't deserve we should know it is a free gift if I am a priest today here if you are married if you have a child if you have a job it is not based on your own merit is not come out of your hard work it is a free gift praise a lot there are people who think after their marriage after they were they leave like boyfriends and girlfriends a man their husband thinks it is my effort that got that I got a wife he is absolutely wrong it's God's gift everything is God's gift it's not your effort your hard work that you got a husband you are wrong it's God's gift praise the Lord that's why we should receive everything as a gift from God that is the way that we accept that God is love and he care for us praise the Lord and he alone care for us it's God alone who knows why you are born there are people who always ask a question but I don't know why I am born what's the purpose of my life I have a crisis in my life to take any decision I don't know what is the meaning I don't know why I am born my parents they never take care of me the way I was to be taken care they did not have that time for me they did not even know that why they have sent me for this course that cause so many things people say we should know that you are not a private property of your dad or your mom you were not born for your father or your mother you are born for God even your mother did not know why you are born when you are born how you are born then how can she help you how can your dad help you they are helpless because you are not a property of your parents this is not my idea the Word of God says this is two Maccabees chapter 7 verses from 22 to Maccabees 7 from 20 to let me read from the Bible I do not know this is the mother instructing her children I do not know how you came into being in my womb it was not I who gave you life and breath nor I who set in order the elements within each of you therefore the creator of the world who shaped the beginning of humankind and divides the origin of all things mean in his mercy give life and breath back to you again this mother is advising the children my children I do not know how you have come into being in my home I do not know today as you are here maybe we have lot of uneasiness heaviness towards your father your mother those were supposed to take care of you you may always ask so many questions if I had a different parents if my mother was little more better if my father was little more kind my life would have been different you are wrong Jeremiah 29:11 the scripture says for I know the plans I have for you a plan for your welfare your parents surely I know the plans I have for you kindly let us read together for surely I know the plans I have for you says the Lord plans for your welfare are not for harm to give you a future with hope your parents they don't know the plan of God they don't know why you are born they don't know Maira sisters and brothers I have a testimony this testimony is that I thought seriously I am born in a family of ten children I thought I have to help my father my parents and after 10 years it takes 12 years to become a priest so after 10 years I left my seminary to help my parents when I left I came to know my parents they did not expect me to come back from the seminary I was so hurt my heart was broken because you studied 10 years in the seminary you have no job you have no source of income you have no money I have no degree you have nothing how to start again from the scratch you have to get a degree even to get a small job so I sacrificed everything in order to help my parents when I reached home my parents are telling me that they don't want my help they are in a way they are not happy that I returned home then now I am I was so broken because now I can go nowhere I cannot be gone back to go back to seminary because I will be named I will never be taken by because how officially he returned from the seminary I wrote an official letter to my major superiors telling that I will never come back to the seminary when I reached the home my parents are telling they don't want me home where I will go I can't go back to seminary I can't stay at home I have no word to go I was so down I lost sleep I was in a very difficult situation in my life it was 7 p.m. I still remember that day I told Jesus now my life is asked what to put in a wedge to box good-for-nothing have no job no degree no money nowhere to go my parents are affected me seminary will never take me back I told Jesus my Jesus I'm very sorry forgive me give me one more chance I'm very sorry then Jesus came to me he appeared to me in a vision and he told me my son I have called you I will take you back that's why now I'm standing in front of you as a priest praise the Lord I can say from the bottom of my heart I can say from the bottom of my heart I try we can only try I try to love Jesus I know he's so real I remember that incident I see if it happened yesterday st. Teresa of Avila says how do you know if something is from God she says it should have four things to confirm it you may have a vision you may have a dream you may have a Miss a message you may have an insight from God how do you know this insight is from God st. Teresa of Avila says it should have four things first it you can find either of these four things one it should be from the Word of God it should be related to the Word of God you can find the meaning and the content of that message in the scripture the second thing it should be in relation with the teachings of the church and the third thing it should help you to do something new in your life and the fourth thing that you will never forget that incident if it is God's intervention you can never forget it praise the Lord because I know the Lord called me back and he gave me all the answers for my questions praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah I loved my parents so much from my heart then and my parents are holy people they are very holy my father is 94 years my mother is 84 years they live together as married couples us now more than 63 years they are very holy then why did my parents reject me in my crisis this was my prayer to Jesus I asked Jesus how can my father my parents disown me in my crisis and then the Lord told me this is Matthew chapter 10 verse 37 Matthew 10:37 Matthew 10:37 whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me praise the Lord now we have to just read verse 36 verse 36 then we understand verse 36 and once force will be members of one's own household we have to know this important fact Jesus is telling this thing is about everyone not only about trees the Lord is telling me my son do you want to become a priest do you want to become my disciple you can't be my disciple if you love your parents your family this world more than me you cannot become a disciple of Jesus if you allow your husband more than Jesus it shows it is very important why people are hurt why they are wounded you are wounded not by your enemies but by your best friends by your husband by your wife by your in-laws the people whom you love the people whom you invest this is what we should know what I have to say the only one worthy of love is Jesus God loves you the way you are he loves you unconditionally and the only single person who is what t of your love is Jesus and Jesus and Jesus alone me I tried and I broke my heart I tried to love my parents sincerely from the bottom of my heart they broke my heart today I have great respect to my parents they are great people but what I say I was wrong when I allowed to my parents more than God because my parents they don't know why I am born what's the purpose of my life asked you are seated here in this divine retreats and are my dear sisters and brothers Jesus alone loves you the way you are and the Lord wants to tell you that love him with all your heart and if you allow him he is going to provide everything for you whatever you are seeking in your life is with him are you going through a financial crisis are you going through a problem that of joblessness you have issue with your parents you have issue with your wife your husband you have financial instability you don't have a home of your own your immigration problem you just have to do one single thing love God love Jesus this is not my idea no idea can change us no technology can change us no science can change us but Jesus can change us because he is the Word made flesh he said those who love him he will provide everything for them we read this is proverbs chapter eight from 17 we read proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me kindly let's read together I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me we continue verse eighteen riches and honor are with me enduring wealth and prosperity today as you are here maybe your continuous problem is that you have the finance that you have is disappearing without its full essence that you cannot keep the money that you get and you continuously struggle in your financial area and the Lord is telling ah riches and honor are we to me the enduring wealth and prosperity enduring wealth and prosperity is with God and we read verse 19 verse 19 verse 19 my fruit is better than God together even find God and my yield than choice silver was 20 verse 20 we read I walk in the way of righteousness along the paths of Justice was 21 together we read was 21 enter being with well those who love me and filling their Treasuries together we claim this word enduring with wealth those who love me and feeling that Treasuries on the first day of this retreat I kindly request you do just one thing love your God when you allow him what he will do he will fill you with wealth feeling your Treasuries all those who love the God we read in the Bible God is going to give them prosperity that is not not just for this world basically it is for eternity those who love the God they don't want anything else praise the Lord hallelujah have a question for you all those who wanted to be rich all those who wanted to be rich lift your hands one two three four five six seven eight people have lifted the hands okay keep down your hunt all those who wanted to be poor if you don't want to become rich definitely want to become for all those who wanted to be poor lift your hands one two only two persons are you saying seriously yes two people are seriously saying they wanted to become poor so those who did not leave to the hands what's your opinion those two those who don't live to the hunt they are always everywhere they are called Pharisees I'm not calling you Pharisees I am sorry who are Pharisees they don't want to go wrong they always wanted to be on the safe side now I was preaching the same in Dubai then somebody came and told me they were struggling with the job ask the same question then they were telling father me I don't want to be a become rich I don't want to become poor I just want what I need for daily life I don't want to be a very rich person I need how a kind of a a decent life that's what I need so is it wrong so me I don't want to become poor and even I don't want to become rich I just want a normal decent life listen carefully there was a man he lived in a place called Assisi it is from Italy his name is called Francis and this Frances cried out at the top of his voice like this I just wanted to become poor this man cried out I want to become poor and it is written there's a beautiful book called we were with Frances and they say Frances was married to a woman called Lady poverty he was such a poor man we know the Franciscans they have a special kind of dress where they have a cap and work they have to collect the food daily food they were beggars Frances being born to a rich man became poor he just wanted to be poor why because he had a treasure inside him this treasure is Jesus himself so those who found these well Jesus they just wandered to be poor they don't want to do anything that is the greatness of those who love God now we know the richest congregation in the world are the Franciscans praise the Lord they have everything Francis who love Jesus he became extremely rich in heaven and from heaven he is holding all the property on this earth we know Pope Francis he is the namesake of Francis of Assisi who just wanted to become poor why because he loved God mida sisters and brothers just one thing the Lord is asking you on the first day of this retreat love your God from the bottom of your heart that is the first the foremost the only important commandment love your God praise the Lord more than EF your father your mother your brother your sister your job your wealth your position everything and the day that you love him this is Romans chapter 8 verse 28 it is his promise Romans 8:28 to those who love him we know that all things work together for good for those who love who are called according to his purpose praise the Lord hallelujah do you love God and what does he promise all things work together for good I read in a beautiful book this is written by William Barclay Easterling all things means even evil things so sit straight smile please don't keep a long face because we believe in a God he can bring even good out of evil he has such a such a power an unlimited grace no human being has such power you cannot undo what you have already done but Jesus has a power to bring good out of evil this is from Genesis chapter 50 verse 20 st. Paul says we know from the Old Testament this big truth that we believe in a God who turns evil things for good for those who love him we read about Joseph the patriarch he said like this even though you intended to do harm to me God intended it for good in order to preserve and numerous people as he is doing today Joseph is telling from his experience that my god has turned everything he will happen to me for my good remember Joseph was mistreated by his own brothers his own family members he was put into a pit he was sold as a slave he was imprisoned he was falsely accused he suffered and having suffered all these things even having been imprisoned innocently now Joseph is telling my god changed everything he will that the people have done his own family done to him for his good praise the Lord so we believe in the same God of joy subtities have Accord the same God today as you are here things the evil things that your friends your in-laws your family members you were on relatives you were on employers have done to you you believe in a God he has a power to bring good out of that evil you have to do just one thing love your God praise the Lord please pray after me my Jesus today I declare I love you from the bottom of my heart more than anything more than anyone more than everything more than everyone Oh My Jesus I love you I declare I am yours I believe you can bring good out of evil and I surrender every suffering happened to me I believe you can bring good out of those sufferings hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah so any suffering that you have suffered in your life the father Matthew now Cambron bill says when he started his ministry the Lord gave him a beautiful message the message was teach people to praise the Lord in their sufferings to teach people to praise the Lord in their sufferings that means when you praise the Lord in your sufferings you are bringing glory to God you are simply declaring my God is able to bring good out of evil praise the Lord in the midst of your difficulties when you love your God you are going to defeat the evil one praise the Lord hallelujah do you truly love God do you truly love God those who truly love God lift your hands [Music] so some they don't truly love God so you know you don't truly love God we have a beautiful Word of God this is from to prove whether whether you truly love God these are not my ideas 1 John 4:20 1 John 4:20 we read about those who truly love God those who say I love God and hate their brothers and sisters Elias for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen so those who did not live to the hand they are on the safer side it's very important even for me I can be a hypocrite by just saying I love God and I refuse to greet my brother my sister I refuse to love them I refuse to help them is a lie the Lord is telling how do you know that you love God you will respect everyone you will never judge anyone you'll never avoid anyone you'll never mistreat anyone because the scripture says those who say they love God and they hate their brothers they are liars so you are loved of God if a person truly loved God he will she will truly love and truly respect his fellow beings irrespective of what they are doing praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah but you cannot allow a person whatever on human effects you need first you need God's love it's God's love that is helping you to love your brother and your sister so there are some people they wanted to say they are they are social workers means people who say that they love people but it cannot go on they are hurt for small things if it is not from God that's why we read in 1 John chapter 4 verse 7 we should know who is love human beings are not love but God is love let's read together beloved let us love one another because love is from God everyone who loves is born of God and knows God love is from whom we cannot buy love from the supermarket and your husband is not loved your wife is not loved your mother is not loved your father is not loved your priest is not loved who is love this is what where many people are confused they say I love my child so much my young boy he is 18 years old I loved him too much now he hates me he does not even make a phone call your son is not love there are people who say I loved my husband so much I lived for him all my life but he does not even care for me he does not even love me the way I love him the way I invest on my wife she's not grateful today as you are here my dear sisters and brothers God is love he alone can give you the love that you can have to love others so the love that you have is only that much you have received from your God your wife has loved in that measure she received from God not more than that so that is right to love God is the key to love your brother loving God is primary that will help you to love anyone in the love of God praise the Lord so what we need is to love God more than anything which will help you to get out of your sorrow your anxiety your loneliness your rejection the day you come to know God loves you everything changes praise the Lord when I had a retreat in Zambia it was in Lusaka this was for the religious nuns when the retreat was going on God gave me a message the message was these a sister who was trying to pose for a photo she was asked to move away from the photograph so that sister was humiliated everybody laughed who were there because she posed for the photo and at that last moment she was asked to move out of the photograph she was so humiliated the Lord is consoling that sister this an incident happened some years back but the Lord is consoling that sister then I asked it was a message from the Holy Spirit who is that sister then I found one sister lifted the hand and I looked she was the provincial superior she's the one who invited me for the retreat she is a superior in charge she's lifting the hand and she's crying then I heard another voice another message from the Lord like this natal Sister Sister don't worry the day you were asked to move out of the photograph I saw the pain that she felt in your heart and I decided that day I will lift you up and I will make you as the provincial superior so that there will never be another photo without you praise the Lord praise the Lord there is no God like ours the day sister came to know that how much Jesus loved her this is some fifty six eight some fifty six eight the Word of God says it's about the concern of her God you have cared count off my tossings put my tears in your bottle are they not in your record so this god of ours he has collected your tears in his bottle your husband has never done that your wife has never done that your superiors have never done that your employer's have never done that your best difference your so-called boyfriend/girlfriend they never bother but here God knows every time you shed tears he has noticed you every time you had a sorrow you had gone to a pain he has taken notice of that pain and he comes at that very moment he is never delaying praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah with every affliction with every pain that you have remember the Lord is there with you people say that God has abandoned me there are people who make that comment pincode has completely abandoned me it never never happens because in the scripture this is hebrews chapter 13 verse 6 we read Hebrews 13 6 we read Hebrews chapter 13 verse 6 Hebrews 13 6 so we can say with confidence the Lord is my helper I will not be afraid what can anyone do to me the Lord is my helper so we can say in confidence how verse 5 we read was 5 Hebrews chapter 13 verse 5 from 5 we read keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have for he has said I will never leave you or forsake you in one edition 1 edition of the Bible it is written they say three times it is written for I will never never never leave you or forsake you it's three times it is written and they say it's because the father is telling I will never forsake you Jesus is telling I will never forsake you Holy Spirit is telling I will never forsake you so what we need to do never love money love dear God he will stay with you he alone he alone can be with you the day you are born even when you die even after your death that is his love it is eternal he everlasting love lamentations 322 lamentations 3:23 read that he has loved you with an everlasting love the love of God the scripture says the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases His mercies never come to an end praise the Lord praise the Lord kindly we stand please pray after me Abba Father I believe that you love me the way I am that you treat me as your son as your daughter though I have sinned though I am a grave sinner Oh Abba Father the same way you waited for your son the prodigal son you wait for me and you still call me that I am your son I thank you my father my Jesus on this day I thank you for bringing me here for reassuring me that you are not tired of me that you love me that you have forgiven me that you want to walk with me I thank you my Jesus my Holy Spirit I thank you for this day for telling me that you are my helper that you are my teacher that you are my advocate that you are my defender that you are my lawyer that you are my supporter that you are my master that you will teach me that you will help me that you will defend me irrespective of what I am what have done Thank You Holy Spirit Abba Father Jesus Holy Spirit teach me to love you the way you love me help me to love others with your love fill me with your love fill my heart my body my soul me tear laughs oh my father I wish to love you from the bottom of my heart and I thank you for loving me the way I am hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah let's all lift both our hands praise and worship the Lord expressing our love to the Father Son and the Holy Spirit hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah love you we praise you we worship You Heavenly Father Jesus Holy Spirit we give you all glory all honor all worship we give you all the victory power and Dominion Heavenly Father Jesus Holy Spirit we declare that we are nothing without you we are nothing before you Jesus our master you have a savior you are our leader we love you and we praise you Holy Spirit we love you we praise you and we worship you we give you all glory and honor let your Holy Name be honored let your Holy Name II was shaped we give you all glory and honor hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah let's raise our voice and praise and worship the Lord no one we love you we praise you we worship You hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Lord we love you we praise you be what sheepy we adore you we give you all glory and honor we give you all worship and adoration we give you all victory power and Dominion father we love you Jesus we love you Holy Spirit we love you we are us O Lord we are us we belong to You Father we belong to you Jesus the Lord is revealing to me a Word of God for you just now do you believe that God can speak to you this is from the book of Hosea chapter 6 verses 1 & 2 let me read this for you come let us return to the Lord for it is he who has torn and he will heal us he has tracked down and he will bind us up after two days he will revive us on the third day he will raise us up that we may live before him let us know let us press on to know the Lord his appearing is as sure as the dawn he will come to us like the showers like the spring rains that water the earth listen after two days he will revive us on the third day he will raise us up this is three days retreat we just started some are feeling to run away some are feeling no this place is not for me this is known I am in a wrong place and you may feel so irritated you feel no so uneasy you may get strange sicknesses you get back ache though you never had such a problem you will get severe headache because the devil is extremely upset and angry because you are at the divine retreats and Ramsgate so I beg you in Jesus name be to the power of this word of God please hold on please hold on just three days the Lord is going to work miracles in your life we believe in Jesus means we believe in miracles he is a true God he knows your pain he knows your difficulties the day the moment you entered into this compound you have surrendered your life to Jesus give him that time that patience to work inside you you will find his mighty intervention praise the Lord hallelujah [Music]

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