Dear Beloved,

                          My peace and love to you. A new Year is here, praise God. What have we learnt in 2018, that made us better human and spiritual beings? The Divine Unlimited Sanctuary of God began its first Free Conference Telephone Call Prayer Line on December 27th December, 2018., and two themes emerged. They are 'strength', and 'forgiveness'. The literal meaning of Strength, is the quality  or state of being physically strong. The Bible mentions spiritual strength more than eight times. One of them is from Isaiah chapter 40 verse 29, 'He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might, He increases strength'. There is also a song that says, ...'Let the weak say 'I am strong', and so it is and so it must be. 

             The other theme is 'forgiveness'. Forgive means ,stop  feeling angry or resentful toward yourself or someone for an offense or mistake. The Bible mentions forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, and forgave more than nine times. Psalm 32 verse 1 says, 'Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.' 1st John chapter 1 verse 9, says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' The Lord's Prayer mentions forgiveness in Matthew chapter 6 and verse 12, and in Luke chapter 11 verse 4. As God forgives us, we have to forgive ourselves, and others.

            For the New Year, as we sing the very classic song, 'Auld Lang Syne', let us take a small drink, for the New Year, and remember offenses no more. In our first Free Telephone Conference Call, we also read and discussed Psalm 145  and discovered afterwards that the song by J.J Hairston & Youthful Praise encompasses Verse 3 and 4 encompasses of Psalm 145. What a blessed coincidence!

            Our Free Telephone Conference Call is on every Thursday night from 7:30 p.m. to 9;00 p.m. You can dial 1 605 468 8849, then enter the access code 889454# We invite you to call in, and join us in prayer, meditation, Bible revelations, and discussions. Do not miss it. You will be blessed.

            I take this opportunity to wish you and your family a blessed and wonderful New year 2019. I urge you to stay in God's presence. I love you all unconditionally.

 

           Rev, Dr. Vilma Chesney