Recovery and Healing: Manipur

The Scriptures have not mentioned about the saints meddling in secular politics. Though the Bible encourages believers to pray for those in the authority, there has not been a definite mentioning of the saints actively involved in politics, especially in the New Testament. Though the apostles lived during the time of shrewd, cruel, crafty, and evil rulers, they never directly criticized them. Instead, there was a record of Paul appealing to Ceaser, boldly and openly testifying before the rulers, and even praying for them. The New Testament has set the principle straight for all Christians today. They were indeed apolitical. This is the very thing I personally find it hard to be one such. Like it or not, I have a political inclination towards a certain party. Though I pray for the present rulers, I have my own reservation, which came by instinct, the ones inclining more towards my faith in the true and living God. The Lord is sovereign. These days, every news I have been hearing in my country is only leading to discouragement. Every new political development is a bad news. In the midst of such, the Lord reminded me of His words and the end times. Things seems to get worse and not better. And they are bound to happen as already prophesied. Perhaps, this is what it is to be. I simply must accept the fact and live with it and pray for my nation. A few days ago, the Lord spoke a very clear word to me especially about my home state Manipur in my home country India. Despite the outward situation of hatred, enmity, fighting and killing, there can still be recovery, restoration, and peace. As the Lord spoke, I also shared with some WhatsApp groups I am in.

When all news are bad news, the only good news is the word of God. Let us believe in the word of God*l and claim it as our own and pray over it. Amen

I am about to bring it *recovery and healing and will heal them*; and I will reveal to them an abundance of *peace and truth*. And I will turn the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel and build them up as in the former time. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against Me, and *forgive all their iniquities*, by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me. And it will be a name of gladness and a praise and a glory to Me before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of *all the good that I am about to do for them*; and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and because of all *the peace that I am about to provide* for it. 

(Jeremiah 33:6-9, RecVer)

A few days later, the Lord spoke to me again that as He will restore and recover the peace amon the warring tribes, the way is by loving God and loving one another. God is love. In the love of God, hatred, enmity, fighting and killing, will all be undone. God is the solution; the God Who is love and the love of God flowing among the believers is the way healing, recovery, restoration, and peace can be expereinced again. Then, I shared my enjoyment of the word again to the same groups.

Sharing my today's manna.

The word of God is plain and perfect; it explains by itself. Simply read, understand, believe, receive, and prayer over, then *the word of God will be your experience and enjoyment.* 

(1 John 4:7-21, RecVer)

7. Beloved, *let us love one another*, because love is of God, and everyone who loves has been begotten of God and knows God. 

8. He who does not love has not known God, because *God is love*. 

9. In this the love of God was manifested among us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might have life and *live through Him*. 

10. Herein is love, not that we have loved God but that *He loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins*. 

11. Beloved, if God has loved us in this way, *we also ought to love one another*. 

12. No one has beheld God at any time; *if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.* 

13. In this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, that *He has given to us of His Spirit.* 

14. And we have beheld and testify that *the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world*. 

15. Whoever *confesses that Jesus is the Son of God*, God abides in him and he in God. 

16. And we know and have believed the love which God has in us. *God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him.* 

17. In this has love been perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of the judgment because *even as He is, so also are we in this world.* 

18. There is *no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear* because fear has punishment, and he who fears has not been perfected in love. 

19. *We love because He first loved us*. 

20. If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for *he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.* 

21. And this commandment we have from Him, that *he who loves God love his brother also.*

Lord, heal our people and our land! Bring in recovery, restoration, peace, and love! Heal Manipur! Heal India! Yes, in Your way, in Your time, for Your purpose! Amen.