Loving Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank God for all the thinks James 1:17 Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow. We believe very strongly Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. God is a good God. So we have to do only the W-I-L-L of God.

I like to give some points to do the will of God in this new year. How we can understand the will of God Why we say it is very Important to do mainly the WILL of our Lord only in our life. Mat 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

W - Waiting in the Presence of our Lord for His Word to guide in the right direction.

Prov 8:34 "Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.

Luke 12:36 "And be like men who are waiting for their master when hereturns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

Jude 1:21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Isa 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

1 Sam 10:8 "And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do." If Saul would have waited he would not have lost his kingdom.

1 Sam 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

2 Ki 6:33 And while he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him, and he said, "Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?"

2 Ki 7:1 Then Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'"

Psa 25:3 Indeed, none of those who wait for Thee will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

Psa 25:5 Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation; For Thee I wait all the day.

Psa 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for Thee.

Psa 27:14 Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

Psa 37:7 Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Psa 37:9 For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

Psa 62:5 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.

Psa 119:74 May those who fear Thee see me and be glad, Because I wait for Thy word.

Psa 119:81 My soul languishes for Thy salvation; I wait for Thy word.

Psa 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Thy word.

Psa 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Thy words.

Psa 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.

Psa 147:11 The LORD favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His loving kindness.

Prov 20:22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

Isa 8:17 And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.

Isa 49:23 "And kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.

Lam 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.

Hosea 12:6 Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.

Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Acts 1:4 And gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;

Acts 1:5 for John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

Acts 1:8 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

I - Intimacy with Our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Psa 32:1 Of David. A maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.

John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

Rom 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

Rom 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

James 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

L - Listening to God's voice and learning daily learning from Him.

John 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

Acts 3:22 For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.

Acts 3:23 Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.'

Mark 9:7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"

Deu 5:27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us whatever the LORD our God tells you. We will listen and obey."

Deu 30:20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

2 Chr 29:5 and said: "Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.

Neh 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,

Psa 81:13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,

Psa 81:14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

Prov 1:5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance

Ezek 3:10 And he said to me, "Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you.

Zec 1:4 Do not be like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.

Mal 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says the LORD Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me.

Mat 10:14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

Mat 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

Mark 9:7 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!"

John 10:3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

1 Cor 14:21 In the Law it is written: "Through men of strange tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me," says the Lord.

Mat 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Mat 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Mat 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Mat 7:27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

Luke 10:39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.

Luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

Luke 10:41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things,

Luke 10:42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

L - Loving God with all our heart, Loving others as we love ourself.

Mat 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

1 Cor 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Cor 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Deu 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Mat 22:37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Mat 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

Mat 22:39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Gal 5:13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.

Gal 5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Gal 5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

John 15:9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

John 15:10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

John 15:11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:17 This is my command: Love each other.

Mat 19:19 honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

Mark 12:31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Rom 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Rom 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Rom 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

Rom 13:9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may

be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Rom 13:10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

1 John 3:10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 3:23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God

1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.

1 John 4:20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Mat 5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

Mat 5:44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Mat 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Mat 5:46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

Mat 5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Mat 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

With love and Prayers

Pastor. T. Marcus Devasahayam.