Apostle Winston Joseph, Ph.D

  To get a clear understanding of God’s heart through the Scriptures let us meditate on scripture Exodus 3:14 when God said to Moses, “I AM, WHO I AM.” Then God told him to tell the Israelites that whose name is ‘I AM’ has sent him to them. When we read this verse without the revelation of the Holy Spirit, it gives us an impression that God remains engrossed in His own world (realm), with no concern for mankind and uninterested in their day to day chores. But if we study the Word of God in the light of the Holy Spirit, it portrays altogether a different picture, wherein Jesus Himself commanded us to pray to give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11). In order to provide for our daily needs, God desires that we involve Him in all our day to day activities and He is the center of our every decision. Hence, God wants and longs to be involved in every aspect of our life. As we read the scripture Exodus 3:14, the word ‘I AM’ in Hebrew is ‘Hayah’, which means, ‘to become or becomin...

   We learn Commitment towards one another from our Triune God. Though believing in Triune God there are some who do not believe in commitment- be it church or family life or any other area of their life. They want blessings and prosperity in their life but they are professional jumpers, i.e., jumping from one church to another and being committed to none, doing whatever pleases them, at the end of it all they want is to get blessings and prosperity. However, the fact remains that it is impossible to receive the blessings and prosperity they aspire to when they are a church hopper! The Bible mentions in Psalm 92:12 “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.” It further adds in Psalm 92:13 “planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.” It is clearly stated above that it is not only important to be righteous but also equally necessary to be planted (connected) in the house of the Lord. Notice the word...

  When you go through trials and testing of your faith, then always remember to be patient and not to give up, because the testing of your faith leads you to your inheritance. So wait patiently, so that you will mount up with wings like eagles and soar into your success. 1 Peter 1:7 tells us that “These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine Christ is revealed.” Now, my question is why is your faith compared to gold ? I believe there are many reasons for this analogy. I will enlighten a few important reasons as to why faith and gold both have to undergo testing of fire. It is because fire is the only element that proves authenticity of both. Just like real gold comes out of fire, so does true faith comes out of fire of trials. So, when a person with real faith, i.e. firmness of heart, is allowed to go through fire of difficulties then that person would come out a real winner. The Bible says in Jame...

  DECEMBER 2020 E-MAGAZINE IS OUT!!! Titled ‘The Hovering Spirit’, written and edited by Apostle Winston Joseph, Ph.D., and Sister Parveen Winston exclusively for all the Sons and Daughters and for everyone connected with Hindustan Fellowship Ministries on Behalf of HF Publications©. Be Blessed by this Amazing word of Living in Faith and not in Fear.

  Now you may be wondering what do we mean by these heavenly calling? It means he comes to live inside us to make us a heavenly being and we become the house of the living God. It is the most amazing thing that happens to a born again believer. 1 Peter 1:23 says “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” The Greek word for ‘seed’ is ‘sperma’ and ‘word’ is ‘logos’. When we are born again as John 3:6 says, “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth to spirit” The moment a person invites Jesus Christ to be the Lord of his life, something happens inwards, there is a conjoining of the Word and the Spirit taking place in the person who becomes a by-product of ‘sperma’ and ‘logos’ then from that day onwards the Holy Spirit comes to have permanent resident in us In John 3:8, you are compared to wind, i.e. we become unstoppable, unlimited, and a mystery to the devil. Firstly, you are compared to win...

  Let’s take one more example of Paul and Silas. They were put in jail for preaching the gospel and they had all the opportunity to stay in grumbling valley but they chose to keep their being in thanksgiving mountain instead of grumbling valley (Acts 16:25). By doing that they activated the unseen realm and the angels got activated. The Bible says in Acts 16:26, “Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.”  When we keep our being in thanksgiving mountain then something that are bound will be loosed suddenly and even age-old foundations of the devil will be destroyed. Doors that were shut will be opened and chains will be broken. Let’s look at one more example of Peter, who was put in prison and the very next day could have been in his last day. Peter kept his being on the mountain top of thanksgiving instead of keeping his being in grumbling valley. So h...