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"On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you".(John 20:19)" Our relationship with Jesus our Savior got a fresh impetus from the time He started speaking to us continuously day after day, night after night, whenever we sat for prayer, since about two years ago. Often in this book I have mentioned God speaking to us as-Jesus speaking to us or The Holy Spirit speaking to us. Though the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are separate personalities, it is impossible to separate them when it comes to their working. The Trinity works together .One may then ask, who really speaks to you? You can understand it this way. The Holy Spirit speaks to us for Jesus and the Father or Jesus speaks to us Himself audibly or through eye to eye contact in the mind conveying a message. The revelations or visions that my wife sees or receives are the ideas or images that the Holy Spirit shows in her mind or speaks to her mind. The Bible says in John Ch.16,v .12-15, "I(Jesus) have much more to say to you ,more than you can now bear .But the Spirit of truth comes,He will guide you into all truth.He will not speak on His own,He will speak only what He hears,and He will tell you what is yet to come.He will bring glory to Me by taking what is mine and making it known to you.All that belongs to the Father is mine .That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you." These verses more or less,gives us an understanding of the working pattern of the Trinity.It was quite a while after the events of Chapter 1 that Jesus actually made Himself visible to her through visions.He appeared at a time when we least expected Him to.Knee deep in spiritual warfare those days,we were a tired couple.Huddled together on our bed with our children fast asleep on either side of us,we were on our spiritual trips one night,when she suddenly said,"I think it's Jesus that I see now"."Jesus!I said,excitedly,my eyes wide open now though weary from lack of sleep,surprised by His sudden appearance.,Where's He,What does He look like,What's He doing? I asked all in one breath. "Oh!He's wonderful to behold,looks wonderful in His flowing robe,the radiance emnating from His self is stunning.The aura surrounding Him is glorious.And the love,joy and peace emnating from Him is just indescribable,she said. "Look He's coming down to us,she said,into our room here,He's seated beside us,she continued.Tears were already flowing down our cheeks.Those days were tiring and hectic.We were often downcast,but now just knowing that the Saviour Himself had come down to us was so uplifting .A new joy,a new hope at once sprang up within us. "He's touching the children,kissing them on their foreheads,blessing them",she said .He did this for a long time pouring out His love upon them.Next He kissed my wife on her forehead and blessed her,speaking to her how well He knew about all the difficult times that she had gone through in the past decade of her life and comforting her promising to smoothen out every matter that was troubling her.She said she could really feel His presence enveloping her and His peace descending into her as He spoke to her."He's touching your face now,kissing you,loving you,she said.He then spoke to me through her,saying that He was well aware of the tiring warfare that we were going through those days and that He was going to bring about a refreshing change.Though I could not feel His touch or hear His voice,because all these things were happening in the spiritual world,I was really overwhelmed at His personal visit to us.He stayed for a long while and as we put the lights out hat night His presence was still there with us assuring us that He was in charge after all,warfare or no warfare. The Bible says,"He's the Prince of Peace"(Isaiah 9:6) Before His death on the cross,He comforted His disciples saying,"Peace I leave withyou, my peace I give you.I do not give to you as the world gives.Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."(John 14:27) And after His resurrection He again comforted His disciples who were in fear and turmoil,saying,"Peace be with you".(John 20:19) Truly, if there is anyone who can bring constant peace in our lives,whatever the situation be ,it is only "The Prince of Peace". One morning He revealed Himself to her when she worshipped in tongues,as a lion wearing a crown of thorns.Then the lion started weeping.He was weeping considering the particular circumstances that we were passing through at that time.It was a time when the enemy had cornered us and many difficult circumstances were pinning us down.The Lion cried and we cried too,seeing His concern for us.Remember Jesus wept.(John 11:35).No fairy tale that. "When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled"(John 11:33).A flashing thought passed through my mind as the Lion of the tribe of Judah wept.Why should He weep?He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.He could change our situation in a moment if He wanted.I curbed my thoughts and did not speak in that particular circumstance knowing that Jesus was identifying Himself with us as we read in Hebrews 4:15,"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,but we have one who has been tempted in every way,just as we are,yet was without sin. The Word that He reminded us that day was,"I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with loving kindness".(Jeremiah 31:3) Another time when I was heavily burdened in my mind,He showed me to her,trying to lift a weight too heavy for me to lift(like a weight lifter in a gymnasium).He just took it from me and showed how light it was for Him ,conveying the message,"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you".(1Peter 5:7) The apostle Paul ,writing to the Phillipians says,"And the peace of God ,which trancends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."(Phillipians 4:7) This thing called peace ,fruit of the Holy Spirit,is a costly commodity in these last days of wars,destructions and devastations.But it's unquenchable availability is assured to everyone who comes to the "Prince of Peace".Praise the Lord. e-mail me at j@ourchurch.com.for questions regarding your spiritual life or the Bible Dr. Johnson Cherian M.D.PhD. 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