Afghan Radio - Sound of Life

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. When Jesus Christ came, the kingdom of God also came to earth. The kingdom of God is present in the lives of everyone who believes in Christ. That is why Christ preached: “The kingdom of God is near.” But on the other hand, the kingdom of God has not yet fully come. Satan still rules this world. He is the prince of this world. Most people are still imprisoned in the realm of Satan’s rule, in the realm of darkness. Therefore, we need to pray that God will enter the lives of more people and that more people will be saved from Satan’s dominion and enter the kingdom of God. At the same time, we need to pray that the kingdom of God will fully come, that is, that Christ will return and destroy Satan.

God does not discriminate between people. Nationality, skin colour, age or gender, rich or poor, friends and enemies are all the same to Him and He forgives everyone's sins. In true forgiveness, there should be no difference between people, whether we forgive someone or not. Jesus Christ actually nailed the document that was against us to the cross. With His forgiveness, God nullified the sins of people and the handwriting that Satan had against them. Jesus Christ, as a wounded man on the cross, asked for forgiveness for all those who had wounded Him. You too, by crying out to the Father for those who have wounded you, ask for forgiveness in prayer and by doing so, erase and nullify all the documents and writings you have against them. We were reminded of the bitter and heavy stories of unforgiveness that our fellow countrymen kept in the depths of their hearts for years. So let us allow God Himself to free and heal us from the deadly wound.

Prayer is direct communication between a person and God-verbal and heart-to-heart. Prayer can include worship, thanksgiving for blessings, and petitions for needs. The activity of prayer goes beyond the repetition of predetermined phrases. It is a sincere conversation between a child and his heavenly Father. The church draws closer and more intimate in prayer. Through prayer, fellowship and love develop in the church. Since the church is the gathering of believers, let us not forget to pray for a stable and strong church.

God's forgiveness is not limited like human forgiveness, but is very vast. Just as the east is far from the west, God's forgiveness also puts a distance between us and our sins and keeps us away from our sins. A person who is angry at sunrise and calms down at sunset must be calm because we are children of the God of light and justice and we must shine the rays of His forgiveness from the east and continue to the west. God forgives and looks at man with a fatherly gaze, so we see people through the lens of His eyes and forgive them like a father. So that healing can flow into our wounded being and heart. A person who forgives does not hold grudges. Our forgiveness should be like God and be buried in the depths of the sea. Because forgiveness is so heavy and precious that it drags sin to the depths and buries it there. When God forgives a person, He does not set any conditions for him. Jesus has only one condition, and that is repentance and turning to the true and true God.

Why do we Christians call God Father? Because Jesus Christ taught us through His Word to call Him “Heavenly Father” when we pray. We Christians also believe that by accepting Christ as our Saviour, we enter into the family of God and experience Him not only as our Creator but also as our loving and caring Father. One of the reasons we call God our Heavenly Father is that Jesus Christ teaches us through His Word to call God Father when we pray. Having God as our adopted Father is only made possible through Jesus Christ.

The heart of the father is a source of forgiveness, one of the most prominent characteristics of fatherhood is forgiveness. If a person does not know about the heart of the father, he cannot forgive. Whenever someone knows the heart of the father, he is filled with his love and is able to forgive, and in it, he is free and liberated from the wounds. Forgive those who have wounded you in the presence of God, just as Mrs. Eneli, who killed her husband and two children, forgave her enemies after a while. In the Gospel of Luke, there is a story about a lost son who lost a sheep and a lost coin, which a woman cannot find without a lighted lamp and without light. We see the lost son who, surprisingly, no one is looking for him!! Because the father's forgiving heart beats for him, he brings him home. What are you, are you lost? Are you willing to forgive someone who has hurt you from the bottom of your heart?

When you are hurt, to whom and to whom do you cry out? Jesus Christ taught us one thing: to cry out to our Heavenly Father when we are hurt, to pray, and to forgive. The Father's heart is the key to healing our wounds and pains. We humans are usually easily discouraged and suffer, which is why the hearts of billions of people are wounded. Suffering and pain have roots in the past and occupy the depths of our hearts and thoughts, and when we remember them every day, they warm our feelings. Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, when she was hurt and wounded, only knew one place and one person, and that was the Lord with whom she shared. So let us join with the prophet David who said: Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and moan, and he will hear my voice.

Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. For God has also forgiven us what was unforgivable. Dear fellow countryman, forgiveness is a healing balm that must be applied to our wounds to heal them. People who are wounded and hurt, speak evil, and show hatred and grudges, their words are stinging and poisonous, and their words and speech are unpleasant. But the most wounded man in the world, Jesus Christ, was nailed to the cross, but he did not complain, but instead he forgave. Because he came to our world for this forgiveness and was crucified.

The Holy Bible consists of 66 books, written by more than 40 people under the inspiration of the Spirit of God. These people came from different walks of life. For example: kings (David and Solomon), a military officer (Joshua), a doctor (Luke), fishermen (Peter, James, and John), a tax collector (Matthew), a cupbearer to the king of Persia (Nehemiah), etc. It was written over more than 1,600 years, and it includes books about history, law, prophecy, poetry, proverbs, and songs. The Holy Bible was written on three continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe; and in three different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Jesus Christ used parables to convey deep spiritual concepts to his disciples and his audience in a way that was concrete and understandable. Parables were a powerful tool for explaining teaching. Parables could convey truth in the guise of a story while keeping this truth hidden from those who sought to distort or deny it. Parables could encourage listeners to think about the deeper meaning of spiritual messages. Parables made complex concepts understandable using simple stories and analogies.