Kamran Yaraei's Blog

He Is Never Late One night I was so discouraged when I looked at our bank account online. I started to talk to the Lord and this is what came out of my heart: Lord, why are You always late? I know that You always provide for us, but why are You late most of the time? You were late in the desert with the Israelites and that caused them to rebel against You. Why are You always late in our lives? Should I stop full-time ministry, forget about my calling, and go get a normal job? I know You called me into this, but why are You late all the time? Why do we always have to be short? All of a sudden the life was taken out of me. I could not move; I had no life in me. It was a very strange and empty feeling. We are used to having life in us all the time, and it is very strange when the life is taken out of us even for a very short moment. I felt that the Lord gave me the option of snapping out of it and coming back. I pulled myself out of it and came back to life. Then I felt the Lord say: “If ...

From Getting to Giving I had a meeting with a minister today and it was very hard for me. When I got back home, I asked the Lord to tell me the reason. I felt He said that I went to the meeting to receive, not to give. I went to the meeting to get some possible connection for future ministry. May the Lord change our attitude from getting to giving . Selfishness will creep in on us and jump on our shoulders. No matter what we do, if we do it to gain something, we will never be satisfied. Most of our giving is conditional, and conditional acts open the door for our old nature to kick in. Unconditional acts open the door for our new nature to come in. When our new nature rules, there is peace and comfort in the Spirit. But when our old nature rules, there is agony and discomfort. May we allow the Spirit of God to come out of us through our unconditional acts and thoughts. From Kamran Yaraei’s Book “Food For The Heart”.

The Connection Between Faith and Desire I believe the strength of our desires (passion) will greatly affect the level of our faith. The strength of our faith will carry us into the promised land of God. Sometimes in the past I have asked the Lord for greater faith in order to enter into the promised land. Now I see that I should ask Him to increase the desire of my heart first, and that will open the door for stronger faith to come into my heart. We can examine the strength of our desires and passion in our own hearts . Pick a desire and see on a scale of one to ten what the strength of your desire is. As our desires grow stronger, more faith will be deposited into our hearts. How strong is your desire to be free? To spread God’s love? To love God in a romantic way? To trust Him in all things? To love others to the degree of laying your life down for them? To be financially stable? To have a godly marriage? To fulfill your calling? To enter into God’s promises for your life? To see the...

Pretending Will Make Us Blind to the Truth Have you ever pretended not to see something that was right in front of your eyes? Have you ever closed your eyes to something? Closing our eyes to the truth will lead to blindness toward the truth . There are truths about ourselves that we close our eyes to. There are also wrong things going on in front of our eyes that we pretend not to see. The Lord came to the Pharisees as a form of truth, but they chose to close their eyes and pretend they didn’t see any truth in Him because the truth He brought was confrontational. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus talks about a group of people whom God blinded so that they would not see the truth. And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” And He answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. “For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have an abundance; but whoeve...

Bound by Good We can be bound in a very negative way by good if we don’t seek and choose to see the truth. The Pharisees often offended Jesus with their good deeds, but the truth has never offended our Lord. The Pharisees rested on the Sabbath day. When Jesus healed someone on the Sabbath, it made them angry and offended them, and they totally missed the truth. The Pharisees were obeying the law, doing what they thought was good, but they became bound by the law and what they called good things. Has the Son of God ever offended us by revealing the truth to us? Have the law and good things ever bound us, causing us to offend the Son of God? The truth is, we can be bound by good in a negative way if we don’t seek, see, and bring the truth. We are not followers of good, but seekers and embracers of truth. Truth is perfect, good is not. We don’t want to be bound by good; we want to be set free by truth . For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Chris...

Our Wrongdoing Thermometers I was mad at my wife today and was mean to her over the phone. When I get angry with her, my heart hurts afterward. I don’t want to ever hurt her heart. It hurts me to hurt her. It is not something that happens every day, but it happens sometimes in every marriage. What I did today was wrong, and I knew it. I went before the Lord in prayer and asked Him why He allowed me to hurt her. Why didn’t He help me to be nice to her? I told Him that I don’t want to hurt anyone. I felt the Lord answer me in my heart that she is not the only one I hurt today— there are others. In a moment I realized how I hurt others without even knowing them. Let me explain. What would happen if people in places of authority decided not to show up to their jobs? What would happen if an ambulance driver, doctor, nurse, or even a cab driver did not show up or take their job seriously? How many people would get hurt? When I don’t do my job, I am hurting people without knowing it. As carri...

Seeing Past Our Mistakes Every day I make mistakes. No matter what I do, when I look back, I will see some kind of mistake. Am I going to stop growing in Christ? No. Am I always going to see my past mistakes? Yes. Should I stop doing what I do? Absolutely not. What should we do then? We must keep doing our best, and know that we are not perfect. As we grow in Him we will see more of our mistakes. It is funny how we look into our pasts and recognize our mistakes and then somehow believe what we are doing now is not a mistake. We think we know what to do now. As we grow in Him, we will see that our current actions are not as perfect and right as we thought they would be. Why am I telling you this? I want us to see that we all make mistakes, and what we do is never going to be perfect. The closer we get to Christ’s perfection, the more what we do will seem imperfect. God is not concerned about your perfection. Do your best, attach yourself to Him and His perfection, and know you will neve...

Heart — 67 42 Is Obeying the Law Easier Than Facing the Truth? It is very important to choose to see and embrace the truth in every situation. The Pharisees were seekers of the truth in some cases, but not embracers of the truth. They sought the Messiah, but when He came they didn’t embrace Him because the truth was too costly to face. Obeying the law was much easier than facing the truth. They chose to blind themselves to the truth, and ultimately kill the truth, following the law instead. It is very important to look at everything through the eyes of truth rather than the law . What is the truth anyway? Is it what we think it is? What is the truth about people who lack the ability to love? Are they bad people, or have they never been loved? What is the truth about unsaved people? Do they not want Jesus, or have they never been introduced to the real Jesus? What is the truth about those who kill? Are they bad people, or could they have been abused, molested, or hurt in the past? What ...

Laying Down Our Crowns When we have crowns on our heads, it is hard to bow down to the One who gave them to us. We stand up straight in order to keep our crowns on our heads, but if we are going to bow down, we must lay aside our crowns . How can we bow down to the Lord if we have crowns on our heads? Many crowns will be offered to us from believers, unbelievers, and even God, but we are called to lay them down constantly. Never keep your crown on your head. If you do, then you cannot bow down to the One who gave it to you. And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created” (Rev...

Preach to Heaven and Let the Earth Hear I used to talk to heaven about Jesus as I spoke before an audience, but at some point I allowed the atmosphere and variety of my audiences to affect me and cause me to talk to them instead. Why not let heaven be your audience? Look at Jesus and your audience will see Him through your eyes. Preach to heaven and let the earth hear your message . Sing to heaven and let the earth hear it from heaven. Send everything above and let it rain down on your audience. Talk to heaven, sing songs to heaven, and tell heaven how you feel about God. From Kamran Yaraei’s Book “Food For The Heart”.