Stay with God at all times...

Stay closer to God at all times.Our relation with Christ should not be spasmodic.

We should give cardinal importance for Christ in our lives.Its common that when things are going bad we will get closer to God and when every thing is all right we might forget him.We are supposed to trust 'more' in him,at the days of our happiness.

How can we get closer to Him??

Christ came to this world and showed us a perfect archetype.So we have to live a life worthy of our Caller.We have to set an example to others through our life...

Be zealous to seek His face.The best way to seek him is to fast.What a true fasting should be is given in Isaiah 58.We should not fast for our material benifits.We should fast only for our spiritual life and to stay with Him.In Mathew 9:15, He says " A time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them;then they will fast".

Most of us will check our email messages every day.But are we consistent in checking the messages given to us by God through the Bible??

In most of the times,satan deceives us through our thoughts.So always spurn over all the bad thoughts coming to our mind at that instant itself..

2 Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.(KJV)

Pray to Him and He will give us Holyspirit who will help us in everything we do and also to get more and more closer to Him.Then we can boldly say

"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME"

Remember when we try to get closer to Him,He will also get closer to us.I am sharing this from my life experiences...

Psalm 23 for the students

Psalm 23 for the students is actually written by Prof Sam Skariah,Vice Principal,Wilson College,Mumbai,India.I'm just posting it because i think it will be very useful for the students.

Psalms 23
[For the students]

The Lord is my real mentor, and I shall not want.
He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me
He gently reminds me to pray and do all things without murmuring and complaining.
He reminds me that he is the source of my ability
He restores my sanity everyday and guides my decisions that I might honor him in all that I do.
Even though I face deadlines for my submissions, pocket money cuts, gossiping friends, discriminating teachers, non cooperative bus drivers
Still I rejoice in the lord!
For he is with me! His presence, His Peace and His power will see me through
He raises me up, even when my teachers don’t promote me
He claims me as his own, even when the college threatens me to let me go.
His faithfulness and love is better than any college awards
His placement plans beats the best placement plan any company can offer!
When it’s all said and done, I’ll be working for him a whole
Lot longer and for that
I BLESS HIS NAME!!!

Fruit and Gifts of the Spirit

What is the fruit of the Holy Spirit?
What are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
Fruit of the spirit is love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness and self control.[Galatians 5:22]
Gifts of the spirit are written in 1 Corintians 12[v 1-11].9 gifts are mentioned there.

Look at the difference between gifts and fruit.9 things are mentioned in both.But the fruit is a singular term and gifts are plural.It means one should have all the nine qualities in order to say that he has the fruit of spirit.

Gifts are from god.Its given by god as he determines[1 cor 12:11].But one has to possess all the 9 fruit of the sprit mentioned above.Because in John 15:2 he says
"he cuts off every branch that bear no fruit,while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be more fruitful"
So fruit of the spirit is more important than the gifts of the spirit because gifts are from god given to us only when he wishes and fruit is the one which we are supposed to possess .

So if we claim to be a christian,WE MUST BEAR FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT