Life For Christ

Behold the Lamb of God...

2012-01-29T21:07:00.004+05:30

John 1:29 says
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

Here John is calling Jesus as the Lamb of God. In one sense, the message of the Bible can be summed up in this verse. The question in the Old Testament is “Where is the Lamb?”(Gen 22:7). In the four gospels the emphasis is “Behold the Lamb of God. Here He is!” The lamb here, beyond all doubt, points to the death of Jesus Christ, and the sacrificial character of that death.

A "lamb," among the Jews, was killed and eaten at the Passover to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt. A lamb was offered in the tabernacle, and afterward in the temple, every morning and evening, as a part of the daily worship. The Messiah was predicted as a lamb led to the slaughter, to show his patience in his sufferings, and readiness to die for man. A lamb, among the Jews, was also an emblem of patience, meekness, gentleness. On "all" these accounts, Jesus was called "the Lamb."

This lamb differed in three ways from those by which it was represented.

1. It was the lamp of God.
      In Old Testament times, lambs were brought by men, but here is God's Lamb, given by God to men.

2. It was made an atonement of sin.
      It carried away sin in reality where as other lambs did not atone for sin, they only covered the sin.That is those lambs could not take away sin, but the Lamb of God can take away sin.

3. It carried away the sin of the world.
   Sacrifice of the lamb was a Jewish custom. It was only confined to the Jews whereas this lamb was slaughtered not only to the Jews but also to the gentiles.

Under the Jewish law, those who had offended brought sacrifices, and offered them to the Lord. As God is just, it is inevitable that sin should be punished. If he could pardon us, how can this be righteously accomplished?

Jesus Christ, His Son, came to earth and stood in the room, and place, instead of all those who believe on him; and God accepted him as the substitutionary sacrifice for all those who put their trust in him. Under the Jewish law, the lamb was put to death that the man might not be put to death; and, in like manner, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior suffered the pangs of death by crucifixion and the greater agony of the wrath of God that we might not suffer the pangs of hell due to sin.

So Christ was sacrificed and then the main question that remains is

What should we do? How can we be a part of this great sacrifice which Christ offered on Calvary?

John the Baptist is shouting the answer to this question which is "Behold" that is, look to "the Lamb of God."

"There is life in a look at the Crucified One."

"Behold the Lamb of God" means believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, trust in him as your Savior, accept God's revelation concerning him, and rely upon him to save you. This is the way of salvation. There is no other way of salvation under heaven but this.

So let us all lead a life looking at the crucified one. God Bless You!!

Are we prepared for the Second coming of Jesus Christ?

2012-01-22T23:55:00.000+05:30

I would like to share a small thought that came to my mind...

1 Thessalonians 4:16,17

For the Lordhimself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of thearchangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will risefirst. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still aliveand are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet theLord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

The above verse describes the wonderful hope that we are having,the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But many of the Christians areignorant of the fact that Jesus is coming to take us to be with Him forever more.But will we be taken with Him when He comes?

Nobody except the Father knows the hour he is going to come. If weare not ready when he is coming, then what is the point in saying that we are Christians?Do we have a confidence that we are going to be taken up with Him? If we arenot having this confidence, let us strive forward in building this.

Who is going to be taken with Him?

The answer is clearly mentioned in the above scripture, First thedead in Christ and then those who are alive in Christ.

How can we be dead or alive in Christ? The answer is simple. Makesure that we are born in Christ and are living in Christ. And if we are deadbefore his second coming, we will die in Christ.

John 3:5 says “Jesus answered, “Verytruly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born ofwater and the Spirit.””

Born again experience is one of the foundations of ChristianLife; and in the above verse Jesus himself is telling that we cannot see thekingdom of God of if we are not born of water and the Spirit.

1 Thess 4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but tolive a holy life.

Living in Christ means tohave a holy life led by Holy Spirit. As Ephesians 5:8 says we have to live asthe children of Light (Jesus is the light of the world. John 8:12), for thefruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth; and findout what pleases God. If we are led by Holy Spirit, we can successfully lead aChristian life giving the fruit of Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.Gal5:22,23)

So let’s ask ourselves thesetwo questions

Am I born of water and Spirit?
Am I living in Christ?

If we are born in Christ and are living in Christ, then we can confidently wait for our Lord because that’s what Bible tells us to do.

2012-01-21T18:56:00.003+05:30

I heard this interesting and inspiring story in an ICPF meeting held at Kesavadasapuram.

The story goes like this...
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty.”

Then the second tree said, “Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take Kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull.”

Finally the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest.I want to give shade and comfort to everyone who is coming towards me. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me.”
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said,”This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a Carpenter”, and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree the woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard.” The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the Woodsmen said, “I don’t need anything special from my
tree, I’ll take this one”, and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for.The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.
The third tree was cut into large pieces, and left alone in the dark..

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn’t think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and He stood and said “Peace” and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. The tree realized that the savior of mankind was crucified on it. And as its dream, the cross had become the greatest comfort to humanity and is remembered by all.

Friends,true happiness is only available when we submit to the will of God. Things may not work according our plan but remember that God is having a perfect plan for us. God will make a way where there seems to be no way.

If we are submitting ourselves unto Him, then that is the best step a man can take in his life.
Let His will be done in our life....

Greatest Commandment

2011-07-27T00:56:00.000+05:30

If we are claiming that we are a Christian, then ‘love’ is the basic qualification. If we can love those who hate us or those who do wrong to us, then that is what Christ is demanding from us.

Love must be sincere. We should have a forgiving mentality to love sincerely. If a persons does something wrong against us, then we cannot love him without forgiving him. If we can truly forgive him, then we can start loving him. We should not love any one with bad intentions like material benefits or positions.

Jesus Christ showed a perfect example for us to follow. He was a friend of tax collectors and sinners. He hated the sin in them but not the sinners. But what most of us does is that if anyone sin against us, we will hate him (both the sinner and the sin in him). Can we forgive Osama Bin Laden or people like him for what they did? Do not take revenge for it is Lord to avenge.

Don’t we dare to adopt Christ’s point of view?

Do to others what you want God to do for you….

Life For Christ

2011-07-13T08:09:00.008+05:30

We have been hearing many messages that Christ is coming soon. From many centuries the believers are preaching that Christ is coming soon to take us to be with him forever. Does that create a negative impact on you that he is not going to come in the near future? That is he is not going to come in your generation but in the generations to come. Unknowingly, I was having the above feeling in mind. So I planned many things for my future, i.e. to do a PG course after my bachelor degree and then work for many years, make money and then finally to work for our Lord.

Recently, I was attending an ICPF(Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship) camp session named Mission Challenge. Even though the speaker was preaching about working for Christ, a small thought came to my mind “What if Christ is going to come in my generation? Will you be taken with him?” Suddenly a feeling came to me that He is at the doorsteps. That though shattered my concepts of working for Christ. In fact, it helped me to realize the importance of giving our Life for Christ.
Jesus showed us a perfect example with his life so that we could follow. And what He wants from us is to walk in His footsteps or just to emulate Him. Some of us at least think that the greatest thing that we can do with our life is to make money or become famous. But he made me understand that the greatest thing that we can do with our life is to live for Christ. It is not about working for him but about living for him. If we can love him with all our heart, nothing can impede us to live for Christ and we won’t even consider this as a work.

It is not about living our life with Christ but about living our life for Christ. We should really understand the difference between both. Well, it is very good to say that ‘I am living a life with Christ’. I believe it is what most of us including me does i.e. living with Christ, and trying to maintain a decorum of life. Here we are trying to bring Christ into our life. But don’t we dare to take a further step, live for Christ?

First we need to analyze our present condition. Are we leading a successful Christian life now? Don’t say an emphatic yes to this question. First we need to understand what Christian life is. Christian life is not about others saying about you that you are a pious follower of faith. In Acts chapter 10, it is written that the ‘Disciples of Christ’ were called Christians first at Antioch. The word Christian means the follower of Christ. So a successful Christian life means a life in which one is successful in following Christ. To be exact from the above verse, if we are his disciple we can claim that we are leading a successful Christian life.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:25-27). So are we His disciples from the above definition? Following Christ in not so easy and at the same time it is not a herculean task. We have to pay a price for that. We should really admire Paul the apostle for his encouraging statement “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain”. From his life we can see the price he had given. Whatever was to his profit, he considered it as a loss for the sake of Christ. What Christ wants from us is that we should be His disciple.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit… (Mathew 28:19). Here Christ is telling us not to make believers but to make disciples. So it is our responsibility to obey him and without being a disciple we cannot make another disciple for Christ. We should not be satisfied being a believer. But we should try our best to be his disciple. That is what Christ is demanding from us. Give our life for Christ. Remember that is the greatest thing that you can do with your life.

2011-02-06T21:44:00.004+05:30

"That's My King"

The late Dr. S. M. Lockeridge, a pastor from San Diego, California

said these words in a sermon in Detroit in 1976:

My King was born King. The Bible says He's a Seven Way King. He's the King of the Jews - that's an Ethnic King. He's the King of Israel - that's a National King. He's the King of righteousness. He's the King of the ages. He's the King of Heaven. He's the King of glory. He's the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords. Now that's my King.

Well, I wonder if you know Him. Do you know Him? Don't try to mislead me. Do you know my King? David said the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. My King is the only one of whom there are no means of measure that can define His limitless love. No far seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of the shore of His supplies. No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.

He's enduringly strong. He's entirely sincere. He's eternally steadfast. He's immortally graceful. He's imperially powerful. He's impartially merciful. That's my King. He's God's Son. He's the sinner's saviour. He's the centerpiece of civilization. He stands alone in Himself. He's honest. He's unique. He's unparalleled. He's unprecedented. He's supreme. He's pre-eminent. He's the grandest idea in literature. He's the highest personality in philosophy. He's the supreme problem in higher criticism. He's the fundamental doctrine of historic theology. He's the carnal necessity of spiritual religion. That's my King.

He's the miracle of the age. He's the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him. He's the only one able to supply all our needs simultaneously. He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathizes and He saves. He's the Almighty God who guides and keeps all his people. He heals the sick. He cleanses the lepers. He forgives sinners. He discharged debtors. He delivers the captives. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent and He beautifies the meek. That's my King.

Do you know Him? Well, my King is a King of knowledge. He's the wellspring of wisdom. He's the doorway of deliverance. He's the pathway of peace. He's the roadway of righteousness. He's the highway of holiness. He's the gateway of glory. He's the master of the mighty. He's the captain of the conquerors. He's the head of the heroes. He's the leader of the legislatures. He's the overseer of the overcomers. He's the governor of governors. He's the prince of princes. He's the King of kings and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King.

His office is manifold. His promise is sure. His light is matchless. His goodness is limitless. His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes. His Word is enough. His grace is sufficient. His reign is righteous. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I wish I could describe Him to you . . . but He's indescribable. That's my King. He's incomprehensible, He's invincible, and He is irresistible.

I'm coming to tell you this, that the heavens of heavens can't contain Him, let alone some man explain Him. You can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off of your hands. You can't outlive Him and you can't live without Him. The Pharisees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him. Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him. The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree about Him. Herod couldn't kill Him. Death couldn't handle Him and the grave couldn't hold Him. That's my King.

He always has been and He always will be. I'm talking about the fact that He had no predecessor and He'll have no successor. There's nobody before Him and there'll be nobody after Him. You can't impeach Him and He's not going to resign. That's my King! That's my King!

Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Well, all the power belongs to my King. We're around here talking about black power and white power and green power, but in the end all that matters is God's power. Thine is the power. Yeah. And the glory. We try to get prestige and honor and glory for ourselves, but the glory is all His. Yes. Thine is the Kingdom and the power and glory, forever and ever and ever and ever. How long is that? Forever and ever and ever and ever. . . And when you get through with all of the ever's, then . . .Amen!

26 ICPF Camp, Trivandrum Chapter

2010-08-08T08:08:00.002+05:30

9-12 September 2010
Kovalam Youth Centre,
Trivandrum
India

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Touching Miltary Story

2010-05-22T14:48:00.002+05:30

I heard a touching story from our pastor
Its like this
Once from a miltary camp ,an instrument[something like a radar controller] was stolen.There were 52 soldiers in that camp.No one from outside could steal it because of the security.Officers gave enough time to the soldier who did that to come forward.But no one came forward.So at last, the miltary chief decided to give them a common punishment.25 strikes from a whip to each soldier!!!
After hearing this a soldier came forward and told that he stole that instrument.But he was not the person who did that.He came forward to avoid the punishment of others.Then the officer ordered to give him 50 strikes from the whip.The other soldiers saw this.While the officer started to beat him,the soldier who stole was also present.At first he didnt speak any thing.Blood came out from the soldier who was receiving the punishment.He became nearly unconscious.The other soldier looked at him and have pity on him.Suddenly he rushed to him saying that 'I stole it'.Then by analyzing the facts,the second soldier was found guilty.But the officer didnt punish him.He said that since the punishment was already given to a soldier,he is not punishing the guilty.Then the guilty was set free...
After hearing this story,we all will think that the soldier really deserves a punishment,don't we??
But first understand that we are in the place of that soldier.Jesus Christ was slained for our sins.
HE TOOK THE CROSS FOR YOU AND ME!!

Have an iphone??

2010-05-13T20:35:00.006+05:30

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Stay with God at all times...

2009-11-15T19:30:00.003+05:30

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

2009-11-14T07:41:00.004+05:30

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

2009-11-14T07:21:00.004+05:30

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

DO NOT WORSHIP GOD FOR MATERIAL BENIFITS

2009-06-15T21:28:00.001+05:30

In these days most of the christians are worshiping God for material benifits like healing,deliverance,for better life ...etc.
Are we supposed to do that??
If we are doing that,what is the difference between us and a nonbeliver,who works for the nourishment of his life?A nonbeliever works for his material needs.By worshiping god ,in these days,we are indirectly having an intension of getting a material blessing.

But we can have spiritual blessing because it will reduce the distance between us and God.
We should worship him because he is the only one who is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED.And of course he'll give us material blessing.That's his part.He'll do it.

Mathew 5:46 says"If you love those who love you,what reward will you get?Are not even tax collectors doing that?"
So we should have a difference from a nonbeliever.

Worship him,expecting spiritual blessings only....

Intresting sms

2009-03-02T07:19:00.003+05:30

Yesterday, I got an sms from one of my friend it was like this:

A professor told that Every thing in this universe was created by God;so evil was also created by God.

After a moment of silence a student replied
There is nothing called cold;Its the only the absence of Heat,
there is nothing like darkness;Its actually the absence of Light,
Similarly Evil does not exist;Its actually the absence of Love,Faith and True belief in God

Its really inspiring........

About Berea[Acts 17:10]

2009-03-02T06:09:00.003+05:30

I want to show a fact about Bereans.In Acts 17:10,11

"Now the Bereans were of more noble characters than the Thessalonians,for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures everyday to see if what Paul said was true"

By this act of Bereans , Holy spirit was satisfied.And Holy spirit is telling us that we can satisfy him by the same act.
That is rethinking and examining the scripture portion we heard.

My testimony:IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN GOD THAN TO DEPEND ON HUMANS

2009-02-20T05:52:00.001+05:30

At that time,i was doing my 12th standard education in united arab emirates[UAE].

Some of the subjects were very tough.especially chemistry.really tough[for me].
except me and one guy,all the students were having tuitions for many subjects.

after a terminal exam i got really bad marks.
I failed!!!

So i decided to go for tuition for chemistry.i enquired about tuition sir to my friend.
that night i prayed to god about this,my poor marks,and my situation.
after praying i opened my bible
i got this verse
IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN GOD THAN TO DEPEND ON HUMANS
i really got amazed by this scripture portion.i understood that god wants me to depend on him.so i dropped my plan of going for tuition.

God really strenghtened me when i was weak..
days passed...
same exam result..bad marks..
But i got more and more closer to god after exams..because of my bad results..
i was confident in god.
pre board exam came..still bad marks..
i was really crushed by my feelings those days .i cried more and more to lord..
My board exam came..
On the chemistry exam day morning i was not happy and confident about my studies.i went to write exam.my Mom and some aunties from our church prayed for me while i was writing the exam..
I FELT LIKE WRITING A SIMPLE FIRST STANDARD QUESTION PAPER.
I thanked god so much while i was writing my chem paper.
i was greatly relieved.

my exams got over.i was so sure that i will get 100% for chemistry..
i came back to india to appear for my entrance exam.it was also good.
BUT after the exams my routine got changed.
early morning i'll go for playing,and return for lunch.again at evening playng till sun set,come back getting really tired.
before some months i will take 2 hours for praying.but that time got reduced to an hour,30 min,5 min,1 min,and some day i didnt even pray because i was very tired.
at the day before my result got published,i really prayed to god for hours..
results came..i was shocked..i got only 62% for chemistry.i got better marks for other subjects.for this subject i got the least mark..
i understood that it was gods plan because i was away from god after my exams..how else could i get 62% instead of 100%.i really expected 100%.
but that mark didnt affect my future because i got admission through entrance exam for electronics and communication..

i understood one thing
whether the situation is good or bad,we have to be closer and closer to GOD.........

PROMISE OF GOD WILL NEVER FADE...

2009-02-18T06:48:00.001+05:30

Some days back i went to ATM to take money.I was standing in a queue.i saw an old lady sitting at the steps of that ATM centre.i looked at her,she gave me a feeble look.She was really tired.my mind was moved seeing her pathetic condition.She was not a beggar.A beggar will ask money to everyone.she was sitting there quitely.
As the queue was moving i got closer to her.when i got near her she told "Can you give me some money to have food,i didn't had anything".
i took my purse and took a 20 Rs note and gave it to her.i took my food before 2-3 hours.But she.. she was starving for many hours ....i don't know.But she looks really tired.
she only asked me for the money and not to any one else. I don't know why...
That night i prayed to god and i cried for her,for her pathetic situation.
i cried so much to lord.
There are so many people like this around me..But what can i do??
I cant help all of them giving money because its not my money i'm using but my parents' money.I am not earning anything..because i'm still a student..

That day i decided to do something to the poor people around me.
I prayed to god about this.Suddenly i remembered a promise God gave me some years back..that my family will become a missionary family and we'll do help poor people..He is really caring me and know my thoughts..
Thank You my Father in heaven....for such a promise...

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU

2009-02-18T06:47:00.000+05:30

Today i played badminton...
since i am not a good player no body wants to play with me..
i feel really depressed..when i came back i was really desperate,but lord strengthened me by reminding the verse 'i will never leave you nor forsake you'
Friends and family will not be there for us always.Situations will come when we'll be really left alone..But my heavenly father will be there with me always..

CHRISTIAN LIFE-A bed of roses???

2009-02-17T06:26:00.001+05:30

No,absolutely not..
dont think that if we lead a christian life, we wont be having any problems..

If we turned to God from our sinful ways,satan will try tempting us to turn back to the old ways. Satan's failure occurs when we live according to Christ.
God will not tempt us..Satan is the only one who will tempt us.
But God will give us trials to bring us closer and closer to God.

God wants us to be closer to him at all situations,whether it is a good time or bad time.
We humans have a problem,in our difficult situation we'll be closer to God but when we are happy or when we dont have any problem we wont be closer to God.

No,God wants us to be closer to him at all times........

"If anyone would come after me,he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me"

2009-02-17T06:23:00.001+05:30

i have found this verse in three places in the bible
1)Mathew 16:24
2)Luke 9:23
3)Luke 14:27

In Mathew Jesus said this to his disciples.
In Luke 9 it is written "then He said to them all:"
In Luke 14 He said this to a large crowd[verse 25].

So He said this to all type of people.This is what He wants us to do.
He didnt force anyone to follow Him but he told 'if any one would.......'
Are we living according to His desires??
Are we faithful to Him?
Are we just Christian or any thing more than that??

We do have to follow him because he gave His life for us.......

One person with Christ is not a minority but its the majority

2009-02-16T03:24:00.002+05:30

Sometimes situation will come where there wont be anyone with us if we decide to stand for Christ.Don't look at the human face but look unto the lord he'll help you because we stand for him.......

If we are taking a step for Christ,don't worry He'll be with us.
He will always be there helping us...
for that he gave us a counsellor "HOLY SPIRIT"
He will comfort us in all the difficult situation.He will guide us always through the right path.

what does a christian life means??

2008-12-14T23:06:00.000+05:30

This is what i understood....
In order to say that we are following Christ,first we should be his disciple ie,one has to deny himself andtake up the cross and then follow Him.
But its very hard to do in our life...

We have to pay a big price for that...
We need to know the estimated cost of a house before building it.
Similarly we need to know the price of being his disciple in advance.

Born in a Christian family doesn't mean that we are in Christ...

I believe that God is going to use me in this generation...
Hallelujah for all you have done