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The Next step

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We have all been taught that Christ died for us. We know for sure that he died for our sins. So now, we are saved by grace. We have got salvation and all good things that we are promised. So, what next? No, the next step is not laying back and enjoying the virtues of being a Christian. Rather, the next step is to participate in God’s mission. In other words, the next step is to participate in helping to fulfill Christ’s purpose of coming to earth. And what is that purpose? Sure, Christ came to set us free, to abolish the old ways and the law and to establish the new covenant. But the real reason to do all that is to establish the kingdom of God through THE CHURCH. The reason I am writing this down here is because so many Christians are neglecting this part today. The individualistic attitude of the people today leads them to think, why should I go to church? What will I gain by this? They refuse to attend church regularly because, they “watch YouTube videos” instead ...
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Transfer of wealth

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'No one has ever become poor from giving' ~Anne Frank So the other day I was reading the book of Isaiah when a particular verse struck me as weird. In chapter 23, the 17 th and 18 th verses went like this: “At the end of seventy years, the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire as a prostitute and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth .Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothes” The passage clearly talks about Tyre, and how the Lord has planned to punish it. But why does the Lord, the Ruler with immeasurable riches need Tyre’s earnings and profit? God can clearly bless his people with better earned money? I mean, God can bless his people in so many ways. Why choose this way? On reading the scriptures I understood that God has always let...
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Move on

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When I was a child, I loved to play in the sand. I and my friends had this game where we would dig out the sand as deep as possible, leave our legs into the hole and cover it up with the dug out soil. We would then see if we are strong enough to pull our legs out of the soil without using any sort of help. Since we were kids, our deepest dig was somewhere around 1 or 2 feet and we had no trouble to pull our legs out of the loose soil. Sometimes, the boys would pretend that they are struggling to pull out their legs, causing the rest of us to giggle. As an adult I have realized that even today a lot of stand with our legs stuck in soil. But the difference is, we believe that our legs are stuck firmly in the loose soil. We believe that we cannot move because something is holding us down. We don’t even try to move because we feel we cannot escape. The past that torments you is like this loose soil. You cannot run away from it, yes. But at the same time, it cannot hold you down ei...
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That's what Lot did!

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Mercy is for the weak, says a proverb. You don’t need mercy if you are strong. And in Christian terms, you don’t need mercy if you are righteous. But the statement is wrong. We need mercy every day of our lives. We need his mercy to even touch our index finger with our thumb. Not even one of us is pure and sinless but all of us have been sinful since birth. And that is exactly why we need his mercy because we are all short of the glory of God. There is a huge difference between Grace and Mercy. Grace is when you are redeemed by the blood and given a new life to live. In grace, you are blessed. Mercy is when you are forgiven and set free even when you are at fault. In mercy, you are delivered from judgement. Lot lived among the sinners in Sodom. Nobody made him do that. It was his own choice. While although he was righteous, he didn’t make any effort to live in a better place. He chose Sodom for its prosperity. And now, the lord plans to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He divulg...
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The Perfect Guy

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So many girls want to marry the ‘perfect’ guy. The list of the qualities of the ‘perfect’ man is endless. No matter how much girls preach that the perfect man doesn’t exist, they secretly harbor a secret fantasy about the perfect man. The only difference is that the list varies from one girl to other. Some of the most common traits that every girl has in her list are:  V   Loyalty (That goes without saying)  V   Good looks (even if you don’t have good looks, a little effort to appear your best is what girls want)  V   Undying love (not “till death” but even after death. Come on, can’t we find someone like Landon from ‘a walk to remember’?)  V   The ability to make her feel blessed (includes complimenting and paying constant attention)  V   Dying for her (we dream at least once in our lifetime about a handsome guy dying for us) The list goes on…. It also includes a bit of Christian Grey traits (but I am going to igno...
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Never Alone!

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One of my favourite past time includes curling up (on bed, couch or floor) and worrying over all my problems, including those that don’t exist. And the anxiety is usually double when I’m PMS-ing. I am very good at stressing myself with things that are out of my control. And that bad part is, nobody asked me to do all of this! No one asked me to find solutions for things not in my control. But nevertheless, I do it like it’s my favourite homework. We all face problems the size of huge armies frequently in our lives. And whether we pray about it or not, we worry to death over it. Sometimes we think that the problem is there because we have failed to pray properly. So, we immediately start binge-praying for the problem to go away. At other times we try to find various human solutions. Whatever we do, our aim is one thought: Make That Problem Go Away. What we forget is that the problem is here in the first place because God allowed it. And he allowed it to either strengthe...
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Offering the Perfect Sacrifice

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In the book of 2 Timothy, Paul warns Timothy against various kinds of vile people. He tells them that they will be narcissistic, money-minded, disobedient, unholy etc. But he goes on to tell that these people are actually the ones “having a form of godliness but denying its power”. The Living bible explains in simpler terms by saying, “They will go to church but don’t believe anything they hear” (2 Tim 3:5). It is heartbreaking to see so many people fall under this category even today. Today, people go to church to find fault with the Pastor, scripture, believers, infrastructure etc. In fact, many people love to criticize and put forth conspiring theories about the Word of God. They go to church, yes. But their faith is rooted elsewhere. This is not the kind of faith God requires from us. He wants us to offer our whole hearts to him. He wants us to offer every part of our daily life to him. You cannot offer him your afternoon arguments or drunken brawls! He won’t be plea...
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