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New Year Resolutions

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So, what sort of New Year’s resolution should a Christian make?  Here are some suggestions:  Pray to the Lord for wisdom (James 1:5) regarding what resolutions, if any, He would have you make;  Pray for wisdom as to how to fulfil the goals God gives you;  Rely on God’s strength to help you;  Find an accountability partner who will help you and encourage you;  Don’t become discouraged with occasional failures; instead, allow them to motivate you further; Don’t become proud or vain; give God glory.  Psalm 37:5-6 says, “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” From -  Question of the Week | GotQuestions.org  

CHRISTIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF INDIA

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Kali Charan Banerjee,  Krishna Mohan Banerjee Amrit Kaur,  Harendra Coomar Mookerjee,  Pandita Ramabai,  S. K. Rudra,  "Utkal Gourav" Madhusudan Das, J.C Kumarappa, Brahmabandhab Upadhyay, George Joseph, Joachim & Violet Alva,  A.J John, Joseph Baptista, Lambert Mascarenhas Tharevtundiyilh Titus.  Paul Ramasamy Accamma Cherian M.V.Kamath, an RSS ideologue and a regular columnist in the RSS weekly the Organiser is a person with little sympathy for Christians. Yet in his autobiography he acknowledges that several Christians took part in the freedom movement and mentions the names of Cyprian Alvares, Joachim Alva, Marcel A. M. D’Souza as Christian freedom fighters. He says: “It is necessary to state that many Roman Catholics I personally know of were very much in the freedom movement and national mainstream”. Madhusudan Das (1848-1934, popularly referred as "Utkal Gaurav" meaning Pride Of Odisha ), a well-known leader from the Christian community in Odisha. The gre

The original Christmas Story

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Bible Portions: Matthew 1:18-25, Matthew 2:1-23, Luke 1:5-80, 2:1-40 Luke 1:5 – 25 – Begins with an aged couple – Zechariah & Elizabeth (like Abraham & Sarah were childless and became parents at old age to John the Baptist) first 5 months was in seclusion. Luke   1:26 – 38 – In Elizabeth’s 6th month, Gabriel (God’s messenger angel) was sent to Nazareth, Galilee to  a virgin named Mary Called the most favoured one of God. V30 – 33 – Prophecy about  the birth of Jesus V34  - 37 – Miracle of virgin Birth –through the holy spirit – child will be called Son of God. Told about Elizabeth 37 – Nothing is impossible for God. 38 – Mary’s acceptance Luke 1:39 – 45 – Mary & Elizabeth Mary travels from Nazareth to a town in Judea Baby John the Baptist kicked in Elizabeth’s womb on hearing Mary’s greeting and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. V45 – Elizabeth calls her cousin Blessed Luke 1:46 – 55 – Mary’s Song Luke 1:56 – Mary stays with Elizabeth for the first 3 mo

Faith

Faith has always been the mark of a disciple of Jesus. The early disciples were known as Believers. Faith is the total dependence on God. When Adam sinned he steppd out of God-dependence to in-dependence (unbelief). Therefore God puts high priority on faith. Faith is how we are able to get back into a relationship with God (God-dependence – faith ). Faith advances you beyond your five senses – seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, releases us from our limited capabilities. In faith we move from inability to His – ability. This is the walk of faith we are all called to. Mat 17:20 - He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” What is Faith ? Faith is an obedient action in response to what God has said. True faith is expressed in Obedience Action Hearing Go

Naaman's Servant Girl

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We have many identities. People at workplace, friends, family all of them. But what is our true identity ? We hear many lifestyle gurus tell us that we need to be ourselves. So what is this identity we need to know? 2 Kings 5 mentions a time in Israel where they were invaded by the Aram. They probably killed all the males fit for fighting and all the married women, it is mentioned that they took prisoners young girls and boys to work in the houses of the Aram elite. So this is a girl who ends up at the house of the very house of the commander of the forces who turned her world upside down. A twist of destiny, she discovers that Naaman suffers from Leprosy – how will we react to such a situation – maybe do a small dance rejoicing in the fact that our enemy has some divine wrath and say that finally someone received that he/she deserves. What about this girl ? Naaman's wife gave her a new identity – 'a servant girl' from being 'papa's loved pet' – it would have be

A Day with many issues

On the 18th, Sunday I heard a set of 3 sermons delivered by Dr. J. N. Manokaran . The Older son in The Parable of the Lost Son Many times we have heard sermons on how the lost son comes back home after quiting his home after he demands the division of his fathers property. But what was going on with the Oldest Son...??? It seems that he was lost in his own home. If we see the previous parables we see that the Lost coin did not know he was lost and the Lost Sheep knew it was lost but did not know the way. so every time there was some body to search them out - a women and then the shepherd. Why didn't the older son then ask his father if he could go and look around for his brother. He had lost the sense of UNDERSTANDING his father. He never understood how his father would have felt when his son goes out after fighting with him.Like him we also sometime fail to see what our Heavenly Father actually wants from us we are busy in our righteous activities focused on ourselves that we forg