Consecrate Yourself

Joshua 3:5, 5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” The Bible lays a lot of emphasis on the purity of life. In our personal and family life, if one seeks divine intervention and miracles, there should be purity in both personal and family sphere of life. 1 Samuel 15:22, 22 ButContinue reading “Consecrate Yourself”

Whose way will you follow? Abraham or Jacob?

Jacob ran for his life after deceiving his father and brother. His mother was his aid in this act. She planned it all and saw it went through. Genesis 27:43-44, 43 Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran. 44 Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides. FollowingContinue reading “Whose way will you follow? Abraham or Jacob?”

Do not let the light within you be darkness

Once a man who signaled the junction where a road and railway track met went to sleep while on duty. At night he woke up suddenly when he heard a train approaching. The sight he saw was heart wrenching. Just as the train was approaching closer, a jeep full of people was coming closer tooContinue reading “Do not let the light within you be darkness”

Can we justify suicide?

Suicide or killing oneself. I think its not just killing the body but killing of the soul too. Killing oneself or another person is murder itself. It is violation of one of the ten commandments written by the Lord. Proverbs 16:4,4 The Lord works out everything to its proper end—even the wicked for a day of disaster. JeremiahContinue reading “Can we justify suicide?”

How to overcome your temptations??

Luke 22:46, 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” There is no one born who has not faced temptation in some form or the other. That means temptations are not unnatural or unheard of. Even when the Son of God was born as man onContinue reading “How to overcome your temptations??”

Beware of your friends

Let me share a story. Once a man had a pet parrot that sang well. When the summer season came he took the pet parrot outside his house and hung its cage on a huge banyan tree that grew in front of the house. The man thought that fresh air and sunlight would rejuvenate theContinue reading “Beware of your friends”