We Learn Spiritual Lessons in Earlier Years But Only Later Discover Their Profound Significance!

God did not need you and God did not need me but He decided to make you and love you and me. This is how valuable we are to Him. How strange things turn out. I picked up that book by Professor James S Stewart, and the page I read has lingered in my mind most the past week. He was my Professor of New Testament at the University of Edinburgh and he was also known as the ‘prince of preachers’. He rather detested the phrase but there was a great deal of truth in it. In the pulpit he was a spiritual giant and there are not many such men around today. We became friends because of various interests in our life and for that friendship I give Almighty God thanks and praise.

A Book, a Refreshing Reminder, a Reassuring Confirmation, But Perhaps Raising a Question for You?

Professor James S. Stewart’s book was sitting prominently on my shelf and I had not looked at it for years. It was Saturday evening and I opened it at page 52 and my eye espied, “If I Had Only One Sermon to Preach”! Prof Stewart was my New Testament Professor in the University of Edinburgh many years ago and because of various circumstances we became quite close friends. We were made by God and we were made for God, and once you realise that so much in life appears to unfold so much simpler and so less complicated. I was eight years old when almighty God called me to be a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a teacher of the Scriptures and although it has been uphill and challenging the road has always been clear. But one day my heart will stop, as will your heart, and we had better be ready. This life is the preparation for eternity, and if we do not see this and understand this we will waste our life.

Jesus’ Sermon On the Mount – Matthew 6 Verse 6

Jesus, in getting to the very heart of how to commune with God, is insisting we cannot know the Father without going into our innermost room – the sanctuary of the soul. Going into our innermost room has nothing to do with the environment without but it has maximum to do with the conditions of silence from within.

Object Lesson – Reflecting Christ’s Image – Object Lesson Using Foil

Aluminum foil is one of those things we often take for granted. It has so many uses. But this week’s lesson uses foil to remind us that as Christians we are destined to be conformed to the image of Christ, reflecting Him in all that we do. It’s not just being seen as Christlike, but God molding us and shaping us into the image of His Perfect Son.

Knock On Jesus’ Door And You Will Never Go Empty Handed

When last did you knock on Jesus Christ’s door? The Lord is always receiving knocks on His door and He is expecting yours too. Nobody knocks on His door in faith and returns empty handed. Jesus is the God of all possibilities and your case cannot be the first impossible case. This article tells you more about this.

Jesus’ Sermon On the Mount – Matthew 6 Verse 5

THE LANGUAGE of God is not to be abused, but we have all fallen short of our Lord’s glory in prayer. We all, I suspect, know how hard it is to pray – to be honest before the throne of grace – or even to know how to speak honestly.

Jesus’ Sermon On the Mount – Matthew 6 Verses 3-4

THE COST of discipleship is like Peter’s denial, but it isn’t a denial of the Lord; it’s a denial of ourselves. Jesus has freed us in order to be individuals of the Kingdom, scattered like a diaspora in the world, but we only bring glory to his covenant intent when we say about ourselves – having come to know ourselves implicitly – “I do not know this man/woman.”

God’s Hand in Our Struggle

And His ever present hand is always at work, not only taking care of all our present needs, but planning and shaping our future needs as well. And He delights in doing that, because like an expert and passionate sculptor, it brings Him joy to see his work of art take shape at every strike of the chisel.

Evolution, Materialism and Spirituality – Guru Knows It All

Human beings are curious to know the purpose behind existence of life and have evolved as the most capable organism to do so. But all achievements of human beings have come at some cost, most of which are intangible but significant. In fact, our ambitions have pushed us to the brink of in existence. It is now that we need a teacher who himself has experienced the ways to control his mind. Leave alone salvation, we need a guidance to build a safe future for our generations to come.

Past Lives and Present Love: Examples of Tragedy to Happiness

Your current love life is the result of your past life actions, according to the theories of reincarnation and karma. Below are examples of past life suffering that led to happy love lives.

Jesus’ Sermon On the Mount – Matthew 6 Verse 3

MORALITY is what Jesus seems to be pinpointing, here. We know we aren’t supposed to be claiming another person’s credit, but Jesus extends this into the realm of a higher moral vision, because there is no glory to God when we attract to ourselves what those of the world do.

What Sort of Bizarre Kingdom Is This of Jesus’?

THE PARADOX that is the kingdom of God, the church, and every vessel set apart for God’s use, is it’s a kingdom unrecognisable and unacknowledged in the world’s eyes. Think about this Jesus who was about to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, as prophesied in Zechariah 9:9, to the acclaim of the many who laid down palm fronds before his path on that ancient first Palm Sunday.