“Their parents have come down, we cannot share what we are going through with them”. “Work-life is so hectic for him, why will I add to his tension?” “She’s going through her bit. It’s going to be so bad of me to pour my concerns into her. It will weigh her down.” The many reasons why we…
Gratefulness of ConceitWe all know thanksgiving pleases God. But what if our thankfulness doesn’t have the right motive behind it? “I am grateful that God didn’t give me a mischievous child like their children”“Thank you God that I am not poor as my classmate”“Thank you Lord that my husband is far better than hers”“Thank God…
Mothers can bring out the worst or the best in their children. You might say, “Well the child has to cooperate too”. Agreed. But, the godly authoritative figures have a tremendous and favorable role in partnering with the Holy Spirit, not to enhance the sinful nature but the godly nature. The world out there throws…
“Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.” – Mark 8: 22 Something that awed me in this passage were the “some people” who brought the blind man to Jesus, and literally “begged” Him for healing. That word “begged” reminded me of groaning. They…
Yet, this Father says, "Son, do you know I still love you. You are always with me, and everything I have is yours. Now, come and celebrate this brother of yours who was once dead but now alive".
All of us are familiar with the woman and her alabaster jar. But, it’s highly radical and way too expressional, that many wouldn’t dare to do, even if given a chance; like what this woman did. This ‘sinner’ as the Luke terms her, came to an influential and dignified house of those times. Why? Because…
“Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed.”— Esther 4:13 Most often we are cocooned in a privileged position. Especially when it comes to financial, educational, and other opportunities, sometimes push us into a zone of passively…
“Escape”- We all run too far from handling things that weigh us down, from those struggles, those relationships and those negativities that arise without warning. We run by saying, “it’s okay. They shouldn’t have done this to me. I am never going to forgive them. It’s no big deal. Everyone feels this way. My expectations…
In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. – Micah 4:1 Does God mean that at the peak of our troubles, He become tangible for us? We know that Jesus used…
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take” – Proverbs 3: 5-6 Friend, you may have read this verse a thousand times before, and you may know it by heart. Many of…
