Preservation and Protection with Intimacy! Jesus’ friendship and love are so superior that He protected all that His Father has given Him by offering His own life for it. The Father’s Gift! Jesus mentioned His disciples as His Father’s gift to Him: “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24). The amplified Greek renders

Knowing God by His Name! God is not someone who operates with strings to control people but would like to introduce Himself to ordinary people like us. There are various examples of people who got to know God by name in the Bible. Here are a few examples. God and Abraham! God revealed to Abram His Name: “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am Almighty God (EL SHADDAI); walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My coven

Grace Fulfills God’s Purpose in Our Life! Apostle Paul attributes the source of his accomplishments and his finished work to God, especially to the grace of God. While God’s calling through Jesus came to him separately from that of the other apostles, he credited that he fully appropriated the grace of God with his labor and diligence, as much and more than the other apostles called before him. Here is what the apostle said: “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His gr

Faith With Works! James writes about faith in action: “Thus, also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead… For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:17,26). Faith is a Fact! Faith is an Act, An Action Verb! Faith in Action! 1) Faith SURPRISES GOD with Your Belief and Trust in Him! Abraham believed God without wavering: “And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). “(

The Greatest Exchange! We learn in the laws of physics about conservation – conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Those laws state that the total of the property (mass, momentum, and energy) remains the same for an ISOLATED or CLOSED SYSTEM, even though it can be transferable from one point to another within the SAME SYSTEM. An example of a closed system is Noah’s Ark, where no one else was allowed except Noah’s family and the animals. God closed the Ark. Another crud

America, The Beautiful! King David is full of praise for God when he mentioned how blessed he was to belong to a God and to God’s nation: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage” (Psalm 33:12)! God made a covenant with Israel whereas the founding fathers of America, starting with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson dedicated this nation to God for the freedom endowed by the Creator that they brought forth in t

Jesus’ Powerful Promise – A Trouble-Free Life! Over seven decades ago, when I was barely five years old, I was playing in the streets of my hometown in India when an elderly woman called me to direct me to come into my house, where my grandfather was taking his last breath before dying. I can hardly forget the scene of the last moments with my grandfather, which is etched permanently into my memory. My grandfather was paralyzed for three years and was struggling to breathe at

God’s Milestones in Life! Examples in the Bible! Kronos (Greek) is the linear time measured in minutes, hours, days, and years! Kairos is God’s Opportune Time, and Moments Within Times! SET TIME! “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Eccl 3:1). God’s milestones of important happenings in our personal life signify HIS PURPOSE for our life! King David prayed: “My times are in Your hand” (Psalm 31:15). Before personalizing God’s Times in my li

Aiming For God’s Fullness! God’s Child! The first step to reciving all the FULLNESS OF GOD is to become God's child: “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right (authority) to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13). A child of God then grows to be an adult! Growth! The growth is through the "milk of God's WORD:" "Therefore, laying aside

Victory Over Amalekites! “Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, ‘Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.’ So, Joshua did as Moses said to him and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ ha

The Prophetic Significance of an Unusual Ride! Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:29-38; John 12:12-19 Jesus riding on a donkey has a prophetic significance. The event is mentioned in all four gospels, indicating the significance of the fulfilment. Let us look at Mark’s account of the event. Mark 11:1-10 “Now, when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; 2, and He said to them, “Go into the village opposite

Christianity of Convenience! Our home conversation was surrounded by the worship of a church in the country I grew up in, and the worship there was offered every evening throughout the Lent season, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, with different notable speakers taking the pulpit every evening and leading prayer for ALL 40 DAYS! Hema and I have traveled to a few nations where materials and other gadgets have not occupied most people, and when they come to the meetings, t

TRANSFORMING GRACE! “JUSTICE gives me what I deserve! MERCY does not give me what I deserve! GRACE GIVES ME WHAT I DO NOT DESERVE !” as long as we live our everyday life with gratitude, knowing 'GRACE GIVES ME WHAT I DO NOT DESERVE ,’ we will RECEIVE EVERYTHING from the sovereign God! WE WILL NEVER OWN ANYTHING BUT SURRENDER EVERYTHING BACK TO GOD! There will never be a misunderstanding, misappropriation, or misuse of GRACE, as to where it came from and what it accomplishes

THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT WITHIN! The Words “God’s Breath, God’s Spirit, God’s Wind” all Represent the Holy Spirit, Ruach Ha Kadosh! A Believer is Endued with Power by the Same Spirit ! 1) God’s Breath Created Man: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). 2) God’s Wind Brought the Plague Inside Egypt and Took It Away: “So Moses stretched out his rod over the land o

The Unmistakable Stature of CHRIST! “God, who at various times (in many portions) and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds (ages); who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged (cleansed) our sins, sat down at the

KNOWING GOD AS OUR FATHER! 1) LOVE OF OUR FATHER: “What Manner of LOVE the FATHER Has Bestowed on Us, That We Should Be Called Children of God. Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him” (I John 3:1). 2) SOLE PRIVILEGE TO CALL HIM ‘FATHER: “Our FATHER, Hallowed Be Your Name” (Matthew 6:9). 3) IMAGE OF HIS SON: “He Predestined (us) to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). 4) PROMISE

Love Relationship with Our God! Our Heavenly Father’s Declaration! Here is our Heavenly Father’s decree upon His Children: “Because he has set his love upon Me , therefore I will deliver him; I will set (exalt) him on high, because he has known My name . He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life (length of days) I will satisfy him and show him My salvation” (Psalm 91:14-16). “ He has set his l

The Key to Intimacy with God! There is a single key to Intimacy with God, and it is A HEART OF GRATITUDE ! Ever since God spared my life from cardiac arrest and a possible death last year, I have rededicated my life to Christ. There is not an hour that goes by without me thanking my God for His matchless mercies and grace, and my own precious family for the powerful prayer of intercession they offered to fight for my life. I am alive to the amazement of everyone, including th

Obedience is Key to God’s Greatness! There is a single most important quality to become great in God – Obedience to God! Faith has two very important components: 1) Belief in God! 2) Obedience to God! Belief alone will not do, because even demons believe and tremble, whereas a believer walking in faith in God believes that God is real and true to His word and wholeheartedly obeys Him. God’s Universe! There is an intriguing Scripture in the Bible that describes the hie

The Realness of God! God is Real by His WORD – the WORD of the Bible! God is Inseparable from His WORD! God’s WORD describes His Qualities, Attributes, Personality, and Principles! It is not as easy to fall in love with God’s WORD as we are fond of His miracles, signs, and wonders. The Progression of Our Growth in God! Our progression in God begins with an EXPERIENCE in God! The EXPERIENCE could be a sign, miracle, touch, or trigger by a revelation of God’s WORD through a me