Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” The very first sermon of Jesus was about repentance. Repentance is a decision never to repeat the repugnant actions, behavior or misdeeds. Repentance means a right about turn with a firm resolution never to return back...
Category: Spiritual Guidance
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17 September 2022 – Grace – Part 7
Philippians 2:7-8 He (Jesus) made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!. “Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God...
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16 September 2022 – Grace – Part 6
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. The Peacock Throne of the Mughal Empire, canopied in silk and encrusted in precious jewels, was twice the cost of the Taj Mahal. The lavish throne...
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15 September 2022 – Grace – Part 5
John 1:16-17 For from His (Jesus) fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. The formula to receive “grace” upon “grace” is to be full of Christ Jesus. Unmerited favour of God and undeserved goodness of God multiplies as He increases...
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14 September 2022 – Grace – Part 4
Zachariah 4:7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” Grace masticates mountains and increases praise. Grace multiplies when we are confronted with boulders and barriers that try to stop our progress. Zerubbabel was on a building...
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13 September 2022 – Grace – Part 3
Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. “God’s Grace” justifies. It was the grace of God that found us in the reeking dump of sin; it was His blood that washed us clean and His love that embraced us. We...
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12 September 2022 – Grace – Part 2
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” “God’s Grace” is divine enablement. “Grace” can be understood as God’s strength over our weakness, and vulnerability. It is God’s energy that overtakes our human limitations and His power to overcome worldly and...
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11 September 2022 – Grace – Part 1
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. “God’s Grace” is not a Christian cliché, it is the unmerited favour of God on unworthy sinners like you and me. Grace is a gift from God. Grace is God’s kindness that was not earned. ...
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10 September 2022 – Who is God? – Part 7
Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge. God is All-knowing, All-seeing and All-wise. He is Omniscient. God knows ‘everything’ throughout all of ‘eternity’. There is nothing that He had to learn or...
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09 September 2022 – Who is God? – Part 6
Genesis 16:13 “You are [El-Roi] a God of seeing. Truly, here I have seen Him who looks after me” The Almighty God never takes His eyes away from His children. He is the God who sees, ‘El-Roi’. He is Omnipresent. He is with us in the same viscosity that He is on the other end...