Category: faith
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“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:6). Read: (Matthew 5:5—15). Every book or blog on prayer has advice on the best time to pray, the most suitable place for…
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“… and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hand” (1 Sam 17:47). Read: 1 Sam 17:1—58. When the epic duel between David and Goliath was staged, the Philistines had a monopoly over iron…
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“For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Cor 5:1). Wear and tear are normal and cannot be avoided, even in the case of the human body. As we age, our body…
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“And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” (Rev 5:8). I have not yet seen heaven and the throne of God; my sight can not reach…
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“The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earthquake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel” (Joel 3:16). The Lord never accommodates sin in any shade, but he acts to stop it and protects his people. Like the…
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“I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly” (Psa 52:9). Read Psalm 52:1—9. As we live in a world where lies and falsehood have a tight grip on its affairs, the Lord makes his people survive and…
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“So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”(Luke 12:21). Read, Luke 12:13—21. The destiny of the people who put all their trust in their earthly possessions without regard to matters that decide their eternal destiny is miserable. Here, Jesus defines what is real wealth. A man approached…
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“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength” (Isa 40:29). Driving the 500 km to Bangalore from home is an enchanting experience; a hundred km is through three consecutive tiger reserves, where we find herds of elephants, deer, monkeys, and wild buffaloes on both sides and sometimes…
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“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7).” When you knocked,I just stepped out,Slipping into a pair of sandals.Did I lock the door behind me?It has been a long trail,The seasons announced the passing of years.Faces set toward the rising sun,Backs at the setting…
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“The LORD said to Gideon, ‘You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength’” (Judges 7:2). Read: Judges 7:1—25. Over 30,000 people gathered in response to Gideon’s call to fight the Midianites who were…
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