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Sunday 31 March 2013

Our Greatest Hope - Easter Message

Happy Easter to all those who believe in Jesus Christ, to all those who consider him Lord, to all who believe that they too will rise like him.

Friday 29 March 2013

On A Hill Far Away

I will cling to the old rugged cross of Jesus Christ in the hope that I can exchange it someday for a crown.

O Sacred Head Once Wounded

Let us remember the anguish of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross not only at this time of Lent, but also at all times, especially at those times when we thoughtlessly pursue our selfish goals in life.

What does Jesus on the cross mean to me?

How should the death of Jesus impact me?

The Best Friday

The day that Jesus died for the whole world is not just a "Good" Friday, it is the "Best" Friday that ever was. For humanity which had no hope until then suddenly had hope after the sacrifice of Jesus. Man who was doomed to destruction and hell suddenly found himself on the path to Heaven.

Father Forgive Them - Good Friday Message

It is most difficult to forgive one's enemies. It seems unthinkable that one should pray for those who have despitefully used us. But that is exactly what Jesus did on the cross as he was dying, and by doing it he was showing us by example that forgiveness is what he expects from us. We cannot forgive like God without God in us. And God will be in us only if we believe in Jesus whom he sent to us. We should not only believe in Christ's perfect sacrifice for all human sins but we must also accept his example in compassion and forgiveness. And when we do so Christ will empower us to live and to forgive like him.

Maundy Thursday Message

It is easy to hate. It is difficult to love. Those who are in Christ are called to do the difficult thing. The day before he died, Christ issued a new command to his disciples that they should love one another as he loved them. He was calling them to love to the point of sacrificing their lives for others. This is not only difficult but also impossible to all those who operate in the natural. But with God everything, even this kind of love, is possible.

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Wednesday 13 March 2013

The Sayings of Samuel Godfrey George - February 2013


You can't love God and be afraid of him.

Do I have to overcome certain things every day? Some things can be overcome at one stroke. Many things will have to be overcome repetitively. In such cases what is overcome today may come back tomorrow. You will have to overcome it again. And you cannot overcome it without the Spirit of Christ living in you. Through Him alone you can conquer difficult, ingrained things. Trust in Him and believe that as He helps you overcome those things every day He renders them increasingly less potent as you successively overcome them.

Yes, Jesus was more human than I thought he was.

Don't be desperate to know people. Be desperate to know God.

If I fail to rejoice today I fail to live.

God is good. He has granted us this beautiful day. Let us spend it joyfully and gratefully, mindful in prayer about each other's problems.

You must learn to be patient. You must learn to be calm. You must learn to trust in God. You must learn not to think about anything else.

There is no use in sweeping the undesirable things under the carpet. You must review and discuss every unsavoury thing with God. And you must submit every unsavoury thing to God for He alone can transmute it into something good.

There are parts in my brain that think diseased thoughts. So can I cut them out of my body? My hands have sinned. My eyes have sinned. Can I cut them out of my body? No, I must go on just as I am, with disease and health intertwined in me. A day will indeed come when a new glorious inoffensive body will be given me.

If you know the heart of God you will not be afraid of Him.

Christ was never here to condemn the world but to save the world. And he saves the world by love and by accepting it just as it is. The people who were with him will not be suitable companions to most of us even today. Yet that is how Jesus lived and that is how the followers of Jesus should also live.

We may not differ in the crucial aspects of Christianity at least in my eyes. But where you see a difference that makes you separate yourself from me I see only diversity, a mark of the human race, which will continue to resist homogeneity. I maintain that differences should not drive us apart but bring us together.

As a Christ follower I am a representative of Christ in this world. I represent Christ best by conveying his love and his acceptance of people from all backgrounds regardless of race, nationality, culture, religion, ideology and sexual orientation. Christ conveys God's love for all people and accepts them just as they are. As a representative of Christ I must display this acceptance and love of the Lord Christ. Rather than force people to accept Christian doctrines of faith, I must show them the love of God, which is expressed in Christ.

This is the danger of thinking. A man's thoughts are not God's thoughts.

I shall regard you with love no matter how you regard me. And this love is not from me but from another who lives within me.

I am a work of God. I am His child by adoption. Born of a Hindu, I am now a servant of Christ. I swore to serve Him in a childhood dream when He appeared as a train of fire raging across the sky. For a while in my life I lost my way. I became an unbeliever and a hater of God. I ridiculed belief and all believers in God. Now I am a believer in God myself and I laugh at what I used to be, an ignorant, ill-informed child.

"Is that biblically sound?" That's not as important as asking, "Is that my love of God speaking?" What really matters is the love of God working in us and through us. And we must touch someone with love today.

All that I am saying this morning is "Thank you Lord". That is all I want to say the rest of my life.

I have tasted the joy of mixing with ordinary people. These days I spend time mostly with people from economically underprivileged groups. I feel a blessed connection with them.

To love is to look beyond a difference at a similarity that cannot be ignored.

Trouble humbles a man. So trouble is good.

I am neither an evangelist nor a prophet nor a pastor nor anything requiring a title before my name. I seek God. And God seeks me. And I speak about how desperately I cling to him. It is in fact the song that I have been asked to sing continually.

Let's not be in such a hurry to get there. Let's savour this imperfect and troubled moment for we will not be here again.

One fire must overwhelm the other. The fire in your heart may not be put out. But the fire in your soul should rage till it makes the other fire seem like nothing.























Sunday 10 March 2013

How Great God Is!

In a beautiful natural setting what better response can a person produce except the response to praise and glorify God, the Maker of heaven and earth?

It Is Well With My Soul

A confident declaration of my wellness in the midst of my illness, this is my rock solid faith in the God of the Bible, the Christ who is the Saviour of all who believe in Him.

Saturday 9 March 2013

Sexual Fantasies

Sexual fantasies are not beneficial as long as they turn us away from God's sanctioned path of marital sex. When sexual desire originates outside marriage and away from God's way it becomes unhealthy and retards a person's growth. However sexual fantasies are unavoidable especially to those who have strong sexual drives. These drives cannot and should not be suppressed but they should be controlled by God. A man who wishes to gain control over his sexual appetites must submit them to God who alone can put them in their place. It is God alone who can bridle the sexual desire by pointing that man to a greater desire, the desire to know and to be with God.

Thursday 7 March 2013

God Has Enabled Me To Walk Today

I have no problems with my legs. But I do have a problem with my mind. And I tend to worry a lot. Recently I worried quite a lot. But I also went to God with my problem. And God answered my prayer and granted my request but not in the way I thought he would. It is good to trust in God.

Wednesday 6 March 2013

God and Sam - The Testimony of Samuel Godfrey George

A son of a Hindu started as an atheist and a God-hater and became a lover of Jesus Christ who turned him into "The Voice". Samuel Godfrey George recounts his spiritual journey from his birth to the present moment.

I Will Bless Thee O Lord (In The Garden)

I will bless the Lord today in the garden that He has provided.

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Be Desperate To Know God

"Do not be desperate to know people. Be desperate to know God" is a reminder to myself and to those who value the impulse to know others and befriend them for self-gratification. To know people this way is worse than not knowing them at all. I and all who care about God must pursue God above every other created being and to know God must be our foremost desire in life. Yes we must love and befriend people in a selfless and giving manner, to express the pure and unconditional love that God has put in our hearts. But we should not pursue people for selfish gain.

Saturday 2 March 2013

Disappointment In Faith

There will be disappointments in faith. There will be prayers that will not be answered. Some prayers may seem utterly rejected. In such cases how does one go on trusting in God? A great man of faith in the Bible said, "Shall we accept good from God and not bad?" One must be prepared to accept good and bad from God trusting in God's ultimately beneficial intentions. God has a good plan for those who trust in him. And though he may not always act desirably, there is no justification for doubting his essential goodness, for no one who accepts the truth of the Bible can doubt the beneficence of God.

I Will Bless Thee O Lord

Bless the Lord, all you His people. Bless Him now. Bless Him always. A presentation of Samuel Godfrey George

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Many people go to church to worship God. Denominational differences in Christianity may involve different styles of worship. But what ...