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TEN REMINDERS TO PREPARE FOR THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON (5 min read)

1.     Know the Reason for this Season. Mat 1:21 – “ She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Jesus is the reason for this season. Not Santa, music, or anyone should be the focus in this season. Jesus, the One who holds all things together, chose to enter this world in the humblest form—a small, helpless babe. Jesus’ birth is the greatest gift we will ever receive, which is why we celebrate! 2.     Saturate your hearts by Reading God’s Word. Let us read the Gospels, especially the birth narrative passages to warm our hearts during this season. You version offers the 25-day advent reading plan for those who need it handy to read and meditate. The question is, do we desire to read God’s word during this season though plenty of versions are available for us to read? To read the whole story of Jesus’ birth, someone suggests this order below. Luke 1:26-38 Luke 2:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 2:

Essentials During The Christmas Season (3.5 mins read)

LOVE – JOY – PEACE – HOPE LOVE Do we find true love in this world when all our relationships are failing? Love has become so complex and twisted for those who live in this generation. The love we show or receive today is strings attached with a lot of expectations. The Bible describes the state of love vividly in Mat 24:12 “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold”. Christmas message is something special and warm that reminds us God so loved us that he gave his only son to be born in this world and that he should die for us one day for the forgiveness of our sins on the cross. He was born to die for all of us. What an amazing sacrificial love it is. JOY The well-known song  Joy to the World  exhorts its listeners with these words: “Let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare Him room,” meaning that each person is called to embrace Jesus Christ, as both Savior and King. Luke 2: 10 “ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you g

Empty and Noisy

   I know the saying Empty vessels make more noise.   Empty, dry, and purposeless is what we often feel deep inside of us?  No doubt we are living in a noisy and dusty world. If not mindful, our minds can easily become dirty and our life seems purposeless.  One rainy afternoon as I stepped outside my house, I saw an empty water bottle tossed on the road making its squeaking noise as it gets hit by the tires of the cars and trucks. This thought flashed in my mind that it is similar to a life without purpose, empty, wandering on the road of life here and there and not serving its purpose. I pondered on that and asked myself does that resemble my life at this juncture? A life well lived in the past does not guarantee a life of purpose in the present. Every day needs a reminder of who we are and for what we are made for? Also, every day demands the renewal of our minds to understand our purpose in this life. We do a lot of stuff every day to keep ourselves awake, busy, and occupied and sti

What to do when we don’t know what to do... (Lockdown days)

1. Thank God that you are alive and able to breathe the air. Ask God why he has spared you? 2. Don’t be gripped by fear and anxiety as many leave this world. God is in complete control and our lives are in His hands. 3.Don’t be greedy to hoard more things. Spare for others and lend a helping hand to someone who is in need. 4. Skip a meal in a day (if you can) and feed the hungry and the needy ones (Isa 58). 5. Learn to be quiet in the presence of God and be silent before God. 6. Spend ample time in reading God’s word and meditate during these stormy times and record your notes as God speaks. 7. Keep yourselves industrious at home, cultivate a new habit, and share those fun experience with others. 8. Learn and master a new skill during this difficult time, that which can help you in the days to come. 9. Make a call to a friend who is in need of help, someone who is lonely and depressed that you can be a source of encouragement. 10. Set aside your mobile phone /gadgets

FOUR END-TIME ETHICS

1 Peter 4:7-11 7  Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer .  8  Above all, maintain an intense love for each other , since love covers a multitude of sins.  9  Be hospitable  to one another without complaining.  10  Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God.  11  If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. (HCSB) Background: Date – (62-64 AD) – Nero’s time AD 70 - Destruction of Jerusalem temple. Also, it was a time of severe persecution. “…‘ the end of all things’ here is the entire end of the Jewish economy in the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the holy people … It is quite plain that in our Lord's prediction the e

Three Portraits of a Troubled Heart - Psalm 13

Intro When life hits with many sorrowful events how do we react? What we do during these difficult moments of life? We ask questions to God?        David’s circumstance is not clearly described for us clearly in this psalm – in one sense it is good for us. We can apply this psalm to any of our life situations.         Are you going through any painful situation currently in your life? If then  Read the following lines and allow God to speak to your situation and find healing and comfort from this psalm.  Psalm 13 A Psalm of David. (ESV)  1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?     How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul     and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;     light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, 4 lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”     lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. 5 But I have trusted in your stea