Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16 Eric was struggling with a bad habit. He knew it very well. His friends and family members encouraged him to leave that habit. He agreed that it would be good for his health and relationships if he quit that habit. When others explained how they overcame that weakness,...
Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 I feel delighted when I look into nature and praise God for His creations. But sometimes I feel guilty of over enjoying it. Then I realized that Jesus used nature as a tool to teach. To stop people from worrying and to encourage them, He used the lilies of the field as an...
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-10 We usually see books about Leadership in the list of most-selling books. Most of the books talk about the leadership skills and personality needed to become a Leader. But Henri Nouwen, a dutch priest, wrote a book named – In the name of Jesus: Reflections on...
Scripture: Hebrews 10: 19-25 In the 2012 London Olympics, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake won first and second place in 100-meter and 200-meter running. Although they had a competitive spirit, Bolt praised Blake saying, “Blake is my co-trainee. He has helped me become the best athlete in the past.”...
Scripture: Matthew 24:3-14 The first world war is considered the one that brought the most harmful consequences in human history. Thousands of people lost their lives in the first world war. The war was stopped at eleven 0’ clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year 1981. On this...
Scripture: Romans: 16:1-16 For some, the word helper means people of the second level. In a classroom, a helper helps a trained teacher with various things. An electrical engineer, a plumber, a lawyer – all of them have a helper to assist them in their respective fields. There are seen as...
There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning, he came to the church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised, and as if in response, Brother Thomas began to speak. “I was walking...
Scripture: Romans 8:28-30 A sculptor has the skill to see the final image of an uneven, shapeless, and rough stone. This is called foreseeing. Gutzon Borglum was a famous sculptor who sculpted many sculptures from 1867 to 1941. Of the many he carved, the very famous one is the Mount Rushmore...
When one of the law teachers came to Jesus and asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). Jesus said in brief what God...