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Waiting on the Lord Patiently
1. Waiting – A Negative Connotation? An old Indian song warns us not to be fooled into waiting on the false hopes that someday, someone will come and improve their lives – the reference is to some self-serving and deceptive politicians and religious leaders who are out there just to
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New Creature
1. Life of New Creature in Christ In Matthew 16:24, Jesus asked us to deny ourselves, carry our crosses and follow Him. Our lives and work should exemplify transparency, joy, truth, humility, good relationships, sincerity, selfless sacrificial service, leadership, trustworthiness, accountability, reconciliation, encouragement, generosity, timely fulfillment of obligations, proper use
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Where Your Treasure Is
1. What Is Treasures in Heaven? Jesus referred to the phrase “treasures in heaven” on a few occasions. How we may understand the phrase? Anything that you do just for yourself is storing treasure for yourself. Anything that is done to empower/bless/serve others is storing treasures in heaven. As the
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Farewell Discourse of Jesus – II (Show us the Father)
The five chapters John 13-14 may be considered as the constitution/manifesto of the church. In these five chapters, Jesus commissions his community – the first church of 11 members/disciples. This is part 2 in the series on the farewell discourse of Jesus. In Part 1, we have discussed John 13.