To Be Born… Again!

1. Love for the Nation of Birth 1.1 Serving and Protecting One Another Anyone who has followed electoral politics for a while (in democracies like USA and India), would have come across some election where one of the candidates is born in a foreign country (or suspected to be). In

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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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Good Measure of Good Faith

1. Faith – Misused and Misunderstood Word What is the difference between love and lust? In love, the care for the other (often sacrificially) is the central focus, while the physical intimacy aspect is incidental. In lust, the physical aspect becomes the whole point, and the care may not even

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Can a Mother Forget

1. Parent With Responsibility Father and mother are roles with high responsibility, especially towards children. It is therefore significant that Jesus introduced God as our heavenly Father. 2 Corinthians 6:18 says “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty”.

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How Long, Lord?

1. Leadership in Our Sphere of Influence “Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.”, said John C. Maxwell. When I was at IBM, the head of our AT&T client account used to say, “Leadership can be summed up in two sentences: When you are in charge, take charge. And

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She Made a Vow

1. Changed Perspective Midst of Sorrow The book of 1 Samuel starts with a woman in sorrow (Hannah) for not having children. In addition, Hannah was taunted and provoked by Peninnah for her childlessness (Peninnah is another wife of Hannah’s husband and she has several children), and this went on

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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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Wise Men From the East

1. Wisdom Produces Care and Action Matthew records that when Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem with their stated objective to worship Jesus (Matt 2:1-2). While we do not know how long they traveled, historians believe that they must have traveled at least 800

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Many Will be Made Righteous

1. What Is Righteousness Righteousness is basically alignment with the heart/mind of God (which at its core, is to love God and love neighbor – Matt 22:34-40). Humanity’s rebellion against God has caused the breakdown of our relationship with God and others. Ephesians 2:15 says about Christ: “His purpose was

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Purpose of God’s Blessings

1. Society for Benefit of Non-members! “The church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members”, said William Temple. When God called Abraham, He said, “I will bless you… and you will be a blessing… all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis

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Response to Crisis in Our Lives

1. Response to Injustice – Positive Purpose or Bitterness All around us, we see things that are not right and we go through hurts and suffering (could be a family dysfunction, manipulative religion/politics to exploit and control people, etc). There seem to be two different ways that people react to

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