tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73772927210560508162024-02-18T23:41:23.850-05:00Today's Word of GodThis blog is started with the aim of delivering the Lord's Word to all.Jansihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567593764469266206noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-15522235805182283612018-06-11T03:53:00.002-04:002018-06-11T04:11:58.025-04:00My pregnancy journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;">I got married in Aug 2013, but never got to see positive Urine pregnancy test. NEVER! I won't say I was greatly disappointed as I was also waiting for few things between me and husband to settle down slowly and it took a while. Once things became alright everyone started expecting and wherever we went we got plenty of advice and tips. We were hesitant to take Sunday's classes due to the initial issues between us, but somehow for the past two years we have been teaching little children every Sunday. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In the meantime, we tried multiple doctors (no big treatments) and were bored with the same repetitive scans and tests, which reported no issues as such. The last scans taken in 2017 reported I had little harmless cysts and they would take time to resolve and the doctor would stop even the few tablets I had to take on 5 days at the start of my cycle. I would have to be honest here. My cycle - can vary from 26 days to 60 days too. You can hardly guess what my fertile days are, including doctors. And there were many times when I had trouble with egg rupturing, they would just grow and the doctor would suggest again to skip that particular cycle or two to start all over again from the scratch. And you can easily guess how my mood was, all through every pelvic scan. I went for HSG (tube) test in May 2017, sincerely speaking, because of all the prayers of my prayer buddies I got enough strength to undergo the test and yes it was painful but I expected the worst when I went, and it didn't seem so worse as I expected it to be. Then my doctor said she would start with IUI (artificial insemination) process from the next cycle as there were no blocks detected in the tube test. Well, as always, I asked few more months to avoid IUI, but my husband was very rigid this time to start with IUI as per the doctor's suggestion. Though I didn't like his idea, I also didn't like my idea of prolonging the wait as I did for more than 3.5 years. I was very relaxed after the tube test as anyways we were going to face all the harsh treatments. I had extended stays at work both on the weekdays and also on weekends supporting my team through their weekend support and that includes night support as well. I am a kind of person who is always early to work and late to bed. I hardly remember the days we were together. HARDLY means real HARDLY. We even went for long drives assuming we would have to stay home once the treatment starts. Triples at times! Lot of jerks and road bumps crossed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">On June 26, 2017 we went to the Scripture Union campsite as Sundays school teachers for a retreat program, and I went there along with my heavy laptop bag as usual to assist my team during their holiday support. I got to work when the church friends had games to play. But during the worship session, as I was encouraged by a senior Sundays school teacher, I fully trusted in the Lord and kept on repeating ‘Karthar enakkai yaavaiyum seidhu mudipaar’ song written after Psalm 138:8. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After returning home after a long tiring day, I realised it was more than 50 days and I was not too much surprised with it as my cycle, as I told earlier, can go up to 60+ days as well. Then I thought of doing Urine pregnancy test just for formality. I am sure I have done only close to 10 UPT all through the past 3.5 years. I have never seen two pink lines which many couples long to see. This time unusually I saw two pink lines for the very first time in my kit. I could hardly realise how I could interpret that test result. Though I have forwarded others, one of my friends’ testimony and the long list of pregnancy promises, I never confessed them at least once. I know many were praying for me, but I was not serious to pray about a baby. I showed my UPT kit to my husband and we were not able to believe that we were expecting. We thought of getting it confirmed by the doctor the next day. Since my doctor was busy on that day with emergency deliveries, we had to wait. I underwent some pelvic scan again (sheesh) and I was laying down there thinking what the technician would tell me after seeing the result. I have to be honest that I expected her to yell at me "Hey you said you had a positive result, but there is nothing in here." But I heard her saying, "Can you see here?" I was so scared to see what she was about to show me, then, she showed me the baby's heartbeat, only by that time I could believe that I was pregnant for the very first time in my life. A wait close to 3.5 years! (my 4th wedding anniversary was on August 22 and I didn't want to celebrate it without the bundle of joy we usually expect every passing month) With that heartbeat readings I was waiting for the doctor to return. Once my turn has come, when the attender called me to check my weight, the doctor said, "no maa she is not pregnant, she has come here for the regular check-up" assuming I have gone there for IUI preparation. When the attender handed her the reading my doctor could not react for a while until she said, "this is excellent!" She even confirmed with me saying, "this is a normal pregnancy la maa, with no treatment (not even a single tablet) this month" and I said "Yes" to her, but deep inside my heart, I was crying out, that this is not a normal pregnancy as the medical world would say, but 100% miraculous pregnancy which only our God made it possible. He is the one who calls out everything out of nothing. I even fell into temptation one Saturday, and so I can't claim even a single credit for why He has blessed us. He has blessed us because of who He is! And not because of who we are!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">My prayer buddies at office prayed for me. Thanks a lot guys for all your prayers! Whenever my office housekeeping staffs saw my pregnancy bump they guided me so much; they warned me when they saw me sitting in a wrong posture. One of my office colleagues even filled my water bottle every time she saw my empty or half-filled water bottle. I have got so much love and support from my family and friends! Everything meant a lot to me. We had to take countless number of cabs from the day we knew I was pregnant until after the delivery! God has kept us and the little one inside so safe, in spite of all the rides. With His grace I could go to work until I completed 9 months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The scans showed the due date to be Feb 12, 2018. It was such a bitter month for us, because in 2002 on Feb 22nd my in-laws lost their daughter when she was just 22. I truly believe God has restored the loss and proved that He has not forgotten us. The month which was so far so bitter for us, is the month of miracle for us now. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Yes, on Feb 7, 2018, early in the morning I told God that I could not wait any longer to deliver the baby as it was way too much to bear. The countless trips to the washroom and the weight of the belly and the constant push I had in my bladder made me so tired for the last few weeks. Exactly on the same day it started with mild bloody show by 7 AM IST. We went for a check-up and was told that I was dilated only 2 cm. 8 more cms more!!! The doctor also told me that the true contractions might come on the same day, or several days later!! But after 2:30 PM IST I started having severe contractions. I didn’t know they were the contractions and so we waited until 5 PM IST. I could not bear anymore and we went to the hospital to have a check anyway. By 6 PM IST they started preparing me for the delivery and within 2.5 hours we received our little princess!!! Between 6 PM and 8:30 PM the help I got from the technicians, doctor, housekeeping staffs inside the labor room was more than a miracle!!! The Lord has really shown me high favour in their eyes. Some even reminded me to call out to God when I had unbearable pain! I kept on reciting some choruses, Bible verses and short prayers to God and He has beautifully carried me through it all!!! The first kiss of my little one on my cheeks brought in so much tears in my eyes!!! It was all God & God who made that moment possible in my life!!! Oh how much I need to be thankful to Him!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Outside the labor room, many were praying for me and especially my husband said prayers which we have drafted from reading many books and booklets, promise verses for short labor, etc,… and I believe God heard all the prayers everyone said!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I was 33 years old and I had a normal delivery! Can you believe it? Many said that a woman above this age would not have normal delivery, even if she does she would have labor pain for long hours as her bones would have become so rigid. And as I work in IT and in front of laptop for extended hours, and do not have much house chores done as often as I should be, the labor would be tough and most likely it was going to be a caesarean delivery! I am always on the lean side and hence I was also very much afraid of how I was going to bear the pain, but my God who has started it had let me come out the labor room with victory for His glory, even though my baby’s heart rate went below 100 twice when she was trying to come out since her head was little big to pass through easily!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We named our little cutie pie ‘Janice Jane Jebaraj’. Janice means ‘the Lord has been gracious’ and Jane is the feminine name of ‘John’. Her loving smiles, magic working hands, blinks of her eyes and what not, all about her bring so much joy in our hearts and tears in our eyes! We believe that she would grow in wisdom, God’s grace and find favour in the eyes of people! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sorry for making this testimony a lengthy one, but I could write forever when I think of His hand in this entire pregnancy journey. I hope this would encourage others who are going through a path of long wait. I pray that the Lord would see your tears (He does it already) and would bless you with a baby and make you a testimony!! God bless you!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I have a set of promise verses, prayers for baby, for a safe delivery and postpartum. If you need them, kindly do not hesitate to reach me out at jansi.todays.words@gmail.com. Please have a meaningful subject when you send me an email so I can respond at the earliest. If you or your friends are waiting for a baby, pls share your(their) names, so we can pray for you(them). Please forward to share this link with those who would need this.</span><br />
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I have been quite busy with my little one. Yes, I have been blessed with a baby girl after a wait of more than 3.5 years and she is 3 months old today, by the pure grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please keep her (Janice) in your prayers.</div>
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As I read this verse, this morning, I was carried away in my own thoughts as to how I can love from the depth of my heart. Is it even possible? Peter once behaved as an unfaithful one to Jesus to whom he was so close for about 3.5 years, when he denied Jesus to the core. He even cursed him as he was scared for his own life, and now it is quite funny to hear about deep love from such a person, by the way. J</div>
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After my baby girl was born, to be honest, I could not say if I really loved her. Because my mind was completely occupied by recovery, long days and nights, sleep deprivation, etc,… While others came to visit her, they used to see how she looked, but I always tested her vision and hearing. I would check if any sound startled her and if she was following the objects. But only after I came out of my own so called depression and examination mode, I could really observe all that she did. Her tiny fingers, warm smiles, blinking eyes and what not!! They all do magic and that was when I really started loving her. Now even if she keeps me awake all night, I am not getting frustrated like I used to be. I would say that the perfect love between the mother and her baby is selfless and is really possible.</div>
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But as humans, is it possible to extend the same love to others, especially in this wicked world?</div>
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The same verse gives us the answer to this question. YES, IT IS POSSIBLE. But how? By obeying the truth and purifying ourselves from anything that stops us from loving wholeheartedly.</div>
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Mrs. Graham Stains forgave those who killed her husband and her two little sons. As a mother how could she do it to the ones who killed them? It is not her, but the love of God she had in her heart that paved the way for forgiving the killers who really didn’t deserve it otherwise. And if a mother can forgive the killers of her sons, then, obviously through God’s love, we can also love others from our heart! And YES IT IS POSSIBLE.</div>
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Only God’s love can cleanse us of all our filthy thoughts, and take away all the depressants, and give us a new light to love others.</div>
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Love is contagious!! Let us share it while we still have the time to create a positive impact in this world!!! The modern world desperately needs it today!</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that her son was missing. She took him to the concert to show her appreciation toward his progress on the piano lessons. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit, keep playing.” Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running descant. Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was mesmerized! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Word Beautiful when searched in a thesaurus results in many synonyms. These include: Magnificent, alluring, appealing, charming, cute, dazzling, delightful, elegant, fascinating, good looking, gorgeous, lovely, marvelous, pleasing, stunning, splendid, etc,… Well, it is how the world defines what Beauty is! Beauty always captures others attention. Being a lady even I too have multiple glances at some beautiful girls who pass by. It is my instant reaction and I believe it happens with you too. Beautiful kids instantly grasp everybody’s attention and no one is an exception to this.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the Bible, though I have read the ‘Acts’ book many times, I never realized that a place named ‘Beautiful’ is mentioned until the last time I read it. Yes, In Acts 3, ‘Beautiful’ is the temple gate where a man, crippled from birth, was carried and put, to beg from those entering the temple. His age is not mentioned. He probably was begging throughout all the days of his life until he saw Peter and John on one fine day. They both were about to enter the temple; that’s when the crippled man asked for money.
Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. (Acts 3: 4 – 10) </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Peter and John, if not by the Work of God, could have done nothing for the crippled man. Only when accompanied by God Himself, they were able to transform this crippled man’s life. It was the most Beautiful thing that has ever happened in this man’s life. The one who could never walk, the one who never got to work, but instead relied on people for money, the one who was hardly respected, got the chance to walk briskly, just like how a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can be that ‘Beautiful’ for someone’s crippled life when you have God with you. You can make a wonderful partnership with God to make miracles wherever you are! BE BEAUTIFUL! It is what God’s call for you.
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sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I
will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may
rest on me. </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 12: 9</span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I read in the book ‘<b>I’ve got to talk to somebody, God</b>’ written by ‘<b>Marjorie
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">"Oh God, how grateful we
should be for color. For blue skies, blue eyes, and for the little blue dress
that I am hanging on the line, for the ruby red of cherries, the red on the
wood pecker’s throat, for the countless shades of green which carpet the ground
and for the lovely yellow so rich and so intense in an egg yolk, a lemon,
golden yellow of sunshine, daffodils, for different shades of skin, eyes and
hair! How dull it would be Lord to see all the races and all faces looked
alike."</span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I never imagined that someone
would thank the Lord for the colors. She doesn’t stop there. She thanks the
Lord for she got the chance to doing dishes, mopping the floors, making bed,
peeling potatoes, ironing the clothes, etc… Below is a little snippet of how
the author thanks the Lord while she mops the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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see the soil or the patterns of the tile or the slippery circles shining. If I
were deaf I could not hear the homely cheerful sounds of suds in the bucket,
the crisp little whisper of brush and mop. I would miss the door banging and
the children shouting and the steps of people coming. Lord, thank you for
everything that has to do with scrubbing the floor." </span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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now. One thing I feel utmost irritated
is when I see my husband keeping the plate in the sink without throwing the
left overs into the bin. But seriously after reading this little book I always
keep in my bag now-a-days, I feel thankful that I have someone on whom I can be
irritated. :) I feel thankful that I see
my husband eating full. I don’t feel the sense of irritation when I see the
leftovers now. In the same way I started thanking God for the wrinkled shirts
and pants, for the sweaty t-shirts after his evening run, for the wet towel he
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I now realize, ‘what I see is
what I feel and also what I feel is what I see’. Our inner heart makes lot of
difference. When the heart is overflowing with gratefulness, it makes it
possible for thanking God in the simple things in our lives. We see positives
in everything that happens around us. If it isn’t, then we see negatives in all
the positive situations ever. We always complain that we got a lot to do at
work all the time, until we see someone who just lost his job and doesn’t have
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God’s chosen people, the
Israelites, lost their favor in the eyes of God when they grumbled against
everything they could in spite of the times when they realized that God
provided everything they needed right from manna to the meat and the water from
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right from waking up, having sufficient water to bath, food to eat, peace at
work, nice & safe journey to work and back home, a little kid we happen to
see with great smile, witnessing a young man offering their seat to the old man
in the bus, cheerful faces we get to see, and for every little thing we realize
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all the fun and timeout I had with my husband as we spent about 9 days in Kerala, I had trouble in sleeping last but the previous night because of restless legs. I know it would go if I ate few bananas, but I didn’t get up as I felt lazy. I did whatever I could, to sleep, but I only slept after several hours. I had a dream/vision like never before. It was very scary. Even now I am filled with what I saw that night. I don’t know how I can write about it, but I will try. I am not saying that I am a saint and God showed me this for some reason. But I don’t want to keep it with myself, because if it was from God, then I wanted to tell others. Please bear with me as you read forward.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my dream, I saw myself resting on my Aunt’s lap in the terrace at night. As I looked up while I was speaking, I saw the planet Saturn coming down from the Sky. It was very huge in size as it came down. The moment I showed it to my Aunts, it was shattered into pieces of fire and these pieces destroyed the buildings along with the people inside. Once it was over, many other celestial bodies fell down and destroyed things. After this, I saw waves rising up and took people inside the water bodies. I saw people including my loved ones screaming and trying to escape, but they could not. The very next moment, I saw me, going to someone (not sure who that was, but he should be a leader or a preacher) and begging him to give me a chance to speak to the people present in the camp about what I saw. He thought I was joking and so he didn’t listen to me. But the moment he saw my body shivering as I saw something coming from above, he knew I was serious. I told him that he can reach out to people who saw things with me to verify what I said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not sure what happened after that. Maybe I got up from the dream. It was very long, but I am not able to explain it in words. Usually I forget what I dreamt, but this time I did not. Everything is still in my heart and it would be forever, I think. Believe me, I have never watched any movie that screened destructions like this. It may be nothing except some disturbances in my heart or it may be something that God showed to me. I don’t know. But what if it was from God? I know, one day things like these will happen as the Bible talks about the last days. I was not as serious about those last days as I am after I saw that dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">God alone knows our deepest thoughts and desires. No one else knows our secret intentions. Maybe it is the time that we take God things seriously. The Son of God gave His life for us. He rose again and sent the Comforter, the Holy Spirit we ever need in our lives. Whatever is mentioned in the Holy Bible will happen one day. The Lord is merciful, but He will also judge us one day. Don’t even take a single minute for granted. We are not perfect, but we can ask the Perfecter for help. Let us be ready as the wise virgins. Matthew 25. We are called to conquer the world! Let us not feed the desires of flesh and struggle with the temptations that come across and lead us to sin and eventually in the hell, where there will be eternal weeping. </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. </span><span style="color: red;">Colossians 3: 1, 2</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary was dead four days before Jesus reached Bethany. Jesus loved that family and they loved him as well. He was not there when Lazarus was sick. Lazarus was buried when Jesus reached Bethany. His sisters were weeping. Jesus also wept. They told Jesus, “Lord, if you have been here, Lazarus would not have died.” They moved on to Lazarus’ tomb. There was a stone across the entrance. Surely there was bad odor. Yet, Jesus said, “Take away the stone. If you believed, you would see the glory of God.” He prayed and there came Lazarus alive with his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God’s love is the same toward everyone! He doesn’t show favoritism. He loves you as much as He loved Lazarus and his sisters. He knows when you are sick. He longs to be with you in all your struggles. He himself was buried; but He rose again. The grave could not hold Him. Death was defeated. The ultimate victory was made possible by the perfect lamb, Jesus who sacrificed Himself on the cross for us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Maybe you are still living in your past glory. You are proud to say that you had spent countless hours in prayer and meditation several years ago. But the truth is, your past glory cannot do any good to you! You should be revived each moment in your life. Bible says, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matthew 24:13</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. You are hesitant to go back to where you were, as things distract you and lead you away from Christ. His arm that was stretched out on the cross is still open for you. It is time to make U-turn and come back to Him as soon as you can. Don’t take chances.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Or maybe you are living a life full of guilt for the sins you have committed. You want to be out of the habits which lead you to sin, but you are not able to ask God to forgive you of your sins. Because you know you have gone to him countless times for forgiveness on the very same thing. You may feel that your prayers will not be answered. Bible clearly says, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lamentations 3:22</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. He can wash you from any sin and can set you free. If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36. You no longer need to live in guilt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Or maybe you are living a life that is pleasing to God. The best time to pray for anything is, before it happens. You may not know what is awaiting you (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Peter 5:8</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">), or what your family or friends are going through right now. In the outside people may pretend to live a holy life, but deep inside they are hurt because of the unwanted things that have done. </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“You are meant to be the salt of the earth and light of the world.”</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matthew 5:13, 14</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Breathe Jesus into someone’s life. This is the time for you to stop being content that you are safe and have a free coupon to enter into Heaven, but to stand in the gap for them and to pray for them that perish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To summarize, what you have done thus far, doesn’t matter. God still loves you. And He wants to restore everything that you have lost so far. He can bring back life into your holiness, deadest parts in your marriage, finances, work place, parenthood, etc…! Things that are buried deep inside can be brought to life only by the risen Lord! He knows how it feels to be buried. Pray to God that He would help open up the door that you have shut to Him long back, and guide you to take off the ugly clothes you have chosen for yourself and bring you back to the life He meant for you. He only can give you victory over the things which are defeating you over and over again!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-86187988442624277692014-04-15T12:35:00.002-04:002014-04-15T12:35:29.168-04:00It is contagious!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Howard Kelly was a distinguished physician who, in 1895, founded the Johns Hopkins Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins University. According to Dr. Kelly's biographer, Audrey Davis, the doctor was on a walking trip through Northern Pennsylvania one spring day when he stopped by a farm house for a drink of water. A little girl answered his knock at the door and instead of water, brought him a glass of fresh milk. He visited with her briefly, then went his way. Sometime later, the little girl came to him as a patient and needed surgery. After the surgery, the bill was brought to her room and on it were the words, "Paid in full with one glass of milk."</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband wanted me to watch an inspirational video on YouTube which resembled the above event. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was about a poor boy whose mother was sick and in need of medicine and a local food seller who helped him provide his mom, expecting nothing in return. Later after many years, his kindness was paid, by a surgeon (the poor boy), who wrote “Paid in full several years ago with soup and medicine”, on the hospital bill for the food seller’s surgery.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kindness that is sent, will return to you! </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What goes around comes around! </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being kind to someone who is kind to you is pretty easy, but being kind to someone who is rude to you/who hurts you is not that easy. But you still can extend your kindness to them! It is a gift from God which you can freely share with others! Each one has their own battles. You never know what they go through! ‘Tit for tat’ is the pattern of this world! But you, </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as a child of God, spread the ‘Kindness’ germs! It is contagious!</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Remember God’s kindness toward you, whenever you are tempted to shout at someone. The other person may or may not deserve it. But God loved you when you were quite unlovable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Speak words of kindness to have attractive lips!</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You will look amazingly pretty/handsome without lipstick! </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kindness is a language which a deaf can hear and a blind can see!</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Kindness provided in excess will definitely speak to hearts one day. And when you are kind to strangers, be glad that you are showing them the way to be kind, even though you may not come to know about the wonders their kindness make! </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-43434236446459386402014-04-06T13:55:00.000-04:002014-04-06T13:55:11.912-04:00If You want, I will!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday early in the morning when I was getting ready to go to office, I heard my husband speaking to me with a thin voice and to hear him better I went close to him without expecting him to wave his hand (without knowing that I went close to him) over my face with his nails on. A portion of skin under my eyes was peeled off. Since it was near the infraorbital furrow, it is not visible outside. But it is painful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This incident has nothing to do with the message today, except this reminded me of all the hurting moments (not physical hurts, but emotional) I experienced in my life thus far because of the ones I trusted and I didn’t reciprocate, I felt like I have been sacrificing so much for nothing, to the point that, those who hurt me didn’t even know that they did. As I think too much about it, it is painful. But I believe everyone who trusts in the mortal men/women, would have the same feeling. I also understand that without my knowledge I would have also hurt others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every coin has two sides. I will share about the first side today, and the other side tomorrow. If you feel what you undergo is too much for you to carry, and you do not know why someone who you trusts have to do all these things to you, then the following message is for you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read a beautiful story which was about </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a young woman who was climbing the mountain and when she was hanging there on a rock ledge with hundred feet below her, lost her contact lens. Her blurred vision and the height scared her. She looked unto the Lord and prayed when she reminded herself “The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole world.” After her friends helped her reach the bottom, and she was startled to hear someone screaming, “Hey, anybody lost your contact lens?” pointing out to an ant moving very slowly carrying the contact lens. Maybe the ant told God, “God, I don’t know why You want me to carry this load. I cannot eat it and it’s awfully heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I will.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friends, you are where God wants you to be. When moments like this happen, don’t try escaping from the situation, rather, obey to Him just as Mary said, “</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be it unto me, Lord.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">” Mary obeyed to God and there was born, the Savior, to fulfill God’s plan!!! Just say to God, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Lord I do not know why You want me to carry this load. I can’t see any good out of it, and it is awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will.”</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Maybe you are the ant which God uses to help someone who needs you in their struggles! </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God’s will for your life will not let you go places where He cannot go with you.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Whatever you go through, will be for your good and God will make things happen in His time! Just stay there! Never give up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have so many people around you, but still you feel you are all alone? You feel no one cares about you anymore? Your own family dejected you? You feel like you are of no use to anybody? You had faith on God, but not now, because you are constantly chewing the problem you face now and the way you keep thinking about it actually makes it so bigger day by day? Facing dreadful situations? You may have no way or a few ways to escape. But </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God has infinite ways for your escape.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may think only weapons and arrows are needed for wars, but for God, winning a big battle is possible even with empty clay pots and trumpets. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gideon in Judges 7</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) You may wonder how you are going to break down the huge walls you see in front of you. God can just use shouts to bring it down to the ground. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joshua in Joshua 7</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) When you are scared of the mighty warriors and don’t have enough courage to face them in the battlefield, God can bring down hails from Heaven and destroy the enemy altogether. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Israelites in Joshua 10</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) You are frightened at giants like Goliath, but God can kill them with just a sling shot. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David in 1 Samuel 17</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) Today you are scared to be in the den with a hungry lion, but God can shut its mouth. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daniel in Daniel 6</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) Maybe you are thrown into fire for standing for God, but God Himself can step into the fire with you and keep even your hair and robe from burning. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) You may have nothing to survive. But God can use 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes to feed 5000+ men and still can take the 12 baskets of leftovers. (</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crowd in Luke 9</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) There are many other miracles which are recorded in the Bible.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God chooses lowly things and does wonders.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So be glad about your weaknesses, because those are the areas where you are going to see His enormous strength!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, but there is something which you need to do. “</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for us.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">” In Don Moen’s song “He never sleeps” he says, “This is more than a promise; it’s a command.” Yes, it is a command. Do you realize how big your God is? Even your mountain like problems are very small for Him, yet, He doesn’t leave you abandoned so you can handle it all alone, because, He knows it is too big for you to handle it your way. So </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He comes to your aid to handle it His way</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. If you don’t believe this, just think about those times you thought your heart was going to collapse, but God sustained you through all that and kept you safe until now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If God is on our side, it doesn’t matter who is on the other side! </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don’t have to fight the battle. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just stay on His side and watch Him fighting for you</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">!!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-16873212193444183162014-03-27T10:33:00.002-04:002014-03-27T10:33:55.967-04:00Help my unbelief<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Jesus said, “Everything is possible for the one who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”</span> <span style="color: red;">Mark 9:23, 24</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My American friend gifted me his Kindle Fire. (Ahhh thank you so much, Michael :) !!!)</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Good and Perfect Gift, A: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny” written by Amy Julia Becker is the first book I completed reading in my Kindle Fire. This is a mother's story of her own challenge in finding out that her daughter would be born with Down syndrome. She raises her child Penny with prayer in each activity. Down syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans, occurring in about 1 per 1000 babies born each year. It is typically associated with physical growth delays, characteristic facial features and mild to moderate intellectual disability and poor immune system. Whether you are a mother or not, this book takes you through both joyful and hurtful experiences and also in raising a child with Down syndrome and also through trusting Him in the weakest moments of your life. I was inspired after reading Amy’s journey with Penny and after some months I forgot about it, until someone reminded me about it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I heard a young lady sharing her testimony in my office. During her prenatal screening and other diagnostic testing, the doctors found out that her baby might be a victim to Down syndrome. The first half of the book I read came true in the life of someone who I know. How painful it would have been for her and her husband! Doctors wanted her to abort the fetus, but they didn’t agree. They just prayed and prayed and prayed. They waited upon the Lord. They both didn’t share this with anyone. I can’t imagine how a pregnant woman can undergo such a pain in her heart and at the same time focus on her health so it doesn’t affect the baby inside. Both faith and unbelief would have tossed her back and forth until the delivery. What a terrific situation to be in! But after the baby is born, to their surprise and to God’s glory, they saw her to be normal. Praise God!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a miraculous answer is the baby to them!!!! My eyes were filled with tears as she shared this testimony. How blessed we are to see our babies healthy and active and how grateful we should be to Him! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The message is, we may find no way out. But God helps our unbelief. He loves us when we are honest with Him. In Mark 9, when the father of a demon possessed boy cried to Him, “Lord, I took my son to your disciples. They could not drive the evil spirit out. I do believe that everything is possible for the one who believes. Please help my unbelief,” God rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. He answered the father’s prayer. When disciples asked why they could not drive the spirit out, He answered, “This can be driven only by prayer.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are you waiting for? What kills your belief and leaves you unattended? No matter what it is, you know the key. You know the secret behind unbelief and how to overcome it. Start praying and keep praying. God will help you overcome unbelief and you will start seeing streams in the desert land.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-53918969147188395842014-03-27T10:26:00.001-04:002014-03-27T10:26:37.316-04:00Sweeter than honey!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Psalm 119:103</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Sunday I sat next to an elderly woman in the Church. After the sermon started she waved her hand at me and said she would like me to mark the verses the preacher preached, in her Bible. Her Bible looked a bit old with stitches on its velvet cover. I took her Bible and pen to mark a verse as she told me. As soon as I finished marking, I returned it to her. Whenever the preacher mentioned a verse, she handed it back to me for help. To be honest, this was the first time I paid much attention to each and every single reference for all the Bible verses that were mentioned in the sermon. The reason why she needed my help was obvious. She has problem with her vision due to her age. But her thirst toward God’s Word and joy in His presence in spite of all the difficulties she faced surprised me. As I went through the pages of her Bible I could understand that she approaches the one sitting next to her every week for help, as I saw several types of marks made by people. She offered whatever she had with her (hey wait! I didn’t spy on her. It was an accident that I saw her while she offered.) and I guessed that she might have to walk while returning to her house.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am sure God smiles when He thinks of her! What an awesome moment it would be for someone to have God smiling when He thinks of them!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her seriousness toward His Word is something that cannot be compared with ours, who work in MNC’s, having multiple versions of Bible, in all possible sizes and designs, not only in our hand, but also in all the electronic devices we own, Textual, Audio, Video, what not, yet having no time to turn the pages to actually know what He speaks to us, thereby wasting so much of sacrifices the translators had made and hurting the Omnipotent God. A dusty Bible leads to dirty lives!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author of Psalm 119 tells us that God’s Word is sweeter than honey to his mouth. Even today there are so many countries who shut their doors to God’s Word, yet, their people long to read. You and I have the most treasurable gift in our hands. Only when we realize that it is not a mortal book written by several authors, but a love letter from our loving Father, which has solutions to all the problems one can face in this cruel world, we would love to spend time reading and meditating it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diane Moody in her book, “Confessions of a prayer slacker”, shares with us that she visualizes that the Lord waits in her living room with a coffee pot and 2 mugs (one for Him and one for her) every morning. So she cannot sleep as soon as this scene comes to her mind. My sister-in-law always had an empty chair next to her whenever she studied so the Lord could mentor her. I have seen people counting numbers so they can fall into sleep, but my mother-in-law surprises me when she says she always recite the Bible verses if she doesn’t feel sleepy during her bed time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, there are so many people who adore God’s Word! Their soul is well! Now it is your turn. I am sure you too can new find ways just like them!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-26320682281401612932014-02-10T03:36:00.000-05:002014-02-10T03:36:56.890-05:00Your protective shade!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LORD Himself watches over you! The LORD stands beside you as your protective
shade. </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Psalm 121
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know
it has been a very long time since I have sent God’s Word to you. Since this is
the first email in 2014, I have been waiting to send you either my personal testimony
or one of my friends’ testimonies. I have drafted several emails, but didn’t
send anything. Today, I am not able to keep quiet when I think about what God
has done for me over last weekend. If it is God’s will I will meet you again with
a wonderful testimony of my friend, while I am sending mine to you now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Many of
you know a bit about me.</span> <span style="color: red;">I traveled onsite in
the year 2010 and returned to India for good in July, 2013. I got married in
August, 2013 (this itself is a separate testimony) and started going to office
from September, 2013. Since I had my visa valid for 2 more years I had been
asked to take up an onsite assignment and was not offered a project at
offshore. I had some concerns in traveling onsite. So I could not accept any
project they offered me. This went on for about 5 months. One day came when the
company which I served for more than 7 years wanted me to either accept what
they offered or to quit, which was very shocking to me. On the same day I
resigned my job having no other offer in my hand. My last working day was 31<sup>st</sup>
January, 2014.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For
ladies (at least for me), things like career aspiration, passion to learn, etc…
change upside down after marriage. I was not mentally prepared to attend
interviews. Though my family supports me in anything I underwent, I personally
felt that the Lord has let me down, failed me and forsaken me. Though I believe
God’s promises are true and God is good all the time, all things work together
for good, there is nothing that his children lack, blah blah,… I know I was
moving very fast toward unbelief. I kept worrying about the past job for which
I worked so hard, for which I rarely ate and slept over the past years. I could
not forget all the rewards and recognitions I received. Maybe I was over
confident on my job. But once I was out for a week without job and without the
confidence to face any interviews, I realized how thankful I had to be to God
for a job that kept me busy or weary all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Let me
come to the actual story.</span> <span style="color: red;">Last weekend I
attended an interview in a BI tool which I don’t like. While waiting for the
technical round, I thought why they kept me waiting for a long time, rather than
to finish my round, so I could attend interviews at other companies on the same
day. There was no hope in me that I would do well. Rather reading guides, I
went through some videos. I didn’t even take any notes with me to the venue as
I thought preparing would not help me anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was
called for the technical round. A person interviewed me over the telephone. To
my surprise, he asked only what I knew. There is at least 90% of the stuff in
that tool that I don’t know. I could realize that it was God who was with me in
each and every question he asked, which gave me courage. I didn’t fear anymore.
This round was over after 50 minutes. How in the world an interviewer could ask
questions only around what I know and could declare that I was so strong
technically?!!! It was not possible at all in my sight. But God made it
possible. I got selected in the next round also even after I said them that I
no longer belonged to any company. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe today,
job doesn’t matter to you, but something else bothers you. I want to encourage
you that the God who was with me and who spoke for me in a circumstance which I
was afraid to face, is all powerful to do what you are concerned about. The
world may expect you to be extraordinary, but we are ordinary people doing extraordinary
things, just because of the extraordinary God whom we serve. The company that
you serve with utmost sincerity and hard work may throw you out any time. The
one you love can leave you for no reasons. But God, who longs to be with us who
keep saying, “I am busy with the work, Lord. Let me get back to you as soon as
I can” or “I have my family and friends waiting for me. How can I disappoint
them? But I know you can wait for me” or “Lord, I don’t want to be with you as
I know I cannot leave certain things behind which you don’t like” or “You have
not answered my prayers. Why should I listen to you?” or “Lord I sinned against
you. I am not able to face you” or <You add so many ORs here>…, can never
leave you nor forsake you. He does care about every single detail in your life.
Whatever bothers you bothers Him as well! The things you are running behind
will leave you unattended someday, whereas the Lord whom you are supposed to
follow runs behind you to seek your attention and to make you a beautiful
vessel in His hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the
way, my belated New Year wishes to you! </span></span><span style="color: #00b050;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May
the Lord be your protective shade this year and keep you from all evil.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-17656509826791924222013-06-19T11:57:00.000-04:002013-06-19T11:57:18.078-04:00Watch your step, guys!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,
they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who
practice them. </span><span style="color: red;">Romans 1:32</span></span></blockquote>
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because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up
wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous
judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what
they have done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory,
honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those
who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will
be wrath and anger.</span> <span style="color: red;">Romans 2:5-8</span></span></blockquote>
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all, it is good to reach you all through this message after such a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and 2013, Minneapolis had become my winter spot. :)</span></span></div>
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the winter, I heard many bus drivers, when the passengers get down from the
bus, saying, “Watch your step, guys”. The reason is that they walk comfortably
inside the bus, but the moment when they step down on the icy road, there is a
good chance that they may skid and fall down, leading to a lot of pain and
accidents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in my office, I got to speak to a man seeking some domain suggestions. I really
like him. The way that he reacts to my questions patiently and very promptly
always surprises me. One day we had to meet him face to face for some
clarifications. He sat with us with a pack of cigars in his hands. He also had
a very tall coffee mug with dark coffee in it. He also had mints with him to
keep us away from the smoke smell and so I guessed he must have walked in right
after he smoked. While having the discussion, he could not speak continuously.
All he did was cough and then apologize to us for what he did, followed by coughing
and doing the same all over again. Since I like him very much, I felt very sad
thinking how he spoils his health. His extreme knowledge about his project and
domain seemed a waste to me when I compare it with his health. Seriously, for
several days I felt sad for his smoking habit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took
some time for me to realize that I worried much for his health, but not for the
perishing souls. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or
what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? </span><span style="color: red;">Matthew 16:26<o:p></o:p></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">When I
backslide, what I do to my own soul, as well as many other souls, is more
dangerous than that. </span><span style="color: red;">“Our thoughts become
action; actions become habit, habit becomes character and character determines
our destiny.” </span><span style="color: blue;">We are not just backsliding; we
also act as a stumbling block for others from coming to Jesus. When people
around us see us sinning, they, without knowing the saving truth, will end up
doing the same, thinking it is not sin. We are accountable for everything we
do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to watch out what we do & what we think! He loves us. He wants to save us;
and others through us. In these last days,</span><span style="color: red;"> we may be the only Bibles which many
people read!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May God bless you! </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-23891834895869541852012-11-15T17:00:00.000-05:002012-11-20T15:17:06.414-05:00Incredible kindness!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He seemed to be in his 70’s, and was so tired as nobody was buying his shoes. Then, a little girl came to him saying, " Sir, may I polish your shoes?" The old man took pity on her, smiled and gave her a shoe to polish. The girl said, "I polish the shoe because I need money to buy my brother a new school uniform." The old man replied, "Oh, little girl just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy a uniform." Then they walked to a store and he bought a uniform.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This act of incredible kindness, shown by someone who has so little for himself, proclaims an ultimate truth. The Bible talks a lot about showing kindness. A few sample verses are given below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Timothy 5:8</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We hesitate to extend our kindness to those who we believe don’t deserve it. But remember we are not worthy of God’s kindness and love. We receive it for free, and so we are called to be kind for free.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John 15:12</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> says, "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” Kindness can never originate without love. Only when we love others we can be kind to others. The Bible tells us all our gifts, like prophecy, speaking in tongues, knowledge, faith in God, etc… are not greater than love. In other words, love is the greatest among all these gifts we possess.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matthew 25:35-40</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ‘Jesus says, “For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me." Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You drink? 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 'And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.”’ What a beautiful explanation of how He wants us to serve Him! Not all that call Him, “Lord, Lord” will enter Heaven, but those who do His will!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Galatians 6:2</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> leads us to bear one another's burdens, to fulfill the law of Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God doesn’t call us just to pray for others in need. Our duty doesn’t end here. He sends people to us so we can pray for them AND help them when they are in need. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We know a saying “Helping hands are better than praying lips.” But those who hope in God know the importance of God in our lives. So we believe that both praying lips and helping hands are important. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you see a puppy is sinking in the pool, what benefit is there if you just close your eyes and start praying that God would <b>somehow</b> save it as it sinks completely to the bottom?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">James 2:16 </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what are we waiting for? Reach out to those hands that are lifted up for help!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-72001669764163905722012-11-08T22:59:00.000-05:002012-11-08T22:59:15.390-05:00Maybe knocked down!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Psalm 139:13</span></blockquote>
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picture of the sculpture you see was taken by myself in the Brookgreen garden, South
Carolina. I am amazed by the sculptor who built it. He took care of each and every
single part of that sculpture so that it looks real with facial expressions. :)</span><span style="color: blue;"> Our God is the greatest sculptor ever, as He created us in
His own image, and gave His life so we became real, not just a sculpture! :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A father
gave his son some bits and pieces of a world map and asked him to reassemble
them properly. He thought his son would take much time to accomplish it. But to
his surprise, the boy reassembled it quickly and handed the world map to his
father. The father could not stop wondering asked him, “How did you do it so
quickly? It is quite challenging.” The boy responded to his dad, “Yes it is.
But there is a picture on the other side of the world map. This picture helped
me assemble the bits and pieces together.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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same way, you may see yourself as bits and pieces of flesh, but God sees you
complete! If you worry that you’re like a jigsaw puzzle broken into pieces due
to unexpected circumstances and their consequences in your life, and you feel
there is no way out, then this message is for you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may
find yourself rejected by everyone because of what you have done in the past or
because they think you are wrong, and you no longer feel loved. If so, then
remember that God still loves you as you are. Psalm 34 : 18 says, “The LORD is
near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Yes, you
cannot reassemble all the pieces, but if you can surrender all those pieces to
the One who has a master plan for your life, He can fix them all and achieve His
purpose. And His purpose for your life is good, to prosper you and not to harm
you. You are not an accident! You may be knocked down, but not out forever! Rise
up from your fallen state!!! He is waiting to refurbish you!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-88047521962501994582012-11-06T19:22:00.004-05:002012-11-06T19:22:56.175-05:00It is worth it!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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grandma is more than 80 years old. She lost her husband 3 years ago. Though she
has 9 children, and she lives with her youngest son, all her children visit her
whenever they can. As I wrote yesterday, my mom and sister visited with her for
a few days and my grandma proves the already known facts. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">She behaves like a small kid who says things over and over
again. People who are not mature enough may not even listen to her, like my
sister. I would like to narrate to you a few conversations of my grandma with
my sister.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandma: How is Jansi doing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
sister: She is fine granny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandma: Does she speak to you often?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
sister: Oh yes. She calls us every day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandma:
I want to see her very badly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Within a
minute, she repeats the same questions again, and she repeats it several times
on a single day. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I
called her for a few minutes, she repeatedly told me that she wanted to speak
to me and see me. She wanted me to eat well and stay healthy. To be honest, I was
never bored with her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also,
she forgets things very easily. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">My Aunt
visited my grandma with her little son, while my sister was there. Right after my
aunt left for her house, my grandma started telling my sister, “It has been a
long time since I have seen your Aunt and her son. I would love to see them.
Will you please call them to come here for a visit?” :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes
she behaves quite silly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">They lit many
candles where we buried our grandpa in remembrance of the third anniversary of
his death. After a while the candles burnt out, and were not seen anymore. My
Grandma complained to my sister that someone had stolen those candles. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When my
sister paid no attention to what grandma said, grandma told my mom, “I love
Jansi. She patiently answers all my questions. This little one doesn’t even pay
attention to me, or she pretends that she doesn’t hear me.” I mention this not
to exhort myself, but to tell you how our actions impact our elders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes
she remembers bitter things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She can
tell us those who spoke badly of her and who stole things from her house many
decades ago correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">This is
a Second childishness! Nothing more or less! </span><span style="color: blue;">Well,
now, what do we get from the above?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This
moment may come in our lives too. When we reach this last stage, we may remember
certain things and forget the rest. We may irritate others with repeated
questions. We may remember some good things and some bitter things about
others. Though my grandma doesn’t remember everything about me, she remembers
the good times I had with her. I can proudly say that I am the only grandchild
of hers who always wanted to spend my entire vacation with her in her village.
Surely she remembers it. I am glad about it. Also she remembers some bitter
things that happened to her when she was young. Some of these stay in her heart
after all these years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Dear
friends, please make sure you leave good traces in people’s lives. You can
create a soothing feeling to someone as they age. The news that I heard from
one of my friends yesterday still makes me cry. That is a different story. The
time we have with others is really short. :(</span><span style="color: blue;"> We must utilize this short time in loving them, showing extra kindness,
making an impact in their lives which they can remember throughout their lives.
It’s worth it!!! It brings joy to the lonely hearts!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be a blessing to others and stay blessed!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-28129863091599857672012-11-05T20:05:00.000-05:002012-11-05T20:05:40.560-05:00The default response<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First
of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgivings be made for all people…</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 1 Timothy
2:1</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good
morning, friends!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spoke
to my sister last night on a phone call. These are a few things that I learned
from her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
5 year<s>s</s> old niece had an appendicitis surgery a few days ago. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
3 years old cousin was beaten up by a staff member at his school and lost a
tooth. Highly cruel! He also has some issues with his gums and lips, as a
result of the beating. He is a special child in his family as he was born
13 years after his sister was born. We were shocked to hear this as we
know that he has never even been spanked by his own mom. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
maternal Uncle is suffering from Jaundice and my other cousin is suffering
some kind of depression due to a financial problem. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another
Uncle, who was healed from mouth cancer about 10 years ago, now has pain
in his mouth due to the laser treatments done to cure his cancer and is
not able to eat anything. The doctors have told his family that there is
no cure to this and he has to live with this throughout his life. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
cousin’s one year old daughter, who celebrated her Birthday recently, is
not feeling well now, and we found out that this little one has two blocks
in her heart. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could
write a few more here… I have a big extended family. But my point is I didn’t
know all these things until I called my mom and sister, who are there in our
native place. It was a casual, everyday call, but the information I got from
them is unusual. I can also add some of my friends’ issues as well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
response to my sister was, “Okay, let us do one thing. It is our responsibility
to pray for them all. Let us spend at least five or ten minutes every day to
pray for each of these family members, praying about their very specific needs
and safety. Let us not end our prayers after telling Him only about our own
needs.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the
call, when it was bed time, I knew I wanted to follow what I said. Realizing
that I have to get up no later than 6 AM to get ready for the office, I thought
I would get ready to sleep, and then pray while laying down before sleeping.
But as soon as I curled up to one side comfortably I fell into a deep sleep
before I finished my first prayer point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am
sure you, too, hear information like this from your immediate, and extended
family, and from your friends as well apart from watching/reading NEWS. I am
also sure that we are people oriented. We love them. We cannot, or we never
want to, live in isolation. When any of them faces trials, and we get to know
about these, the default response from us is always, “I will pray for you.”
It’s good to give comforting words. But is that just for that moment? Or are we
really taking all these ‘I will pray for you’s seriously? Are we really
remembering what we heard, and praying for these matters sincerely? Please remember
that they don’t need your sympathy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do we
really mean what we say we will do, but still are not able to do ? Our prayers
can bring healing to someone, can bring breakthroughs in the lives of many, can
bring change in laws of nations, can save someone from suicide. Let us remember
all those sweet moments when someone came to us
and said, “Hey, your prayers really worked!!! Praise God!!” This will
encourage us to pray with a sincere heart! Shall we start doing it today in
case we are not doing it now-a-days? After
all, we know we have a prayer answering God!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May God
bless your heart that wants to pray for others!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377292721056050816.post-52423947516237913032012-11-01T12:36:00.000-04:002012-11-01T16:01:04.565-04:00Say 'No' to Human trafficking!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.</span> <span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 6: 19,20</span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue;">I never thought much about Human Trafficking until I heard some of my friends telling me about it. There came a time when we had to think about sending my sister to Bangalore or Chennai to search for a job. For some reasons my parents hesitated to send her to the big cities. I argued with them, saying that she needs to go out to explore the world. Keep in mind that I am not there to help her, by having her stay with me. However, my argument with my parents ended when I heard my roommates talking about some incidents happened in Chennai, India recently. I have listed three of these incidents below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">1. Three young girls were staying in a ladies hostel. They looked professional and interacted with others nicely. No one had a clue that they were prostitutes until they were arrested by the Police.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. A young woman, who is from a village, moved to Chennai to start her career. She fell under the influence of a rich friend, who also stayed in the same hostel. She started going out with this friend and ended up a lot of time with some wealthy people. Things went well, until she found out that she, herself, had posed for some dirty pictures/videos without her knowledge. She was threatened by her own friend’s friends and was asked to do certain things which she never wanted to do in her life. Eventually, the burden became too much for her to bear, she told her father about all these and he filed a complaint against them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">3. A girl found a guy in a social network. She never knew him before. But they both continued chatting whenever they could. The girl thought she had fallen in love with him and sent many of her pictures to him with all kinds of outfits; but the guy never sent his picture to her. One day they planned to meet. This girl was shocked to the core when she saw an old man instead of a young guy. With all the pictures she had sent him he started blackmailing her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">When I think of these, I really thank God, for He has kept me and my friends safe so far. Let me explain to non-Indians about South Indian tradition and culture here as they may not know about it. This post is about the ladies’ perception of human trafficking. This may apply to gents too. If you’re a guy, don’t stop here. Move on, it is also for you and you may help your friends by passing this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In ancient days in India, women were not allowed to study and were kept at home, and were made to marry someone they didn’t even see until their wedding. There was no outside exposure, or it was very minimal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">A few decades ago, the attitude of the people started changing a little, and some allowed their girls to go to school. Some even allowed their daughters to work. Yet the outside exposure was still limited, as they worked close to their own house. Most marriages were arranged marriages and the daughters had to obey to their parent’s decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">A few years ago, women started competing with men in all fields. As IT influenced everyone, parents were willing to send their daughters to any metro city like Chennai or Bangalore, which are known for job opportunities. This gave them access to the outside world with exposure to several cultures and backgrounds, as people from all over India move there. When I lived in Chennai, I had good friends with me. We never went out with unknown girls/guys. My friends were all responsible and, as a result, we never faced any major issues.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I’m not sure what changed in recent years. Everything looks upside down. Young women, who once were afraid of young men, now have to stay away from older men as well. Young women who once had to protect themselves from guys, now voluntarily fall into the trap. But it doesn’t stop there. Now, young women can also suffer from the relationships they keep with other young women. If we develop relationships with women who are willing to do anything for wealth and pleasure, it can lead us from purity into serious sin. Some girls even get addicted to immoral incestuous relationships with their own family or close relatives. A young woman who has moved out of her parent’s home, and who thinks that everything around her is good, is very ignorant or innocent.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings mainly for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor. Other purposes can be extraction of organs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Now let us analyze on the source of these issues.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">1. Prostitution:</span> Everyone knows about it. I need not explain it. But I would like to quote one thing here. ‘A Canadian Report on Prostitution concluded that girls and women in prostitution have a mortality rate 40 times higher than the national average’. Then what leads them into this profession? About 72% of them are homeless. It can be due to irresponsible husbands and the need to provide for their children. About 92% of them say that they wanted to escape from this immediately. Dear men and women, think what your lusts and the evil desires to fulfill your flesh lead to. In Matthew 5:28 the Bible clearly says that looking at a woman with lust itself is adultery.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">2. Discontent:</span> You may have heard the term, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” But this simply isn’t always true. We tend to want something more when we are not content with what we already have. Issues between husbands and wives, lack of trust in each other may result in extra marital affairs, which is another type of human trafficking. When someone deliberately enters into an affair, it’s not just themselves that is affected. It destroys them, along with their careers, and, more importantly, their families. Listen to what the Bible tells us: to be content with what we have. Hebrews 13:5</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">3. Pornography:</span> Now anything is one click away. The Internet and magazines can be used for good or bad. They reach everyone’s bedroom now-a-days. They are seen even in the hands of little children of age 2+. With that said, pornography is a 96 billion dollar per year industry. Why is it that the pornography industry is growing so rapidly? The culprit here is the demand. Yes, the demand! Nobody runs a business if the demand is not high. If people would stop consuming pornography, it would go away. And yet, the pornography industry is a huge consumer of human trafficking. Many of the “performers” in that industry have been sold into a life of slavery. Before you click something, answer these questions. Is it appreciable by your parents and elders? Would you want to watch it in front of them? Would you look at it if Jesus was standing next to you? If your answer is no, then don’t click it. The Bible tells us to run away from the temptation. Remember God watches over you day and night. He never sleeps, He never slumbers. You are accountable for all that you do. Romans 14:12 says, "So then each of us shall give account of himself to God."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">One of my friends and his team 'Bearing Armor' have a website that is exclusively for standing against human trafficking. Please visit <a href="http://bearingarmor.org/main.asp"><span style="color: magenta;">http://bearingarmor.org/main.asp</span></a>. </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are also on FaceBook now. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bearing.armor" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">https://www.facebook.com/bearing.armor</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - This is the link to their account. Please </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">also watch the video they posted on the main page. It is very powerful. I have also added it here. </span></div>
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Prestige pressure cookers in any way. :)</span><span style="color: blue;"> Then why am I speaking about it?
Well, the answer is, the Lord has been reminding me about an incident for the
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the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will
consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds. </span><span style="color: red;">Psalm 77 : 11, 12</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 years ago, when I lived with my
friends in Chennai, my mom visited us for a few days. She has always been a
great help to us. For example, I had a lot of clothes to be washed, and we
didn’t have a washing machine. So, after I left for the office, she washed and
dried them all. Then, during a holiday, around noon, she was cooking rice for
me in a pressure cooker. When it was almost time for the cooker to whistle she
had moved a little farther and started arranging my clothes inside a duffel bag.
In the meantime she saw the cooker explode. It was not a Prestige pressure
cooker. I was very thankful to God that she was not near the cooker when it exploded.
But from that time on, she insisted that I should only buy Prestige
pressure cookers and nothing else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently I had an issue with my
Prestige pressure cooker, due to some mistakes on my part. So when I bought a
new one, I specifically bought a Prestige pressure cooker, as I was reminded
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parents must teach their children of the good things, along with the reason,</span><span style="color: blue;"> and should live a life that
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in spite of the issues he had, remembers what God had done in the past. This
helped him overcome them. Remember, God alone is the strength of our heart. No
one (Nothing) else can be our strength anytime. If you feel that the job you
possess, or the knowledge you have, or even your family is your strength, then
it is time for you to erase this from your heart, and let God be your strength.
When you do this, you cannot avoid passing the same to others, and especially
to your children. Because you cannot resist in passing on the best you have for
them no, matter how evil you think you are. Please do not be ignorant of what
God is doing in your lives. He is able to use you as a media and will do
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<span style="color: red; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">One morning when I got up he came to my room and wanted me to show him some ‘Peppa pig’ videos. I liked the plan, or I should say that I had to like whatever he tells me. ;) We started watching the videos one after the other and this went on for more than 2.5 hours. You know how he made me sit with him and watch whatever he wanted to watch? He held both of my hands the whole time. And I can never say ‘No’ to a child. He also checked frequently to see if I was watching the videos or not. He didn’t allow me to chat with my friends online or even check any emails. I was completely in his control until his mom asked him to leave me for a while. J I enjoyed being with him watching all those Peppa pigs episodes. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">What I wanted to convey is, the essence of holding hands, and what holding hands mean in relationships. In the Bible, there are many verses that tell us that God holds us by His hands.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">So our Almighty God holds us by His hands to protect us, to reassure that He loves us and that we belong to Him, and also saying that He is supposed to take the lead, not us. When we make Him lead us in all our ways, He will make our ways prosper, because He is the one who leads us and executes His plans in our lives. Our plans and desires may fail, but His’ will never! And we know that His plans are the best! So, the next time when you hold hands with someone, remember God holds your hands! :)</span></div>
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truth is, that the same problem has different levels of complexities in
different people. For a guy, not having a job might be the toughest problem,
whereas for a girl, it might not be a problem; rather, her relationship issues
may consume her days and nights. So everyone has problems in one way or another,
yet, we all are on a journey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After years pass
by, we may even forget those trials that we went through. I am sure no one
remembers every pain they had undergone, which they thought would destroy their
life. Yes, the giant problems just seem forgotten. The world say that time
heals all wounds. But as Christians, we know that it is God who sustains us and
helps us through our trials. This is because the big problems which we face
today may look very small or even negligible in the eyes of the big God we
serve. And for Him nothing is impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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known to me. All I knew was my starting terminal and the destination airport.
The pilot took care of the route.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In life, sometimes
everything looks scary. We don’t know where we are heading. But remember the
God who has engraved us on the palm of His hands has the complete picture of
our future. We may not know the plans and things that He has for us, but we
know that we have a God who already has plans to prosper us and not to harm us.
Yes, don’t worry about what you will do tomorrow, because your Pilot, God,
takes care of all your burdens and helps you to reach your destination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red;">3. <span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;">The sky and its
beautiful clouds filled my eyes with wonders. Clouds were not everywhere. And
they did not stay in one place. Some clouds were bright and some were dark.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sometimes we feel
so happy when things happen positively. Other times we are very sad when things
didn’t happen the way we wanted. Ups and downs in life are quite normal. The
Bible never promised that we will not have problems at all. But it promises
that God will help us overcome them all. Just like the clouds moving on as per
the wind direction, these situations that bother you will move on. They are
just the passing clouds. You’re not a finished piece, God is still working in
you. Don’t focus on these passing clouds for they will move on; instead open
your faith eyes and claim the promises He has given you in the past. Believe
that He is a God who never lies and whatever He has spoken to you, He will
bring to pass in your life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red;">4. </span></span><span style="color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;">I didn’t travel alone. I
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<span style="color: blue;">So, last but not
least, you’re not alone in your journey. There are several others who travel
their journeys along with you. Above all, your Pilot is coming with you. You’re
the apple of His eye! So anything that bothers you bothers Him too. He knows
how to take care of it. You cannot rely on mortal men, but you can certainly
rely on God who is the solution to all problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;">A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said that it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because, even though it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah". The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him". :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;"> “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would I get into heaven?” the Sunday school teacher asked the children. “NO!” they answered. “If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would I get into heaven?” Again the answer was ”NO!” “Well,” I continued, ”then how can I get to heaven?” A five-year-old boy shouted, “You gotta be dead!” :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first one tells us that we need to have faith in Jesus to enter Heaven. Without faith we cannot occupy the promised land. Though many Israelites saw God’s mighty hand, how He brought them from their land of slavery and how He led them through the wilderness and met their needs, they didn’t trust that they could really drive out the giants and live in Canaan. Finally Caleb and Joshua were rewarded for their faith. You must have faith in Jesus. He is the only way! You have to trust Him!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;">I read on the Internet about sin and its birth. </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;">How does a worm get inside an apple? Perhaps you think the worm burrows in from the outside. No, scientists have discovered that the worm comes from inside. But how does he get in there? Simple! An insect lays an egg in the apple blossom. Sometime later, the worm hatches in the heart of the apple, then eats his way out. Sin, like the worm, begins in the heart and works out through a person’s thoughts, words, and actions. </span><span style="color: blue; line-height: 17.777769088745117px;">We are sinners by birth. Jesus paid the price by giving His life for us, and by this we are dead to sin and are alive in Jesus! So what should we do? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Psalms 32 : 5</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is anything free in this world? A few months ago one of my friends gave me a free coupon. This blog post is all about that coupon. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All I had to do was to take it to the store (I forgot its name) and choose one of the electronic items listed in the coupon, for free. Yes, for free! The list included a USB flash drive, memory card and a few other items which were really useful! Since I don’t have a car, I could not drive to the store, and so I didn’t use the coupon.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you wondering what’s special about this free coupon?! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is free: It’s rare to find something free these days. :) Rarely do we get such coupons here (obviously there is a marketing secret behind such free giveaways.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It comes with a deadline within which the coupon should be used. Otherwise the coupon expires and you can no longer get the items for free even if you keep the coupon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The coupon, if not used, can be passed on to others so they can take advantage of the deal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is mutually exclusive. Either you, or your friend, can use it. You both can’t use it if you only have one coupon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The free items need to be in stock at the store. If the items go out of stock, the coupon is useless. In short, these coupons come with an asterisk (* - conditions apply).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>When you share this with your friends, you may have to answer all their questions, like “where the store is located”, or “why are the free items out of stock”, “which is the best item to choose”, bla bla… </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enough of these pointers!!! :) We can compare this free coupon with Salvation!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Psalmist says that when He acknowledged his sins and did not cover them up, God forgave the guilt of his sins. This is salvation! You don’t need to carry your sins and burdens all around. You need not live that life of guilt. Jesus calls you to confess your sins and be washed clean by His blood, and to lead a life of salvation. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>My fellowship leader in Chennai always says this. “Salvation is free, but not cheap.” Yes, it is free. You don’t have to pay anything. Jesus paid it all. Just because it is free, it is not cheap. He who knew no sin gave Himself on the cross for our sins. What a sacrifice! Therefore you don’t need to curse yourself for all the sins you have committed. You still can come to Him and avail this free gift!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There are no tight deadlines to avail this free gift. There are no extra conditions applied. You only need to confess your sins to God and believe that Jesus is God. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This gift can never go out of stock. It is always available until Christ’s second coming. So make an appointment before it and utilize it. Of course, God has a divine appointment for you. If you don’t know what Salvation is really about, please get in touch with some friends who can lead you in the right direction. Getting baptized just because you can gain something, or someone, isn't salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To share this free gift, you don’t need to know everything about it. Eventually you will come to know more about it. In my Church I heard our Pastor saying, “It is simple. If you don’t know what to share just share these three things. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i. How was your life before you had an encounter with Jesus? </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ii. How were you touched by God? i</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ii. How has been your life changed thereafter?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least, “</span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 Corinthians 5:17</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Ephesians 6:4</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: red;">A year and a half old boy carried the Television, that was kept on the TV stand, on his head when his parents weren’t watching him, and was severely hurt and admitted into the hospital. The doctors had no hope in his recovery and told this to the relatives. His cousin, who is also a little boy told his mother that he would give his savings in his piggy bank to the Lord, as an offering, so He could save his cousin from the injury. He didn’t just say it, he actually offered all his savings to God just as he said he would. You know what happened? His cousin was saved and healed completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I am not saying that the Lord saved the boy because of the offering, but because of the faith he had in God and the willing sacrifice he made for his cousin, even when he himself was very young. God honored his faith and his sacrifice as well as others’ prayers for the little boy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Now, how did he come to know about having faith in God? He didn’t need somebody to tell him that he had to have faith in God. He already had it. How is that even possible? Of course, God’s Spirit was upon him. But I believe that his parents also lived a life of faith, so even at his young age, he saw them praying to God, sacrificing for others’ goodness, and learned about God’s power, and what to do when troubles such as these come.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So parents or elders, what are you doing in your family today? Are you living a moral life with faith and thankfulness? Or just grumbling against the Lord for what you don’t have yet? Are you cursing and mocking others in front of your children? Remember, what you sow is what you reap. You can never expect them to be good when you yourself are not setting a good example for them. It is not the wealth you accumulate for your children that makes them good, but the way you live your life. The things that you write in their heart when they are young remain in there forever and teach them to depend on God for everything. They teach them to praise Him for the answered prayers and sacrifices. They also teach them to rely on Him even when things don’t work out the way they want.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The role that you ought to play in their lives cannot be replaced by anyone else. If you struggle in any area which causes your family members to turn from God, please take a moment and ask God to help you overcome them, and set right it before it is too late.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">May God bless you!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #00b050;">He is like a tree planted by the streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. </span><span style="color: red;">Psalms 1 : 3</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning, friends. You may know the story below.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hundreds of years ago, the Scotland King, Robert the Bruce had been beaten up by the King of England and his army six times in a row. Tired by the continuous defeats, the King laid in a cave getting ready to give up hope. He noticed a spider over his head, getting ready to weave her web. He watched her as she worked slowly and with care. Six times she tried to throw her thread from one edge of the cave wall to another. Six times her thread fell short. "Poor thing!" said Robert the Bruce. "You, too, know what it's like to fail six times in a row." But the spider did not lose hope. With still more care, she made her web the seventh time. Robert the Bruce learned a lesson, gathered his little brave army, waged a war against the King of England and won the battle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you, too, frustrated that even after trying your best to accomplish something meaningful in your life, you’re failing in all that you do? Or for some reason<s>s</s>, you’re falling into the same temptation, and you lose the peace in your heart? I pray that you may find this message useful today. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">We have the living Word written for us which teaches us more than a spider could teach. </span><span style="color: red;">Psalms 1</span><span style="color: blue;"> says that a man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the ungodly, who doesn’t stand in the way of the sinners, who doesn’t sit in the seat of the mockers but who delights in God’s law and meditates on it day and night will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, yielding its fruit in season and whose leaf doesn’t wither. Whatever he does prospers. You may think about your old golden days how God gave you peace, blessed you and whoever was with you when you were right with the Lord. Wait; don’t live in the glory of the past. What about your present state? Are you longing to see those days come back again?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe your walk with God is not like it used to be. Something hinders you from coming closer to Him. It may be your sin, or the worries you have about your future, or the past failures you’ve encountered. Maybe you really want to come out of all these, and take steps to drive these away from you. Rather than improving, you are getting worse than before. Do you know why? Let us read what Bible says.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">It says in </span><span style="color: red;">Matthew 12 : 43 – 45 </span><span style="color: #00b050;">“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you understand what it conveys. Yes, the space occupied by all your fleshy desires, and the devil, should not be kept empty after they are gone. It needs to be filled by the Lord and His Word. If you don’t let God dwell in your heart, then you’re more likely to be a victim. Stand firm, else you’ll not stand at all. Invite God into your heart today and rejoice in His presence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read this today in a magazine. The four suggested ways to get connected with God are:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Make up your mind </span><span style="color: blue;">that you’re gonna be right with God so that you may find peace. </span><span style="color: red;">Break up your flesh</span><span style="color: blue;"> as it weakens you and makes you worse. </span><span style="color: red;">Wake up your faith</span><span style="color: blue;">, let it not be dead. </span><span style="color: red;">Take up the cross</span><span style="color: blue;"> and follow Him every day. Stay right with God. Love His Word. Meditate them day & night. Whatever you do will prosper and not only you, but also your belongings and loved ones will be blessed. </span></span></div>
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