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Last week, in The Serpent in the Wilderness, Part 2, we saw that though God doesn't always "remove" our problems, but He always provides a way out. That "way out" comes by looking to the cross, where Jesus was "lifted up." We have hope because Jesus laid down His life...
Some years ago during Christmas time, the womenfolk of our Church went to a reasonably distant Departmental store to buy gifts for the widows/orphans/Sunday school children of our Church. When they came back it dawned on one Sister (in faith) namely Sunita Benny that...
Okay Hyderbadis* (Yours truly included) have something to be proud about, for their "Son of the soil," namely Sathya Nadella, was recently elevated to one of the most enviable posts in the World...CEO of what else...Microsoft. Does Microsoft need an introduction...the...
Last Tuesday, in Lessons Before the Cross, Part 4, we saw that when God allows us to go through trials, He advises us to take with us any resources that we may have. But there is only one thing that He commands that we take: A Sword -- The living, active, Word of God,...
Last week we discovered that perhaps the most important thing we can do as we prepare for the Easter season this year is to think about how to prepare the way of the Lord. We must follow in the footsteps of John the Baptists. But just how does one “prepare the way of...
My dear friends would recall that in the previous parts of this series on Security, I had touched upon the subject of Social (Ruth) and Economic security (Shunemmite lady), bringing to the fore how God provided in the lives of two devout women in His own miraculous...
"Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but...
Conspiracy - Mordecai In the concluding part of series on Security, today we shall focus on the benefactor in Queen Esther's life (Mordecai adopted her when she was an orphan) -Mordecai (a Benjaminite) - who was also a government official under that Mighty Persian...
"The Lord answered Moses, 'Is the Lord's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'" (Numbers 11:23) Recently my husband and I worshipped at a church in a town where we were staying. We arrived a little before the service...
I was in my kitchen busy chopping onions for my favorite salmon dish the other day as I listened to a photographer being interviewed on the radio. He had gone into an odd adventure. After asking permission of dozens of folks, he took photographs of the inside of their...
Looking through the window, I see the likeness of a miniature magpie. It is formed by a rose branch and some leaves hanging down and is the image of a magpie standing alert with head looking upward and forward. Even the colouring of black with white on the back of the...
"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." (2 Corinthians 1:20 NKJV) Has God ever spoken to you through your spirit and given you a promise?After a while did it seem like God had forgotten the promise He gave to you?...
It is the first Thursday of December, exactly 3 weeks before Christmas, and all around you hear the same questions: Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? Have you done your Christmas baking? Is the house decorated? Are you ready for Christmas? I'm happy to...