20091227 2009 is winding down – five days more to go. Our Church Theme in 2009 was “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last” (Jn. 15:16). As we review the year 2009… Read More »Out 2009 And In 2010
20091220 Words with opposite meanings must necessarily clash. But the opposing visual pictures of the Lion and the Lamb – usually natural enemies – are played out beautifully in Revelations 5. The Lion is not the natural enemy of the Lamb here. To borrow a… Read More »Jesus – The Lion And The Lamb
20091213 Where grazing pastures in the Middle East are concerned, put aside visions of verdant landscapes where fat, woolly sheep graze and the shepherd has, as it were, a picnic on the lawn. The Middle Eastern landscape is anything but. Rather pastures are brown arid… Read More »Jesus – Our Good Shepherd
20091206 A “Mediator” is the middle person who plugs the breech between two opposing sides. Man and God were in separate camps because Man had rejected God and went his own way. But Jesus bridged the gap: He brought us back to God by His… Read More »Jesus Our Mediator
20091129 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but has given us the strength to obey. With power and sound mind, with love, the unfailing kind, O be not ashamed of His way. May the Lord find us faithful, may His Word be… Read More »Faithful To God
20091122 History reveals to us many who live purpose driven lives. Biblical examples are Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage to the Promised Land and the Apostle Paul in his dramatic turnaround from persecuting believers in Christ to preaching the gospel to Gentiles. Some… Read More »Serve God – Serve People
20091115 We live in a community and spend time interacting with people. This includes family members, friends, neighbours, colleagues and people whom God brings into our lives. How do we show love in all our interactions with people around us? Are we sincere in our… Read More »Love God – Love People
20091108 The sin of disobedience by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden resulted in the fall of man and the consequent suffering of mankind throughout human history. God, through the sacrifice of His one and only Son Jesus at Calvary brought reconciliation of… Read More »Suffering For God
20091101 Our present day society is filled with many attractions of the world. Worldly pleasures to satisfy the desire of self-gratification, inordinate amount of time spent at work pursuing career and self-indulgence upon retirement. Pleasures, achievements, worldly successes, etc. by themselves are not wrong. But… Read More »Shining For God
20091025 A vital and living faith produces good works. By our good works we demonstrate how real our faith is to us. It is a natural overflowing of gratitude towards the love we have personally experienced. We realize that we have received in such great… Read More »Godly Works
