Today I asked myself what is the most important thing in my life? It is a familiar question but finding the best answer is so important because this answer will determine your priorities, choices, goals and plans otherwise your life is just hanging around with no clear purpose or principles. The first idea that came to my mind is to be happy, but wait a minuet I recognize this voice, I usually hear it while I am hungry or tired. Yeah! it is the voice of the natural human living within me. Happiness can't be a reason for living otherwise I will be so self-centered and greedy. Happiness supposed to be a result of achieving a higher goal. But what is a good target? How about the challenge to work as hard as possible to achieve my targets lets say success, money, power or even competing with others to be a better person. No way, I still have the same problem, this also sounds even more selfish Since my first two guesses were self-centered, I started to look around me and realized I am ...
Don’t just read your Bible but unleash its power. As a new believer my mother always wanted the Bible reader at church to continue reading the passage. For her the text was so much better than any comment that can be said about the verses. She thought to herself, “Don’t I have a Bible at home? Why don’t I read it?” She realized a new appreciation, admiration and hunger for the Word of God. One of my schoolmates only reads the Bible while on his knees out of reverence; when you respect the Word, God will speak to your kneeling heart. A faithful Bible preacher while suggesting participating in a Bible reading marathon, said the Word of God is like the water--it will clean your heart, refresh your spiritual life and water God’s seeds and promises in you. Just let it run through your heart and mind. A dear Muslim friend politely refused to accept a gift Bible saying the Bible is like magic: it affects its readers, and she wants to be faithful to her Islamic belief. A friend, referrin...
Like me you probably have heard so many arguments about salvation. For example, are we saved by faith alone? Or by works? or by both? Can we even be sure about our salvation? Can a man really lose his salvation? Here is where I found peace; when I stepped back and asked myself a deeper question. Is salvation something we earn? Or it is the work of God? Can a man save himself or only God can save us? The Christian faith represent Jesus as the savior of the world 1 . The lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world 2 . God even gives us a heart to know him 3 Even our reaction after salvation is led by his Holy Spirit and is not a result of our righteousness and we can’t even claim credit for it. Bible say that we created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do 4 . And again, it confirms that it is God who works in us to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose 5 . We...
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