Art of Living #32

Åґ☂ ◎ḟ ʟ☤√ḯη❡ #32 : "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." (Col 3:2).

Ѧ℘☺﹩☂◎łḯ¢ €ϰ℘øüηḓ : A couple of days ago I was flying in a airplane to attend the marriage of one of my cousin. I was very excited about the whole event because it was the marriage of the only son of my uncle who chose to live for the Lord in a place in North India, where few people dare to go as a missionary for the Lord. As it was a family reunion of all relatives, I enjoyed it greatly. Few men of God who were a great examples to me personally in my life also came to attend the joyous event. While I was in the airport, we were busy to go through a security check-in, tagging our baggages, having some cofee and waiting for the air-plane. All these are good things but are so earthly that until we get in to the plane and are ready for a take off, we will not reach the destination we are supposed to go.

So we entered a plane and were ready for a take off. I opened the window lock and was sure enough ready and excited, wanting to see our city from a vantage bird-eye view. Once we were in to the sky, all the big things of earth that we consider as so valuable were just like a toy from that heavenly view point. All the land that people try to buy on earth, toiling their whole life day in and day out seemed meaningless when there is a vast amount of land left unused. The Benz Car which people dream to have their whole life, looked so small that I was not even noticing it. Suddenly as we began to climb to that higher and higher altitude, we could see all the clouds and the beauty of the heavenly creations that thrilled my heart. Just at that time I thought that we could see the heavenly things only as we choose to open the window and start to look out of the airplane. What if some one who gets in to the flight doesn't choose to open the window and just start to sleep the moment they get in to the airplane. They will not be able to see anything in the heavens and will continue to sleep with the earthly mind set of worries that they had when they were inside the airport.

The same thing happens often in the life of Christians who have got in to the spiritual airplane of salvation that leads them to the heavenly destination. Once they get saved they start to slumber without opening the windows of their mind to heavenly things and realities. They miss the whole heavenly picture and viewpoint that could set them free from earthly worries. Instead of setting their mind on things of heaven, they allow themselves to be earthly and miserable. So we need to make a good choice daily to see our life from the heavenly view point of the mind of Christ which we have inside us (1 Cor 2:16). We could enjoy the things of heaven if we choose to open up the windows of our mind by faith to see the heavenly things which lies outside of the place of our natural and soulish comfort zone. IF WE CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS OF HEAVEN WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED, GOD WILL CHOOSE TO REVEAL HIS POWER AND GLORY TO US AND THROUGH US. So the next time you are worried, choose to set you mind on the things of heaven by renewing your mind with what the word of God says about your situation. Suddenly you will realise that the things of heaven only matters for eternity ahead. Where your treasure is, that is where your heart will be. When you mind is set on heaven, the way you see the earth will be like heaven on earth.

mUCH bLESSinGS....

Manna for the Day

ℳαηηα ḟøґ тℌℯ Ðα¥ : "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:19-20, NKJV).

The Christian life is not living a life by our strength to please God, but it is letting God live through us. We choose to keep our self at death everyday and ask Christ to control each part of our body and use it for HIS GLORY! The problem with today's Christians are that they think that attending some good spiritual conference, buying and reading some spiritual books, going to Church, giving a good offering or tithe to the Lord and connecting with great men and women of God will make them grow spiritually. As important as these are to our spiritual growth, but none of them make us more spiritual. Just because a car is parked in a horse stable doesn't makes it a horse, it needs to have life in it in order to be one. In the same way, WE CANNOT REALLY BECOME SPIRITUAL UNLESS WE LET GOD LIVE HIS LIFE THROUGH OUR BODY ON EARTH. We need to have God's life in us live day in and day out to be really spiritual. Only this will glorify the God who has given His own life to save you from sin, sickness and death. Much Blessings.....

Great Quotes

Ḡґℯαт ℚυø⊥εṧ : "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." — Ambrose Redmoon

Apostolic Quotes

Å℘◎﹩☂øł☤ḉ ℚυ◎тℯṧ : "Do not strive hard to please God, just let God be pleased to live through you and enjoy the blessedness of His Presence." — Abraham Israel

Art of Living #31

Åґ☂ ◎ḟ ʟ☤√ḯη❡ #31 : "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10).

Ѧ℘☺﹩☂◎łḯ¢ €ϰ℘øüηḓ : I remember the time in my early twenties when I was drawn by God in to ministry, I was a man like Moses who felt that I had not ability to speak before people (Exod 4:12). I remember telling to God that I cannot speak and that I am ready to do anything other than this, the Lord gave great encouragement by telling me that all I need to do was open my mouth and He will speak through me. At first it was nice to hear what God was saying, but then God was beginnning to constantly quicken me to speak about God and Bible to every one I met. I was seeing all the programs in the christian television that was coming to India exactly at that time of the beginning of this century. Something supernatural was happenning in my life and I was not able to grasp it fully.

Since childhood I would partake in all sunday school programs and I would do a great drama pratice and act wonderfully well until the real day of performance for the special occasion would come. Once I get on to the stage to perform and see all the people in the Church, suddenly inhibition would start to control me, I would start to blabber and immediately forget all the things which I would have had in my mind till then. This would be greatly distressing to me afterwards. This also always happened whenever I would meet new people or stand before people to speak. As a result of getting embarrased before people, I would avoid such situation altogether. Whenever people would come to our house, I would be slipping out rather than to meet them.

But then God set a good plan to take me before young people and speak His Word. Once a deacon and elder in our Church at that time was speaking with me casually about Bible and suddenly he invited me to come and speak before young people who would gather in his house prayer meeting. At that time I was taking medication for hyper thyroid which increased three times more than normal level. I felt very bad and thought what I feared had come upon me like Job the man of God (Job 3:25). But then it was a embarrassing situation in which I cannot give any reason not to go over to that prayer meeting. So some how I told God that I need His help and I believe that You will do what You have told me. I had peace about it in my heart. So I went to the meeting and gave a poor introduction by saying, 'Hello..I am not a veteran but just a amateur to speak about Bible.' The same old inhibition came upon me at that time, but suddenly I began to speak about God and the Bible for the next fortyfive minutes. I was not able to finish the message. GLORY TO GOD! Truly God is good and faithful to speak through me and bless people. It was awesome experience and has continued ever since. TODAY IF YOU ARE DISCOURAGED TO MEET SOMEONE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU OR FEEL FEARFUL TO STAND BEFORE PEOPLE AND SPEAK ABOUT JESUS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH BY FAITH AND GOD WILL FILL YOUR MOUTH WITH HIS DIVINE WISDOM AND WORDS TO TOUCH, BLESS AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!!! Never forget to do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

mUCH bLESSinGS....