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Many people come to church to feel cozy and wonderful. They like to sit there week after week eating their frozen ice creams and shaking their heads to words which make them more cozy.

NO! NO! NO! Jesus did not give His church the Holy Spirit for us to be cold but to be hot as molten lava, filled with the power to seek and to save the lost. Many complain saying, “What have we got after coming to faith ? ” But my question to you is… What have you done for Jesus Christ after coming to faith? Have you witnessed for Him or won a single soul for Him?

We can’t afford to sit on our cozy sofa and enjoy the frozen sermons week after week. We must be on fire for Jesus Christ. When the fire came upon the disciples in the upper room, they needed no pep talk to GO out. They went with the fire and the fire went with them. Be ignited for JESUS CHRIST!

Fast, Pray and Read the Word. Always create an atmosphere of HIM around you and GO and reach out to the lost filled with the passion for Jesus Christ. Faith is a fact,but we have to act!!

Tangu Bro(Ps. Mathew Kuruvilla)

“But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. (‭‭John‬ ‭2:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

The basis of most of our complaints and bitterness is that we expect from man beyond his capacity. A man who is immensely rich doesn’t mean that he has the ability to give. Because he is a ‘man’!

That’s why people normally express their incapability by saying “I too am a man”.

Life will be more peaceful if we know that our life partners, parents, children, friends, colleagues , pastors & believers all are just human. Jesus knew what was in man! The problem is not with man but it is what is ‘in’ him. Jesus knew that man had lost the real man through the fall in the garden of Eden.

To give us a ‘new’ man inside of us, He sacrificed Himself and rose from the dead. Even after being ‘born again’, one has to know the new man in him who is recreated in the very form of God and walk accordingly. That’s why we cannot expect more from even a believer.

Christian ministry is to make him-the new man, known.

“To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” ‭‭(Colossians‬ ‭1:27-28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

So let’s make known the ‘Christ inside‘ instead of expecting more from others!

– Thomaskutty Bro

Creativity originates with a thought or imagination. Imagination is the faculty given by God to subdue the reality that is seen and to move on to creativity that we believe for, as we walk by imagination (faith) and not by sight!

No one can control or put a limitation over your imagination. Before anything happens, we always imagine it – good or bad. Then why not imagine good things? In our daily lives, we do imagine good things and bad things. The Word of God always gives you only a good picture of yourself. So, why not imagine as per what the Word says and bring it into reality and rebuke every other thought which is against the Word ?This is so crucial because wrong imagination can birth wrong things. When we imagine that something bad is going to happen, there is a chance of bad things happening in our lives. But the Word of God has the power to tear down and destroy those thoughts. God’s Word has the power to create and to develop good and Godly thoughts in us. When we allow the Word to do so, we will begin to actualize in our visible world the blessings that were already given to us in the spiritual realm. We will start to touch and experience what we had imagined. It will become so real. That’s why the bible says…”bringing every thought into captivity to obedience to Christ”. (2 Corinthians 10:5). The Word helps us to be a champion in this life and also assures us eternal life. HE will do exceedingly abundantly more than we can ask or imagine (think). Moreover, the bible says, “As he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Prov 23:7). So think BIG and ACHIEVE BIG as imagination leads to creativity!

– Tangu Bro (Ps. Mathew Kuruvilla)

In an ocean, where would you rather be – on a plank or on a ship? Well, the difference is obvious. To be on a plank is more adventurous than to be on a ship coz you will feel each and every wave, every ups and downs, every splash of water on your face & you might even drench yourself in water.

But when you are on a ship, you wouldn’t feel a thing. No waves or big tides, it’ll be as steady as a rock. No water splashing, no drenching,nothing. You wouldn’t feel you are on a ship. You would feel more secure and safe .

You would want to be on that ship now rather than on this small wooden plank.

Well here’s the twist- to be on this plank is better than to be on that ship. Why? Because in the presence of God, i.e. the ocean, you would want to feel every wave and every tide of the Holy Spirit, and let the water splash on your face and be drenched in His presence. You would also want to see the supernatural and experience it up close and personal. How much more adventurous can it be! In a ship, how much ever strong the Holy Spirit blows this huge ship would just rock from side to side and be all cozied up on the inside. Feeling nothing but the AC and breathing the same recirculated air. That’s how today’s church has become , not letting the Holy Spirit in and work within them.

So here’s what I am getting at-Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. Open the windows, let the Holy Spirit in and let Him do what He wants and move within you. Stop letting your flesh rule over you.Lower yourself in His presence and be the plank. Let no ego or sensual desire rule over you,being cozied up on the inside and not letting the Holy Spirit work.

You wouldn’t want to be on a ship in the presence of God do you?

Sara & Raunaq

“…when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.””
‭‭John‬ ‭20:19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

God has deposited an extraordinary power in us and that power is the calmness that comes from His peace. We often panic when trouble comes and we end up battling with our emotions and losing the peace that we had. The situation becomes worse than before, but the Bible shows us many incidences where people saw God’s hands doing wonders for them amidst challenges.

In Acts, we see Paul who remained calm amidst the tumult at the sea. We also see him and Silas remain calm and singing to God while they were in the prison. Their calmness actually brought heaven down to the prison and it’s foundation itself was shaken. How could Paul do this in the midst of such persecutions?

It is the Christ who dwelt in him that made him remain calm in every situation. Christ who slept in the midst of a tempest and who calmed the raging wind and the tossing waves reigned in Paul’s heart and mind.

Yes! God’s peace fills our inner man with His calmness and this has great power. The power to bring heaven to earth, to shake the foundation of your troubles and to calm the waves in your life.

“For thus says the Lord GOD: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭30:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So, be calm, remain in His peace and experience God’s power!

– Thomaskutty Br

The bible never says TRY the Word, but says DO the Word.

“But be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22).Try means you have a failure element in it and you are not sure. But DO does not have any doubts because the One who said it is God and He won’t say anything that He cannot do or perform .In trying, we are limiting God in a way but in doing, we are trusting that He will perform. One big mistake that we commit is that we try to see if the Word works, not knowing that the Word works according to what we believe. Many times we even forget the miracles which HE already did in our lives and doubt Him again and again or pity ourselves thinking God might not do it for me as I don’t have faith or am not good enough. Wait a minute!

Did Israel have faith that God would provide everything in the journey before they left Egypt? Or were they better than us? Neither. It was the FAITHFULNESS OF GOD by which HE is bound to HIS Word. He won’t go back on it but will perform it for us. So, just do it.
FAITH IS A FACT BUT YOU HAVE TO ACT!!
– Tangu Bro( Ps.Mathew Kuruvilla )

The only reason Peter started to drown in Mathew ch14 was, he stopped believing in the Words of Jesus and he focussed on the storm around him.
Stop looking at your circumstances and have faith on what JESUS says to you. He said, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU”.
He says you are a child Of God! He said that you are going to live a life of triumph! All the storms that you are facing, Jesus expects you to WALK ON IT with HIM by your side making you invincible.

-Raunaq & Sara

Many a times we limit God through our intellect. By putting a limit in our mind, we put a cap on what He can do, thus limiting HIM to work in and through us . Only the Holy Spirit can help us reveal HIM as our source and supply .It’s good to remember HIS acts and to remind us that HE IS GOD AND THAT HE CAN DO ANYTHING !

Let not our minds be occupied in the little things of life, and move on or rather PRESS ON, to the calling HE has called us into.

Being citizens of heaven, our provisions too are heavenly. Stir up the gifts in you and walk in the POWER of God which is working in you…the WORD of GOD which EFFECTIVELY WORKS IN YOU WHO BELIEVE. (1 Thessalonians 2:13)

The WORD starts to act when you know whom you have believed. Don’t clothe yourself with the thoughts of this world, but renew your mind as you have PUT on the NEW MAN.

– Tangu Br (Pr. Mathew Kuruvilla)