This Week With Jesus

  Starting with 12 followers 2000 years ago, Christ has a following of more than 3 billion people today. This is unprecedented growth. So how did it happen? The simple answer is sharing . Sharing the spiritual and the physical blessings, sharing Gods word and sharing strife. And that is our mandate even today. Sharing God's word doesn't always mean evangelizing to people who don't believe in Him. Sometimes, it means getting together with other believers and strengthening each other as well.  Today, we have one simple request to make of you, our reader: participate with us and share these posts in your Christian friends circles.  “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.” Someone, somewhere needs to hear God so please help us to spread the word as far and wide as possible. God Bless you. 

  Decision making is a much debated and much learnt subject with courses and books to guide us in our professional development. We are told there are multiple building blocks to this Decision making process, and which qualify the quality of our decisions. But one building block no one really talks about is the state of our mind when we are taking decisions. If we do so in a state of panic and fear, we are bound to make mistakes as our analytical abilities goes down. Psalm 37 verse 5 gives us the key to making good decisions when it says Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. In addition to committing, we also are given multiple resources, like wisdom, peace and understanding. James 1:5, says If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. Proverbs 1:5, NIV let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. Proverbs 11:14, NKJV Where there is no counsel,

  Flowers bring beauty and serenity to our lives. On every occasion we present flowers to our friends and family, to bring cheer to the day. Think about how a flower, becomes a flower and presents its beauty to the world and there is so much we can learn from it. Think about the dandelion. Dandelions are both fast growing and incredibly hardy. It can spread both by seeds and by new shoots from roots or root segments. The seeds are easily blown around by wind and will quickly spread into adjoining downwind areas. It needs no special treatment yet produces 13 benefits for humans.  But what is more important is this:  a flower blooms where it grows. The dandelion does not say I will grow here but bloom there. It does not put conditions to its blooming. It simply shares its beauty and its scent, wherever it is, and goes wherever the wind takes it. It does not put-up conditions for sharing its goodness. But we people do, don't we? "I wish I had more money so I could feed the hungry

*Image taken from Wikipedia Adapted from the KJV devotional. "But I say unto you, love  your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" ; Matthew 5:44 KJV Easier said than done! What does it take to forgive someone and love them despite of what they have done to us?  The answer lies in Agape, Greek agapē, in the New Testament, which is the fatherly love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God. In Scripture, the transcendent agape love is the highest form of love and is contrasted with eros, or erotic love, and philia, or brotherly love. How do we apply agape in our lives?  "When Jesus says to love your enemies, does that mean allowing them to continually abuse you, maltreat you, or claim access to your life? Jesus Christ specifically gave us healthy tips on how to show God’s agape love to our enemies: to speak blessing upon them when they curse us, to pray fo

Read Matthew 18 21-35 This is a very important parable and teaching. Probably the essence of Christianity revolves around this principle of forgiveness. Not only in thought but indeed and action. I doubt there may be a single person in this world who does not bear some ill will towards someone else. So today we quote from Ms. Francis Taylor on this very important topic. "I'm sure you are familiar with the parable of the unjust servant. The servant in this story owes the king a lot of money but when he begs the king for mercy and promises to pay it all back if he will just give him a little more time, the king forgives the debt. Then the servant sees another servant who owes him some money – nowhere near the amount he owed the king! – and he demands that the servant pay him back immediately. When the servant begs for more time, he refuses and has him put into prison until he can pay back the full amount. The other servants are horrified at his behavior and tell the king what ha

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NIV)  Being still is difficult, but it is in that stillness when God speaks to us.  Waiting is having faith that our lives are in God’s hands. Remember that He alone is in control and His plans are good. But it is still difficult to let go and remain still. How can we do it? Our minds refuse to lose control and focus on something else. But we must, because God demands that we have faith and in waiting prepare ourselves. Some of us say our faith is being tested. Some say "God helps those who help themselves". What does the Bible say? What does the Bible demonstrate?  For these answers, we have drawn from "Today in the Word" in their article "What the Bible Says about waiting . We highlight  three things -  Firstly, don’t Focus on the End Result God gave us this day. He has not promised us tomorrow (Proverbs 27:1). Therefore, our focus shouldn’t be