The Cost Is Great And It Is Not Paid In One Lump Sum. It Is Paid In Instalments. We Are To Present Ourselves A Living Sacrifice On His Altar (Romans 12:1). A Daily Giving Of Ourselves For Christ’s Sake And The Gospel’s. Someone Has Said, “One Of The Major Problems With A Living Sacrifice Is That It Keeps Crawling Off The Altar!” Lord, Help Us To Be Willing To Give Whatever It Costs.
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The Cost Is Great And It Is Not Paid In One Lump Sum. It Is Paid In Instalments. We Are To Present Ourselves A Living Sacrifice On His Altar (Romans 12:1). A Daily Giving Of Ourselves For Christ’s Sake And The Gospel’s. Someone Has Said, “One Of The Major Problems With A Living Sacrifice Is That It Keeps Crawling Off The Altar!” Lord, Help Us To Be Willing To Give Whatever It Costs.
As Culturally Embedded People, We Often Face Conflict When Trying To Serve And Befriend Those Different From Us. How Can We Identify With Those We Serve Without Losing Our Authentic Identity? How Can A Humble Attitude Help Us Foster Genuine Friendships With Those On The Other Side?
Each Of Us Has The Opportunity To Serve And Glorify God With What He Has Entrusted To Our Care. But How Do We Become Good Stewards Of What He Has Given Us? And Why Did God Call Us To Be Stewards To Begin With? Through Exploring The Who, What, Why, And How Of Kingdom Stewardship, Ram Gidoomal Shows How We Have An Unprecedented Opportunity To Equip Disciples, Mobilize Resources, And Utilize Technology To Advance God’s Mission In The World.
Firstly, Everything Was, At One Time Or Another, A “Can’t.” At One Time, People Said, “We Can’t Build Roads,” Or, “We Can’t Fly,” Or, “We Can’t Get Into Ships And Cross The Ocean.” Every Product, Solution, Or Service Was, At One Time, A Problem Waiting To Be Solved. So, Logically, There’s A First Time For Everything.
Narayan Waman Tilak, The Renowned Marathi Poet And A Social Reformer, Is Loved Throughout Maharashtra As “The Poet Of Children And Flowers.” He Was Born Into A Hindu Chitrapavan Brahmin Family In Karajgaon Village In The Ratnagiri District Of Maharashtra On 6 December 1861. Biographies Of His Life Mention He Was Disliked By His Father Because He Was Born With Feet First, Which At That Time Was Considered A Bad Omen In The Indian Culture. This Is His Personal Story.
From An Early Age We Learnt About Christianity At Sunday School, And Hindu Gods At Home, Where We Participated In Pujas And Other Rituals. Both Faiths Had Many Morals And Principles In Common, But Also Significant Differences Which Confused Me, But My Heart Was Deepening In Love For Jesus And I Spent A Lot Of Time Praying To Him And Reading My Bible. This Is My Personal Story.
Manoj Raithatha Had It All. A Booming Property Business, A Picture-Book Family And The Power To Shape His Destiny. His Was A Life To Envy. Then His Professional And Personal Worlds Were Shattered. The 2008 Financial Crisis Devastated His Business And A Sudden Illness Threatened His Son’s Life. With His Hollow Foundations Exposed, Manoj Raithatha Found Himself Utterly Dependent On The Prayers Of Others And The Help Of A Previously Unknown God. This Is My Personal Story.
Nirpal Dhaliwal’s Mother Was Born Into The Sikh Religion In The Punjab. After Decades Of Living In West London, She Suddenly Converted To Christianity. How Did This Unexpected Change Of Faith Affect Her Relationship With Her Son? This Article “Jesus Saved My Mother” Is Written By Nirpal Dhaliwal Of The Guardian Featured On August 2015 Used With Permission. This Is Their Personal Story.
My Earliest Experience Or Memory Of A ‘Divine Appointment’ Was When I Was A Child. I Wasn’t A Christian Nor Was I Born Into A Christian Family. However, As I Recall My Earliest Experiences Of The Connections That Came About In My Life Which Eventually Brought Me Into Salvation, I Can See That God Was Working In My Life, Drawing Me To Himself, Long Before I Ever Knew Him. This Is My Personal Story.