Serving God's Purposes in Our Generation (Acts 13:36b)

American Students Heading To India

For the last three years or so, Asian Indians have been the largest foreign student population in American universities. Despite a five per cent drop from a record 80,000 plus last year, India still heads the list with 76,503 admissions in 2006. I have cited more data and information on this in the Coconut Book. Also get latest research report called Open Doors from the Institute of International Education. But an interesting twist this year is the dramatic increase in the American students who are heading to India - a 53 percent rise from last year. India is the 20th…

Praying Hands

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the Elder's children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send…

Connecting To God

"Praying Till We PRAY"by A.W. Tozer Dr. Moody Stuart, a great praying man of a past generation, once drew up a set of rules to guide him in his prayers. Among these rules is this one: "Pray till you pray." The difference between praying till you quit and praying till you pray is illustrated by the American evangelist John Wesley Lee. He often likened a eason of prayer to a church service, and insisted that many of us close the meeting before the service is over. He confessed that once he arose too soon from a prayer session and started down…

888 = Jesus . . . . CELEBRATE JESUS 888 YESHUA

The number 888 equals JESUS, the Salvation of Our God. Beginning 8th August 2008 the world will be focused on the Summer 2008 China Beijing Olympics Games, its glory and excitement, while the people of God must also be focused on the King of Glory and the power of His NAME! This is a prophetic date that will come and go with this calendar year, but the number 888 is forever, because Jesus is forever. We invite all Christians everywhere to be intentional and Celebrate Jesus 888 by honoring Jesus' Name and worshipping Him in spirit and in truth.

Beijing Olympics – 808 China Blessing Final Countdown on 080808

Please pray these prayer for China on August 8th 2008 especially from 8:00-8:08pm. BEIJING SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS 1. Every athlete and official to feel fulfilled through giving of their best efforts 2. Every athlete and official will enjoy the Games through fair-play and mutual respect. 3. Every athlete and official will be blessed with well-facilitated Games 4. All will experience a touch of world peace and unity of purpose. . . . .Then we would like to encourage you to pray with millions all over the world on 8 August, 8:08pm this prayer. "May the blessed  glory of God fill China"

So Far What I'm Understanding On Grace

My own understanding and putting grace in my own words... Like a free-flowing river that never runs dry A supernatural force that dash the chains on the back and the way to true freedom Through which one is introduced to the love of God How we are united to God through the death and resurrection of Christ, upon which grants grace to us The reason God chooses to live and manifest his glory though the most ordinary. Somehow grace finds us during the darkest season and through the curve balls life throws to us Reveals God's character Without much regrets,…

Train My Hands For War, My Fingers For Battle – Psalm 144:1

There are times to reflect, unwind and recollect a bigger and bolder vision. These are the times you ask the deeper questions of life and want to take on new challenges and make some new beginnings. What else is out there? What more can there be? Where do I begin? How do I fit in the grand scheme of things? It is great to share with some friends...Not many people have the luxury of friends. The narrower this path gets, the more suspicious things become. It seems everyone has a hidden agenda and are not afraid to make you feel…

The Quicker We Learn The Easy Is The Experience

In every experience with people place and things God teaches us some lessons. The quicker we learn the easy is the experience. Going through disappointment, facing a dead-end, and picking up shattered dreams is not an easy experience. When you are sad and lonely and you think you have no one. When darkness surrounds you and all help is gone. When friends seem like strangers and you stand there all alone. You crack. you croak and you choke. You begin to ask, ” Where is God in all this”? Can we make sense out of suffering. A dear friend of…

IKEA, Sleepys, Raymour, & Rest

Can you believe we’ve been residents of Philadelphia for a week already? It has been a blur for us. I feel like all we’ve done for the last 7 days is unpack boxes and visit every furniture store in Philadelphia. No, seriously. I have seen every dining table that has ever been made. See, we never bought “real” furniture in Boston. Everything was second hand stuff that we were given or found cheap. But now, we knew that we were going to have to stop playing house, and buy grown up stuff - like chairs that you don’t have to…

How Americans View Themselves?

Barna Group is a pollster like Gallup and does very interesting survey of American Christendom. Some of it are controversial, while many are useful. This one is very interesting - How Americans view themselves? The research reveals that adults generally see themselves as good people, spiritually stable, and living a good and honorable life. Yet, despite the spiritual focus people claim, the study found that people’s lifestyles, attitudes and self-perceptions are more likely to be affected by their life-stage and ethnic culture than by their faith commitments. How important is religion to Americans? The study most Americans “feel accepted by…

God – Be My Everything – Christ In Me The Hope Of Glory

God In My Living, There In My Breathing, God In My Waking, God In My Sleeping, God In My Resting, There In My Working, God In My Thinking, God In My Speaking, Be My Everything, Be My Everything, Be My Everything, Be My Everything, God In My Hoping, There In My Dreaming, God In My Watching, God In My Waiting, God In My Laughing, There In My Weeping, God In My Hurting, God In My Healing, Christ In Me, Christ In Me, Christ In Me The Hope Of Glory, You Are Everything, Be My Everything, You Are Everything, Jesus, Everything

Holy Land Tour of Israel – Tears of Deep Inexpressible Loving Joy

I am a computer professional and majority of the time, I am sitting working at my office desktop, if I am not in business or technical meetings. However, as soon as I reached my office, I had to work on some urgent technical issues and almost forgot about the website. At around 4:30 pm after fixing the issue, I had a chance to relax in my office and took a look at my “To Do” list. I realized my plan to visit the Benny Hinn Ministries website. I wasted no time and started browsing the site. As I browsed the site, I became excited about the various biblical places that were part of tour itinerary of Israel. My spirit immediately longed to be part of this tour but I knew that it would be very difficult for me to go as I had many pending work assigments. 

David – A Man After God's Own Heart

We note that like David, we too can find a special place in God's Heart. David was not perfect. Like all of us he fell again and again. Yet every time he fell, his response was immediate repentance. This act restored his relationship with God. God knows our short-comings. That is why He sent His Son Jesus. He has paid the price for all of us for all times. Once born again all we have to do is to learn to enjoy the very real presence of God in prayer, in the Word and in fellowship. I am confident that since God is no respecter of persons, He will make us people after His own Heart too as we learn to spend time with Him

Masih Tube – Connecting The South Asian Community Globally Through Music Videos

Guys and gals, you must check out Masih Tube - the South Asian version of YouTube or GodTube. This website comment came from Ron - the founder of Masih Tube - I loved the way you are connecting the South Asian community living around the world through your website. After getting inspiration from a man of God like you, I decided to work on a Christian video portal for the South Asian Community around the world… and through this process, I have finished a video portal http://www.MasihTube.com It contains Christian videos from many Indian languages and I believe that many would benefit from this video portal. I will be adding the latest videos every week in this portal. God has blessed me with many talents and I am using all for His glory. LET US ALL SPREAD THE WORD TOGETHER.

When Girls Marry Dogs And Gods Drink Human Blood

I am appalled as an Indian to read of my country so deeply lost in mindless religious barbarism. While BJP leaders and Hindu seers rant and rave against a Christian prayer gathering— a constitutionally protected freedom to preach one’s religious beliefs—meanwhile Karnamoni Handsa, a nine-year-old girl weds a stray dog in northern India shocking the collective civility of Indians. Some people can write off the incident as an isolated case, some multiculturalists might even defend the practice as a cultural expression, some intellectuals could even debunk it as a social aberration and some could be indignant but they are all…

Pray For Nepal And Nepali Christians

Isaiah 48:5-9 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?  Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD ?  "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?   Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with…

Quotable Quotes

Stanley's analytical statements about Christian Life and Ministry __________________ "Unless" and "until" are the two keywords of the Kingdom of God. "Unless" you are born of the Spirit, you cannot enter the Kingdom. "Until" you are baptized with the Spirit, you cannot expand the Kingdom.  _________________All believers in Christ are theologians. But all theologians are not necessarily believers. Theology is simply the knowledge of God- but, knowing God begins with a personal faith in Christ. _______________________ It is wrong to specify any particular believer as "gifted." All believers are "gifted." There's no believer who is not gifted within the Body of…

Argentina Trip Highlights

    * The Last Two Days - The whole group spent the last two days going out and making it the best two days. Within those 48 hours, I only had 2-3 hours of sleep! On the last day, we had a goodbye dinner. The trip has been a good vacation for me because it opened new doors and experiences for me. I wish I could stay longer but in the future, I would like to travel more in Latin America.    *      Mariela, my host mom - I'm going to totally miss her. I remember the first day we met.…

Seven Keys to Being an Effective Global Leader

Nowadays, with the flat-world reality of technology, it is easier than ever for key apostolic leaders to connect the world over. This incredible new ability to communicate should be done strategically and with wisdom, lest a leader fail because of a lack of focus. . . . I believe God is calling the church to properly steward this incredible opportunity to unite global leaders for the sake of His kingdom. The early church was united and evangelized much of the known world by the end of the first century--all without planes, trains, automobiles, cell phones, or computers. I pray nothing less will be done by His present-day church.

Herbs from the Bible

by Kathy & Bharati Ramteke Plants have been used throughout history, (and even during pre-historic times), by civilizations around the world for food, medicine, tools, household implements and spiritual ritual. So, it is not surprising to discover that both the old and the new Testament contain hundreds of descriptions of the use of herbs for all of these purposes. Acacia wood is one of the first references to plants in the Bible. God instructs Moses to use acacia wood to build the Sacred Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant. Later in history, Christ's crown of thorns was also fashioned from Acacia. You…