Thursday, January 25, 2007

I will strengthen you...

I am the Lord, and there is
no other;
apart from me there is no
God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not
acknowledged me.
Isaiah 45:5

I was browsing through Isaiah today and this verse captured me. What an amazing God who say that he will strengthen his people even though they haven’t acknowledged him!

So yeah i am alive and here's something to munch on...

Someone has said that when God wants to do something especially difficult, He starts with a baby. When Israel needed a leader, Moses was born. When God needed a forerunner for His Son, John the Baptist was born. And, greatest of all, when the world needed a Saviour, Jesus was born.
- Joyce Wells Booze, Heroes of the Faith [from the life of Anna Tomaseck]

Sunday, January 14, 2007

IF I SHOULD QUIT

If I should quit before my work is done,
The work commissioned by God’s only son,
How could I stand before Him on that day?
How could I face Him, and what would I say?

If I should quit- just drop out of the race,
I wonder if someone would take my place?
And would I cause a Christian friend to fall,
Or some unsaved one to reject God’s call?

If I should quit, how could I face myself?
And lay so many Scriptures on the shelf?
A quitter or a conqueror I can be,
And God has left the choosing up to me!

- Dolores Smeeton

Taken from Heroes of the Faith; Assemblies of God, Division of Foreign Missions, Springfield, 1990.

Friday, January 05, 2007

I am back...in Nadiad

After spending two great weeks with my family, I am now back in Nadiad. Coming back was a very interesting experience because this was the first time I was ‘coming back’ to Nadiad after a holiday. My heart had this feeling of exhilaration as I went to the girls hostel and unlocked my room, as I met my brothers and sisters there and now, as I am sitting in my office, the first time in the new year for me, I am completely at peace and in fact overflowing with joy that I am in the purpose of God.
God has called me to this place, to this wonderful group of covenant brothers and sisters with whom I am determined to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom and see it come in the fullness that only the Spirit of God can cause.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Patch

With passion, anything is possible.

This is a simple quote from 'Patch's Prescription' on Dr. Patch Adams' website [yeah...the real one that Robin Williams plays in the movie]. I believe what he says is true. His passion has led him to wait for his dream of a model hospital to be built for 33 years without any regret. I think our passion for the Kingdom of God can do something better, it can cause the coming of Christ to be much more closer and what better passion than one that brings us closer to Him!
If you want to look at the nine other pointers on Patch's prescription, just click on the link below,
http://www.patchadams.org/patch/prescription/ideas.html

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

A Divine Appointment...in store for me???

I have been on vacation for the last ten days and have spent a wonderful time with my family and friends. I had been putting off going back to my college for quite a while. I dont know if it was just pure procrastination or some kind of a fear lurking behind it but today I went anyway.
And guess what happened, I met up with one of my students whom I wouldnt have met otherwise at all and it proved to be a precious time. I was able to encourage and exhort him in the things of God and give him good suggestions as to how he could take decisions regarding his future especially in terms of doubts that he had regarding ministry in the Body of Christ.
It proved to be a great time and at the end of it all, I was glad that I took the decision to get over my emotions and go to college. It just occured to me how many such appointments I might have missed just out of pure whims but well...not now...I am determined not to miss another one any more.
I am sure its going to be the same for you.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Do I stand or do I still want someone's shoulder?

Today I learnt an old lesson again.
If I go on wanting to turn to someone for help and comfort every time anything gets out of sync in my life, oblivious of the person's intentions, it will leave me crippled for life.
I think at some point in life, a believer in Christ needs to stand up and be the strong man or woman of God that he or she is meant to be. Our brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ are definitely here to encourage and comfort us in our time of need but that doesnt mean they become our comfort zone or our convenient counsellors whom we live upon and many a times drain mentally rather than encouraging them in return.
Today, I was reminded I am a woman of God again...just as the angel addressed Gideon...God saw his potential not what physical eyes showed Him.
I urge all reading this post...Become who you are called to be. Dont shrink back from standing up and going through the fire and through the water because God has promised He will be with us and will guide through all trial in triumph. Let this new year be an year of faith, strength and triumph!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!