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Reasons to Praise God from psalms 103

Do you struggle to find reasons to praise God...Here is a Psalm that will help you praise HIM better.. Reasons to praise God ( Taken from psalms 103) 1. He forgives all your sin V3a 2. He heals all your disease V3b 3. He redeems your life from pit V4a 4. He crowns you with love and compassion V4b 5. He satisfies your desires with good things V5a 6. He renews your strength like eagle V5b 7. He, the LORD works righteousness V6a 8. He provides justice for all the oppressed V6b 9. He makes known His ways and His deeds to His People V7 10. He is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love V8 11. He will not harbor his anger forever V9 12. He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities V10 13. So great is his love for those who fear him V11 14. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. V12 15. He knows we are weak V14 16. For his everlasting love and righteousness V17 17. For His established thron

The WORD...

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How a does a person share his thoughts, his plans and his message to others? Through words. How a does God share his thoughts, his plans and his message to us? Through the Word. That’s why john introduces Jesus as the Word in the very first chapter. Jesus is the Word of God, meaning he is the one that reveals God’s thoughts and plans to us. So meditate on Jesus, his work, his power, his characters. As you meditate more you understand God’s plan for you. Thank God we have the WORD. John 1;14-The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

Songs in the "Night"

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E very one goes through “night” phases in their life. What does night symbolizes. Darkness. We all go through such dark periods. But there is great difference in how a Christ follower reacts and how all others react. A person who follows Christ will be able to sing and rejoice in the darkest phase of his life because the LORD enables him and empowers him to do so. Job 35:10 says “Who gives songs of rejoicing in the night”. Yes he gives songs of rejoicing even in the night or dark periods of our life. Bible has so many examples for such songs. David sang when he was chased by Saul. But the most familiar example for most of us is found in Acts 16:25 “But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them” “About Midnight”…Midnight is the darkest time in a night. Yes it was the darkest period for Paul and Silas, yet they were able to sing hymns of praise. Was it their own strength? No it was God who enabled t

HE KNOWS

As you have entered this New Year, i dont know all the plans God has for me and you, but i would like to remind you one Verse from the bible that encouraged me a lot. For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 Though we may not know what this year holds for us, how encouraging is to know that HE KNOWS. Since HE KNOWS lets just follow HIM Wishing you all a Fruitful Year Ahead!!!!!!

Closed Doors...

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Bang! Bang! Bang!Have you heard the sound of door that closes? I believe every one of us have heard it. Many of us have been behind closed doors. Some of you are still behind one. Doors of guilt, doors of rejection, doors of hatred, doors of sickness, doors of broken relationships, doors of broken hopes and shattered dreams and the list never end.You are shameful of the past and fearful of the future.No joy. No peace. No hope. Closed Doors!!!They are hard to deal and hard to heal. May be you tried to open them with your friends, with entertainment, with your soul mate, with your job, with your knowledge and you failed. (None of these keys suits)I would like to turn your attention to a bunch of men who were behind a closed door. They lost their Hope. They were filled with fear. They were guilty.Yes their King was crucified. Yes their loyalties were tested. Yes they ran from the One who was their Hope. They betrayed Him. They had a heavy heart. They couldn’t forgive themselves. They cou

Change is inevitable!!!!

Change is inevitable!!!! Day in and Day out we have to deal with changes. Here is one more change to deal with!! As American president elect Obama puts it "Change we believe in" i have also changed my blog. I believe this year i will be regular in my blogging. So please do drop in often. Thanks

Back to Jerusalem

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It was a journey of seven miles. But it seemed like 70 miles for the two. That was because they were disappointed and their hope was lost.Haven’t you felt the same when you walked back to home after a failure? The road seems long. The path seems tough. You don’t run. You don’t even walk but you crawl. Yes the road of disappointment is long. When your only hope is crushed your walk seems tough.That is what exactly happened to Cleopas and his friend as they walked along the road to Emmaus from Jerusalem.Look at their face. They were sad and downcast.Hear their words as they say “But we were hoping that it was He Who would redeem and set Israel free”“They were hoping”. So now their hope is gone. So they started walking back to their old place from Jerusalem.These two disciples were hoping that Jesus would save Israel, but when Jesus died, their Hope was gone. So from the protected, holy city of God, they walked down the path of disappointment to their old lives.We all walk such road, isn