Author: nlfhsr

Barnabus: The Encourager – By Sahaya Jeyaraj

The preacher read from Acts 4:36-37 that introduces Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, who is also called Son of Encouragement. He said we do not need a role or special title to encourage one another.  His name was initially Joseph but the apostles changed his name to Barnabas – the son of encouragement after they realized this…
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Underneath it all – By Suresh Joel

The sermon was about the motives of our heart in our Christian walk and the preacher began with stating that God is not interested in outward things but your heart.  The Bible has many instances where God did not fix the behavior of people but their heart because if it is fixed, rest all is…
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Life lesson from the book of Ecclesiastes By Kavitha Noel

The sermon was about the life lesson we can get from the book of Ecclesiastes in Bible. The preacher started with a background of the author of the book, who is believed to be Solomon. 2 Chronicles 1:7 to 10 tell us how when asked what he wants, Solomon asks God for wisdom. God was…
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Attitude of Gratitude – By Suresh Joel

Luke 17: 11-19:  “Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go,…
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The TRUE gift of Christmas – By Sam Dibbin

Christmas is a season of celebration. We have a well decorated Christmas tree, stars, Santa claus and gifts in mind whenever we think about Christmas. But when we look back at the real Christmas day, the birth of Jesus Christ, there is nothing attractive in it. At the time of Jesus’s birth, in the history,…
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Hostage by Rohini George

The central idea of the sermon was the story of Mary breaking the alabaster jar at Jesus’ feet and the preacher analyzed the story by pointing out the following: The story is significant enough to feature in all four gospels (Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:3-9, Luke 7:36-5, and John 12: 1-8). The preacher took us through…
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The Weight of Words by Suresh Joel

When we have a lot of clutter in our words, we don’t see the main message. Words have power. It is very crucial to how we shape our lives. The tongue is small powerful and dangerous. In James 3:1-12 it is compared to a an unstoppable fire, a bit in the horses’ mouth and to…
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Mornings and Manna

Exodus 16:20 “Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them felt part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.” To gather Manna, God had deliberately placed certain rules to test the Israelites, to see whether they would walk in His law or not (vs.4).…
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Fear of God by Alphonse D’souza

After attending the three-day NLF revival meeting, the preacher was introspecting about what he would answer if God asks, “What have you done for me?” A person who is 60 years of age and has accepted Christ along back, this question troubled him and a fear came upon him. Then he prepared this sermon about…
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Just One Life – Seize the Season by Sunny Prasad

The preacher started by quoting from crux of the book of Ecclesiastes – “Vanity”. Though King Solomon had all the worldly wealth and wisdom, everything was insignificant without God. He then spoke about the Chronos (Chronological Time) and the Kairos (Appointed time). When these two meet, i.e. when Kairos meet our Chronos – that is…
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