Tag: church

Centrality of Christ in our lives

Sermon by Ps. Alwin The preacher talked about the centrality of Christ in our lives and our expected behaviour as disciples. God is the only person we need and is actually all we really need so let us remember that this holiday season we can take a break from every other thing but not from…
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Freedom In Christ – By Suresh Joel

The sermon was about how even after salvation, we end up living in chains instead of enjoying the freedom Christ gives us. The preacher asked children what freedom means to them and they replied: Running around/away, being out of slavery, doing what you want, no college, no job, no work. God set us free from…
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Role Model by Rajendra Prasad

The preacher began with saying that the people in the world have so many role models. What is a role model? A person whose behaviour, example, or success can be emulated by others. Someone whose success and behaviour serves as an example for you. Role models have a considerable impact on a person. Do we…
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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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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 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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Jesus our Teacher by Rajendra Prasad

Recently the nation celebrated Teachers’ Day and the preacher spoke about how the world considers Jesus as a great teacher. While this is true, as Jesus’ disciples we must not forget to tell the world that He is the son of God and must spread His message about God’s kingdom. In John 13:13, Jesus said…
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Godly Mourning by Sam Dibin

The sermon was based on the beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall will comforted.” (Matthew 5:4). Beatitudes are the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3–11). The preacher talked about his experience in the new NLF church (“baby church” as he called it) in Davangere where the…
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Beyond Belief by Suresh Joel

The preacher started with reflecting on Hebrews 12:1 to 2 and explained that the previous chapter contained definition of faith and heroes of faith. And then chapter 12 starts with “Therefore” to convey what we need to do in our life since we have such a cloud of witnesses that we can follow. He asked…
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