I wrote this post last year on Thursday, July 3 2008...
Birthday Excitement
Today is 3 July. Tomorrow I would be 28 years old. Of course it will only happen if I live to see it happen. So I consider it God’s grace that I am alive to step into my new year. I think, by the normal worldly standards, I am supposed to be excited and anxious about tomorrow. But am I really excited? What if I am not? And if so, then what is it that is keeping me away from this so-called excitement? - Birthday Excitement…
Recurring Activity
Maybe I have already been through this process all my life and I now consider it a too normal kind of activity. Yes it happens only once a year but the truth is that I am so used to it which is why I now keep thinking as to what exactly is it about my birthday that I should be excited about? Yes, I am happy that I’m alive to see it again (thank God!), the greetings and gifts I receive are very touching and there is a special joy I feel deep down inside of which I can sense every year. But I want to find out about that excitement which I am supposed to feel. Is this excitement only for the fact that it is my ‘Birthday’ or for the fact that there is some kind of purpose in my life the reason being that I am still alive for one more year?
Complex excitement
Complicated, isn’t it?....Well, this is just what I am trying to point out- at least for myself….how complicated is it going to be for me if I want to figure out the fact behind why does this Birthday Excitement exist? Am I so important that I am supposed to be excited only because its my birthday just like everyone else in this world or should I be excited for both-the fact that its my birthday and also because I now know that there is also a purpose behind my existence in this world which is more important than the ‘Birthday’ part?
Me, My Life and My Purpose in My Life!
Whatever, I now realize that I may be important to a certain level. I have purpose in my life. The truth that I believe now is that it is not me or my Birthday alone which is so important but even the purpose behind which my life revolves around me. So these three make a team- Me, My Life and My Purpose in My Life!
Though I understand myself and my life, I still may not have fully understood my Purpose in my life. Maybe I am to get a good education, find a good job, engage in some business, make some money, find a wife and settle down somewhere. Or perhaps I am to earn some money and share some of it with those who are not able to afford a one time meal, or build shelter for the homeless, or share new clothes with those who are naked, or love and respect every human being, care whole heartedly for my parents & family who had taken care of me till I was on my feet and now require my help in turn, or I should be a good & helpful neighbor to my grouchy but lost neighbor, or I can put the trash in the appropriate recycling bins and waste lesser water thereby being an example for others to stop contributing to Global Warming.
Everything?
Or maybe my purpose is to give importance to all of these rather than only giving importance to ‘My Birthday’. Hmmm……maybe I should ask my Creator as to why would I be given a chance to celebrate my birthday and what is that special joy I feel deep down inside of me on that auspicious day. Could it be that that special joy will come out of me once I start walking in my Purpose?...God?.....
I have decided not just to ask God and wait for an answer. But I will ask while simultaneously trying to walk in my Purpose for my life. Now I'm getting excited....This is going to be something different in my life....Birthday Excitement!!!
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
You tube video song for ‘Kalmedhikkum deshamelam en Karthereku sonthamakum’
This is a video which I found in You Tube. It shows a live Tamil praise & worship song during a visit of Father Berchman, in our church at Cochin. I had attended the service and it really was a blessing for me. The song we are singing is a Tamil song- ‘Kalmedhikkum deshamelam en Karthereku sonthamakum’. It means ‘Wherever I set my foot, it is claimed for my Lord’. I pray that you are blessed and revived by this song. God bless you :)
Cornerstone Church- Joshua Generation Ministries
The church I attend is pastored by Pastor Rajesh Mathew. Holy Spirit is the Senior Pastor.
It is situated at Cochin, Kerala, India. Br. Jose Anathanam of 'Covenant People Ministry' also shares the Word sometimes.
Here are few links from YouTube:
Jesus Who?
We believe that God loves everyone so much that He gave His only Son Jesus to die on the cross so that by His sacrificial blood we are saved and brought back righteous before God. He gave us Jesus to die on the cross so that if we believe in Jesus we shall not die but have everlasting life in union with Jesus Christ (John 3:16; Bible). Jesus died and rose again n the third day. He is alive now. He gave us Holy Spirit Who is the Helper and Comforter. God’s power is manifested in us by the power of Holy Spirit through Jesus. Jesus is the Truth, Way and Life. No one can come to our Heavenly Father except through Him. (John 14:6; Bible). When you believe in Jesus, confess your sins to God and ask forgiveness, you are cleansed and washed by the precious blood of Jesus which is why you are no longer in line for judgement.
SECOND COMING & GLOBAL WARMING!
Jesus is coming again to take with Him first, those who died believing in Him followed by the believers who are living at the time. The 2nd coming of Jesus Christ, The reign of Anti-Christ and the Beast will take place just as it was prophesized thousands of years ago and recorded in the Bible. Famines, earthquakes, broken relationships, hatred, filth, unrighteousness, wars, climatic changes, and so on are all happening just as prophesized. The world is running around and formulating new world rules and regulations on reducing Global Warming. Go on do what you have to do for God says ‘....let the world do what it has to do but My Word will come to pass...I will destroy the world with fire from Heaven....Those who belong to Me I will save!’. The world now knows how hot the Earth is becoming and that too at a faster pace. You may be recycling, reducing your road and air travels, using eco friendly bulbs and machines. But no matter what you do the truth is the Earth is getting hotter and hotter as it is getting ready to be heated up and be destroyed by fire very soon, because God has spoken He will destroy it with fire from Heaven and that is exactly what is gonna happen!
THIRD COMING & HOPE
Jesus will come again the third time as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. At the Battle of Armageddon, Satan and his allies will be defeated and thrown into the Lake of fire where they will be tormented with pain from all the snake and scorpion bites and with eternal fire. The hope is Jesus for after the destruction of Earth due to the sin of mankind, and the eternal damnation of the ungodly, the New Jerusalem or the New Earth will come down from Heaven and all who are in Jesus will live together in harmony and peace surrounded by the Glory of God!
Purpose
As believers, we are appointed, anointed and commissioned to walk in purity and in love and with courage to boldly proclaim about our Living Saviour Jesus because He wants to touch each and everyone in this world no matter who they are or what their situation is.
In my church we worship in spirit and truth just as Jesus taught.
"God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24; Bible)
It is situated at Cochin, Kerala, India. Br. Jose Anathanam of 'Covenant People Ministry' also shares the Word sometimes.
Here are few links from YouTube:
Jesus Who?
We believe that God loves everyone so much that He gave His only Son Jesus to die on the cross so that by His sacrificial blood we are saved and brought back righteous before God. He gave us Jesus to die on the cross so that if we believe in Jesus we shall not die but have everlasting life in union with Jesus Christ (John 3:16; Bible). Jesus died and rose again n the third day. He is alive now. He gave us Holy Spirit Who is the Helper and Comforter. God’s power is manifested in us by the power of Holy Spirit through Jesus. Jesus is the Truth, Way and Life. No one can come to our Heavenly Father except through Him. (John 14:6; Bible). When you believe in Jesus, confess your sins to God and ask forgiveness, you are cleansed and washed by the precious blood of Jesus which is why you are no longer in line for judgement.
SECOND COMING & GLOBAL WARMING!
Jesus is coming again to take with Him first, those who died believing in Him followed by the believers who are living at the time. The 2nd coming of Jesus Christ, The reign of Anti-Christ and the Beast will take place just as it was prophesized thousands of years ago and recorded in the Bible. Famines, earthquakes, broken relationships, hatred, filth, unrighteousness, wars, climatic changes, and so on are all happening just as prophesized. The world is running around and formulating new world rules and regulations on reducing Global Warming. Go on do what you have to do for God says ‘....let the world do what it has to do but My Word will come to pass...I will destroy the world with fire from Heaven....Those who belong to Me I will save!’. The world now knows how hot the Earth is becoming and that too at a faster pace. You may be recycling, reducing your road and air travels, using eco friendly bulbs and machines. But no matter what you do the truth is the Earth is getting hotter and hotter as it is getting ready to be heated up and be destroyed by fire very soon, because God has spoken He will destroy it with fire from Heaven and that is exactly what is gonna happen!
THIRD COMING & HOPE
Jesus will come again the third time as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. At the Battle of Armageddon, Satan and his allies will be defeated and thrown into the Lake of fire where they will be tormented with pain from all the snake and scorpion bites and with eternal fire. The hope is Jesus for after the destruction of Earth due to the sin of mankind, and the eternal damnation of the ungodly, the New Jerusalem or the New Earth will come down from Heaven and all who are in Jesus will live together in harmony and peace surrounded by the Glory of God!
Purpose
As believers, we are appointed, anointed and commissioned to walk in purity and in love and with courage to boldly proclaim about our Living Saviour Jesus because He wants to touch each and everyone in this world no matter who they are or what their situation is.
In my church we worship in spirit and truth just as Jesus taught.
"God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24; Bible)
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