Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

What is that one gift that's worth giving to your children, parents, friends, God and to others? 1. Nurture good characters and attitude in your children's lives 2. Honor your parents and not to cause shame on them 3. Do whatever it takes to maintain a godly friendship----more---- 4. Identify someone who is in need and bring a smile in their face. 5. Share the gift of Jesus to at least one person...

The three Wise Men from the East fell down and worshiped baby Jesus. Their action includes a spiritual element of worshiping God and a physical element of serving others. He is a God worth serving. - God is asking you to make worship a lifestyle - God is asking you to set the attitude of your heart right before worshiping Him----more---- - God is calling you to love, care and support others - God...

Jesus says, "You are the light of the world". The book of Daniel says, "You are like the stars in the sky". Today you are sick, dull and discouraged, I don't deny that. You are going through a tough time, I don't discount that. What you are going through is common to men. Your situation doesn't cancel that fact that you are the light of the world and you are the star in the firmament. There is som...

In Matthew 14:13-21 we read the story of Jesus multiplying "five loaves and two fish" and feeding the multitude. There are three principles we learn from this story. 1. No Better Time than the Present - God wants us to act now to do what we want to do, not later.----more---- 2. Something is better than Nothing - We can never say that we don't have anything, what is that something we have? 3. Bette...

As a final sermon in this series of sermons on Mental Illness, we discussed how the following situations and events of our life can lead us into mental illness. 1. Discouragement leading to mental illness 2. Past hurts leading to mental illness----more---- 3. Too many voices wearing us out 4. Ego leading to mental illness 5. Stress, Anxiety, Confusion, Panic attack, Worry, Fear, Sadness, Sorrow le...

There are mental challenges in our day to day life. God wants you and I to deal with them, not to give into them. • Your inability to concentrate is a mental condition that needs to be dealt with, avoid distractions and start focusing on something useful. • You suddenly losing strength is affecting your life and those who are around you, you need God's strength that will help you to keep going----...

Devil causes some of the most common mental illnesses and if we are careful, we can overcome such attacks easily. He brings sicknesses on our way, if that doesn't work he throws family issues and if that doesn't work, he brings mental illnesses. Today the Devil is attacking lives and telling lies in their ears.----more---- • He throws negative thoughts in our minds and makes us to get discouraged....

Mental illness is caused by both physical and spiritual causes. Whatever may be the cause of your mental illness, whatever my be the clinical diagnosis, it doesn't matter how many counseling session you had, even if you are treated by the best psychiatrists in the world, the ultimate healing for mental illness comes only from God. But certainly, there is a part you need to play from your side. Her...

God wants us to foresee the danger of "Mental Illness" coming on our way and prepare ourselves accordingly. Bible recommends us to remember certain things, do certain things and not to do certain things. 1. Remember, You are not alone in this battle 2. Remember, It's not your fault----more---- 3. Going away from God is not an option 4. Don't fight this battle alone 5. Have a positive attitude 6. C...

Our mind is a battlefield and most of life's battles are either won or lost in our mind. We allow enemy to intrude, trespass, encroach and take control or possession of minds in a gradual way and often without being noticed. Today our emotions are attacked constantly. Why are we not doing anything about it when we are emotionally attacked?----more---- God wants us to fight back. When the devil har...

Do not sorrow - is a command to obey (Nehemiah 8:10) • Being unhappy defiles the holiness of God. Because God doesn't want us to be unhappy in the day that is holy to our God. • When we are sorrowful and unhappy, we degrade the ability of God. • When we worry about the things that are not in our control, we are----more---- saying that God you are not worthy of my trust anymore. God is telling us t...

There are definite things or essential things that Bible instructs or commands us to do or not to do. But there are disputable things or doubtful things or non-essential things the Word of God deals with. While dealing with such things, 1. We exercise the great freedom we have in Christ, but it is not a freedom where love is absent, its not a freedom that gives us right to sin, it is not even a fr...

Our inner person is easily weakened by life challenges. Inner person has to be healthy to have a joyful and a peaceful life. Key life decisions can be effectively taken only by a healthy inner man. Inner man becomes healthy when we are willing to seek God and allow His transforming power to work. Inner man must be cared, protected and strengthened by the power through His Spirit. ----more----We mu...

Only those who have "Tough Minded Faith" can sense success in dark times, come back after defeat and face the future unafraid. One can develop tough minded faith in God by knowing the existence of God, knowing that our days are in His hands and by seeking God as when we seek Him, He delivers us from all our fears.

Life becomes a prison cell the moment we are unable to push through life's challenges and move forward. Life is capable of confining us inside our own prison cell and making the escape almost impossible. Prison limits our ability, Prison offers what we deserve, Prison makes us to lose our rights. But God can set us free from the prison. ----more----He is capable of cutting the chains that are bind...

The Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashanah reminds us that • God is expecting the church to get into a time of return, repentance and new beginnings • God reminds us that He is in control of the earth and of our lives too. • God reminds us to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord----more---- • God doesn't want us to be ignorant of the time that we are living in • God wants us to celebrate as it...

Christ followers cannot have a life that’s Self-Centered, they are expected to live a God-Centered life. God's Word, Prayer, Worship and Involvement in local and global mission are the four building blocks to build a God-Centered life. Listen to the sermon to know few simple practical steps of living a God-Centered life.

We all must balance our Christian lives with faith and works. Pray, study, meditate, and be filled with the Holy Spirit to spiritually grow and mature in your faith, at the same time, work hard and allow your faith in God to impact lives around you by meeting their emotional, spiritual and physical needs. Don't over do either one, balance it.----more---- An apparent contradiction seen in what Jame...

In Psalm 13, David, brought his complaints, his pain and petitions to the Lord, then he realized his inability to hope anything for the future. Day by day he was losing his trust and joy, but one day he turned every frustration, every disappointment, every failure, every delay into praise. God expects us to do the same. Listen to the sermon to know how to turn your pain into praise.

We learn from Luke 6: 27-38 what extreme giving is. When your giving is extreme in terms of • Loving those who hate you and loving those who are unloved • Doing good to those who do evil against you • Lending those who are incapable of returning----more---- God gives it back in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over in terms of • Forgiving us eternally and • Granting us divi...

Listen to this sermon from Colossians 1:13-18. Let Christ may have the pre-eminence, superiority, sovereignty or authority over our lives. • No man can deliver us, but Christ alone • No man can redeem us, but Christ alone----more---- • Christ alone created everything and consists everything in Him • Christ is superior than every other human being we may consider superior Let admiring Christ's supe...

Here is the highlight of the sermon. 1. Do not allow pain to settle down in your heart when those who are dear to you raise against you 2. When frustrations mount up, you feel like escaping, but hold on, God is causing confusion among your enemies and they are going to run away in seven ways----more---- 3. Remember, God needs you, You need you and Others need you, so take a good care of you when y...

For some reason God doesn't tell what is far ahead of us instead God shows us only one step at a time. We need to know just one step, not miles ahead. God shows only one step because, • We need to know what is just in front of us----more---- • Next step is crucial for the rest of the steps • We need to live our today God doesn't show miles ahead because, • We worry about our future • We become sel...

God wants you to rise, take up your bed and walk so that your destiny can be changed. We learned couple of truths from John ch.5 as part of this sermon. Truth #1 - Your destiny is not going to change unless you are willing for a change----more---- Truth #2 - It is time to pickup your bed, say good bye to your past where there is no hope and move forward Truth #3 - Do not allow others, past failure...

God appeared to children of Israel in the wilderness and went before them as a Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by Night. Understanding the nature of cloud and fire helps us to understand the nature of God himself. Cloud Hides, Fire Reveals - God protects as a mother hen protects her chicks, God also reveals His plans concerning your future----more---- Cloud Cools, Fire Heats - God comf...