Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Job lost just about everything; his sheep, his oxen, his camels, his servants, and all of his sons and daughters – His wife said, “Curse God and die”. Even God has not responded in any way to Job’s demand for answers. But Job is still asking and searching; maybe because if he stops, then he’ll have nothing left to live for. All along, his cry was "If only I knew where to find God, I would go to hi...

The uniqueness of Christ is not the miracles He performed or still performs, the uniqueness of Christ is the atonement that He made for our sins by paying the penalty of our sins and making us stand before God justified.----more---- Eight Elements of Miracles: 1. Need 2. Purpose 3. Traditional Setting 4. Old Testament Relevance 5. Momentary Response 6. Lessons to Learn 7. Relevance to the Early Ch...

God has promised us comfort in times of trouble. He has prepared dwelling places for us in heaven. He has assured us that he will come back to take us into the eternal home to live with Him for ever. But we need to know the way to get there. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me". Let us follow the Way.

Don't Panic: Pandemic can cause series of panic disorders over a period of time. God is telling us not to panic, but to activate God's promises. Promises come true / get activated (miracles happen), when 1. Appropriated to your situation 2. Personalized to you 3. Believed for breakthrough----more---- Don’t be Complacent: Let us not be complacent in this situation. - like the man who received one t...

Overcome Fear by 1. Knowing God 2. Praying for Others 3. Captivating your Thoughts ----more----Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom “I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison...

Psalm 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us. Let us understand this scripture by understanding the key phrases. • Hand of the Master • Eyes of the Servant • Until mercy is obtained At the end of the sermon we realize that His hand is going to move on...

According to Genesis 1:28, human tried his level best to Subdue and take Dominion over the earth and all the living thing. But he never could do that.  • He failed • He just simply lost his ability • Devil just took it over and ----more---- • Jesus is going to restore it back. Listen to the sermon to know how he lost it, how did the devil take it over and how and when Jesus is going to establish H...

Racism & Violence are not God's agenda, but the Devil's. Devil's agenda counters the agenda of God. God's agenda is that all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Church must work towards achieving the end goal of attaining salvation of all men. This requires, • Embracing people of all color and ethnicity. • Developing ethnic tolerance ----more---- • Appreciation of Cultural,...

We are living in a time when the future seems to be dim, dull, blurred and foggy. While driving through the foggy, misty conditions, it is essential to turn on the front and rear fog lights to gain visibility of the road that is just ahead of you and to alert the vehicle that is behind you. As the fog lights help us while driving, we need to make sure we have enough light to move ahead in order to...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has already made a huge impact on human life and on the world economy. It is a valid question to ask "What is God doing through the Coronavirus?". We answer this question after knowing some of the key attributes of the God of the universe. With our understanding on God and by knowing what is happening on the earth, we arrived at the following answers for the above qu...

In this battle of corona virus, the enemy is invisible, so tiny, but caused such a great havoc worldwide, weakening the economy, confronting the government, upsetting the plans unlike anything that is seen in the recent history. We have been living with so many constraints around us. Do you know that God can make it better even during Constraints? 1. Constraints change our lifestyle 2. Constraints...

The objective of this sermon is to highlight the roles & responsibilities of a mother in raising a leader that was perfectly played by Jochebed, the mother of Moses. Role of a Mother: God is in the business of raising leaders. He gives them in the hands of trustworthy women and ask them to care for them until they are capable of doing what God wants them to do.----more---- Responsibilities of a Mo...

We have been dealing with a deadly enemy called Coronavirus making a huge impact on humankind. While fighting with such an enemy, one can either live in Fear, or Fight against or even Fall and surrender to the enemy. If you don't handle the impact of COVID-19 in your life carefully, this physical enemy will causes emotional damages and even when we come out of this pandemic, you will still continu...

The world we are living is so evil that it's not capable of offering anything better than what it offers you today. So don't expect anything better. Set your expectations to expect the unexpected. Listen to the sermon as we try to answer few important questions of life from the book of Ecclesiastes.----more---- Two Major Questions 1. What can we expect from this World?     1. The tear of the oppre...

What must be the response of the church in a crisis such as COVID-19? Concerning a child of God, there are seven different beings involved in or affected by any crisis. Who are they? God, Authorities, Believers, Community, Family, Self and rest of the World. What must be our response to each of them? 1. Response to God - We must humble, pray, seek God and turn away from our wickedness. 2. Response...

Here is summary of this sermon. Listen to the sermon to know what the empty tomb can offer you. 1. Empty tomb talks about the power of resurrection 2. Empty tomb reminds us that we don't belong here 3. Empty tomb gives us hope

The truth of the matter is, • If the shame of the children of Israel resulted in victory that came through Moses, • If the shame of Joseph resulted in victory when he was made second next to Pharaoh, • If the shame of the cross was made a victory through resurrection, God is able and more than able to turn your shame into victory. Listen to the sermon to get an assurance that your shame is going t...

Has God already started judging the nations? Has the Fourth Seal of the Apocalypse been broken? It is important to understand the situation in a proper Biblical context. Listen.

We are God's own people who are called to have Hope in God and to give the same hope to the millions who are living in hopelessness. Here is the summary of the sermon. 1. Having Hope in God - We are people of Hope. 1.1 God is the source of Hope 1.2 Our Hope is eternal ----more---- 1.3 Our Hope is a Living Hope 2. Giving Hope to Others - We are called to give hope to others 2.1 Jesus bringing hope...

Haggai 2:1-9 God is not angry at us, God is not punishing the world. • God is shaking the nations to gain your attention. • The shaking is going to destroy everything that is not connected with God • Once the shaking is over, God is going to bless Spiritually, Materially and going to give Peace to the Land

4 P's that you can do in Crisis. 1. Be at Peace 2. Be Practical 3. Be Prayerful 4. Be Proclaiming

Galatians 4:21-31, 5:1-6. This is how we concluded Ch.4 • Paul is saying, the law center, which is the religious power center "earthly Jerusalem" is going to be destroyed, but there is an eternal living "heavenly Jerusalem" that is built for those who have faith in Jesus Christ will never be destroyed. • Paul is saying you don’t need to die for your "faith on the law based religion", because Chris...

Galatians 4:1-20 This is how we concluded the sermon saying that, 1. Once we were no different than slaves when we were under the law, but Christ Jesus adopted us as sons and now we are no longer slaves. 2. When we consider one day more important than another day to observe special days we need to be fully convinced that we do it to honor the Lord. ----more----Not just to follow the pagan traditio...

Galatians 3:15-29 Here are the concluding thoughts of the sermon. 1. The promise God gave to Abraham 430 years before the law was given, was received by faith and fulfilled in Christ. 2. Law was given to mirror man's iniquity, to protect the coming of the seed and to lead one to Christ as a tutor. ----more---- 3. Followers of the law could be made as servants of God, but law could never make anyon...

Galatians 3:1-14 Here are the concluding thoughts we shared towards the end of the sermon. • Today if we are not careful, we will be easily bewitched and befooled by the traditions, philosophies, false teachings and changing trends. • As the law cannot produce righteousness, cannot save sinners, all the legalistic rituals and traditions we follow make no difference in us. They are capable of neith...