Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

A sermon preached in the Christmas Celebration on Dec 13, 2014 at the Lakeside Community Center, Halifax, NS Canada.

The Lord will arise over you. Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

A message to understand, realize and experience the power of resurrection.  Even today we hear the miracle of dead become alive, when Jesus becomes so real, and His tangible presence makes the dead alive.  Just because Jesus Himself is the resurrection.  It is the Triune God who raised Jesus up. Whenever scripture talks about Trinity there is power.  Whenever God the Father, Son Jesus and Holy are...

Disciple making is the number one priority of a church. Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth".  Authority to make disciples, authority to baptize and to teach. The law was already passed in the garden of Eden, but it was enforced at the cross. ----more---- Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven a...

The importance of God's Word in our lives. - What is God's Word? - The authority of God's Word - What are we expected to do when we study the Word of God - How does the spiritual growth happens through the Word of God - How powerful Word of God is as it even judges us - God's Word is so powerful can be used as a mighty weapon - God's Word also trains us to do the work of God - God's Word can alone...

Generational curses going down up to 4th generation: Curse of idol worship - Exodus 20:3-5 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, v...

1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.----more---- 15 If the foot should say, “Because...

1 Corinthians 15: 3 - For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. 

2 Samuel 7:18 - Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

Psalm 51: 1-19, Romans 12 (Living Sacrifice), Hosea 14:2, Hebrew 13:15 As David prayed this Psalm, we realize he knew how to pray for revival in his life. Let us keep this as a guide and focus for our lives. The moment we go away from God, let us read this Psalm and God for revival. God will talk to us more about this in the coming days as He will take us into revival. Amen! 

Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. As a gymnastic they dedicate their whole lives on training and focus on excelling in their field. Gymnastic is the most difficult sport on the planet for both men and women, both mentally and physically.  Listen to the sermon to know more...

Setting boundaries is an important step of a healthy christian life on this Earth.  A boundary is a dividing line, sometimes visible, sometimes imaginary. Geographically a boundary marks the end of a property/ jurisdiction and the beginning of another. There are boundaries in inter-personal relationships in order to operate in their domains.  God is telling us to draw a boundary of holiness.   

Psalm 103:1-5 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagl...

1 Corinthians 15: 1- 58 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was b...

The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the hope of Christianity. If Jesus Christ had not risen from the dead, there is no meaning for what we do today. We would have no hope of eternity.  Today we know that there is hope in our Lord Jesus Christ as our savior. Listen to the sermon to gain courage in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and find hope in His resurrection. 

Procrastination is an act of willfully delaying something that should be done in a specific time in our lives.  As a child of God, He expects us to do certain things in a certain time of our lives, or we will miss it. Psychologically procrastination is either a conscious or inconspicuous decision to delay a task. It can be very destructive in our life and will put us in guilt. God wants us to set...

Jeremiah 18:1-6 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter...

John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine dresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless...

Isaiah 43:4  Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.

 Matthew 21: 1-11 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”...

Revelation 7: 1-3 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 ...

1 Timothy 1:11-13 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

2 Kings 7: 1-20 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’ ” 2 So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” And he said, “In fact, you...

Something significant is taking place wherever "Come and see" is mentioned in the Bible.  Matthew 28:6 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. John 1:39 39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).----more---- 40 One of the two who heard John speak, and fo...