God’s Plan……..

When snake is alive, snake eats ants. When snake is dead, ants eat snake. 

Time can turn at any time. Don’t neglect anyone in your life. 

Once a King was travelling through the countryside. He happened to notice birds eating grains of wheat. Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. “My God, how many million pecks of wheat these birds must be consuming yearly? Yes. This cannot be tolerated. They have to be eliminated. That is the only way to save the crops.” He went back to the palace and put forth the issue before the council for some solution to eradicate the birds,. They came to a consensus that the only way was to kill the birds. So the King gave a shoot at sight order to every citizen. All the citizens were carrying either gun or bow and arrow to destroy the birds. They succeeded in the mission finally after a few months of hunting. They could hardly find any birds in the country. No birds came to the field to peck. They could not hear the chirping of birds in the morning or settling sounds in the evenings. The King was happy and thought he had done a great service to humanity–a conquest over nature.

However, every happiness and joy was lost in the following year when he was told that locusts and other insects had eaten the crops. Birds go on eating locusts and other insects and without birds the whole rhythm of life was destroyed. And the absence of birds gave a great feast to the locusts and other insects. The King understood his foolishness and instantly made necessary arrangements to bring birds from neighbouring countries. And the king apologized before the whole Kingdom by saying,

“Certainly I have made a mistake. God knows what he is doing.”

What can I offer to the Lord for all his goodness to me? (Psalms 116:12)

Supreme Over th…

Supreme Over the World……………

A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl. She wanted to know what the United States looked like. Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the country. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to her and said, ‘Go into the other room and see if you can put this together. After a few minutes, she returned and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together.

The father was surprised and asked how she had finished so quickly. ’Oh,’ she said, ‘on the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus. When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, Then our country just came together.’ 

So… When we get Jesus back where He Belongs– Our  Life will become Meaningful!

Without Him You can do Nothing!

Know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world (The Bible, Psalms 46:10).

Motive—Conviction…….

. A general decided to attack even though he was outnumbered ten to one. He was surehe would win, but his soldiers were full of doubt. So on the way to battle, he stopped at a shrine and went in and said some prayers. When he came back outside, he told the soldiers, “I am going to toss a coin. If it is heads, we shall win, “If it is tails, we shall lose. Destiny will now reveal her hand.” He tossed the coin. It was heads. The soldiers were so eager to fight that they won the battle easily. The next day, one of the lesser officers with great conviction told the general, “That just goes to show that no one can change the hand of Destiny.” “Quite right,”said the general, showing him that the coin had heads on both sides. Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to you. Make us your own, your holy people. Light for the world to see Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. Christ be our light! Shine in your people all over the world!

Ten ways to solve your problems……………..

Spiritual thinking has amazing power to give “right’ answers to our problems!

 

 

1. Believe that for every problem there is a solution.

2. Keep calm. Your brain cannot operate efficiently under stress. Go at your problem easy like.

3. Don’t try to force an answer. Keep your mind relaxed so that the solution will become clear when the right time comes.

4. Get all the facts together; look at them without bias. Try to judge them as if they were no personal concern of yours.

5. Write down these fats on a sheet of paper. When you do this and get them into proper order,  you will see them and then think about them more clearly.

6. Pray about your problems. Say and believe that God will bring light into your mind.

7. Seek God’s guidance on the promise in the 73rd Psalm, “Thou shall guide me with thy counsel.”

8. Trust in the faculty of insight and intuition.

9. Go to Church and let your subconscious mind work on the problem. Spiritual thinking has amazing power to give “right’ answers.

10. If you follow these steps faithfully, then the answer that develops in your mind, or comes to pass, is the right answer to your problem. Believe that.

g in Riches……..

The Foolishness of Trusting in Riches……..

One cannot pay God the price for his life, because the payment for a human life is too great.

Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere, great and small alike, rich and poor together. My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom. I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.

I am not afraid in times of danger when I am surrounded by enemies, by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth. A person can never redeem himself, he cannot pay God the price for his life, because the payment for a human life is too great. What he could pay would never be enough to keep him from the grave, to let him live for ever.

Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants. Their graves are their homes for ever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own. No one’s greatness can save him from death; he will still die like the animals.

See what happens to those who trust in themselves, the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth — they are doomed to die like sheep, and Death will be their shepherd. The righteous will triumph over them, as their bodies quickly decay in the world of the dead far from their homes. But God will rescue me; he will save him from the power of death.

Don’t be upset when someone becomes rich, when his wealth grows even greater; he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave. Even if he is satisfied with this life and is praised because he is successful, he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts for ever. His greatness cannot save him from death; he will still die like the animals.

–The Bible, Psalms 49.

Heaven and Hell………………….

Two theologians from different Christian denominations differed about heaven and hell because one believed in it while the other said it was a myth. They decided to pursue their theories for a month before debating the subject. On their way to the parking lot they met Jesus standing near their vehicles, “Lord, Jesus!” exclaimed one, “my friend here thinks heaven and hell is a myth and he is trying to convince me of that. We are setting out on a fact-finding mission. Now that we have met you please enlighten us on the matter.”

Jesus looked at both straight in the eyes with the same loving look he gave Peter when he denied him and replied: “Why do you waste your precious time on earth indulging in idle conversations about the incomprehensible and why do you worry about things that do not confer you? Devote your time to loving, caring and sharing. Love, love and only Love.”

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A young boy went to a Master to study meditation. “How long will it take me to master the art?” he asked. “Ten years at least,” replied the Master. “Ten years is a long time,” protested the boy. “What if I worked doubly harden than all your students?” “Twenty years,” said the Master. “No seriously, what if I practise day and night putting in all have into it?.” Thirty years,” replied the master. Why do you keep increasing the figure each time I say I will put in more effort? the boy asked. “Simply because when you have an eye on the goal, you have only one eye left with which to find your way.”

The present moment

I may never see tomorrow; There’s no written guarantee And things that happened yesterday Belong to history. I cannot predict the future I cannot change the past I have just the present moments I must treat them as my last. I must use this moment wisely For it soon will pass away And be lost forever As part of yesterday. I must exercise compassion Help the fallen to their feet Be a friend unto the friendless Make an empty life complete. The unkind things I do today May never be undone And friendships that I fail to win May nevermore be won. I may not have another chance On bended knee to pray And I thank God with a humble heart For giving me this day.

Life in God’s Service……………

A mother was telling her six-year-old about the Golden Rule: ”Always remember,”  she said, “that we are here to help others.”

“Well, what are the others here for?” asked the little girl.

Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good. Love one another warmly as Christian brothers and be eager to show respect for one another. Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion. Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times. Share your belongings with your needy fellow-Christians, and open your homes to strangers.

Ask God to bless those who persecute you–yes, ask him to bless, not to curse. Be happy with those who weep. Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise.

If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody. Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God’s anger do it.  For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back says the Lord. Instead, as the scripture says: If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for by doing this you will make him burn with shame. Do not let evil defeat you,  instead, conquer evil with good.

(The Bible, Romans 12:9). 

Freedom……………….

A man came to a Sufi Master and presented him with a beautiful crystal jar with a lovely fish in it. The Sufi Master looked at the crystal jar and the fish and became very sad about the fish. So he took it to the nearby pond and threw the fish into the pond. He felt veryrelaxed and happy. Now the fish could enjoy the freedom and have the whole lake to itself. Then he thought, what is the point in taking the crystal jar, after all I have renounced everything. He threw the crystal jar also into the pond. The following morning he went to see how the fish was. He was astonished, the fish was still in the jar that was in the pond. She had again chosen the jar. She has lived so long in it, it is her home. The mystic thinks it is a prison, but not the fish; she may have been afraid of the freedom.

We find lot of people facing the same situation around us. For an outsider it is a prison. But for them they are comfortable and happy—they are accustomed to such a life. Freedom is responsibility. Some find happiness in slavery. Freedom calls for challenges and risks in life. Freedom is the door unknown. Freedom means moving into the unknown, not knowing where one is going, not knowing what is going to happen in the next moment. There will be nobody to protect us continuously.

Trust Yourself…..

Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through

One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is to practise the thought that God is actually with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practised. To practise it, simply affirm: “God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me.” Spend several minutes each day visualising His presence. Then practise believing that affirmation. Go about your daily activities on the assumption that what you have affirmed and visualised is true. Affirm it, visualise it, believe it, and it will actualise itself. The release of power which this procedure stimulates will astonish you.

Feeling of confidence depend upon the type of thoughts that habitually occupy your mind. Think defeat and you are bound to feel defeated. But practise thinking confident thoughts, make it a dominating habit, and you will develop such a strong sense of capacity that regardless of what difficulties arise you will be able to overcome them. Feelings of confidence actually induce increased strength. Basil King once said, “Be bold, and mighty force will come to your aid.” Experience proves the truth of this. You will feel these mighty spiritual forces aiding you as your increasing faith reconditions your attitudes from negative to positive.

–Norman Vincent Peale