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Ensuring Presence of God in Our Lives
1. Religion for Wrong Reasons “You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.”, said Jesus in Matthew 23:15. This happens when one tries to bring people under their own
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Why We Speak to God
1. Truth Seekers Speak Almost all societies that have had some serious thinking in matters of addressing the problems of this world had the practice of fasting and praying – seeking truth, justice, the right way ahead, etc. The natural urge of any truth-seeker is to speak to the Divine.
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United in a (Life And) Death Like His
1. Dangerously Empowering Jesus stood toe-to-toe with the bullies and exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders who had the political influence to torture and kill. On the other hand, he was empowering/liberating the common people (and the victims of the bullies – which threatened the religious careers of the
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Humble Workers Are Few
1. God’s Commission for the Church Jesus established the church to carry out God’s Commission (Matthew 16:18; 28:18-20). The church exists to make disciples of all nations, to edify believers, to glorify God, for teaching, for godly fellowship, to be the salt/light of the world, etc. 2. Misuse of Institutional