Well, I went to see the movie “Everest” last week and in 3D. Wow. I really recommend the 3D version on the big screen. It’s the true story of a team of hikers on their trek to the summit of Mount Everest. Pretty soon into the film, I began to see and hear the Lord in it and this progressed throughout the film. For us believers, Christ is our summit. Like the summit of Mount Everest to these hikers, Christ is our ultimate,…
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God ; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:5-8) Sometimes my soul is very noisy. It is sometimes easily rattled. I can always…
Dear brother or sister, Firstly, let me say; in this post, I am not condoning war, killing, or racism, and I am not pro any country over another or offering my opinion on military service. Having said that, I recently went and watched American Sniper; what a movie; what a story. In a nutshell and be it right or wrong, it is the true story of Chris Kyle who signed up to serve his country with a deep heart conviction that…
Just yesterday I began to see one of the most important stages in my Christian growth that I’ve not understood until now, through Andrew Murray’s book “Absolute Surrender”. I have understood the point we as believers get to, when we share with Paul’s cry “oh wretched man that I am, who will save me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24). I thought even getting to this point was a spiritual leap of some significance atleast. What I didn’t understand…
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.…” (Hebrews 12:1-2). This…