Reflections

  JESUS THE ULIMATE INFLUENCER Bible Reading: :   Psalms  89 :17-37 Key Verse:  36 Vs 36 this line will continue for ever and his throne endure before me like the sun. DEVOTION Psalm 89 is a prayer that laments the downfall of the Davidic dynasty and pleads for its restoration. The pain of that moment is profound: the all-powerful God appears to have abandoned His anointed one and allowed him to become a mockery among the nations, seemingly contradicting His covenant with David. Yet the psalm also points us to One whose influence is eternal and unshakable—Jesus Christ, the ultimate influencer. In this temporary world, influencers often shape lifestyles and decisions. People tend to follow those they see as powerful, successful, and inspiring, whether a political leader, a movie star, or someone with many talents and great wealth. God promised David an everlasting kingdom through His covenant. Verses 36–37 declare that his throne will endure before God ...

  JESUS THE ULIMATE INFLUENCER Bible Reading: :   Psalms  89 :17-37 Key Verse:  36 Vs 36 this line will continue for ever and his throne endure before me like the sun. DEVOTION Psalm 89 is a prayer that laments the downfall of the Davidic dynasty and pleads for its restoration. The pain of that moment is profound: the all-powerful God appears to have abandoned His anointed one and allowed him to become a mockery among the nations, seemingly contradicting His covenant with David. Yet the psalm also points us to One whose influence is eternal and unshakable—Jesus Christ, the ultimate influencer. In this temporary world, influencers often shape lifestyles and decisions. People tend to follow those they see as powerful, successful, and inspiring, whether a political leader, a movie star, or someone with many talents and great wealth. God promised David an everlasting kingdom through His covenant. Verses 36–37 declare that his throne will endure before God ...

  JESUS : THE ULTIMATE INFLUENCER Bible Reading: :  Esther 4: 12 – 17 Key Verse:   4:14 , 16(b) “For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish.  And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? ( 4:14 )  “Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(16b) DEVOTION  We live in a world which is controlled by social media influencers to a great extent, which make positive and negative impacts on our lives.  Influencers who make a positive impact are heroes who step up to provide comfort and safety when we need it most.  But many of us become prey to the negative impacts of social media, and in the process, many lives are adversely affected and lost. But Jesus Christ, our Lord, is the ultimate influencer, who kindles positive impacts in our lives, even though we ar...

  Jesus the ultimate influencer Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 8: 26-38 Key Verse: 31 “How can I, unless someone guides me? And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. (vs 31) DEVOTION Today we are living in a world full of influencers. People are trying to influence others ideologically, socially, politically, spiritually, etc. for their own gains and fame. There is only one real influencer, Jesus the Christ; the Living Lord who gave His life and shed His blood on the cross for the redemption of humanity.   There are many people in need of some guidance, encouragement, enrichment and orientation in their life. Through the ministry of witnessing, we are taking the responsibility of influencing and inviting others to Christ and to follow the great influencer Jesus Christ.  In Acts chapter 8, we see that after the martyrdom of Stephen, although the disciples were scattered and went from place to place; they still witnessed Christ. They were engaging in the ministr...

  Called to Live in the Fellowship of the Spirit Bible Reading: Romans 1:1–10  Key Verse: 10  For I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone  who believes: DEVOTION Bird migration is an effort to escape unbearable environments with the force of wind working against them in this flight. When one bird begins to tire, another shifts position to help carry the resistance of the wind. Creation itself reflects something God has always known about His people: we were never meant to journey alone.  Paul the Apostle’s letter to the believers in Rome is written out of a distance that feeds his longing for the Roman community. He has never walked the crowded Roman streets with them, never shared a meal at their tables, never worshipped beside them. Yet his words carry remarkable warmth: “Without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers” (Romans 1:9). Before Paul speaks theology, he speaks relationship. Before his...

  The Divine Communion of Love  Bible Reading: St. John 3:8-16  Key Verse: 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16) DEVOTION The mysterious Holy Trinity is a dynamic communion of love. Before time even existed, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit existed in a perfect relationship of mutuality, of joy and unity. Yet their communion of love did not remain closed to humanity. Jesus, in His conversation with Nicodemus, revealed that salvation is the outward flow of Trinitarian love reaching down to our broken world. To explain this, early Church Fathers used the concept of “perichoresis,” which described the relationship like a divine dance existing within the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. It is a dance of mutual cooperation and united agency. The communion within the Holy Trinity flows into our world because God desires us to share in that divine fellowship. Thus...