Month: May 2023

“Finally ,brethren , whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,whatsoever things are pure,whatsoever things are lovely,whatsoever things are of good report;if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

Philippians 4:8

       Our thinking is something we must take charge over.If we don’t it will control us.We need to focus on the positive rather than negative.We have to feed our minds with blessings from God and the good things We can find in our lives or situations. We have to think about what is true rather than the lies satan put in us to believe.We have to dwell on what is noble and right, so our actions will follow our thoughts . We have to feed our minds with whatever is pure,lovely, admirable,excellent or praiseworthy.It will help us to stay focused on God’s love for us and Christ’s sacrifice for us.In this verse Apostle Paul encourages the Philippians to right living. He made a list covering everything good, positive,biblical and godly.

                   Our focus of life, Our thought process should be Jesus,His voice,His word,work, influence and spirit.Jesus’s thought focuses on God the Father. So if we focus on Jesus, our thoughts will  also be like that of  God.

2Corinthians10:5 “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that explains exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ .”

            We need to be wise, humble, joyful, truthful, gentle, diligent and loving. Our thinking pattern should not conform to the patterns of  this world . Our pattern should shift from falsehood to truth, evil and negativity to goodness and positivity, dishonesty to honesty and integrity, injustice to justice.

                If our focus is on Jesus, then what all things we think, speak and do will relate back to Him.Paul here reminds us that we have to meditate on God not only in our quite times but all the time and thank Him always. (1Thessalonians 5:16,-18) We find our direction, strength and success in Him. As human beings we can’t do it ourselves .We need God’s grace and power. That is why God gifted us with the Holy Spirit.What we learned,received.,heard,seen in Christ, our mentors, fore fathers of faith, we need to practice it in our daily life.Then God will give us peace and well-being.our mind should be saturated with good thoughts, the thoughts of God

               Heavenly Father we want to  focus on the locus of our life, Jesús Christ. We need your power and strength to do that .kindly give us the grace to do that.We ask in Jesus name,Amen

Sol .Gigi Jacob

How  TO PASS LIFE’S TEST

Jeremiah 11:20

Jeremiah tells that God tests our hearts, emotions, and thinking powers.

Every time God gives us a test,we can tell how far we have come and how far we still have to go by how we react in that test.

Attitudes of the heart that we did not know we had often come out through tests and trials.

When we want to test something,how do we do it? We put pressure on it to see what it will do what it says it will do;we look to see if it will hold up the stress. God does the same thing with us. When we pray, asking him to use us and put you into positions of leadership,his answer is,“Let Me try you out first. Let me put you to the test.”

We know many people never make it past the trying point.They never pass the test. They spend their whole lives going around and around the same problem going up and down on  mountains. But in God’s school we do not flunk;we get to keep taking test again and again until we pass it.

To test something means to prove its truth and genuineness by an experiment,a trial,or an examination.It also means to compare something against a standard.One of the ways God tests us is by requiring us to manifest what we say we know. Our own knowledge alone is not enough. If we cannot manifest what we say we know then our knowledge means nothing.

Deuteronomy 8:2 says that God led Israelites in the wilderness for forty years to humble them, to prove them,and to see if they would keep his commandments.Tests usually do not come in good times. They come in hard times because not everything God asks us to do is going to be easy.That is why he tests us to see if we are ready and able before he promotes us to a higher level of responsibility.

_{James 1:2-4 says that tests bring out what is in with us. In times we become best acquainted with ourselves  and with what we are capable of doing. Peter did not think he would ever deny Jesus,but when he was put to the test,that is exactly what he did (see Luke 22:60-62). God is not impressed with what we say we will do ; He is impressed with what we prove we will do under pressure. We do not get promoted in ministry because we have our Bible underlined in two colours. We are raised up in life and ministry because we have been tested and tried,and we have passed out tests.}

Let us pray

Father your ways are not our ways, increase our trust on your word ,it does not matter what we are going through now your protection is always with us .Amen

Sol Piya

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not Perish but have ever lasting life.”

                  John 3:16

God has made the method of salvation so simple that everyone can obtain it. If you choose to believe in Jesus, God will be your Father and you will become His beloved child and be part of His heavenly and everlasting kingdom. The sacrifice of Jesus was the only way for God to bring us back to Him, because our sin  separates us. But Jesus was willing to take our sin, to serve our sentences and He died for that on the cross. Everyone that chooses to believe in Him are thereby justified, saved and become true Christians. God then  sees you through Jesus and you are without any sin or guilt from His point of view.  It is a free gift from God to each of us. This is the amazing Grace, the innocent one was sacrificed to justify the guilty ones.

      ” But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”

                  John 1: 12

       Every person has the right to know the consequence of turning away from God. It has to be told that God is a beloved Father for all those who receive Jesus as the saviour, but it also has to be told that the one that turns away from Him, will one day meet Him as the judge. At that point there will be no second chance, no possibility for repenting. The Gospels in the Bible speaks about two  alternative outcomes after death, God’s kingdom or a place of hopelessness  and suffering.

       Jesus said, ” Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”      

        Matthew 10 : 28

     The time you spend on this earth is not even the blink of an eye compared to eternity, yet what you choose to believe in this life determines your everlasting destiny.  It is your choice that determines where you will spend eternity. This is the most important decision you will ever have to make, so please consider it carefully.

      ” For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul.”

        Matthew 16 : 26

      What does it take to become a Christian ?  Becoming a Christian is not about what you will do or what you shall achieve, but about what God has done and achieved for you. It is neither about how good  or how bad you have been,  what you have done in the past or how well you are feeling on the inside. You should come to Jesus just as you are. It is a simple choice and a matter of sticking to that choice no matter what.

      ” That whoever calls on the name of the Lord (Jesus) shall be saved.”

          The Acts 2 : 21

Jesus said, ” Come to me, all you who labour  and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

        Matthew 11 : 28

      And, ” I have come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

           Luke 19 : 10

             Prayer   

” Dear Jesus ! We are sorry for the things we have done wrong in our lives. We ask your forgiveness. Thank you for dying on the cross for us to set us free from our sins. Please come into our lives and fill us with your Holy Spirit and be  with us forever.  Thank you, Jesus, Amen.”

Sol. Dr. Mohan Parmar

Keeping thy words & our Action matters

Matthew 21:28-32

28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

31 Whether of them two who did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Words are powerful. How we use our words are very important, choosing the right words employs our conduct.

Usage of words hastily weakens the heart. Pleasant words pacifies a angry person. We read the scriptures how beautifully had the psalmist draws his words wisely, if we look at the proverbs it depicts the practical wisdom.. Job portrays an excellent genre of poetry displaying Sovereign God’s omnipotence.

Here in this parable we learn that how keeping ours words are important in life, its not hearing and leaving instead its hearing and doing. Our Actions matters more.

The historical context of this parable says, Jesus was addressing the chief priests and elders who were questioning the authority by which he was preaching and teaching and performing His miracles. The leaders were angry because Jesus was exposing their sinful actions and false teachings. Jesus knew they were baiting him into their snare with their questions, so instead of answering them directly, he used this parable.

Its meaning was in regards to John the Baptist and by whose authority John had been preaching..

The leaders acknowledged that the son who initially told his father he wouldn’t help but eventually did help was the one who did what the father wanted. Jesus used the example to point out their hypocritical ways.

Jesus was comparing the church leaders to the son who said he would help his father, but then his actions spoke the opposite. The leaders acted reverently, but their words were hollow and meaningless. They knew John the Baptist was prophesying for God about Jesus, but they denied it because they were threatened by Jesus’ divine authority.

On the other hand, those who had originally dismissed John the Baptist as a fraud later came to believe that John was actually foretelling of the Messiah and those original doubters became followers. These were the ‘sinners’ of the time, such as prostitutes and tax collectors. In the parable, these are represented by the son who originally said ‘No’ to his father but then came to help after a change of heart. And those were (and are) the people who came to please God also, even after their original unbelief.

Through the parable,  the church leaders understood which son had actually pleased the father.  Jesus used the example to call them out on their own behavior as hypocrites, catching them in their own snare.

God has invited each of us to work in His vineyard – to follow Him and use our lives for His purpose. If we say Yes, our actions are what really matters…

If we say No, we can always choose to say Yes later. We are always welcome.

One of the beautiful things about God is his enduring grace, forgiveness, and love for His people. He doesn’t give up on us, even when our backs are turned to Him and we keep telling Him ‘No’. He patiently waits for the ‘Yes’. We are all His children, beloved and welcomed to join His Kingdom for eternity. He’s waiting with open arms and there’s room enough for all of us.

Prayer

Thankyou Lord for this valuable spiritual lessons learnt from this parable.. Help us to keep our words in actions .. Not to disobey your truth. Obedience is the fruit of salvation. Help us to be conformed always to your words. Amen.

Sol.Celin Portia

Enlarge Your Territories/ Boundaries

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested I Chronicles 4:10

It’s a very short prayer which brought results from the Lord. This prayer encourages us to a great extent and we wonder what’s so great in that prayer.

We understand that Jabez belonged to the tribe of Judah. His mother called him Jabez as his life was grief stricken from his infancy. What caused that grief, we don’t know. His mother says ” I bore him in pain” Perhaps his birth was so life-threatening to her,

We come to speculations that she was so sick at his birth or that she passed through severe grief. Whatever it might be, he caused grief to his mother. We find in Genesis 35: 17, 18

Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; you will have this son also.” And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:17‭-‬18
Rachel called her son Ben Oni , Son of Sorrow as his birth preceded her death. His father Jacob deliberately changed the name and called the child Benjamin which means Son of my right hand or strength.

So is the same with the name Jabez who prayed this fervent and earnest prayer and changed his destiny. When he prayed this prayer he too was in great distress. Situations were not conclusive for a comfortable life. He had brothers who might not have helped him much. He was so hard pressed due to lack of blessings. He went to the presence of Yahweh. In his distress and reproach he prayed to the God of Israel.
He prayed for

1. Blessings,the immediate need. He knew that God of Israel is the source of all blessings and goodness.

2.To expand his boundaries or his territories. God said to Abraham
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
A great family, a great nation and great blessings !! Everything, great and no lack. Abundance ! “The Lord is my Shepherd, I have no lack” No scarcity, as the territories are enlarged.

3.He sought the hand of God to be with him. Jesus is the hand of God that extended to man. Jesus was with the Israelites as the pillar of cloud and fire during the days and nights when they were passing through the wilderness. Jabez knew that without God he could do nothing.

Jesus said,
“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 you abide in Me, for without Me you can do nothing”
John 15:4‭-‬5
He prayed for the presence of God in every phase of his life.

4.To keep him from all evil. He didn’t want to be a victim of evil powers. Jabez wanted protection from the attacks of the enemy and he prayed for deliverance from all wickedness

5.He should not be a cause of pain for anyone. That meant he should be a blessing for others. He earnestly wished to do good for others.
And God granted him all his requests.

These are the important blessings he sought and his prayers were according to the Word of God. He fervently prayed for these as he put his complete trust in the Lord. God’s eyes are looking for those who look forward to Him with total dependence.

Our peace and prosperity comes from the Lord. That’s not as the world gives. Our territories are enlarged with the grace of God. None can limit our boundaries when God works in our lives. Let’s earnestly pray to the Lord for blessings both Spiritual and physical. Seek His kingdom and all blessings will follow. Goodness and Mercy will follow us. We need not run after these. Remember to deliberately change your sorrow into blessings and honour by seeking God.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 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, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalms 103:2‭-‬5

Prayer:

Loving Heavenly Father, we pray for your presence and protection in our lives. Bless us O Lord and enlarge our boundaries. Let grace from your boundless abundance make us Honourable among our brethren. Thank you Lord. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen

Sol.SALOMI KURIAN

Malachi 3:1“Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple,

Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts. 

The word “apostle” comes from the Greek word meaning “sent”. The web bible encyclopaedia describes as Hebrew: מֲלְאָךְ —transliteration: mal’ak –meaning: a messenger. This Hebrew word occurs 213 times in Scripture.Greek: ἄγγελος —transliteration:  angelos –meaning: a messenger or an angel. This Greek word appears 176 times in the New Testament and usually refers to heavenly angels. (web bible dictionary)

This is the prophecy about John the Baptist which was fulfilled in Matthew 11:10 in response to the complaints of prophet Malachi, to God being unjust. John the Baptist made the way for the King of kings, announcing the arrival of the Messiah and preparing His way as mentioned in Isaiah 40:3-5. The word “Before Me” indicates that the Lord Himself is coming not a prophet, the Messenger of the new blood covenant. Jesus is the divine messenger who came to announce that the Kingdom of God is at hand and repent!!  He is involved in the past, present and future- promised land, eternal life, salvation of mankind.

Dan 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 

Here Gabriel, the heavenly messenger of one of the highest rank, visits Daniel to give insight and understanding of the vision he saw. In 1Kings19:4-8 we find an angel came and tapped the great Elijah who had just completed a great feat, was running away from threats of Jezebel and was suicidal, an angel tapped on his shoulder, provided him with food and water and asked him to energise himself for a long journey to the mount of Horeb.

2Cor 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 

Here Paul says all those who responded to Jesus’s plea are representatives or ambassadors of the representing nation, the Kingdom of God and is sent by God, he has been commissioned and has no opinion of his own but speaks on behalf of the King. Paul is speaking or pleading on behalf of Christ to turn to God, be reconciled. We, the whole world is asked to reconcile and those who have turned to God, are asked to be ambassadors to plead with the lost.

Let us return to God and be the bearer of the good news!!

Sol.Lalitha Menon

I Thirst

What am I really thirsting for??

I was imagining Jesus saying to  each of us

 I THIRST FOR YOU.

Come to Me, and I will fill your heart (Psalm 37:4) and heal your wounds. I will and make you a new creation, (2 Corinthians 5:17) and give you peace, even in all your trials, because I THIRST FOR YOU.

And I wonder do I really thirst the way Jesus wants me to thirst?

We must never doubt in Jesus’ mercy, Jesus’ acceptance of us, Jesus’ desire to forgive, Jesus’ longing to bless us and live Jesus’ life in us. Because Jesus THIRSTS FOR YOU AND ME.

If you and I feel unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Jesus, there is no one  more important in the entire world than you and me  . JESUS THIRSTS FOR YOU AND ME.

Jesus says to each one of us everyday,

Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, (John 7:37-38) give me your life – and I will prove to you how important you are to My Heart.

Don’t you realize that My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning from this moment?

Trust in Me. Ask Me every day to enter and take charge of your life – and I will. I promise you before My Father in heaven (Luke 24:49)that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this? Because I THIRST FOR YOU.

And yet ,do I believe and thirst for my Jesus. 

All Jesus is asking ask of you and me is that we entrust ourselves to Him completely and He will do all the rest.

Jesus speaks to us saying:

Even now I behold the place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom.

 Remember each of us are a pilgrim in this life, on a journey home. Sin can never satisfy us, or bring the peace we seek. All that we have sought outside of Jesus, has only left us more empty, so you and I  must not cling to the things of this life.

Above all, we must not run from Jesus when we fall. We should go to Jesus without delay and give all our sins. There is nothing that Jesus cannot forgive and heal; so come now, let us all  unburden our soul.

We don’t need to change to believe in Jesus’ love, for it will be our belief in Jesus’ love that will change us. When we forget Jesus,  yet Jesus is seeking you and me every moment of the day – standing at the door of our heart and knocking.

Do you find this hard to believe? Then look at the cross, look at Jesus’ Heart that was pierced for you and me. Listen again to the words Jesus spoke there – for they tell us clearly why He endured all this for us and says: “I THIRST…” (Jn 19:28)

Whenever we open the door of our heart, whenever we come close enough, we will hear Jesus say to us again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit:

^{“No matter what you have done, I love you for My own sake. Come to Me. with your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock. (Rev3:20) Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR  EACH ONE OF YOU ….”}

 Prayer

Father, extreme thirst, being parched, is something I can relate to. But adding to the physical torment and exhaustion was the crushing spiritual aloneness. That is beyond my experience. Thank you for your love that conquered all to save us. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

Sol.Fiona

Spiritual laziness

Spiritual slumber is the situation in which the believer is weak, weary and worn out. In this instance, he is too lazy to pray, fast or engage in Bible study. He finds it too boring to participate in ministry. He won’t get up early for morning prayer. He will avoid night prayers. He is always late for any work. He seldom finishes. He is full of excuses and unrealistic dreams and so on.

Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Proverbs 13:4

“The soul of the lazy man desires and has nothing. But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich”.

Signs of spiritual laziness:

1. If we feel that fellowship is not necessary to live a Christian life that means we are spiritually lazy. Christian fellowship is a must. But it does not mean we should go to a big church with a large gathering. Troop Church in houses and workplaces is the model approved by our Lord.

• If we assume that we know everything in the Bible and we need not read the Bible every day, then we might be spiritually lazy. It’s crucial that we read and meditate the words daily since God speaks through His Word. We should apply the word in our life.

Oh, how I love Your instructions! I think about them all day long. – Psalm 11

We should not allow pride but should be humble. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. – Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)

• If we feel that others are perfect and we are worthless, that is a sign of spiritual laziness. We should depend on the Holy Spirit when we are feeling low. He will strengthen us .

• If we care more about worldly things than about heavenly care then definitely we are in spiritual laziness.Let us evaluate our priorities to see where God is fitting into our life and schedule!

Proverbs 10:4 tells us that we are to be diligent workers, not lazy. The Bible also instructs us to work with eager hands (Proverbs 31:13) and work as if we are working for the Lord (Colossians 3:23).

• If we recite prayers without feeling the words then we are in spiritual laziness. We should understand what our intentions are. we should talk to God from our heart, prayer is nothing but conversation with God. We should feel the presence of the Holy Spirit and also feel heavenly bliss during our prayer

• If Our life doesn’t reflect Christ and others don’t see Christ in us then it is surely a sign of spiritual laziness. We should be witnesses to others.

In this article, we have listed some of the signs of our spiritual laziness. There may be many more signs of this situation in our life. The Holy Spirit warns us whenever we face this situation He helps us to escape this trap of the devil. He guides us to regain our spiritual growth.

^{We should recover from spiritual laziness by our faith, courage, honesty, patience, humility, willingness, brotherly-love, integrity, self-discipline, and service.}

May God strengthen us in our weakness and help us to come out of these dangerous situations and lead us to eternal life. Amen.

Sol. Subramanian

Ambassador for Christ

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ….

2 Corinthians 5:20

You are an ambassador for Christ! If you have made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, you have been sent to act as a representative for Him in this world. Just as nations send ambassadors to represent their interests in other countries, you’ve been sent here to look after the interests of the kingdom of God.

Think about that. Everywhere you go you are representing the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. That’s a very high honor. It may also seem like a rather tall bill to fill. But God has equipped you to do it. He’s given you His Name and the power of His Word. He’s even put His very own Spirit inside you. And He’s given you the ability to hear and obey the directions of that Spirit.

I heard a prophecy years ago that said there would come a time when men on the earth would walk and talk and act like God. They’d be motivated by His power and His Spirit so strongly that people would say of them, “Look at those believers. They think they’re God.” “No,” the Holy Spirit said, “they are not God. They are agents of God, children of God, ambassadors of God, sent to do the works of God.”

I believe we’re living in the day and hour that prophecy was talking about. We’re seeing that army of light begin to grow.

This is no time to be half-consecrated and half-dedicated. This is the time to go all the way with God, to give Him your whole life. If you’ll do that, He’ll give you back such anointing and such power and such glory and goodness that you’ll shine for Him, as Philippians 2:15 says, as lights in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.

Begin to think about yourself today, not as just another ordinary man or woman but as an ambassador of Almighty God. Let the interests of His kingdom be foremost in your mind and heart. Submit yourself to Him and say, “Lord, show me how to be Your representative in everything I do.”

You are an ambassador for Christ. Begin to live like it today.

Sol.Blessy Vijaya

Fight the good fight of faith as a soldier of Jesus Christ

A Christian faith must be as strong as a soldier of Jesus Christ. A soldier is the one who fights the battle till his death, he does not give up, he fights it on a do Or die situation. A true soldier is ready to die for his nation till the end of his career defending with all strength and might only to win. He has prepared himself mentally so also physically.

Lord Jesus when  teaching in His days said you must count the cost before you can finish the job.

• Example 1

Luke 14:28-30 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counted the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?  Last haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,  Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

• Example 2

Luke  14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulted whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 

• Example 3

Luke 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desire the conditions of peace.

Here above it is depicted the mind of a soldier. Jesus had a mind of a soldier that’s why he overcame all the strongholds of the mind and put His thoughts of a good fight into action. You will notice never once He withdrew Himself from the battle. He made up His mind for what He was sent to do by His heavenly Father. And He did it exactly what was desired of Him by His Father. He always said He who has sent me have I done and He received an applause from His Father. Saying Here is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew  3:17  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

A mind of a soldier is therefore Jesus wants His disciples to put on.

What does the apostle Paul says, put on the mind of Christ. The Mind of Christ is sacrifice. So also the mind of a soldier is sacrifice.

2 Timothy  2:3-4 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Yes, we are called to please our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore we must fight the good fight of faith with patience to yield a good fruit. You as a Christian has received faith of Lord Jesus Christ the day you were born again in His kingdom. So let us not give up the fight. For we are on the winning side for our victory is already won by our Lord and Master Jesus Christ. That’s why apostle Paul says we are victorious in Christ Jesus, we are more than conquerors.

We are called to contend for the faith.

Jude  1:3  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Sol. Francis