English Devotions

A leader of an organisation once attended a conference for Christian leaders. There was a session on the meditation of the Word of God in the conference. The leader never gave importance to meditation because he thought that meditation is for gurus and rishis

Many believers know that they have to walk in the Spirit to live a victorious Christian life. But only a few believers actually know what is meant by walking in the spirit and experience.

Let me share with you two incidents that helped me to review my life recently to see whether I have lost my first love. One evening a police officer came to see me in my office. At that time I remembered how he had lived a radiant witnessing life for the Lord about twenty years ago. In those days he was very young in the Lord and was a very active Christian. Even though he was from a non- Christian background and faced many problems in life, he paid the price to be

Last month when I worshipped the Lord in a church, I heard many people worshipping the Lord by saying, ‘Lord, we worship You in spirit and truth’. Hundreds of times I have used
these same words to

Have you ever read about the definition of the affliction of the Puritans? (Puritans were those who lived in the time of Elizabeth and the Stuarts who wanted reformation in the Church of England. They were committed for a holy living as per the teachings of the Bible. They suffered a lot for their faith and belief in the word in history). About the Puritans and their views on affliction Dr. Joel R. Beeke said that the Puritans did not long for affliction.

After a teaching session in a training program, a missionary approached me and said, “I have
conflicts in my mission field with my co-workers and others. It is due to caste problem”. When
I heard the statement, I was shocked, because I never expected these problems and conflicts

“Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so
long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, Show us the Father?” John 14:9.

The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ was God and He was eternally pre-existent. Some of the heresies like Arianism and Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jesus Christ had a beginning and He was created. They consider Him divine but not a deity.

There was a government official who stayed in a big bungalow. He used to invite his
friends to his house with the warm Indian hospitality. He was in the habit of not throwing away unwanted and unnecessary materials – the junk – from his house. He
stocked this junk in boxes, lofts and in the corners of all the rooms except the front hall.

We usually remember certain events for many years. One of the events which I will
not forget took place when I stayed with my friend in a mission field in Orissa. My
friend was the leader in his institution. He had a big team which worked under him
and he carried heavy responsibilities throughout the day.