Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

General | The Hope of Resurrection

The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the hope of Christianity. If Jesus Christ had not risen from the dead, there is no meaning for what we do today. We would have no hope of eternity. 

Today we know that there is hope in our Lord Jesus Christ as our savior. Listen to the sermon to gain courage in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and find hope in His resurrection. 

General | Procrastination

Procrastination is an act of willfully delaying something that should be done in a specific time in our lives. 

As a child of God, He expects us to do certain things in a certain time of our lives, or we will miss it. Psychologically procrastination is either a conscious or inconspicuous decision to delay a task. It can be very destructive in our life and will put us in guilt. God wants us to set these things right in our life. Accomplishments do not come in our way, if we delay things or work. Procrastination is a big problem in our society, we have to deal with this problem in our life and focus on God-given goals for us. 

General | Vessels of Honor

Jeremiah 18:1-6 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ² “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” ³ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. ⁴ And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

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General | Two Types of Branches

John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine dresser. ² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ 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.

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General | Precious in My Sight

Isaiah 43:4  Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.

General | The Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem

 Matthew 21: 1-11

Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. ³ And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

⁴ All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

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General | Who are those Angels

Revelation 7: 1-3 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. ² Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³ saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

General | We are Counted Faithful

1 Timothy 1:11-13 ¹¹ according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. ¹² And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, ¹³ although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

General | Move Forward

2 Kings 7: 1-20 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’ ”

² So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”

And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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General | Come and See

Something significant is taking place wherever "Come and see" is mentioned in the Bible. 

Matthew 28:6 ⁶ He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

John 1:39 ³⁹ He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).

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