Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

The Closing Moments of History | Prophecy : The Big Picture

-God wants us to get serious about our walk with the Lord.

-We must have a strong conviction on the prophecies that all must come to pass.

-We must keep ourselves prepared to meet the Lord at any moment.

-The day is coming that no one can work, but now we must do the work of the Lord.

Church Growth | Evangelism

Evangelism is the deliberate effort to share  the good news of the Gospel, aiming to inspire faith in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross, His resurrection, and the promise of eternal life. 
The message of the Gospel - Affection, Division & Connection

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Not for Blessing, but for Mission

How do we fulfill the mission that God has entrusted us with.

- Church has a responsibility.

- I have a responsibility, you all have a responsibility

- I have a role to play, you all have a role to play

- Each one has something to do, we can't deny, we can't relax, we can't hide without doing what we are called to do.

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Step into Your Empty Boat

When Jesus stepped into the Empty boat, He started preaching to the multitudes, the boat became a Serving boat. Soon later, the boat was Filled with multitudes of fish as the miracle took place. When Peter received a greater responsibility, a higher call, he didn't even hesitate to Abandon the boat to follow the Master.

Jewels in Clay Balls

• Clay has no value, but the jewel inside the clay is valuable
• God has put potential inside of us, when we develop our God given potential, people will come to know our value
• Real transformation exhibits kingdom characters as kingdom of God is within us.
• Once you experience transformation within you, transform others.

Be Transformed

True transformation always begins within you. It transforms your desires and then it transforms the purpose of living. Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Evangelism | Seed Evangelism

Gospel is seed. God wants us to scatter the Gospel seed over the lives around us. As the main objective of the sower is to get the seed to the ground, the main purpose of the church is to reach the multitude with the Gospel. Let us learn some of the principles of evangelism from the parable of the Growing Seed as we read in Mark 4:26-29. Here is the sermon outline.

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Evangelism | Fishing, A Model for Evangelism

Luke 5:1-11 Learning from the life of Jesus as He was performing an evangelical ministry where 4 fishermen made a decision to follow Christ. We learned the following truths about Evangelical Ministry:
1. Make use of the available resource
2. Stop speaking & Start doing
3. Just fishermen, but skillful in fishing
4. Launch out into the deep - Need to go where fish are
5. We tried, it didn't work
6. Partnering in kingdom
Listen to the sermon and know why preaching the Gospel must be the number one priority.

Evangelism | John, the Baptist or Evangelist?

Luke 3:1-22 John the Baptist was not just a Prophet, not just a Baptist, but an Evangelist too. We answered the following questions from the life and from the ministry of John.
1. Who was John the Baptist?
2. What was the message John preached?
3. How can we escape the coming wrath of God?

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Evangelism | Teleported Evangelist

Philip was one of the first century evangelists of the early church. God miraculously used Philip to bring revival in Samaria. After ministering to the Ethiopian Eunuch, Philip was supernaturally teleported to a place called Azotus.
Careful observation of Philip's ministry teaches us the following:
1. Be filled with the Holy Spirit
2. Play whatever role God is asking you to do, so that the work of God will be done

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