Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

In Mark 2:1-12, a paralytic was carried to Jesus by four men. They made One Last Try to receive healing. Jesus healed the paralytic because of the faith of these four men. As we closely observe this miracle, we realize that
• Faith penetrates through all obstacles

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1 Kings 17: 17- 24 - As I see these scriptures very close to understand what is going on in the life of this woman, I could understand what is happening to our families in this technology driven and technology controlled era of the 21st century.
1. The son of the woman died - V 17
2. The mother is helpless -V 18

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Mark Ch. 5 presents such a beautiful picture of healing and deliverance. But when it comes to Mark Ch. 6, we see Jesus started facing challenges.
- Jesus was rejected at Nazareth (Mark 6:1-6)
- John the Baptist was beheaded (Mark 6:27-29)
- Jesus not finding time to rest and to pray (Mark 6:30-33)

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Mark 8:22–26 - Jesus healed a blind man at Bethsaida.
Here is the summary of this miracle "You had a vision, that vision was lost, Jesus touched you, the vision was partially restored, now you need a second touch from the Master".
1. Are we not able to value our own life and the lives of others?

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One of the miracles Jesus performed was raising the Son of a Widow in the city of Nain, Luke 7:11-17. Entire sermon was divided into three segments. 1. Loss of the son, 2. Compassion of Jesus, 3. Return of the dead. Some of the truths learned include

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This sermon was delivered so that Tithing will be understood correctly. None of us should miss the blessings of giving. Our giving gives an opportunity for God to bless us. Here is the outline of the sermon. Listen to the sermon to clarify your questions on tithing and start giving. God bless you.
1. Partnering with God on what He is doing in this world
2. More than a law, tithing is a principle

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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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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.

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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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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