Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

General | It was not an Accident

The death of our Lord, Jesus Christ was not an accident. It was told by prophets years before and Jesus Himself predicted His death. 

It was not an accident that Jesus was crucified on the cross. 

John 10: 15 "As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep."

Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ”Having said this, He breathed His last.

Nobody took the life of Jesus Christ, it is He who gave His life. 

General | Run the Race with Endurance

Hebrew 12: 1-13 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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General | Regeneration

Three ways God wants to work in our lives based on Psalm 85:

- God wants to restore those things we have lost in our lives (Restoration)
- God wants us to revive those deadness that is found in our lives (Revival)
- God wants to renew those areas of our life that are struggling in our life (Renewal)

 

General | A Tree Planted by the River

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit" - Jeremiah 17: 7-8

General | The Call of Jeremiah

Jeremiah Chapter 1:

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, ² to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. ³ It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

⁴ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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General | Prosperity

3 John 2: Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 

Listen to the sermon to know what the Bible talks about Prosperity. 

General | Lord's Five Fold Law of Priorities

Our priorities define our destiny. 

Matthew 5: Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ²⁵ Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

God has set certain priorities in our life, we have to choose to follow Him. 

General | Simeon

Luke 2:21

And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

²² Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ²³ (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), ²⁴ and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

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General | Robbed and Beaten Up

Life is a journey, it is not a destination. We are all passerby's in this journey. 

Luke 10:30-36

Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹ Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. ³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 

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General | Unless the Lord Builds

Psalm 127:

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
² It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.