Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM episodes

  • Being God-Centered in this Self-Centered Life

    Christ followers cannot have a life that’s Self-Centered, they are expected to live a God-Centered life.

    God's Word, Prayer, Worship and Involvement in local and global mission are the four building blocks to build a God-Centered life. Listen to the sermon to know few simple practical steps of living a God-Centered life.

    41 min
  • Balancing Faith And Works

    We all must balance our Christian lives with faith and works. Pray, study, meditate, and be filled with the Holy Spirit to spiritually grow and mature in your faith, at the same time, work hard and allow your faith in God to impact lives around you by meeting their emotional, spiritual and physical needs. Don't over do either one, balance it.----more----

    An apparent contradiction seen in what James & Paul are writing about faith & works. Paul is saying, no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. James is saying, man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
    Scriptures don't contradict with each other. I believe both Paul & James are talking about Balancing faith and works.
    • No one is expected to work to earn salvation, but we are expected to work not to lose our salvation.
    • We need faith to maintain our salvation, we lose our salvation if we don't work towards it as dead faith cannot produce salvation.
    • Once saved is not saved for ever.
    • We are saved by faith and we keep our faith alive by doing good works. Because without works faith within us dies.

    41 min
  • Turn it into Praise

    In Psalm 13, David, brought his complaints, his pain and petitions to the Lord, then he realized his inability to hope anything for the future. Day by day he was losing his trust and joy, but one day he turned every frustration, every disappointment, every failure, every delay into praise. God expects us to do the same. Listen to the sermon to know how to turn your pain into praise.

    31 min
  • Extreme Giving

    We learn from Luke 6: 27-38 what extreme giving is.

    When your giving is extreme in terms of
    • Loving those who hate you and loving those who are unloved
    • Doing good to those who do evil against you
    • Lending those who are incapable of returning----more----
    God gives it back in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over in terms of
    • Forgiving us eternally and
    • Granting us divine favor

    39 min
  • Christ's Supremacy

    Listen to this sermon from Colossians 1:13-18.

    Let Christ may have the pre-eminence, superiority, sovereignty or authority over our lives.
    • No man can deliver us, but Christ alone
    • No man can redeem us, but Christ alone----more----
    • Christ alone created everything and consists everything in Him
    • Christ is superior than every other human being we may consider superior
    Let admiring Christ's superiority bring more joy than the joy of admiring people we consider superior.

    28 min
  • Insulted and Offended

    Here is the highlight of the sermon.

    1. Do not allow pain to settle down in your heart when those who are dear to you raise against you
    2. When frustrations mount up, you feel like escaping, but hold on, God is causing confusion among your enemies and they are going to run away in seven ways----more----
    3. Remember, God needs you, You need you and Others need you, so take a good care of you when you are insulted and offended
    4. Forget revenge, not even have a bad attitude when something happens to your enemy, instead, give him bread to eat and water to drink.

    Listen to the sermon to learn more on this topic.

    45 min
  • One Step At A Time

    For some reason God doesn't tell what is far ahead of us instead God shows us only one step at a time. We need to know just one step, not miles ahead.

    God shows only one step because,
    • We need to know what is just in front of us----more----
    • Next step is crucial for the rest of the steps
    • We need to live our today
    God doesn't show miles ahead because,
    • We worry about our future
    • We become self sufficient
    • We grow in maturity as we walk

    38 min
  • Changing Your Destiny

    God wants you to rise, take up your bed and walk so that your destiny can be changed. We learned couple of truths from John ch.5 as part of this sermon.

    Truth #1 - Your destiny is not going to change unless you are willing for a change----more----
    Truth #2 - It is time to pickup your bed, say good bye to your past where there is no hope and move forward
    Truth #3 - Do not allow others, past failures, self pity and bitterness to prevent you from moving forward
    If you are, willing to change and willing to leave your past, now you must be willing to step into your new future. Now that you got unstuck from your past, God wants you to take actions towards moving into your future without getting afraid of failures. Your past failure, self pity and resentment or bitterness can stop you from moving forward towards your new destiny. Deal with them with the help of God, He will help you to change your destiny.

    44 min
  • Seeing God Through Cloud and Fire

    God appeared to children of Israel in the wilderness and went before them as a Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by Night. Understanding the nature of cloud and fire helps us to understand the nature of God himself.

    Cloud Hides, Fire Reveals - God protects as a mother hen protects her chicks, God also reveals His plans concerning your future----more----
    Cloud Cools, Fire Heats - God comforts you like a mother, but at the same time he rebukes and instructs us to correct ourselves
    Cloud Produces, Fire Consumes - When we obey God, He gives us everything, but when we disobey Him, He destroys what is given.
    The same God who protects also reveals, same God who comforts also rebukes, the same God who grows also destroys.

    38 min
  • Peter's Shoes

    Peter committed a great sin of denying the Lord. That sin resulted in guilt & shame leading him to quit. This sermon is a call to invite you to put yourself in Peter's shoes to understand the emotional struggles Peter went through after committing sin. This sermon will encourage you to understand and support those who are walking in Peter's shoes. ----more----This sermon also teaches us not to be hard on ourselves when we handle guilt in our lives, instead to handle guilt with much grace and compassion.

    38 min

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House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries (HIPM) is a multinational church in Halifax, NS Canada. We believe sound teaching of the Word of God is the true source of power that operates through Holy…