Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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  • Run the Race that is Set Before You

    As we run our race, we either look at other's race or we allow others to control our race.

    • Do not look at other's race to compare, worry and try to run like them.
    • Do not allow others to control your race by their opinions and ideas.
    • Do not run to please people than pleasing God.----more----
    • Do not run to win their favor, win God's favor.
    • Do not allow others to distract you while running your race.
    You can easily lose your reward by listening to people if you don't listen to the Holy Spirit.

    40 min
  • Prepare to End

    The question is, "Why are we afraid of death and why do we struggle to handle the pain of losing our loved ones?"

    Here are the highlights of the sermon:

    • If our love on God is deep enough, we will be well prepared to handle the end days of our lives or the lives of our dear ones.
    • Your deep love is only for God, rest of your love for human must be shallow.----more----
    • Our love cannot be concentrated around our family, it is to spread among those who are in touch with us.
    • Paul says, When one member suffers, all the members suffer, He is not talking about Blood Relation here.
    • God doesn't expect you to grieve different when your family member is lost than how you grieve for the loss of your fellow believer.
    • When our God, the Father and Son Jesus love others, how can we, His followers are unable to love others? There is something wrong in the way we follow God.
    • When we love God, when we love our neighbors as we love ourselves, we will face death with no fear, and we will handle the loss with much grace and hope.

    50 min
  • When Faith is Overtaken

    What can you do when your faith is overtaken by situations, feelings & emotions and denials?

    • When situations are adverse,
    • When feelings and emotions burst out of your heart,
    • When your prayer is not answered,----more----
    Do not let your faith go down.
    Remember, God's power works the best in your adversities, in your tears and in your loses. Listen to the sermon to know how to handle such moments in life.

    38 min
  • Grieving With Hope

    Here are the highlights of the sermon:

    • Having deep faith in Christ doesn't prevent one from grieving.
    • We don't grieve like the rest of the people do, but we do grieve with hope
    • Do exactly what Jesus did in times of loss - Grieve with those who grieve, but grieve with hope.----more----
    • We are not afraid of death as death has no power in us
    • Bring this hope and comfort to those who are not grieving with hope.
    Listen to the sermon to know how to handle grief.

    40 min
  • Is it Strange to Feel Lonely?

    Feeling lonely is not that strange and weird. Loneliness is not God's choice

    • Jesus not only understands our loneliness, he also destroyed it.
    • God is not the reason for your loneliness: Loneliness is not a bad thing
    • Your loneliness can help you to achieve what you wanted to achieve in life
    • Your loneliness can help you to define and re-define your calling----more----
    • Your loneliness can enlarge your heart to love others
    Holy Spirit is our helper always with us to remove our loneliness.

    46 min
  • Is it Strange to Feel Rejected?

    The feeling of rejection is not uncommon. Even though the feeling of rejection is painful, our God had already experienced rejection and who is able to reverse every rejection into a blessing if you are willing to remove the feeling of rejection from your heart. Listen to the sermon to know how we could do this.----more----

    • God can reverse your rejection into a blessing.
    • Whatever rejection you are going through today, do not allow that to damage your life.
    • Rejection is painful, its frustrating, do not try to transfer that pain and frustration to others.
    • Your rejection can trigger God's favor on you.
    • Allow God to turn your rejection into compassion to make a difference in others lives.
    • Do not allow your rejection to turn into bitterness.
    • Your rejection has to be dealt with, otherwise its going to hide in your heart and show its ugly head in the next opportunity.
    • If you allow even a tiny bit of rejection to stick into your soul, its going to infect your soul, your hurt is going to control you and poison all the relationships around you.
    • If you still carry the feeling of rejection within you, it allows a foothold for the enemy in your life.
    • According to John 10:10 enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, enemy will convince you saying - you are unloved, you are unworthy, you are unaccepted.
    But if you give all your rejections to God, He will reverse them into blessings.

    34 min
  • Is it Strange to Get Tempted?

    This is what we learned at the end of the sermon.

    • Temptation is common
    • Temptation is lifelong
    • Temptation is escapable using Word of God and Prayer.
    Please listen to the sermon to know what God is saying to you.

    34 min
  • Is it Strange to Get Frustrated?

    It is not strange to get frustrated. Frustration is a normal human response. But God doesn't want us to continue in our frustrations.

    • Frustration of being trapped in the middle
    • Frustration of dissatisfaction
    • Frustration of dealing with the family members----more----
    • Frustration of dealing with negativity or pessimism
    • Frustration of dealing with opposition
    Frustration doesn't lead us anywhere, we need to ask for God's grace to handle frustrations and lay our burdens on Jesus to find rest.

    49 min
  • Is it Strange to Feel Useless?

    Is it strange to feel useless? We feel useless or worthless,

    • If we don't know the wisdom of God seen in the diversity of His creation
    • If we base our worth on what people think about us
    • If we don't find the place where we are needed But, we feel useful
    • If we realize the wisdom of God in creating us just like we are----more----
    • If we base our worth on what God thinks about us
    • If we find our place to serve others or where we are needed.

    38 min
  • Is it Strange to Have Fear?

    Even though fear is not strange and unusual, God doesn't want us to live in fear.

    • God doesn't want our imaginations, dreams and purposes get killed by fear
    • God doesn't want us to fall in the trap of fear that is set by the devil----more----
    • God doesn't want us to be faint hearted, cowards and fearful and lose heaven
    God is saying, I created you, I formed you, I redeemed you, called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.

    32 min

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