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In Ephesians 1:15, Paul writes to the Ephesians that he has not stopped giving thanks to God after hearing about their love for Jesus and for the saints. He says that God has elected us even before the foundation of the world. Those who don’t grasp the meaning and depth of this election by God often don’t understand the meaning and purpose of their lives. They just want to live somehow or the other and move on with their lives and don’t have a vision beyond their urgent needs.
When we read Ephesians 1:1-10, we understand that our election, our lives and the rapture are for the praise of His glory. We have been sent according to His purpose and we are in His purpose. When we realize this, we will always want to glorify Jesus and fall in love with Him. It eventually becomes a love relationship. This is what Jesus wants from us. He wants our unselfish love.
The fruit of our love for Jesus is our love for the saints. Who are the saints? The saints are those who are washed and redeemed by the blood of Jesus. When we love the saints, we are declaring our love for Jesus. So, let us love one another! !

–  Tangu Br

(To be continued…)

One of the remarkable prayers that Jesus prayed for us is, ‘Father, let the world know that you love them as you have loved me ‘(John 17:23).
Wow! Can you imagine that God the Creator Himself loves US as He loves Jesus? It makes us feel so important and so bold. God is for us! Every morning as we go out, He whispers to us, ‘Fear thou not! I will go with thee. I will go ahead of you. I will watch over you today . My eyes of love is upon you. No circumstance shall intimidate you today for MY GRACE is all you need. I AM the strength of your life and the ability in every crisis. I AM thy FATHER GOD’.
Wow! How glorious! I have the whole of heaven backing me up. That’s why I can shout and say, “IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?”
Rejoice! Be glad!
We are champions in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!

– Tangu Bro(Ps. Mathew Kuruvilla)

The Blatant Truth
Mankind has always been curiously in search for the unknown for centuries. This curiosity has led scientists and inventors to the discovery of planets, galaxies, stars, fire, steam-engines, flight, electricity etc. This curiosity of the unknown or this force to find the unknown and believe in something or someone bigger and more powerful than mankind has made some believe in myths and even some in extra- terrestrials. But, most of the time we are led to a dead end which leads most people to scepticism and has influenced people to believe something which can only be proved with science and numbers. But this same science and numbers that humans often use to believe with, is not permanent or does not have a continuous validity (a recent example is the discovery that Jupiter does not actually revolve around the Sun). Even today, normal people (atheists and people who know comparably little of the subject) say they will only believe in God if it can be proved by science. But Scientists, Discoverers and Inventors who are pioneers in their field had the following to say:

“The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed.”
–Charles Darwin, the founder of evolutionary biology, as cited in his book Descent of Man.

“I believe that the more thoroughly science is studied, the further does it take us from anything comparable to atheism.”
“If you study science deep enough and long enough, it will force you to believe in God.”
—Lord William Kelvin, who was noted for his theoretical work on thermodynamics, the concept of absolute zero and the Kelvin temperature scale based upon it.

“The more I study science, the more I believe in God.”–Albert Einstein
(The Wall Street Journal, Dec 24, 1997, article by Jim Holt, “Science Resurrects God.”)

“The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who – in their grudge against traditional religion as the ‘opium of the masses’ – cannot hear the music of the spheres.”—Albert Einstein

“God is a mathematician of a very high order and He used advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.”
–Nobel Prize winning physicist Paul A. M. Dirac, who made crucial early contributions to both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.

“God created everything by number, weight and measure.”
“In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.”
“I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.”
—Sir Isaac Newton, who is widely regarded to have been the greatest scientist the world has ever produced.

The more in-depth they go in science and the more discoveries they make, you will not be able to avoid the fact that there is a God who is still alive who stands outside or is not bound by time, space and matter.bCuriosity of the Unknown, is nothing but a pre-built feature in us to know Him (God) and to believe in the Son of God who is Jesus Christ who came to this world in the image of God, showing us who God is and what He wants from us today. Jesus did not come into this world as a founder of Christianity, or to be a part of any religion. He was sent to this world so that people may be led through Him who is the Saviour to the one True God. Only Jesus had the boldness to say,” I came from Father God and I’m going back to God’’ as in John 13.3. Only HE can say “I am the way, I am the truth and I am the life, No one can Come to Father God except through me” -John 14.6. No Messenger, Prophet, Angel, Man or any other religious book has the Truth other than the bible and there is no other saviour or mediator between man and God other than JESUS.

Those (every single human who walked on this earth) who do not believe in Jesus will perish (in Hell), but those who believe in Him will have everlasting life (Heaven)- John 3.16.

Why hustle?  Even if there is 1% chance that what I’m writing here is true when all science, facts, bible, miracles etc point to Jesus why not give HIM a try? All you ever need in your life is HIM.
Only the One who made you knows how to satisfy you.

– Raunaq & Sara

The reason that majority of Christians though they are earnest, are weak, is because they have never dared to confess or speak out who they are and what they are in Christ Jesus . When you find this, you will boldly speak out what the WORD declares you are, in Christ. As you do this, your faith will abound . The reason our faith is throttled and held bondage is because we have never dared to speak out what God says we are. Faith never grows beyond our confession . I was just thinking how great a stir it would create if every believer began to dare to confess who he is in Christ.
Now don’t keep quiet but shout and SAY, “ I am a new creation with God living in me.” Thus I will overcome every fear and circumstances because the One in me is greater and I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
We are not just forgiven sinners or poor, weak church members but the ones who face life fearlessly and subdue every circumstance in Jesus name .
Cheer up! Shout for Joy. We are more than conquerors ! Hallelujah ! Glory to Jesus Christ .

Bless you
Tangu br

To all my TNT (Teens& 20s) .

It’s such a joy to hear your testimonies – what the Holy Spirit is doing through you. Wow!! Really amazing. Keep fanning the fire in you. Let no one despise your age, but as they see the fire in you and love for Jesus and also your love for them ,let them know that Jesus is alive.This generation needs evidence that God exists.YOU are that evidence.Some are waiting for the move of God .YOU are the move of God .Be encouraged and be strong in the Lord .I stand by you all.

To all my lions in TNT – Tangu Br

Are you sad, depressed (about any matter at all) and you want someone to talk to?

Talk to the Holy Spirit. He is the best Comforter that you can have. He is always there to listen to you and He’s never too busy for you. He abides with you forever because Jesus had prayed to the Father.

So, just take a moment (60sec max), close your eyes, and say, “HolySpirit, take away the burden in my heart and fill me with your joy.”
I assure you, you will be filled with the peace of God in your hearts and minds because only the ONE who made you knows how to satisfy you !!

– Raunaq & Sara

One day a lady called me up desperately and opened up a long list of sufferings she was facing from her husband and mother in law. Everything she told me were complaints about what she was not getting as a wife. She was the only believer at home. She wanted me to pray for a change in them.

As I was beginning to pray, the Holy Spirit told me to tell her that instead of praying for their transformation, pray for a change of attitude in herself towards them. Holy Spirit directed the exhortation to the cross where Jesus was giving His life to those who were trying to take it. They could not take it but He laid it for them! Through that He is still winning lives!! Paul and Silas were beaten and wounded by the jailer. Instead of complaining, they praised the Lord and brought down heaven into the prison. To that man who gave them wounds they served hope! Finally what happened? The jailer himself washed their wounds, took baptism under their hands and took them home and served them meal!

On hearing this the lady reversed her prayer request : ” Brother, please pray for me to be changed. I want to change my attitude to ‘giving’ instead of ‘getting’. Now I understood that it will be me who will be the gainer, thus my Lord and my family will be happy !” So let’s ‘reverse’ some prayer requests too!

Thomaskutty Br

Are you letting your failures lure you into distress and loneliness?

From experience, I know, being in failure is a bad state of life where people look down on you as if you are a charity case and look down at you and point fingers at you. It hurts more when your loved ones do this, even though they might be just trying to help you seeing your situation.
But let me put it in a way so that you may know the Truth ,with the help of the Holy Spirit. If you look at the life of Jesus on this earth, He could easily be marked by this world as a failure too. He lived His entire life for other people, doing good for mankind, teaching them, healing them, showing compassion and mercy to sinners etc. But what did He get in return?? He was beaten, trampled and was put to death on a wooden post. An utter failure as per human standards .Even the devil thought for a moment that Jesus was done for. Then again, did He really end up a failure? Maybe it seemed so,… for 3 days! Ha! Ha!

But against all odds and expectations of the people and the devil, HE rose up! HE was made alive!!! Disarming all principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them on the cross. (Col 2:15)

If His death was a big news in and around Golgotha, HIS triumph and the Name “JESUS” was made known to all across the Heavens and the Earth.
“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow, of those in heaven and of those on earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil 2:9-11)NKJV.

Failure is a relative word .You might be good at somethings and you might be a champion in another .Paul was not a good orator but what he wrote could topple places.!!

Was he a failure? NEVER!! Let’s not compare ourselves with others for YOU ARE A UNIQUE creation! People call you failure because they want a Photostat of what they deem as success ! But, alas! Our Father is not a copycat!! HE is the creator who created everyone unique. So, lift your head up high!!

My dear friend, you can never ever be a failure if you have JESUS inside you!.Failure is no longer in our vocabulary. Instead there is only triumph. Never ever lose hope!

Always trust in HIM, for our Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one (2Thess 3:3). You can NEVER be a failure in Christ Jesus. If Jesus can turn water (failure) into wine (Triumph), He can and will make our situation into a miracle, not just before few people, but instead the world will know our triumph through HIM who strengthens us.

And if anyone (even our own conscience) comes to us reminding of our past experiences, just tell them , ”Wait for the ‘3rd day’ and see what Jesus is going to do through me” !!

Raunaq & Sara

We serve a God who is beyond time. Time is what we call on earth in terms of the past, the present and the future. Oh! Time…time…time. We all know the saying- time and tide waits for no man. It’s true… for no man. But the God we serve is beyond what we call time.

We are all where we are today (present), because of the decisions and actions we made in the past. All of us are constrained and bound to this one factor that we don’t have any control on. The moment we are born to this earth, our clock starts ticking where our life is built on. Many of us, at least once have thought to make a change on the decisions we made but we cannot ( regrets, failures, relationships, circumstances). But, there is someone, the man Christ Jesus, the one beyond time, who can go back to your past and turn your bad decisions into a miracle in the present and He will lead you from victory to victory in triumph to your future. The one beyond time, the man Christ Jesus whose very arrival into planet earth split time into A.D and B.C. That’s what will happen if Jesus is the Lord of your Life. Your life will be changed inside out, from your past to the present and into the future.

– Raunaq & Sara

Suppose on a fine morning an ordinary citizen has been Co opted and raised up to the ministers group of his country! He doesn’t know how to move and behave in that group and also among the ordinary people representing his new position. Now the only thing he can do is to closely watch and imitate what other ministers are doing.

This is exactly what happened to us on a fine morning called Easter; Raised up with Christ and seated with the God head in the super most position!
“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,”
‭‭(Ephesians‬ ‭2:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

Now what we can do is just imitate Christ and God by the help of the Holy Spirit. That’s why the Holy Spirit gives us commands to do things in Christ standard.

Imitate God, love in Christ’s standard .

“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.”
(‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

Forgive in God’s standard
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
‭‭(Ephesians‬ ‭4:32‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

Endure in Christ’s standard
“To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example,that you should follow in his steps.”
(‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2:21‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

Wow! God sees me in His standard!!

– Thomaskutty Br