Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Free Books Inside) |
- Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Free Books Inside)
- Ask and Knock (Or Pray with Open Wallet)
- C.S. Lewis on The Theology of Being Good
| Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Free Books Inside) Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:19 AM PST 
Christians today often feel without a voice: a minority in an indifferent world. Should we withdraw? Get stuck in, despite blurred boundaries? Like the Israelites in Babylon, for many of us this is a time of temptation and defeat. Ajith Fernando's Spiritual Living in a Secular World engaging book uses the experience of the young Israelite, Daniel. Daniel and his companions were the elite: young men of outstanding ability. God put them in a position where their names – their very identity – were changed to fit Babylonian culture. They learned pagan languages and became steeped in Babylonian society. Yet they did not compromise. They avoided the opposite traps of isolation and accommodation, preferring instead the option of obedient involvement. By their radical obedience they proclaimed that the Kingdom of God is alive and well – and so can we. FREE BOOKS!  This month of March 2014, I would like to offer you 3 BOOKS (ONLY) entitled Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Ajith Fernando. You are welcome to get a copy of this book for yourself by simply do these 2 things: First, comment below "Rich, give me one copy (Your name). I hope that through this book I can… [Not less than 10 words]" Then, send message to my inbox Facebook account your real name, phone no. and your postal address. [For book distribution purposes only] Thank you. THINK BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP.   |
| Ask and Knock (Or Pray with Open Wallet) Posted: 26 Feb 2014 05:54 PM PST  "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Jesus in Matthew 7:7) "When you pray, you must ask, seek and – knock!" (RA) A father was leading his family in their time of devotions. When he prayed, he told God about the needs of the poor widow across the street. He listed the things she needed, and he proceeded to tell the Lord just how to send them. Tear of sympathy tolled down his wife's cheeks. But one member of the family – the couple's son – wasn't praying. He was thinking. When the father said "Amen", his son walked over to him and with his hand held out said, "Dad, give me your wallet and I'll go over there and answer your prayer myself." It was obvious to that youngster that prayer and practice must go together whenever possible. Of course, prayer must come first. But the reason of prayer is action and practice. There are certain prayers that need extraordinary miracles to happen (and we can't do anything, except fully relying on God) such as when we pray for people's salvation, spiritual comfort for the broken, Spirit-anointed ministry, healing, etc. But there are great many prayers that need us to pray and at the same time need us to move into actions. When we pray for a job, we need to find job. When we pray for the hungry, we need to provide food for them. When we pray for good result in exam, we need to study. Remember this old-ever-relevant advice about prayer: When you pray, pray as though everything depended on God. When you work, work as though everything depended on you. Both God's sovereignty and human's free will. THINK BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP. |
| C.S. Lewis on The Theology of Being Good Posted: 24 Feb 2014 08:09 AM PST 
From C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: "Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam – he is only nourishing or protecting a life he could never have acquired by his own efforts. And that has practical consequences. As long as the natural life is in your body, it will do a lot towards repairing that body. Cut it, and up to a point it will heal, as a dead body would not. A live body is not one that never gets hurt, but one that can to some extent repair itself. In the same way a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble – because the Christ-life is inside him, repairing him all the time, enabling him to repent (in some degree) the kind of voluntary death which Christ Himself carried out. That is why the Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or – if they think there is not – at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian think any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it." THINK BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP. |
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