Taking Jesus at His word: (John 4:46-53)   The Bible records of a Royal official whose son was sick. The official heard about Jesus and he begged him to come and heal his son who was sick and close to death. The father was concerned about his son and was afraid the he would die. His only hope was Jesus. Jesus did not have to go into his house, but he simply said: “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and

A construction supervisor from the 16th floor of a building was calling a worker on the ground floor. But because of the noise, the worker did not hear his Call. To draw the attention of the worker, the supervisor threw a $50 note in front of the worker. The worker picked up the note, kept it in his pocket and continued to work. Again to draw the attention of the worker, the supervisor threw $100 note and the worker this time quickly picked it and

A young lady sat in public transport: an elderly grumpy/irritable lady came and sat by her as she bumped into her with her numerous bags, the other neighbour got upset, asking the young lady why she did not protest and insist on her rights: she responded with a smile: " It is not necessary to be rude or argue over something so insignificant!” (Irrelevant Arguments waste time & energy; brings quarrels finally). I will come down at the next bus

A veteran school teacher was certain she would get the upcoming promotion to Vice-Principal since she had greater seniority than the other teachers. When the appointment went to a teacher with less experience she was outraged. "How can you do this to me? I've been teaching school for twenty years" she lamented to the School Board Chairman. With gentle wisdom he responded, "Dear lady, you haven't been teaching twenty years. You've taught one year

Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many. After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said "You're Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!" "How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal. "I packed your

As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea. It’s so high in salt content that the human body can float easily in it. The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times that of normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No mammal. In fact, nothing lives in the Dead Sea. And hence the name: Dead Sea. The other sea is the Sea of Galilee.

Love in Action through Hospitality: Hospitality Ministry refers to the quality of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, generous way; or  love of strangers. It’s a command(Leviticus 19:33-34) and commended as well. Jesus and the 12 depended on hospitality in their ministry(Matthew 10:9-10), and the early church too (Acts 2:44-45, Acts 28:7).  We are reminded not to forget to entertain strangers for by doing so, some

Be silent In the heat of anger - (Prov 14:17) Be silent When you don't have all the facts - (Prov 18:13) Be silent When you haven't verified the story - (Deut 17:6) Be silent If your words will offend a weaker person - (1 Cor 8:11) Be silent when it is time to listen - (Prov 13:1) Be silent When you are tempted to make light of holy things - (Eccl 5:2) Be silent When you are tempted to joke about sin - (Prov 14:9) Be silent If you would be ashamed

When the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the Great Wall of China. They thought no one could climb it due to its height. During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice. And every time, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall... because each time, they bribed the guards and came through the doors. The Chinese built the wall but forgot the character-building

A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air. Years passed and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in