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CHRISTIAN BEST ONE LINERS - 16

Your faith should be lived out in every aspect of your life, not just by going to church!

Jesus first makes you usable, before he uses you in the kingdom.

Live your Christian life before men, but live it for God.

Live so that when children think of a Christian, they think of you.

Don't ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, unless you are willing to move your feet.

You earn a PhD, when your 'Prayer is held Daily'.

You give God the credit, so why not give him some cash.

God honors faith because faith honors God!

If you know God's will don't put it off, because today will become yesterday tomorrow.

Better to go through the storm with Jesus, than to have smooth sailing without him!

"Is the right question, "Where is the God of Elijah today?" or "Where are the Elijah's today?"

The more things change, the more we need to depend on God, who doesn't change.

HOW BIG ARE GOD'S HANDS? - DEVOTIONAL BY RICK WARREN

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.… My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hands.” (John 10:28-29 NIV)

When I was growing up, one of the things that impressed me about my dad was his big hands. I have big hands now, but my dad had huge hands! When he would do carpentry, the hammer just looked so small in his hands.

My heavenly Father has really big hands. He’s got the whole world in his hands!

How big are God’s hands?

God’s hands are big enough to bless you. 

Jesus often touched people in order to bless them. He would lay his hands on people and bless them. He does the same for you. Isaiah 62:3 says, “The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see — a splendid crown in the hand of God” (NLT).

God’s hands are scarred to never forget you. 

 In Heaven, the only scars will be on Jesus. Do you think God can forget you? He has a constant reminder in his nail-scarred hands. The Bible says, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion for the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (Isaiah 49:15-16 NIV)

God’s hands are strong enough to keep you eternally secure. 

 John 10:28-29 says, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.… My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hands” (NIV).

Once you put your life in God’s hands, nobody can snatch you out. You may wonder, “Can’t you just jump out?” How big do you think God’s hands are? You’re never going to get to the edge of his hands. Every aspect of your life is in his hands.

When my kids were little, I used to stand at the edge of the pool in the water and say, “Trust me. Jump to me.” They were always afraid. Is he strong enough to catch me? Are his hands slippery? What happens if he doesn’t catch me? But finally they would get up enough faith to jump into my arms, and of course I would catch them. Then they’d want to do it a hundred more times!

Your Father is waiting for you to jump today. He’s saying, “Trust me. I can be trusted. I’m working behind the scenes. And I can handle anything you give me.” Don’t you want God’s hand to be on your life? Don’t you want your life to be in God’s hands? You can trust him with your life and your future.

RELATION AND RELATIONSHIPS - 5 ( DO NOT MOCK AT OTHERS)

“Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.” – Proverbs 22:10

Recently on Good Friday I visited my brothers’ house. In the evening I had a chance to be with the children of my eldest brother. His son was 7 years old and his daughter was 5 years old. My eldest brother went to meet a doctor with his wife and his son. So I and my elder brother were playing with his 5 year old daughter. She was so happy to play with us and she was telling lot of stories to us. 

At one point of time she was talking about a cartoon movie and she could remember all the characters of that movie. As she was talking about that I asked her about some Biblical characters and then I asked whether she pray to Jesus daily.

She could not lie to me by saying yes and so she didn’t spoke anything. After a few seconds she started to answer my question with a reason saying, “In my house...” Before she completed the sentence my elder brother made a funniest remark on my eldest brother using her words. 

It was a funniest remark and so we both laughed. We never thought what she will think and so we laughed loudly. Suddenly she became angry and said, “You people are making fun of me and my dad. So you people are not the children of Jesus and you both will go to hell.”

Saying these words, she left the room with anger and went to my parents who were in the other room. After few minutes my eldest brother returned and she ran to him and told all that happened and again said that we will go to hell.

My eldest brother knows the way we used to make fun of each other and so he tried to calm down his 5 year old daughter but her anger never got reduced on that night. 

We never had any intention to hurt her but our mockery led her to get angry. Since she is a little child she forgot that incident the very next day and spoke to my elder brother in a normal way. Since I returned to my place the same night in which she got angry I could not speak to her. 

There were times in our life we make fun of other people and provoke their anger. Bible says that when a mocker goes out, strife will also go out. When he leaves quarrels and insults will end.

Remember if you mock at others you might become a reason for quarrel and strife. Your words might insult others and that might lead to a severe wound in their heart. So do not ever mock at someone.

If you are a child of Jesus Christ, you should put an end to that habit today itself. Do not be a reason for someone’s wound. You have to speak the words of peace to others and not the words of insult. 

In 2 Kings 2:23-25, we can read that some boys made mocking remarks at Elisha. Elisha got angry and he called down a curse on them. What happened when Elisha cursed them? Two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty two of the boys who made mocking remarks at Elisha.

If you join with a group of people to mock someone and if that particular person got hurt, you will have the effect of their curse in your life. So be careful in what you speak and what you do.

My dear young friends, if you want to have a peaceful relationship with someone, do not ever insult them and do not mock at them for any reason. Then your relationship will be filled with God’s peace and happiness. God be with you.

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WHY ARE YOU TROUBLED? WHY DO DOUBTS ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS?

“And He said to them, why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?" - Luke 24:38

Recently I heard a testimony of a young woman who was blessed by Jesus Christ. She had an elder sister and a younger brother. The elder sister got married and soon she got pregnant. Then this girl got married but as years passed she didn’t get pregnant. Soon her younger brother also got married and his wife also got pregnant soon after the marriage. 

This girl loved Jesus Christ so much but yet she was barren for eight long years. Because of this, she was worried and suffered a lot. No one could comfort her at all. There was a man of God who prayed for this girl a lot with tears. One day he called that girl and said, “My dear daughter, this is going to be your year. Within this year end you will get a child.”

Jesus Christ saw the tears of that girl and He honored the faith of that servant of God. Within two weeks the servant of God received happy news from that woman that she was pregnant and she is expecting her baby now. 

My dear young friends, are you worried because of your family problems? Are you losing your faith slowly? Do you feel so tired longing for blessings? 

Holy Spirit wants you to know that your Savior is alive. Jesus Christ died but rose again and He is living even today. As He suffered a lot in the cross, His disciples lost all their strength and hope. They were living behind closed doors.

But one day Jesus Christ appeared to them and asked, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your heart?”

Today He is asking the same question to you. Why are you troubled and why do doubts arise in your heart?

Jesus Christ wants you to have hope because He is alive. He is standing next to you today to bless you and reveal His power through your life. 

You might be worried because you might have betrayed Jesus like Peter. Do not get discouraged. After resurrection, Jesus revealed Himself first to Peter among all His disciples. He will reveal Himself to you and use you for His glory.

You might be worried because you could not find Jesus Christ like Mary Magdalene. Do not fear. Jesus Christ is not dead. He is alive. He appeared first to Mary Magdalene. He will soon appear to you and will bless you richly. The problems that are making you to shed tears will soon disappear. Your fears will be removed and God’s peace will soon fill your life. 

You might have a doubt like Thomas had. Do not feel guilty. Jesus Christ will prove to you that He is alive and will make you believe. You will live for God.

Jesus Christ is a living God and He is alive today. There is no reason for you to worry. Your Saviour lives and He will never forsake you. Do not fear and do not doubt God’s power.

Jesus Christ will bless you and raise you. You will see God’s mighty power operating in your life very soon. You will live. God bless you.

IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, YOU WILL NOT PERISH

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

Most of us know about the life of David. David was called by God to be a mighty king. God had chosen him and set him high among the entire Israelites. But one day David fell in sin with Bathsheba and killed her husband Uriah. God’s wrath can be understood through the prophetic words spoken by Nathan, the prophet. 

There was one verse which touched my heart. It is found in 2 Samuel 12:13.

“So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.”

My dear young friends, you are chosen by God. You know very well that God had called you for a purpose. You know your calling. But yet you are struggling to come out of your sinful activities. You feel guilty but yet you are repeating the same thing again and again. 

These days you are thinking that there is no more forgiveness for you and you feel that you can’t fulfill God’s purpose in your life. 

Today Jesus Christ is speaking to you. He says to you that you will not perish for He is putting away your sins. 

All you have to do is hold onto God’s hand from now on and walk according to God’s counsel.

There was a young teen guy who got addicted to homosexuality. When he realized that he is doing a great sin, he was deep into it. No one around him knows that he was a homosexual. Everyone thought about him as a holy person but yet he had this sinful behaviour in secret. Whenever he commits this sin, soon after that he will pray to God that he won’t do it again.

This he did for several days and months. Years passed but there was no change in his attitude. As guilt begun to overpower his mind, he cried to Lord desperately for His strength and help.

Jesus Christ heard his prayers and gave him His strength to overcome the sin. Every day as he looked onto God for His counsel, Jesus Christ took hold of his hand and led him out of that behaviour. One fine day he felt so happy to realize he was completely out of that sin. But yet he was worried that whether God will use him for His glory.

Jesus Christ had never cast him away. He transformed that young guy’s life and today He is using him for His glory. 

My dear young friends, you might also be struggling with some bad habits and you do not know the way of escape. Today you have to know that Jesus Christ is the way of escape. 

If you look to Him for help, Jesus Christ will never cast you away. He will give you His strength and will lift you up. 

Today Jesus Christ says to you, “My dearest child, you will not perish in this sinful habit and you will not perish because of this sin. I know your anguish and anxiety. I will put away your sins and will set you free. I love you so much. Since you are precious in my sight, I will honour you. You will live for My glory.”

“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." - John 3:17

Jesus Christ came into this world not to condemn you but to save you through Him. Come to Jesus Christ and you will be saved. If you believe in Him you will not perish. God bless you.