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Do Not Worry

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Do Not Worry Read: Matthew 6:25-34    Do you have worries in your life? I know your answer will be yes! If you are a youth you will be having worries about your exams, if you are a new graduate then you will be worried about your job if you are a person working in foreign countries you will be worried about your visa and health. In each and every stages of our life, we will be having worries. Especially if you are a believer in Christ.  A short story, David is a born Christian and he had kept God at least priority and just 1.5 months back he had taken baptism and gave more time to God. After some time he will start facing problems in the family, problems at workplace, personal finance problems, etc. In the same way, once you have given more time to God the devil will start attacking you. What will you do? According to me we should stop worrying and start living a simple life, which means continuing to praise and worship God or having a tal...

Fasting And Prayer

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Fasting And Prayer Read: Isaiah 58 Why do we do fasting? Is it Because God gets pleased and blesses us with all the things we need? No, it is because we are giving a sacrifice/giving thanks/apologizing to God. In Isreal, people used to sacrifice to God the lamb, birds or other animals for forgiveness or giving thanks. But when Jesus sacrificed his life for us on that cross he bore all our sins and punishments on himself and became the ultimate sacrifice. Even th ough Jesus became our sacrifice, we still need to give something to God. So, instead of making an agreement with God, we have to do it wholeheartedly and free-willingly without expecting something in return. But we will be rewarded in heaven for all what we have done on earth ( Matthew 18:18  “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be  bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be  loosed in heaven. ).  Most people fast by not eating anything or some will not eat their fa...