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8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. (ESV) Daniel 1:8 10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. (ESV) Daniel 6:10 Leading a spiritual life was not easy for Daniel. He was living in a gentile foreign land as a captive and he was from a minority community. He worked with people who did not know the living God. His colleagues were magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, ungodly politicians and top officials of the King of Babylon. He had challenges of having a high-profile job. He had constant struggle to keep the laws of his God which would not go well with the laws of Babylonians. However, he could preserve and grow in

A.     Our Stewardship  The word steward in the New Testament used to describe someone who administers the property of other. God appoints all the born again believers as His stewards. It means that God appoints us over certain resources and things of God as stewards. The born again believers are stewards or managers or administrators over at least following things: 1.       Our Natural talents such as personality, skills, aptitudes. 2.       The truth of Gospel that revealed to us, God’s indwelling Spirit and the gifts received from God. 3.       Possessions acquired during our lifetime. 4.       Time. All these things such as natural talents, Gospel and Holy Spirit, wealth and time are God’s own possessions but God has given them to us for a time. B.      Basic Principles of Stewardship Matthew 25.14-30 To handle all God given resources, we need to understand different aspects of stewardship. From the parable in Mt 25.14-30, following important principles of stewar

What is the meaning of separation? Separation means 1.       The action or state of moving or being moved apart. 2.       The state in which a husband and wife remain married but live apart: "she and her husband have agreed to a trial separation". As the basic meaning of the word indicates the doctrine of separation means all born again believers need to keep a line of separation in their lives from sinful and ungodly things in this world in order to keep themselves holy to God who is holy. Foundation of the teaching of Separation believers is God’s Holiness Leviticus 11:44-45    44 I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and holy because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.  45 I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy because I am holy. Leviticus 19:2    2 "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the LORD you

John Knox the Scottish Reformer was a mighty man of prayer. He was an instrumental to bring great reform and revival in Scotland.  Here is an example of how he prayed, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die !” After a time of stillness, again the cry, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die !” Once more deep silence. Then again the cry with more intense pathos, “O Lord, give me Scotland, or I die.” God gave him Scotland. He saved many from wrong faith to real salvation and pure doctrines. Another powerful example for power of prayer is China. It was a communist-atheist country. The churches were closed down and Christians were eradicated from the land. Bible was destroyed. However, believers from the many nations interceded for China, at present the Chinese churches are fastest and rapid growing churches in the world. We limit our prayer often to our personal needs. However, one of the best ways that we can do our ministry to build the Kingdom of God is prayer. Today we will look i

Text: James 2.1-13 Partiality is common everywhere. People favour others in unjust way. James addresses this issue. He instructs us that we should not show partiality in the church. People show partiality in the church on the basis of several things such as (James 2.2-3): What people have or have not Who they are or are not How they look or appear In most of the churches and other places, people are valued on the basis of what they have, who they are and how they look. The important sign of sin of partiality is obvious sign of deliberate distinction or status quo that believers maintain among themselves. Why we should not do partiality God has no partiality (Romans 2.11). God created everyone in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1.26). Therefore God values everyone equally. Gospel has levelling effect on any kind of social stratification. Faith in Christ cannot be combined with sin of partiality (James 2.1). When we show partiality, we are not in t