Tips for Good Health

Health - Very Very Important Tips

Answer the phone by LEFT ear.
Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.
Do not take pills with COOL water.
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.
Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time.
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

Forward this to those whom you CARE about!

Here are some healthy tip for your smartness & physical fitness. Prevention is better than cure. HEALTHY JUICES

Carrot + Ginger + Apple - Boost and cleanse our system.


Apple + Cucumber + Celery - Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache.


Tomato + Carrot + Apple - Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.


Bitter gou rd + Apple + Milk - Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.


Orange + Ginger + Cucumber - Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat.


Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.


Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - To improve skin complexion.


Pear & Banana - regulates sugar content.


Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization .


Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk - Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and str engthen body immunity.


Papaya + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.


Banana + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation

Quite interesting!
Keep Walking.....

Jus to check this out......
The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.



Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.

It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.

This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking...






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Did You Know?

Blood type and Rh How many people have it? O + 40 % O - 7 % A + 34 % A - 6 % B + 8 % B - 1 % AB + 3 % AB - 1 %   Does Your Blood Type Reveal Your Personality?   Accord ing to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types. How do you rate?   TYPE O You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive. TYPE A You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax. TYPE B You're a rugged individualist, who's str aightforwa rd and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness. TYPE AB Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions. MOST IMPORTANT INFO NOW: REGARDS, MANIKANDAN, You Can Receive If Your Type Is O- O+ B- B+ A- A+ AB- AB+ AB+ YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES AB- YES YES YES YES A+ YES YES YES YES A- YES YES B+ YES YES YES YES B- YES YES O+ YES YES O- YES KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES REGARDS, MANIKANDAN, Fruit Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit Benefit apples Protects your heart prevents constipation Blocks diarrhea Improves lung capacity Cushions joints apricots Combats cancer Controls blood pressure Saves your eyesight Shields against Alzheimer's Slows aging process artichokes Aids digestion Lowers cholesterol Protects your heart Stabilizes blood sugar Gua rd s against liver disease avocados Battles diabetes Lowers cholesterol Helps stops str okes Controls blood pressure Smoothes skin bananas Protects your heart Quiets a cough Strengthens bones Controls blood pressure Blocks diarrhea

.... DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese med ical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, ga str itis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and men str ual diso rd ers, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water .....interesting
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes

3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Ga str ic - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days

6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwa rd s - daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life.
Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.
This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ...not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed . It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack..

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be

Come to Jesus

Come to Jesus for Peace, Encouragement and Victory

 

The Reality of Living in a Fallen World

Someone said, Make Sundays your strong days and your week days wont be weak days.  While that may be true to a great extent, I would say that it is first of all often a little easier said than done.  And the truth is that we need to make all our days strong days.  At
Church on Sundays or at our House Groups, Cell Groups or Bible Study
Groups, we are all conscious that we are Gods children and we manage to
stay on our best behavior.  But
come Monday and the whole week after that, or outside the cozy
fellowship of Church gatherings and support groups, we spend our time in
an altogether different world at office, college, school or interacting
with our neighbors.  It is a world which is fallen and far from perfect.  And
though not everything out there is or appears to be dark and dismal, it
is a world where we definitely do experience things that disturb us, or
at least, discourage us. It is a world where we face all kinds of
challenges.  There are people
who provoke us, deadlines we must meet, temptations, attractions,
distractions, troubles, tribulations and all kinds of struggles. And
then there is always the possibility of something unexpected and
unpleasant suddenly coming up and completely rocking our boat. So how
can we overcome all these difficult situations we encounter every day in
the world in which we live and then come on Sunday to Church, into the
congregation of the Saints, victorious and with rejoicing as we should,
instead of coming so beaten up and defeated as we often do? Is that
really possible? After all, the Bible does tell us (Romans 8:37) that we
are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. Does it not?

Come to Jesus

What does Jesus say?   He said, Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28. It is only in Jesus that we will find the resources we need.

Now let us look at another scripture verse which is going to be our main scripture reference I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33.

Jesus says, I have told you these things& What things is He talking about?  In
John 13 we see the episode of Jesus washing His disciples feet where
he tells them of what is going to happen to Him. He tells them how after
a little while He would have to leave them and He predicts His betrayal
by Judas and also Peters denial.   His
disciples when they heard this, were greatly disturbed and the Bible
tells us in the Words of Jesus Himself that they were filled with grief.
Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. John 16:6.

 Jesus
sensed the horror and anxiety of His disciples, so in John 14 to 16 we
see how He comforts them with the assurance of an eternity that they
would ultimately spend with Him in a place He Himself would prepare for
them and He tells them how He is the Only Way
by which they would get there. Then Jesus clearly warns them that while
they remained on earth before He comes back, they would have troubles
and persecution but that He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit
to help them.  And Jesus concludes these words of encouragement saying, I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

Now there are three things Jesus mentions here: The first is Peace, that you may have peace&, The second has to do with Encouragement, take heart& and the third is about Victory, I have overcome&    What happens to us or what can possibly happen to us when we are suddenly confronted with a very difficult situation?  I think the first thing that happens to me is that I seem to lose my peace. If the situation gets worse or does not show improvement after some time I could get discouraged and ultimately discouragement could lead to a sense of defeat. Right?  The disciples were conceivably going through all of this.  What Jesus told them had disturbed them.  They would have lost their peace.  They could have been quite discouraged and were probably already starting to feel defeated.  Suddenly all their hopes and aspirations seemed to be dashed.  So Jesus knew that what the disciples needed was an antidote to all the emotional trauma they were going through. And that antidote was peace and encouragement and the assurance that He was going to enable them to be victorious ultimately.   

Jesus knows that you and I have the
same needs today when faced with situations that overwhelm us and He is
ready to meet those needs if we will only come to Him unreservedly and
whole heartedly.

Come to Jesus for Peace

Jesus said, Peace
I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27.  It is very important for us to understand that the Peace that Jesus gives is different from the peace the world knows. 

Firstly, the Peace of Christ is a peace in spite of trouble or in the midst of troubles all around.  'A story is told of an artist who was asked to paint a picture of peace.  He painted a picture of a raging storm.  It
showed the trees being blown by the fierce wind, an overcast sky,
pelting sleet and people running for shelter, struggling to keep their
clothing from being torn away from them by the breeze.  It was indeed a perfect depiction of a most terrifying thunder storm.  But
in one corner of the painting was a rock which at first glance was
almost unnoticeable and sheltered from the violent tempest and all its
fury in a small cleft in that rock was a little bird, perched there
peacefully and watching the hurricane outside.' The peace the world
knows is a peace which means the absence of trouble.  But the Peace of Christ is from within and is not dependant on the circumstances all around.   That is why the world cannot understand it.  The Apostle Paul in the Bible says to the Philippian Church, & the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7. His Peace transcends all understanding.

Secondly, the Bible says, in the
same verse that the Peace of Christ guards our hearts and minds, whereas
the peace the world knows of is very fragile and needs itself to be
guarded. That is why we have the army on our national borders to guard
the peace of the nation. Imagine
that there were two mansions, one made of glass and the other made of
iron and you had the choice of living in either of the two.  Suppose you chose to live in the glass house, between the house and you, who would be guarding who?  Obviously
you would have to guard the house from thieves who would try to break
in or someone who might want to throw stones or probably from the little
boys playing cricket in the street.  On the other hand, if you chose to live in the house made of iron, between the house and you, who would protect who?  Would
not the house protect you from any danger from outside? The peace of
the world is like a glass house that needs to be heavily guarded.  But the Peace of Christ is like the iron house. It will guard you from all harm.

Thirdly, Christ Himself is our Peace.
Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and
called uncircumcised by those who call themselves the circumcision
(which is done in the body by human hands) ¹² remember that at that time you were separate from Christ excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.  ¹⁴ For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, Ephesians 2:11-14.  He
was the One who made Peace between God and us by giving His life on the
Cross. The Bible says that we were previously enemies of God because of
our sins and objects of His wrath.    Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from Gods wrath through him! ¹⁰
For if, while we were Gods enemies, we were reconciled to him through
the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be
saved through his life! ¹¹ Not only is this so, but we also
boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation. Romans 5:9. Once we were separated from God by our sins but He reconciled us with God through His sacrifice for us on the Cross. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. ⁶ We
all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own
way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa 53:5-6.   Jesus paid the price for our sins on the Cross so that we could have the true Peace of God which is Peace with God.  Therefore only He can give us the true Peace we need because He Himself is our Peace.

Do you need real Peace today?  Come to Jesus! He will give you True Peace, His Peace which is Peace with God. This is the real Peace that we all need.

Come to Jesus for Encouragement

The disciples were very discouraged
that Jesus was going away and they were as we have seen earlier, filled
with grief (John 16:5).  So Jesus encourages them saying, Do not let your hearts be troubled& John 14:1.  In John 16:33 He says again, Take heart&

True words of encouragement give hope. 

Jesus encourages His disciples first of all by giving them a lasting hope.  It was a hope of a future with Him for all eternity which He Himself would prepare for them.  He said to them, Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me. ² My Fathers house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going. John 14:1-3

Today Jesus offers you and me that same Hope. The Bible calls it our Blessed Hope, while we wait for the blessed hopethe appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13.
It is the Hope for the day that Jesus Himself will come back to take us
with Him to the place He has Himself prepared for us. O what a Glorious
Hope that is! But Alas! Few of us may really understand it. 

In order for us to try and
comprehend the Hope we have we need to first realize how hopeless we are
or were without Christ and what He has done for us.  The Bible says we were reserved for Hell because of our sins. What is hell like? The Bible says it is a place of fire.  &And anyone who says, You fool! will be in danger of the fire of hell. Matthew 5:22; &It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. Matthew 18:9.  Anyone
who has been burnt by fire will know that there are perhaps few things
that are more painful than that. I believe that the sufferings of this
world are a small taste of hell and that if you could put all the pain,
suffering, bitterness, anguish, hate and everything evil in the world
together and then multiply it by infinity we would get a feeling of what
hell really is.

But Praise be to God, through the
finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross and by His Resurrection from
the dead, we have the hope of eternal life with Him in Heaven.  What is Heaven like? I am convinced that it is absolutely the opposite of hell and even more.  So if the goodness of this life were a small taste of heaven, then if you put together all that is true, whatever
is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirableif anything is excellent or praiseworthy and multiply it all by infinity, you might get an idea of heaven. I believe that is why in Philippians 4:8 Paul asks us to think about such things. But even that would not give us the complete picture as the Bible also says However, as it is written:  What no eye has seen,    what no ear has heard,   and what no human mind has conceived    the things God has prepared for those who love him.  1Corinthians 2:9.  If
only we can understand how great and awesome this Hope really is then
all our other challenges would be nothing to us. As Paul says Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2Corinthians 4:16-17.  All our troubles would be light and momentary in comparison to the Hope we have. Hallelujah! 

Let me add this quote that a friend
sent me just a few minutes ago. I dont know why he keeps sending me
such quotes but right now this one is so apt and perfectly timed:

How sweet is the rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended. George Whitefield.

True words of encouragement give assurance. 

Jesus not only gave His disciples a Hope for eternity, He also gave them the assurance of the promised Holy Spirit.   Jesus says If you love me, keep my commands. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever ¹⁷
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither
sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will
be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ¹⁹ Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. John 14:15-19.

Jesus promises them that the Holy
Spirit would come and dwell in them and that the Father and He would
dwell in them through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  &Anyone
who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we
will come to them and make our home with them. John 14:23. They
would never be alone but His presence would be in them. In fact the
entire Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit would dwell in them. What a
tremendous assurance!

Friends, dont you know that today
you and me who have put our trust in the Lord Jesus for salvation too
have this same assurance of God personally dwelling within us as His
Temple? Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 1Corinthians 6:19. What we need is to be filled with the Holy Spirit more and more.  We can if we will only allow Him to fill us. Come to Jesus.  Just ask Him and He will fill you with the Holy Spirit.



True words of encouragement do not give false promises. 

Jesus did not promise the disciples
there would be no troubles or persecution but rather how they would be
able to overcome them. He told them clearly that they would have to
suffer these things. He said, If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is,
you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
That is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you: A servant is not greater than his master.  If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. ²¹ They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. ²⁴
If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not
be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both
me and my Father. ²⁵ But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: They hated me without reason. John 15:18-25.  Jesus tells his disciples how they would be hated and persecuted on account of Him.  He also tell them the reason why this would happen.  The people of the world will do this to disciples because the world neither knew The Father nor Him.  They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. John 16:3.

Today we too will suffer persecution
on account of Him because the world does not know Him. And the Bible
says that we should not be surprised when that happens as if something
strange were happening to us, Dear
friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you
to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 1Peter
4:12.  Jesus does not make false promises.  He never said there would be no troubles.  He
is quite clear about what would happen. But in spite of all that may
befall us we have a Hope that will last for eternity in Him. We have His
presence in us by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and even though the
world may throw all kinds of challenges at us we will not be moved
because Jesus Himself encourages us with words of Hope and assurance and
no false promises.

Beloved in Christ, if you are feeling discouraged today due to anything come to Jesus!  He alone can encourage you!  His
encouragement is not like that which anyone else can give because only
He can offer you real encouragement that is an eternal glorious hope and
the assurance of His presence to be in you forever.

Come to Jesus for Victory

Jesus said, &In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33.

Jesus knew exactly what his
disciples would have to go through in the world and we saw how He
clearly warned His them that they would have troubles.  But He says, ...take heart! I have overcome the world.  John 16:33.  Remember He had earlier told them that He was going to ask The Father to send them
the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would lead them into all truth, He
would teach them and it is He who would actually enable them to testify
for Jesus.

Today we too might encounter all kinds of tribulations in the world because of Jesus.  However, for a lot of us the troubles in the world might not necessarily come exactly in the form of direct persecution.  There
may be instead different other kinds of challenges we may face in the
world. For example, they could be worries or attractions or distractions
of the world.  The
seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go
on their way they are choked by lifes worries, riches and pleasures,
and they do not mature. Luke 8: 14.  Or they could be temptations: Various kinds of lust and pride.  For
everything in the worldthe lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of lifecomes not from the Father but from the world. 1John 2:16. The world is full of such temptations all around us and we all know that. Dont we?  But no matter what so ever your struggle may be, Jesus already knows it and He can help us overcome it. How?  Let us look at a few scriptures:



For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we areyet he did not sin. Hebrews 4:15.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not
let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,
he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13.

So whatever is your struggle,
remember that Jesus is your High Priest who not only sympathizes with
you and understands you, but is able to make a way for you to overcome
it. How does He do this?  The Bible tells us that "His
divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through
our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so
that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 2 Peter 1:3-4.  His divine power is by the Power of the Holy Spirit.  One of His precious promises is the promise of the Holy Spirit who gives us power for victory in our lives.  Jesus said, But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will
be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth. Acts 1:8.  The
Holy Spirit gives us the power to overcome any challenge we may face.
Whether it is persecution or temptation or a weakness: Whatever it is,
He can help us overcome it. We just have to call on Him when in trouble.




The
sad thing is that when faced with challenges or struggles we usually do
not call on Him. Instead we try to figure it out on our own and in our
strength and end up failing miserably. After coming to Christ I still
struggled for a few years with drinking and smoking.  I tried real hard
to quit it but only failed repeatedly until one day I cried out to
Jesus.  I told Him that I could not kick the habits though I wanted so
desparately to. I asked Him to do it for me. All of a sudden I
experienced a deep peace in my heart. From that day till today which is
about twenty years now, I have neithter tasted a drop of liquor nor
smoked a cigarette.  I still don't say I quit those habits.  I say the
habits quit me.  Because the Holy Spirit drove them out.  Hallelujah! I
firmly believe that by the Power of the Holy Spirit we can be able to
overcome every struggle and be God's witnesses: Witnesses of His
Victory.  All we need to do is to come to Jesus when we face trouble. 



So if you have been trying hard to
overcome something in your life in own strength and have been failing
repeatedly and you feel you have been defeated, just give up trying and
give it to Jesus. His Blood will cleanse you of all past sins and
failures. ...if we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.  ⁸ If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:7-9.  Just
confess that you have failed and that you are unable to do it on your
own. He will not only cleanse you of your past failures by His Blood
but will also help you by the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome your
struggle completely. And in the very area of your weakness His strength
would be made perfect so that the glory that is due to Him goes to Him.

Come To Jesus To Remain In His Love

Jesus did everything that was needed for our peace and encouragement and to enable us to be victorious in this life.  But there is one condition: The condition is that we come to Him.  He says come to me.  What does it mean to come to Jesus?

Remaining in Jesus and in His Love

Now I am not one like some of my friends who likes to hangout in the fancy Shopping Malls of the upcoming city in which I live.  I
usually go there about once a month with my wife and kids to buy the
groceries for the house or occasionally to pick up a gift or a greeting
card for a friend. So my visits to a shopping mall are usually purely
need based.  I think sometimes
our coming to Jesus can be pretty much like my visits to the shopping
mall. We go to Him only when we need something from Him. Once we have
what we need we are off on our own again until another need arises and
then we come back again. But is that how He intends that we come to Him?
No.  He wants us to come to come to Him to abide in Him.  He says, I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace&  He wants us to come to Him and to remain in Him.  Remain in me,
as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:4-5.  But what does it mean to remain in Jesus?  To remain in Jesus is to remain in His love. Jesus says, As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.  John 15:9.

To Remain in Jesus is to obey Him

So how do we remain in His love?  He says, If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Fathers commands and remain in his love. John 15:10.  To remain in the love of Jesus we have got to listen to Him and obey His commands.  He says, My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27. I
believe too often we get into trouble and lose our peace and we have
only ourselves to blame simply because we make the wrong choices.  The reason we make wrong choices is because we do not listen to His voice and obey what He says.  Some
time back I was thinking about all the times I had problems in my life
because of trying to do things my own way without listening to Gods
still small voice and I wrote a poem.  This
poem talks about the choices we make and the consequences they can
have. I would like to share this poem with you so here goes:

Choices We Make

Sometimes in life, you have many choices only till you have chosen one.

Your choice could result in what you have lost or in what you have won.

Some choices may lead to loss and some to gain,

Some to happiness and others to much pain.

The outcome of some choices could be good and some bad,

Some could make you happy but some could leave you sad.

Some choices could lead to darkness and others lead to light:

Some could lead to blindness while others give you sight.

Some choices can build you up while some could break you down;

Some could make someone smile and others make them frown.

Some choices lead to blessing while others bring a curse;

Some make things better some make them worse.

Some choices lead to life and others lead to death;

And what we sow is what we reap is what we often forget.

So how do you choose when faced with many choices?

Do you listen to God's still small voice or to a host of confusing voices?

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If we would only listen to Jesus voice more and obey what He says we would definitely be a lot happier. 

Obeying Jesus is possible only out of love for Him

But to be able to obey Him we must first love Him. He says, &Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching& John 14:23; Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching& John 14:24. This definitely makes a lot of practical sense. Doesnt it?  It
is very difficult to obey someone unless you love them. The only other
ways I can think of that obeying someone you do not love is possible are
that you either fear them or you just dont have an option which is
still a kind of fear anyway. But this kind of obedience is far from
pleasant and definitely not the kind that Jesus is asking for.  Jesus
wants us to obey Him because we love Him. If we truly love Him we will
do what He says not only because we will believe it is for our good but
also we will want to do what He says.  Obeying Him will not be what we have to do but what we want to do.  This is why He says, &Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching& John 14:23.

Come To Jesus In Love

So Friends, come to Jesus because He loves you. He loves you with a love which is like no one else can. He says, As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you& John 15:9.  He loves us so much that He gave His life for us to give us an abundant and eternal life with Him.  So great and awesome is His love for us; how can we not but love Him in return?  We ought to love Him with all our hearts, souls, mind and strength. &Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30.  Jesus is Lord and He is God and He truly deserves all our love.

If we love Him we will obey Him. If we obey Him we will remain in His Love and in Him. And in Him we will have true Peace and Encouragement and Victory and everything we need for this life and the life to come as well.

I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. ² My Fathers house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you
to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:1-3

May The Lord God Bless you and may His Peace which surpasses all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Posted by
Eric Trott

MACTREAT – a treat for MACFASTians

Realize the art of silence, understand the power of meditation and unleash the talent within; not an ordinary effort but an outstanding endeavor to unravel the hidden matters awaited to outburst.  The retreat which aimed at refreshing the minds of MACFASTians really turned as a treat. The two day retreat program paved a way to go back and think.  MACTREAT - enriched by enlightening thoughts, inspiring words and motivating deeds that sprinkled as a divine light which was capable to purify the crude matters of mind. 

Fr. Dr. Vincent Kundukulam, a prominent figure in inter religious dialogues, led the retreat program. He is PhD in "History of Religions and Religious Anthropology" from the University of Sorbonne Paris IV and in "Theology and Religious Sciences" from Catholic Institute of Paris. At present doing Post Doctoral Studies in Catholic Institute of Paris. He is the Member of CBCI Doctrinal Commission, CBCI National Executive for Inter-religious Dialogue and KCBC & SMBC Theological Commissions

Triggered with a laugh, gradually reached to the core notion – Life. Life can compare with a river which starts its flow gently, then vigorous and emptying in a certain place. The finishing point may be a great ocean or a dry desert.  It gives green pastures to its bed and feeds others. It always moves forward by overcoming all the obstacles. When it finds any difficulty in its course, it searches for a new way without comprising its destiny.  He passed this theme to the audience for discussion – 'Life and river' that returned with myriad explanations. 

Yes. Life is like a river which starts with drops, eventually great rivers which flows into ocean. River faces so many difficulties during its course but it overcome with its vigor, and moves ahead with a mood – no turning back. It may change its direction, but not its destiny. It gives life, green and everything to the nature. It is life – which becomes meaningful only when it provides something for the nature and society. Sometimes it may get polluted; it may face drought, flood and even exploitation. The river never passes the same point twice and is only at that point for the precise moment it is there. The river does not struggle and strain, it simply flows on until it reaches its destination. During its course, it moves others, gives shapes and refreshes all. At last with great gratification it reaches its destiny.

Enthralling moments:- initiated with a slight song of life. Eventually it became the noise of the crowd and fled in the air like a charming lines that absolutely broke the ice.  In the light of these lines, he invited the views of participants on life. After all, it was clear; life is a series of happiness, grieves, anxiousness and hopes and it is us decide our destiny. 

What all lessons we filter from films? It’s a mixture of situations in life. Story of sorrows, story of happiness, story of achievements; in toto, it tells the story of life. He went across different scenes of the films and explained the relevance of love, friendship, affection, family, relationship etc. Films are not only for enjoyment and recreation but an effective platform to learn different lessons of life. He clarified. 

First day ended with a meditation which recalled the life so far. The ways we passed, the obstacles we overcame, difficulties we faced, moments we enjoyed…..felt like a game, he carried the day. Set for future.........

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With a positive prejudice day 2 started. Students all ears to hear the story of life. But with a difference, he started with Bhagavath Geetha.  Mr. Vijeth and Ms. Reshmi read it and explained; a new version on life and six principles to follow. People laid their hands together to seek the treasure and to unveil the truth in the lines.

He then moved to the core of life and explained different types of personality traits, its drive, needs, negatives and positives. The strategy for dominating any personality first requires satisfying his needs, recognize and admire. It is win-win approach. Fr. Vincent mentioned. 

Description of personality traits are shown below.

Personality Trait	Drive	Positive Traits	Negative Traits	Needs
Hard worker	Be  perfect	Responsible, Logical, Organized, Serious, Rigorous, Demanding, Disciplinarian, Punctual, Capacity to Synthesize, Systematic	Critical, Angry, Go into unnecessary details, Act in the place of others, Trust nobody, authoritative	: Be recognized for his work, obtain degrees, titles, organize time in advance, be respected
Convivial	Make Pleasure	Helping, Loving, Make Harmony, Easy contact, Work well with the Group, Sensitive, Concern for others, Make friends	Worried about others Sentiments, Easily Influenced by others, Not sure of oneself, Undecided, Confused	Be recognized as person, Be loved, Be appreciated, Likes gifts, Sensorial needs
Solitary	Be Strong	Imaginative, Intuitive, Reflective, Far Sighted, Calm, Introvert	Hides His Worries, And Pretends That Everything Is Going Well, Doesn’t Finish Work In Time, Becomes Sick To Escape From Risk	: Likes Space And Time, Withdrawal, Discretion, Respect, Needs Confidence
Convinced	Be perfect; Be strong	Committed, Devoted, Leader, Conscious about value system, Observer, Perseverance, Faithful	Hardening one’s position, Finds out what is going bad, Imposes opinions on others, Suspicious	Recognized for his convictions, Be accepted as a  Model
Reactive	Make effort	Creative, Spontaneous, says what is convenient for him, live the present, original, open to the difference, speaks and acts fast, takes risks	Contesting, refuses the authority, disordered, says no before Yes, lack of continuity, doesn’t follow a project for a long time	Attention, emptying the heart, stimulation, excitement
Challenger	Hurry up, Make effort, Be strong, Make Pleasure	Adaptable, Attractive, Seducing, Abundantly gifted, Inventive, Intuitive, Communicative, Winner, Make wonders of the situation	Manipulative, Opportunist, Agitator, Revolted, Divert laws to his advantage, difficult to accept one’s errors	Excitement, sensations, take risks, have followers

Synchronization of physical and mental features is the founding principle for the success of life. An effort to enrich our talents and an endeavor to develop leadership styles will polish our personality. Our identity in the triple bottom line areas decides our quality. Education, profession, parents and neighbors… they all are influencing our life and fluctuations in any of these will lead to identity crisis. A genuine effort to overcome all these withdrawing factors is the complete solution to overcome identity crisis. Tensions aroused from frustrated feelings can curtail by the tool of meditation. Calm, quiet and peaceful ambiance makes us to relax and that enables us to release our tensions.  Gratified experiences are the stepping stones to a developed personality. A balance between physical and mental situations is the optimal solution for a gratified life. Spend some times for prayer, meditation, yoga, games, exercises and creative works other than your class hours. Integration of spirit, body, emotions, will power and intellect is essential to lead a peaceful life. Variation in any of these factors may create serious repercussions and an intelligent effort is required to keep the balance.He said. 

That was a journey to the hinterlands of life, a voyage to explore our talents, strengths, weakness and creativity, an effort to relive from tension and to bridge the gap between human and God - Memorable two days with enjoyable songs, fabulous exercises and creative tasks. It really marked as a red letter day.