Missionary story

 A man named John Kennedy and his wife set sail as missionaries to an area with several islands. 6 month trip. During the voyage he conducted worship on the ship. Everyone liked him.

Kennedy and his wife came to the island, held a map of the islands in their hands, prayed and touched an island with their hands. What a surprise the two touched the same island.

When you are ready to go to that island the ship captain tells them sir you go to another island. But do not go to this island. Those who went here have never returned. Humans are said to be eaten alive by the people of this island. But missionary Kennedy said it was the Lord's call and that they were sure to go.

Captain they go OK but do one thing. Tie this little boat to the shore and put the tent on the shore. He gave me a small boat saying that if they chase you take the boat and come to sea.

Kennedy also built a boat on the shore.

Learned the language in one line.

Two years passed and no one became a Christian. They both knelt on the beach and cried and prayed.

In a few hours God spoke to him

God

Kennedy Do you believe me

Kennedy

Yes Lord I trust in you

God

Kennedy Do you believe me

Kennedy

Yes Lord I trust in you

#God

Why did you tie that boat ashore?

Kennedy

To run if people come to kill us

God

Kennedy Do you believe me?

Kennedy

Yes I believe in the Lord

God

 If I had run away from death that day, would mankind have been saved? Destroy the boat

The boat came ashore with Kennedy. The wife brought kerosene and a matchbox. The boat burned.

The islanders who saw the fire fled. Thurayare asked what had happened and told the gospel on the spot. 200 people accepted #Christ on the spot. Evangelism spread.

When John F. Kennedy first came to this island there was #no_a_Christian.

When John Kennedy died today, it was written in his grave that there was no one on this island who did not know Christ.

Who is a REAL FOOL according to the Bible?

 

GIVE THIS A Thought !!

The World calls this day (April 1) "All Fools Day" or "April Fools Day". But Who is a REAL FOOL according to the Bible?

5 times in the Bible Jesus chose to address people as "fools" in the gospels.

1. The Careless Fool - Mat. 7:24-27 (Those who do not put the Word into practice)

2. The Hypocritical Fool - Mat. 23:17-19 (Those who live double-standard lives)

3. The Sleeping Fool - Mat. 25:1-8 (Those who are unprepared for Jesus’ coming) 

4. The Materialistic Fool - Luke 12:16-20 (Those who live for this world)

5. The Unbelieving Fool - Luke 24:25 (Those who do not believe in his promises)

Who else does the Bible say is a fool?

1. He Who Says There Is No God. Psalm. 14:1

2. He Who Trusts In His Own Heart. Proverbs 28:26.

3. He Who Is Always Right [In His Own Eyes.] Proverbs 12:15.

4. He Who Despises Wisdom and Instruction. Proverbs 1:7.

5. He Who Is Soon Angry. Eccl. 7:9.

6. He Who Slanders Others. Proverbs 10:18. 

7. He Who Mocks At Sin. Proverbs 14:9.

8. He Who Talks A Lot. Proverbs 29:11 

9. He Who Minds Others’ Business. Proverbs 20:3; 26:17

𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕- Real world

 

When my daughter wed and left home, I felt a part of me left.  With a daughter and a son, I was very happy in my life. When she

was in her teens, I felt as if she was my "physical extension" .

So when she left home to set up her own home, I felt I lost a limb from my body. Next time she came to stay with us for a few days, I was astonished how her priorities had changed. We too must have given the same shocks to our own parents. While she was talking to me, she used the word "Amma" (mother). But that word was not for me. That word referred her "mother in law".

I felt she was always in a hurry to go back to her house and not stay with me for a few more days. That was the first time, I understood that I have to start practicing detachment with attachment.

Two years after my daughter’s marriage, my son left for higher studies to US. Having experienced a child's separation once, I was better equipped emotionally. I became busy with various classes held in the city related to vedanta.

I just wanted to be away from home. Because my husband was a 24/7 workaholic. My son used to write how he was missing my home and the food cooked by me and how he was waiting to come back to live in Chennai with us.

After a few years, he did come back and we got him married. He started living separately with his wife and we were also happy that they wanted to be independent from the beginning. But now, it was all changed !

In the USA, he missed my cooking, now if I called him my home with his wife for a meal, he always says an excuse like "oh, amma, we have other plans for the day, please don't mistake us, if we don't come today" ! I could see that his priorities had also changed completely. We talk so many things and give so much advice to others, but when it comes to our own children, acceptance comes very late.

Our next step is to just leave them undisturbed in every way. It was at that time, that I made the following, my 'new profile'. In all my relationships, I give my best and do my best to live up to what I say. My attachment with them is complete. However, I remain detached in the sense that I do not expect them to reciprocate my affection. I love them too much. But I decided not to expect the same degree of love from them.

Most importantly, I make a conscious effort , not to interfere or pass judgements on the lives they choose to lead. My concern for my beloved people will not fade with my detachment. If you let go of the ones you love, they will never go away – this is the beauty of attachment with detachment !

I have learnt to love and let go. This principle has developed tolerance in me. When I let the people live the way they want to, I learn to accept them for what they are. 

Most importantly, I learn to tolerate the world around me and this tolerance brings in me a sense of peace and satisfaction. Since both my children live in Chennai, I follow this very strictly, you know why ! Now I have realised that we start growing mentally much more only after the children leave the house and we have to tackle the emotional vacuum, that arises, along with age-related problems .

I specially dedicate this post to my friends, who are totally dependent on their children's lives, to nurture their own selves emotionally.  Please develop your own interests, hobbies etc, however ordinary they seem to be. 

We must learn to love whatever we do instead of Doing whatever we love !!

Author:  Sudha Murthy, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation

📧Wise message from BIBLE 📗

 A beautiful write up... I love this...just flip through it

*WISE WORDS*

```In life, some may walk, others may run, but remember the Lord gave the tortoise and the horse the same days to reach Noah's ark. Your journey might be rough and tough but you will definitely get to your destination.

Jacob looked at Joseph and saw a good son! The ten brothers looked at Joseph and saw a useless dreamer! The travellers looked at Joseph and saw a slave!! Potiphar looked at Joseph and saw a fine servant!! Potiphar's wife looked at Joseph and saw a potential boyfriend! The prison officers saw in Joseph a prisoner! How wrong were all of them! God looked at Joseph and saw a Prime Minister of Egypt in waiting!! Don't be discouraged by what people see in you!! Be encouraged by what God sees in you!! Never underrate the person next to you because you never know what the Lord has deposited in that person. Your maid may be a Chief Executive Officer in waiting for a company which shall employ your child. Your garden-boy may be a president in waiting. (Remember David got the anointing of becoming a King while he was a simple child herding sheep. Esther was a simple orphaned girl yet she was a Queen in waiting). Let's share God's love and make the world a better place to live. Show that love by sharing this message with those you love.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW PEOPLE SEE YOU, IT MATTERS HOW GOD SEES YOU

God is God:

🏽He doesn't care about *age*, no wonder he blessed Abraham.

🏽He doesn't care about *experience*, no wonder he chose David.

🏽He doesn't care about *gender,* no wonder he lifted Esther.

🏽He doesn't care about *your past*, no wonder he called Paul.

🏽He doesn't care about *your physical appearance*, no wonder he chose Zacchaeus

(the shortest one).

🏽He doesn't care about *fluency in speech* , no wonder he chose Moses.

🏽He doesn't care about *your career*, no wonder he choose Mary Magdalene; a prostitute. 

All I know is that my God never changes

🏽He never made *a promise he wouldn't keep*👌🏾

He never saw *a person he wouldn't help*👌🏾

🏽He never heard *a prayer he wouldn't answer*👌🏾

🖼He never found *a soul he wouldn't love*👌🏾

🏽He never found *a sinner he wouldn't forgive*👌🏾

This is the kind of God I would like to commune with every day the moment I wake up. I strongly recommend Him to you.```

Polycarp's Martyrdom

 On 23rd February AD 155, Polycarp a personal disciple of the Apostle John was burnt alive and speared to death. 

As an old man, he was the bishop of the Church at Smyrna in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Persecution against the Christians broke out there and believers were being fed to the wild beasts in the arena. The crowd began to call for the Christians' leader Polycarp. So the authorities sent out a search party to bring him in. They tortured two slave boys to reveal where Polycarp was being hidden.

It was a Friday afternoon. Polycarp was resting upstairs in a country home. They came in like a posse, fully armed as if they were arresting a dangerous criminal. Polycarp's friends wanted to sneak him out, but he refused, saying, "God's will be done." (The Christians there taught that a believer was not to make oneself available for martyrdom and should not seek it out, but neither should he/she avoid it when there was no choice.)

In one of the most touching instances of Christian grace imaginable, Polycarp welcomed his captors as if they were friends, talked with them and ordered that food and drink be served to them. Then Polycarp made one request: one hour to pray before they took him away. The officers overhearing his prayers (that went on for two hours) began to have second thoughts. What were they doing arresting an old man like this?

Martyrdom of Polycarp

Despite the cries of the crowd, the Roman authorities saw the senselessness of making this aged man a martyr. So when Polycarp was brought into the arena, the proconsul pled with him: "Curse Christ and I will release you."

REPLY: "Eighty-six years I have served Him. He had never done me wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King who has saved me?"

The proconsul reached for an acceptable way out: "Then do this, old man. Just swear by the genius of the emperor and that will be sufficient." (The "genius" was sort of the "spirit" of the emperor. To do this would be a recognition of the pagan gods and religion.)

REPLY: "If you imagine for a moment that I would do that, then I think you pretend that you don't know who I am. Hear it plainly. I am a Christian."

The proconsul threatened him with the wild beasts.

REPLY: "Bring them forth. I would change my mind if it meant going from the worse to the better, but not to change from the right to the wrong."

The proconsul's patience was gone: "I will have you burned alive."

REPLY: "You threaten fire that burns for an hour and is over. But the judgment on the ungodly is forever."

The Death of Polycarp

The fire was prepared. Polycarp lifted his eyes to heaven and prayed: "Father, I bless you that you have deemed me worthy of this day and hour, that I might take a portion of the martyrs in the cup of Christ. . . Among these may I today be welcome before thy face as a rich and acceptable sacrifice."

As the fire engulfed him, the believers noted that it smelled not so much like flesh burning as a loaf baking. He was finished off with the stab of a dagger.

🎀Wise words🏆

 This one touched me.......

*WISE WORDS FROM A GREAT THINKER AND OBSERVER!!*

Buffalos kill 7 people every year.

Lions kill 500 people every year.

Hippos kill 800 people every year.

Spiders kill 5000 people every year.

Scorpions kill 7000 people every year.

Snakes kill 10000 people every year.

*And then, surprisingly,*

*Mosquitoes kill 2.7 million people every year. Yes, the smallest are the deadliest!*

*Small 'sins', hardly noticed by many, are the most deadly to your spiritual life.*

Avoid *excuses* for not praying and allotting few moments of your day to your Creator.

*Sins of omission* are just as deadly as sins of commission.

*Gossiping and small lies*, are committed more frequently and are deadly.

Mind those *little compromises* that you do daily. They are the ones that will bring your downfall.

*Successful people have two things on their lips, "Smile and silence".*

Smile can solve problems, while

Silence can avoid problems.

*Sugar and salt may be mixed together*

*but ants reject the salt and carry away only the sugar. Select the right people in life and make your life better and sweeter.

*If you failed to achieve your dreams, change your ways not your Creator.*

Remember, trees change their leaves, not their roots.

*You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks at you.*

Haters will see you walking on water and say it's because you can't swim.

Even if you dance on water, Your enemies will accuse you of raising dust.

*Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your own hands.*

Remember Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

*BE WISE!*

* If u must miss any place, don't miss HEAVEN. 

* If u must miss any appointment, plz dn't miss THE RAPTURE. 

* If u must miss any meal, plz dn't miss THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB. 

*The end is no more comments NEAR, It's HERE

Trust him !!

 🌷⭐️🌸💓🌸⚡️🌷

A  person  started  to  walk on  a  rope  tied  between two  tall  towers. 

He  was  walking  slowly, balancing  a  long  stick  in his  hands.

 HE  HAD  HIS SON  SITTING ON  HIS  SHOULDERS.

Everyone  on  the  ground were  watching  him  in bated  breath 

 and  were  very  TENSE.  When  he  slowly  reached  the second  tower,  everyone clapped,  whistled  and welcomed  him. 

They  shook  hands  and took  selfies.

He  asked  the  crowd  “DO YOU  ALL  THINK  I  can  WALK  BACK  on  the  SAME ROPE  NOW  from  THIS SIDE  TO  THAT  SIDE?”

Crowed  shouted  in  one voice  “YES,  YES,  YOU CAN.."

Do  you  TRUST  ME,  he ASKED?   They  said YES ,YES,  we  are  READY  to BET  ON  YOU.

He  said  okay,  can  anyone of  you  GIVE  YOUR  CHILD to  SIT  on  MY SHOULDER,  I will  take  the  CHILD  to  the OTHER  SIDE  SAFELY.

There  was  STUNNED SILENCE.  Everyone  became QUIET.

BELIEF  is  DIFFERENT. TRUST  is  DIFFERENT. 

FOR  TRUST  YOU  NEED  TO SURRENDER  TOTALLY. 

This  is  WHAT  we  LACK towards  GOD  in  TODAY ’s WORLD.

We  BELIEVE  in  ALMIGHTY .  

BUT  do  we TRUST  HIM?

God is with us always- inspiring story

 

Every year Martin's parents took him to his grandmother's house for the summer break, and they would return home on the same train the next day.

Then one day the boy says to his parents:

′′ I'm pretty big now. What if I went to grandma's house alone this year?"

After a brief discussion parents agree.

Here they are standing on the train station wharf, greeting him, giving him one last tip through the window, as Martin continues to repeat:

′′ I know, you've already told me a hundred times...!"

Train is about to leave and father whispers:

′′ My son, if you suddenly feel bad or scared, this is for you! ′′

And he slips something into his pocket.

Now the boy is alone, sitting on the train, without his parents, for the first time...

He looks at the scenery through the window that scrolls..

Around him strangers hustle, make noise, enter and exit the compartment, the controller comments him that he is alone.. A person even gives him a sad look...

So the boy is feeling more uncomfortable...

And now he's scared.

He lowers his head, snuggles in a corner of the seat, tears rise to his eyes.

At that point he remembers his father putting something in his pocket.

With a trembling hand he seeks to grop this piece of paper, he opens it:

′′ Son, I'm in the last wagon..."

This is how it is in life...

When God sent us in this world, all by ourselves, HE has also slipped a note in our pocket,

*MY CHILD,  I AM IN THE LAST WAGON ❤️*

*So trust him, have faith in him, our (BIG DADDY) GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US, in the last wagon.*

The Unique book- BIBLE

 

THE BIBLE UNIQUE ~ Very Unique. Please Share after reading.

    Book         Vs.  Authors

1) Genesis:          Moses

2) Exodus:           Moses

3) Leviticus:        Moses

4) Numbers:        Moses

5) Deuteronomy: Moses

6) Joshua:            Joshua

7) Judges:            Samuel

8)  Ruth:                 Samuel

9) 1 Samuel:         Samuel; Gad; Nathan

10) 2 Samuel:     Gad; Nathan

11) 1 Kings:        Jeremiah

12) 2 Kings:         Jeremiah

13) 1 Chronicles: Ezra

14) 2 Chronicles: Ezra

15) Ezra:                Ezra

16) Nehemiah:     Nehemiah

17) Esther:           Mordecai

18) Job:                 Moses

19) Psalms:           David and others

20) Proverbs:         Solomon; Agur; Lemuel

21) Ecclesiastes:   Solomon

22) Songs of Solomon: Solomon

23) Isaiah:                Isaiah

24) Jeremiah:        Jeremiah

25) Lamentations: Jeremiah

26) Ezekiel:            Ezekiel

27) Daniel:             Daniel

28) Hosea:            Hosea

29) Joel:               Joel

30) Amos:            Amos

31) Obadiah:       Obadiah

32) Jonah:           Jonah

33) Micah:           Micah

34) Nahum:         Nahum

35) Habakkuk:    Habakkuk

36) Zephaniah:   Zephaniah

37) Haggai:         Haggai

38) Zechariah:    Zechariah

39) Malachi:       Malachi

40) Matthew:     Matthew

41) Mark:           Mark

42) Luke:           Luke

43) John:           Apostle John

44) Acts:             Luke

45) Romans:       Paul

46) 1 Corinthians:  Paul

47) 2 Corinthians:  Paul

48) Galatians:        Paul

49) Ephesians:      Paul

50) Philippians:     Paul

51) Colossians:     Paul

52) 1 Thessalonians: Paul

53) 2 Thessalonians: Paul

54) 1 Timothy:            Paul

55) 2 Timothy:            Paul

56) Titus:                    Paul

57) Philemon:            Paul

58) Hebrews:      Unknown

59) James:        James (Jesus’ brother)

60) 1 Peter:    Peter

61) 2 Peter:    Peter

62) 1 John:    Apostle John

63) 2 John:    Apostle John

64) 3 John:    Apostle John

65) Jude:       Jude (Jesus’ brother)

66) Revelation: Apostle John

*BIBLE STATISTICS*

*Amazing Bible Facts And Statistics*

👉🏼 Number of Books in the Bible: *66*

👉🏼 Chapters: 1,189

👉🏼 Verses: 31,101

👉🏼 Words: 783,137

👉🏼 Letters: 3,566,480

👉🏼 Number of Promises given in the Bible: 1,260

👉🏼 Commands: 6,468

👉🏼 Predictions: over 8,000

👉🏼 Fulfilled Prophecy: 3,268 verses

👉🏼 Unfulfilled Prophecy: 3,140

👉🏼 Number of Questions: 3,294

👉🏼Longest Name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)

👉🏼 Longest Verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)

👉🏼 Shortest Verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept" .

👉🏼 Middle Books: Micah and Nahum

👉🏼 Middle Chapter: Psalm 117

👉🏼 Shortest Chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of words)

👉🏼 Longest Book: Psalms (150 Chapters)

👉🏼 Shortest Book (by number of words): 3 John

👉🏼 Longest Chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)

👉🏼 Number of times the word *"God"*  appears: 3,358

👉🏼 Number of times the word  *"Lord"* appears: 7,736

👉🏼 Number of different authors: 40

👉🏼 Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200

*OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:*

👉🏼 Number of Books: 39

👉🏼 Chapters: 929

👉🏼 Verses: 23,114

👉🏼 Words: 602,585

👉🏼 Letters: 2,278,100

👉🏼 Middle Book: Proverbs

👉🏼 Middle Chapter: Job 20

👉🏼 Middle Verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18

👉🏼 Smallest  Book: Obadiah

👉🏼 Shortest Verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25

👉🏼 Longest Verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)

👉🏼 Longest Chapter: Psalms 119

*NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:*

👉🏼 Number of Books: 27

👉🏼 Number of Chapters: 260

👉🏼 Number of Verses: 7,957

👉🏼 Words: 180,552

👉🏼 Letters: 838,380

👉🏼 Middle Book: 2 Thessalonians

👉🏼 Middle Chapters: Romans 8, 9

👉🏼 Middle Verse: Acts 27:17

👉🏼 Smallest Book: 3 John

👉🏼 Shortest Verse: John 11:35

👉🏼 Longest Verse: Revelation 20:4 (68 words)

👉🏼Longest Chapter: Luke 1

There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different

Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.

• Bible Written by Approximately 40 Authors

• Written over a period of 1,600 years

• Written over 40 generations

• Written in three languages: Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic

• Written on three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa

• Written in different locations: wilderness, dungeon, palace, prison, in exile, at home

• Written by men from all occupations: kings, peasants, doctors, fishermen, tax collectors, scholars, etc.

• Written in different times: war, peace, poverty, prosperity, freedom and slavery

• Written in different moods: heights of joy to the depths of despair

• Written in harmonious agreement on a widely diverse range of subjects and doctrines.

*10 Longest Books in the Bible*

1)  Psalm - 150 Chapters, 2,461 verses, 43,743 words

2) Jeremiah - 52 chapters, 1,364 verses, 42,659 words

3)  Ezekiel - 48 chapters, 1,273 verses, 39,407 words

4)  Genesis - 50 chapters, 1,533 verses, 38,267 words

5)  Isaiah - 66 chapters, 1,292 verses, 37,044 words

6)  Numbers - 36 chapters, 1,288 verses, 32,902 words

7)  Exodus - 40 chapters, 1,213 verses, 32.602 words

8)  Deuteronomy - 34 chapters, 959 verses, 28,461 words

9)  2 Chronicles - 36 chapters, 822 verses, 26,074 words

10) Luke - 24 chapters, 1,151 verses, 25,944 words

*10 Shortest Books in the Bible*

1) 3 John - 1 chapter, 14 verses, 299 words

2)  2 John - 1 chapter, 13 verses, 303 words

3)  Philemon - 1 chapter, 25 verses, 445 words

4)  Jude - 1 chapter, 25 verses, 613 words

5) Obadiah - 1 chapter, 21 verses, 670 words

6)  Titus - 3 chapters, 46 verses, 921 words

7)  2 Thessalonians - 3 chapters, 47 verses, 1,042 words

8)  Haggai - 2 chapters, 38 verses, 1,131 words

9)  Nahum - 3 chapters, 47 verses, 1,285 words

10)  Jonah - 4 chapters, 48 verses, 1,321.

Forgiven - True story

 I was at the grocery store this morning and heard a loud crash and something shattering. Being nosy, I walked towards the sound and saw some people whispering and looking back to the end of the next aisle. When I walked down that aisle, I saw an older lady had hit a shelf containing dishes with her cart and many had fallen to the ground and broke. She was kneeling on the floor embarrassed, frantically picking up the shattered pieces, while her husband was peeling off the bar code from each broken dish saying “Now we will have to pay for all this!”

I felt so bad for her, and everyone was just standing there staring at her!! I went and knelt beside her and told her not to worry and started helping her pick up the broken pieces. After about a minute, the store manager came and knelt beside us and said, “Leave it, we will clean this up. Let’s get your information so you can go to the hospital and have that cut on your hand looked at.”

The lady, totally embarrassed said, “I need to pay for all this first.” The manager smiled, helped her to her feet and said, “No ma’am, we have insurance for this, you do not have to pay anything!”

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For you who have read this so far, I would like you to give me a minute. Wherever you are, close your eyes, and imagine God doing the same for you!

Collect the pieces of your broken heart from all the blows life has thrown at you. God will heal all your wounds, and I assure you that your sins and mistakes will be forgiven. 

You see, we all have the same insurance, and it’s called Grace. Ask for forgiveness, the Manager of the universe, GOD, will say to you “Everything has already been paid for, now go on your way, all is forgiven!”