Human dignity

Humility ladder

 

God humbly waits

 

A thorn in the flesh

 

Restoring the world

 

Life and death

 

The Commandment of Love

God has given us a perfect Commandment for our life— foreseeing the weakness and wickedness of human nature.

God is Love. And God has given us the Commandment of Love, so that we can connect daily with HIM through our life of Love— that HIS Blessings and healing come upon us through Love.

Those who live in Love— live in Peace with God.
Those who live in Love— live in the Forgiveness and Mercy of God.

Love is the Commandment of healing— Love makes¹ and heals² our life.
Love makes our life Beautiful and Holy.

Love gives us the strength to willingly and patiently bear our portion of sufferings for life.
Love keeps us on the path of Eternal life.

1. Love enriches us— Love builds us in Humility; in Patience; in Kindness; in Gentleness;  in Understanding; in Mercy. Love forms us into 'children of God'.

2. When you feel loved—  you begin to heal.

Begin with Faith— and end in Love

To begin new life in God— we always begin with our Faith¹ in God.
'Faith in God' is the foundation for every other virtue to grow upon and prosper.
In proportion to our growing Faith— we grow in the Love of God; in Reverence towards God; in our understanding about God; in Patience and Perseverance; in Holiness and in all the other virtues.

Practicing a single virtue of Faith helps² other virtues to grow progressively.
Keeping the fire of Faith going strong, helps other virtues to grow strong in God.
Finally, it is the virtue of Love which brings all the virtues to perfection in God.
The virtue of Love brings our life to a fruitful end in God.

1. One must acknowledge God (the Creator of Life and universe)— one must believe that Jesus is the Son of the living God.
2. Practicing a single virtue helps: all the virtues are interconnected with each other. Each virtue complements the excellence of other.

Forgiveness

Those who Love God— they Forgive.
And those who Forgive¹— they grow increasingly more in the Love of God.

The Grace of Forgiveness comes from our Loving relationship with God.
Forgiveness becomes difficult² when we are more inclined to live by our natural inclinations— rather than living by the Spirit³ of God.

Learn to Forgive— and you'll start Loving again.

1. When Forgiveness becomes a virtue of your life.

2. Forgiveness becomes difficult— because anger; jealousy; pride; ego; stubbornness; unbelief; unfaithfulness (to the commandment of God) join forces to defy the commandment of Love— and it hardens our heart against Love.

3. Living by the Spirit: to commit our daily life to Prayer; to Faith in God; to Reverence of God; to Loving and Understanding others; to Charity and to deeds of Mercy— as much as opportunities and circumstances allow.

Remember, God loves a cheerful giver— so do everything cheerfully, without reluctance or under compulsion.

Be Perfect

Human nature is weak; sinful and imperfect.
Love is Divine; Pure and Perfect.

Only a 'life of Love'¹ will make us Perfect beings— worthy of the Eternal Kingdom.

1. Living according to the Commandment of Love: to return back to God with all our heart (with Faith and Humility); to be Loving and Forgiving; to be Kind and Merciful; to be Understanding and Gentle and Patient.

Faith and sin

Faith¹ and Love, together acts as a spiritual immune² system of our body.
Faith keeps the fire of Charity burning brightly in our hearts.

The weakness of our Faith weakens the fire of Charity— which subsequently allows sin to creep in our heart.

Pray God to strengthen your Faith in HIM.

1. Faith acts through Love. The more we grow strong in Faith, the more it will perform deeds of Love— eventually, our Love for God and our fellow beings will grow stronger.

2. Faith and Love forms a strong rampart of God's Grace that shields us from every kind of evil and sin.

Faith

Where Faith¹ is alive and active, there wickedness and sin no longer lives.

1. The nature of Faith is pure. It is the dwelling place of God.

Humility

Humility acknowledges God and submits itself to God.
Humility acknowledges one's sins and it goes one step further towards repentance and new life in God.

 

 

e.g. Zacchaeus; Mary Magdalene and others.

Life in Christ Jesus

Let the  spiritual virtues¹ grow greater²  in us and everything that is earthly become less.
Let not the worldliness³ dictate our life but rather Christ lead us and govern our life— let only Christ live within us.
Let Christ be our  everything⁴ and everything other than Christ count for refuse.

1. Virtue is like a spiritual yeast. By practicing a single virtue with the help of God's Grace, all other virtues are gradually enriched  and the whole dough of earthliness within us  is leavened by God's Sanctity.

2. Growing greater to the extent of Sanctity.

3. Our pride; our ego; our whims and vanity.

4. Let Christ be the treasured asset of our life. Knowing Christ; Loving Christ and living in Christ is of superior worth.

In the house of God

Where there is vanity¹— there evil lives.
In a life of Love and Reverence and Sanctity²— there God lives.

1. A life devoid of faith in God; a life of pride which stubbornly defies God; a life of self-indulgence.

2. A life in which God is Faithfully believed and Reverently obeyed.

Closer to God, in Love

Sin keeps us far¹ from God.
Love² brings us closer to God and unites us with God.

1. If not repented, sin progressively succeeds in breaking our trust in God's loving Mercy and distances us  from seeking God's Grace.

2. Love that believes in God; love that obeys God and reveres God.

Governed by God's Grace

Those whose life is not governed by the Commandments of God, feel easily lured by vanity¹ and they easily commit everything that is shameful, unlawful and evil.

1. Things that go against the Reverence of God; things that are not beneficial for our soul etc.

Daily Reverence

Each day of our life is an opportunity to thank God; to praise God; to believe in God; to repent; to do good deeds in Love and  to come closer to God.

We must live each  day in a way that the virtues¹ are praised² through our work and our daily life, thereby respecting God's presence in our life.

Christian living is conscientious³ living.

1. Simplicity; Sincerity; Diligence; Faithfulness; Obedience; Kindness; Understanding; Forgiveness etc.

2. Each aspect of our character should be used to  give reverence to God, as moment calls for/ as an opportunity comes our way.

Each day is filled with variety of moments and opportunities, to practice God's kingdom values.

When an opportunity comes our way to practice Diligence, we must do our best to praise the virtue of diligence through our work- thereby giving reverence to God.

When a moment needs us to be Humble, we must practice humility, thus giving reverence to God.

When a moment demands Obedience to our Superiors, we must be obedient- thus honoring God through the virtue of obedience.

When a moment requires our generous help to those in need, we must practice the virtue of Charity- thus praising God.

3. Strive to do everything perfectly to the best of one's ability- in the honour of God- no mediocre work.

Authentic Christian

The life of a True Christian  is driven by God's Love. All his doings bear the quality of Love-  and  are conscientiously¹ done in Love.
Faithful obedience to God is the priority of his life.
He lives his life being consciously aware² of God's most Holy presence-  at all times.
In every place and at all times, he sincerely lives as a God's witness³.
His life bears the  quality of Abel's offering⁴.

In every place and at all times, his Sincerity; his Humility; his kindness; his Faithfulness; his Patience; his Purity; his Love,  is found to be authentic-  no two garments; no two different weights⁵.
He lives his life aiming for Sanctity of God.
The needle of his life always points in the direction of Eternal life.
His life is a prayer in Faith- a pleasing and worthy offering to God.
He is a perfect instrument of God's Love  and leads others⁶ towards salvation.

He is a Faithful and watchful⁷ servant of God.
In hardships and difficulties of life, he Perseveringly believes in God and bears everything Patiently⁸, in the honour of God.
For everything⁹ that he needs, his Hope rests in God alone.
He feels contented to live in the presence of God, rather than filling his heart with the satisfactions of the world.
Against criticism and antagonistic behaviour from the world, his Faith in God and Love for God, acts as his strong defense.

In every place and in every circumstances, he lives his life virtuously, at his very best, in the honour of God.
Everything that he does, is done Sincerely and Faithfully, in the honour of God.
The word of TRUTH¹⁰ lives in his heart and his life-  he is the living Gospel of Christ.
His life respects and values the preciousness of his soul¹¹.
His life is planted near the streams of living water¹² -  he bears hundredfold fruits in the field of uprightness.

His heart is full of zeal and works zealously for the Kingdom of God.
He acts selflessly and lives charitably, without expecting any gratitude and any reward.
He conscientiously lives a life of Love in God.
His heart is always full of Gratitude towards God.
Being constantly aware of his sinfulness, he lives a life of repentance with a contrite heart-  in Humility towards God.

1. He strives to do everything perfectly to the best of his ability- in the honour of God. There is no place for mediocrity in his life.

2. God is always with us. HE is always near us. HIS presence is to be constantly revered.

3. Such that God's name is honoured; and is careful about bringing disrespect to God's Most Holy name.

4. Everything he does, is done meticulously and conscientiously, in the honour of God. On the other hand, Cain's offering is a mark of mediocrity.

5. There is constancy in his behaviour.

6. Those who are weak in their Faith in God; and those of other faiths, who have not accepted Jesus Christ, as their salvation.

7. Watchful as wise virgins; being aware of the times; being aware of the frailty of human nature, he perseveringly prays for the Grace to live Faithfully and Obediently, in the honour of God, in this world of vanity.

8. Bears everything Patiently like Blessed Job.

9. All the help.

10. Jesus Christ, the living WORD; Jesus Christ, the Eternal TRUTH.

11. He is not negligent of the welfare of his soul; he is careful to avoid sin and burden his soul with impurity.

12. Jesus Christ.

God's Discipline

God makes us to live  in humble circumstances and tread HIS path with Humility, that our heart and soul be purified of every evil and only Faith; Hope and Love remain and live in our heart, forever.