Christ and the Learned

Christ comes to live in the heart of those Learned and Knowledgeable, who are willing to count their learning as nothing¹ and in humility, to accept HIM as everything².

1. Secondary to Christ- and keeping away Pride(of being learned). Knowing Christ is of supreme worth- Christ is the Wisdom of God.

2. Our Lord and our God.

Love of God

Love of God begins to grow in a heart that believes.
Love of God continues to live in a heart that reveres God.
Love of God is a Grace that imparts Divine quality to human love.
Love of God is a salt that preserves human love from corruption.
Love of God is an Eternal light that directs our life to our Heavenly home.
Love of God gives spiritual strength to human love- to be kind; to be gentle; to be understanding; to be forgiving.
Without the Love of God, human love is incapable of uprightness.

Soaring towards Heaven

Just like an Airplane needs to gather momentum and acceleration  to take off- we need to gather¹and build up our faith gradually, to rise above earthly things- and soar towards Heaven.

1. Gather faith experiences from our personal life- where we experienced God's presence- very closely.
Gather faith from the lives of the Saints.
Gather faith from the lives of the Apostles and Disciples of Christ.

Zacchaeus and Herod

In Humility¹, Zacchaeus was eager to meet Jesus.
In vain curiosity and pride, Herod was waiting to meet Jesus.

Salvation came home to Zacchaeus.
Herod was left to desolation- to die in sin.

1. Humility- that is willing to welcome Jesus with all heart.
Humility- that is repentant and joyfully willing to accept God's salvation.

Perfect sacrifice

In one act of Jesus's death on the cross, HE took away the sins of generations to come- for, HE was the Perfect sacrifice.

Only a perfect¹ sacrifice has the Grace to remedy the sins of the world.

Christ alone- is the way to salvation.

1. Blameless; sinless; spotless lamb.

A moment of Light

A single spiritual moment is so precious; so valuable and so Holy. It is like a Brilliant Light.

Moments of sin are like darkness¹- a whole lot of darkness.

A single little spiritual moment is a great consolation- for it dispels the darkness and brings us closer to God.

Let your day be filled with the presence of at least a single moment of light²-  to dispel the darkness of several other unfruitful moments.

1. Gloom; anxiety; Hopelessness; unbelief.

2. A moment of Faith; Goodness; Hope in God; Good deed; Gratefulness to God; a quiet time with God.

Christ- our Good Shepherd

Christ comes searching for us, like a Good shepherd.
He patiently waits for our return home- like a Merciful Father of a prodigal son .
But we are busy in worthless¹ living - till our mortal flesh is all defiled² and our weak faith is almost lost.

1. life without the reverence of God is worthless.

2. life of vanity exposes us to every evil and makes us vulnerable.