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  T he only good news that we ought to know and remember is that Jesus Christ had already won the war against sin and death.  He has made it possible for us to join Him in the afterlife.  All we need now to do is accept Him as He is.  God is alive today and it may be sometimes be difficult to see this.  The world and its demonic nature has still made it look like that only worldly things matter and that the ultimate goal of each one is to achieve their own personal happiness.  This is the biggest lie of all, that we should do all to make us happy. Individual happiness at the expense of someone else is the biggest deception of all. The truth is, our lives are never really about us.  It is ultimately about God and about others.  It is about how you can provide and give joy even at our own expense. This is the model of ultimate and genuine love that Jesus shown us at the cross. "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s frie...

How a life of suffering glorifies God?

 


I've been watching this series, The Chosen, now on its 3rd season, and each episode has not failed to hit hard on my heart.  I can describe myself as someone who society has hardened and I didn't cry for more than 10 years as everything was just numb and empty.  I felt nothing for anyone or for anything.


The first episode of Season 1 which I watched because I had nothing else to watch completely melted whatever hardened my heart and each episode has been  a  tear jerker ever since.  The Chosen series had resuscitated my faith, it brings the gospels alive to me.  The apostles weren't one dimensioned saintly people, they were ordinary people like us who have many imperfections and have many struggles.

Fast forward to December 2022 and The Chosen had just released their second episode and this hit the hardest so far because it deals with sickness and healing.  I have the experience of having a loved one deal with pain and suffering through sickness and in that journey, we prayed so hard for healing and yet God did not heal and I couldn't understand it fully at that time and for a long tme, that question kept on lingering just like how Little James in the episode asked Jesus, why won't you heal me?  In the episode, I can imagine that as if Jesus was talking to me and my mum to explain that we could be doing what God wants for His greater glory.

Also, in the episode, I can't help but think of Nick Vujicic. Nick is someone who was born without limbs and he is one who preaches God's love effectively and vigorously. Days later, they got him in an interview, see the link below, and please see this and be amazed of his answers.

I strongly encourage people to watch The Chosen as it will change their view about life for sure.






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