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SUNDAY CHOICE – You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north.” (Deuteronomy 2:3) – By Charles Schokman Listen to this wonderful challenge from Ruth Graham… “Either we can be victimised and become victims, or we can be victimised and rise above it. Often it is easier to play the victim than take off our masks and ask for help. We get comfortable with our victim status. It becomes our identity and is hard to give up. The Israelites often played the victim card, and I love what God finally tells them, ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north’ (Deuteronomy 2:3). Turn north! It’s time to move on! Self-pity, fear, pride, and negativity paralyse us. Taking off our masks takes courage, but if we don’t do it, we will remain in our victim status and end up stunted.” What about you? Do you keep talking and ...

Sep 23, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged God, You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north

SUNDAY CHOICE – Oh, God, forgive me when I whine – by Charles Schokman May our Selfishness and Vanities be forgiven. *THE WORLD IS MINE* (Author Unknown) Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I were as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and used a crutch. But as she passed, she passed a smile. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two legs; the world is mine. I stopped to buy some candy. The lad who sold it had such charm. I talked with him, he seemed so glad. If I were late, it’d do ...

Sep 9, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Charles Schokman, God, SUNDAY CHOICE, THE WORLD IS MINE

“I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA THE FIRST AND THE LAST” THE SOVEREIGN – By Lakshman Navaratne YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT I WILL DESTROY THIS TEMPLE AND RE-BUILD IN THREE DAYS! TEMPLE #3 John 2:19, “Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” This event and the moment in the life of Jesus with his Apostles is documented in all four Gospels. The God of Hebrews is the God of Christians; we are the Gentile nations, “fallen and dead human bones decaying on planet earth”, [A] Scripture records “seed of a woman shall destroy the enemy of our soul, and the enemy of our soul shall only be able to bruise His heel” The faithful, reborn of this deliverer received this power and authority on the day Pentecost. [B] This project of the sovereign creator ...

Aug 15, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Lakshman Navaratne Tagged Christ, God, HOLY SPIRITI, Jesus, Lakshman Navaratne, Matthew

SUNDAY CHOICE – LOVE HAS NO LIMITS – by Charles Schokman “Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.” (1 Corinthians 13:7-8) A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE. There are many wonderful gifts I’ve received in my lifetime. The perfect hand-sewn dress from my mother. Fingerprint painted pots from my kids. Handwritten cards from my husband. But, for so many reasons, this gift is among the most priceless I’ve ever received. Claver, my husband carved an original woodblock design, then printed it in his college printmaking class, and gave it to me for Mother’s Day last year. The artwork was exquisite, and the hours he put into it meant so much to me. But, the even greater value was the message behind the words. ...

Aug 5, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Charles Schokman, God, Hopes, love, Love Has No Limits

Revelation To The Genesis – By Lakshman Navaratne FLOW OF GRACE FROM ETERNITY TO PARADISE EARTH IS OUR REDEMPTION PLAN, BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSE THE RIVER OF LIFE Spirit of Pentecost! Since the days of Adam; we are dying on earth; since the day of Pentecost, our Redeemer lives with us. Bible reveals to the faithful; Embracing “THE WRITTEN” Scripture is immersing in the “River of life”, the waters of Salvation; where the shepherd boy David picked up the polished stones, that destroys the Goliath in our lives. This shall be the river we shall be in, when our redeemer returns to remove the faithful, who shall be his “Bride”. Immersing in the Scripture shall be the only way to receive the Baptism of Pentecost, no human hands or words can erase the punishment for the “Sin”, that shall take us to the Lake of Fire! This is ...

Jul 27, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Lakshman Navaratne Tagged Christian, God, River of life, THE RIVER OF LIFE

SUNDAY CHOICE – Your grace is sufficient for me – by Charles Schokman “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.—-2 Corinthians 12:9(ESV) Verse Thoughts Paul was doing a great work for the Lord, but God knows the heart of all men and He knew that Paul could become puffed up with pride due to the great revelations that God was giving to the Church through him. The mysteries that Paul was being shown, had been kept hidden for ages and generations but now were being revealed to the saints of God – through Paul. No wonder the Lord gave Paul a thorn in the flesh, which caused him to be tried and tested, beaten and buffeted to the extreme ...

Jul 22, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Charles Schokman, God, My grace is sufficient for you for My power is made perfect in weakness, power of Christ

SONGS OF PRAISE – GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS – by Charles Schokman “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV). In a Kentucky log cabin Thomas O. Chisholm was born in 1866. Even though he was not offered a formal education, Thomas succeeded academically. Beginning work at the age of sixteen, Thomas became a schoolteacher in the same schoolhouse that he was educated. He later became associate editor of the local newspaper and moved on to be an editor of the Pentecostal Herald in Louisville, Kentucky. He also made some poetical contributions of his own to other local newspapers. At the age of 26, Thomas made one of the most important decisions that he would make in his life when he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1893. In 1903, he ...

Jul 18, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Charles Schokman, God, Great is God’s never ceasing faithfulness!, poem

SUNDAY CHOICE – NO NEVER ALONE – by Charles Schokman God never promised it would be easy, But He did promise we would Never Be Alone. God never gave us a road map. Never gave us a how-to-manual, a list of instructions, a set of definite plans. Never said He’d monitor our every footstep, our every decision, our every turn. He never said He’d control us to the point that we couldn’t take steps on our own. Never promised all carefree days, without any struggle or pain. But what He did promise was His son’s sacrifice for us—a promise that no matter what we faced, no matter what fear may cloud our minds, no matter where we go or how far we wander from His loving arms—we will never be alone. God never promised it would be easy. He never said that our days would be open and filled with light and ...

Jul 8, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Bible, Charles Schokman, God, love, Never Be Alone, SUNDAY CHOICE

SONGS OF PRAISE – ABIDE WITH ME – by Charles Schokman When we turn open the pages of our hymn book to find the announced hymn how often do we notice the name of the writer, or if we do just give it a passing glance? Do we ever wonder who they were and why they wrote the hymn? These were real people, who for a variety of reasons and differing circumstances felt called upon to express their faith and their feelings for God, through the medium of hymn, poem or prayer. In looking more deeply into the writer we can discover what tremendous blessing and encouragement can be ours through understanding why a particular hymn came to be written. Music and poetry have always been part of man’s means of expressing his worship and relationship with God. In the Christian church there are hymns of praise and thanks giving ...

Jul 4, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Charles Schokman, God, prayer, SONGS OF PRAISE

SUNDAY CHOICE – The Essence of Prayer – by :Charles Schokman “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you”— 1 Peter 5: 7 When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States, he was tasked with leading a fractured nation. Lincoln is viewed as a wise leader and a man of high moral character, but another element to his makeup, perhaps, was the foundation for everything else. He understood that he was inadequate for the task at hand. His response to that inadequacy? Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” When we come to grips with the massive nature of life’s challenges and the severe limitations of our own wisdom, knowledge, or strength, we find, like Lincoln, that we ...

Jun 24, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Blessing, God, God’s love, GOOD NEWS, Pray, The Essence of Prayer