SUNDAY CHOICE – More Than Life I Love Thee Lord – By Charles Schokman Image Source : youtube “Your love means more than life to me, and I praise you as long as I live, I will pray to you”  Psalms 63: 3-4 More Than Life I Love Thee Lord. To love God more than life means to love God with your emotions. Praising him with your happiness, smile, and gratitude is easy when things are going well. Like when you perceive an answer to prayer or one of life’s good gifts comes your way, but how about when things aren’t going so well? ALL your heart means at ALL times. Even when God seems quiet. Even when he says wait. And even when he says no. And, yes, even when bad things happen. Continuing to love God even when bad things happen or when good things don’t happen is key ...

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Life in a Toxic Relationships & Interactions – By Nisal Rukshan Image Source : linkedin   Life consists of bonds between each other. These bonds are simply called relationships. There are many relationships with various situational behaviours. As we know, some of the experiences of relationships include positive and negative consequences. The mode of these relationships is highly affecting our health, mentally, physically, socially, and in many other ways. Hence, we need to continue with good relationships for a better life. Today, we’re going to discuss one type of relationship that highly affects our lives and those of others, both directly and indirectly. Since it’s toxic, it’s called a toxic relationship. Simply put, “it’s a relationship that makes you feel worse than it previously existed.” Such relationships can exist everywhere, like at school, home, the playground, the office, or any other place. During toxic relationships, really, what happens? That’s the question ...

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A Walk down the Lane of Memories – By Noor Rahim A Walk Down The Lane Of Mentorits. (By: Noor Rahim – April 1998) How calm and serene they are Looking at the sky with nary a care unruffled by the Hustle & bustle of the roadway & subway Just the sky for a roof they stare away yet how much missed thee are By their loved & dear  ones who really care No matter which way you look & weigh There’s always something good of one to say iw life & death there’s Someone who will always care In life death there’s always something you can share Until it is taken away By the Good Lord who will always have his way So, pause for a moment & do share The serenity of the abode of whoever they are For someday they would have experienced some of your way(s) ...

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SUNDAY CHOICE – Be Thou My Guide & Vision – By Charles Schokman Life this side of heaven provides a head-spinning range of options, and our Creator grants us the freedom to choose. We know right from wrong because God writes His commandments on our hearts. We are free to obey, or not, but once we choose, the consequences are not under our control. We cannot use our human abilities to know God’s ways, but the Holy Spirit works faith in our heart to seek God’s wisdom and His promise of salvation to us. Our heavenly Father does not abandon us to our damning choices. Rather, He offers the gift of His Word to create faith in our Saviour, reveal Himself, and show us how to live. God wants us to choose, out of love for Him, to trust His guidance in His Word and to believe it.   Be ...

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“Minister on thy journey back to the pavilion” – By K K S Perera Source : dailymirror Cricket still takes up valuable Parliamentary time. Before we delve into today’s main topic, let’s spare a few lines for the ‘Game.’The legendary Dr. W.G. Grace was known for his remarkable skills and memorable incidents. In a county match in 1870;on being bowled Grace said, “T’ was the wind which took thy bail off, good sir.” Umpire replied, “Indeed, doctor, and let us hope thy wind helps the doctor on thy journey back to the pavilion.”    Sagala, helped by Roshan’s coach, stumped him to Ranil’s Googly: The coach’s poor intellect and personal agenda left the ‘batsman’ unprepared. His failed attempt to, ‘step out of the crease’ and hit a six over the bowler’s head, might have been influenced by the erratic coaching. The lack of readiness to return to the crease after the ...

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Poem on the Meaning of Life – By Ivor Novello   ජීවිතයේ සිත පිරිසිදු සිත, ජීවිතයේ අර්ථයෙන් ඉවත්වනු මත. උදාහරණයේ මානසික ප්‍රකාශ, සිංහලෙන් අදත් ලියන්න මත. ජීවිතයේ තුල සිටින ඉන්දියාව, සෑම අවුරුදු සිටිය සිතුවේ මාවිත. විපත්තිය ප්‍රමාණවත් සිත, ජීවිත අත්දැකීම සමගින් සැකිලි සිත. අභිරහස් වරුන් සමඟ මා විවිලුවේ, ප්‍රතිපාදනවී නොගන්න මාවිත. අගුණු සිරුම් සහෝදරයේ සිත, ආකාරයේ සිරුම් පිරිසිදු සිත. මාගේ ජීවිතය විපත්ති, පිරික්සුම් විදිය පිහිටුවේ මාවිත. අත්වැල්ලුවේ මා සිත, ජීවිත අර්ථයෙන් ඉවත්වනු මත. English translation: On the meaning of life In the depths of life, a searching soul, amidst the mysteries, it seeks its goal. With the rhythm of destiny’s call, I pen this in Singhalese, after all. Within life’s circle, I wander on, every moment, my heart’s journey is drawn. Embracing knowledge with open mind, understanding life’s flow, intertwined. With the universe, I find my connection, in nature’s dance, my soul’s reflection. Through joy and sorrow, love’s sweet embrace, I seek the meaning, in every place. Life’s journey, a boundless quest, discovering purpose, I do my best. In the echoes of time, my heart’s plea, to understand life’s true decree. The essence of my life, profound, unveiling wisdom, I’m spellbound. In this existence, my soul abides, ...

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AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023. – By Charles Schokman What is Happiness ? “I have gone through four stages of happiness in life, and finally I understood the meaning of true happiness.”  Ratanji Tata     25 Years  Old                                                                              84 Years Old When Indian billionaire Ratanji Tata was asked by a radio presenter in a telephone interview: “Sir, what do you remember when you found the happiest in life”? Ratanji Tata said: “I have gone through four stages of happiness in life, and finally I understood the meaning of true happiness.” The first stage was to accumulate wealth and resources. But at this stage I didn’t get the ...

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“THE AGE OF INNOCENCE & THENCE-FORTH”. – By Noor Rahim As is my routine, in retired life; I sit relaxed on the porch and watch the clouds roll by. For want of something better to do, my mind as usual, wanders into the “reminiscing mode”. Reversing right back into the past; and thence-forth back again into the “comparison mode”, to that of the present day experiences. I feel lucky and very fortunate indeed that I was born 8 and a half decades ago; when the “Age of Innocence” was a fact and ruled the roost. In comparison I find and lament, that this is hardly so in the present days. I now wonder in amazement if the “Age of Innocence” is almost fictional or just one of those periods that has phased away with time. The only exception I believe is in the “eyes of the Law” where it is ...

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Life & Destination.- By Noor Rahim In life; please remember: “As a Passenger; your life is dependent on the Pilot. But as an individual; you are the Pilot of your own destination (destiny).”   Noor Rahim                                          June 27, 2018    translation in Bahasa Indonesia too Dalam hidup; ingatlah selalu: “Sebagai Penumpang; hidup Anda tergantung pada Pilot. Tetapi sebagai individu; Anda adalah Pilot tujuan Anda sendiri (takdir). “   Noor Rahim                                                     27 Juni 2018 ...

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“WISE WORDS” – by Des Kelly Coming via Larry De Motte & Keith Bennett, are more wise words or “Prose-Peruse”, if you prefer it this way. Nonetheless, they are all ideas on which to ponder. That said, lets get down to them. Thank you, both Larry & Keith.  Desmond Kelly. (Mr.Music) (Editor-in-Chief) .  e’ Lanka. THE MANY ROADS OF LIFE AND A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM.. GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats.. 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always Catch the second person. 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 5) You can’t trust dogs to watch your food.. 6) Don’t sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.. 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and ...

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