Is there a special way to pray?
Is there a special way to pray?
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Is there a special way to pray?
When we look at the prophets, Elijah, Moses, David and others we see that prayer was always a simple conversation with God and there were no special ways to pray. They simply talked to God, with faith and humility. Jesus himself teaches us a lot about prayer. Watch the video of his teaching. He clearly teaches us not to try to impress others through our praying, but to humbly come to God. When we do that and express faith and use simple words, Jesus promises us that God will reward us. At another time Jesus taught his disciples the power of praying in His own name. Listen to Rita’s story about what happened when her friend prayed in the name of Jesus.
Watch and learn what Jesus teaches us about prayer
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Matthew 6:5-8
Read what Jesus says about the prayers that God rewards
Matthew 6:5-8 (NIV)
5 Jesus said “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
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Is heaven real?
Is heaven real?
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Is heaven real? If it is real, who will enter heaven after they die?
These questions worry many people.
Many realise that when they face death, it is too late to change how they lived on earth. Some believe they will be judged for what they did on earth. They fear that they didn’t do enough to deserve eternal heaven.
Jesus confirms in his teaching that heaven is real. He often teaches about it and warns people of the dangers of the opposite place , eternal hell.
Watch the video, where Jesus challenges a rich man who was concerned about his eternal future. By the end of their chat Jesus tells him how to find eternal peace. He says to the man that he must give away his earthly riches and follow him. During this same event Jesus praises his disciple Peter, who had left everything to follow him. It seems that Jesus speaks about one main requirement for entering heaven. It is a willingness to follow Jesus.
See what Jesus teaches about heaven and eternal life.
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
Mark 10: 17-31
Read what teaches teaches us about heaven and eternal life
Mark 10:17-31 (NIV)
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’ ”
20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
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How can I experience peace in my life?
How can I experience peace in my life?
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We have so many anxieties. We carry so many burdens. We are concerned about many problems in our lives and in our world. Is it possible to have peace in our lives? How can we experience peace? The prophet David said ‘Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil for you, God, are with me’. Clearly God must be the answer to finding peace in our lives.
Can Allah give me peace in my life? Jesus taught us that we should seek first God’s plans and purposes. If we do that, our anxieties and worries will disappear.
Jeremiah, the prophet, wrote these words: ‘Call to God and He will answer you’.
There is no burden that God cannot lift from your shoulders.
There is no fear or anxiety that He cannot replace with His Peace. Jesus said: “come to me all who are weary and carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest”. Watch on video Jesus’ teaching about worry. What is God saying to you through this?
Then listen to a story about someone who hands over their problems to God.
Finally, respond by calling out to Jesus to lift your burdens.
Watch what Jesus teaches us about how to experience peace in our lives.
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
Matthew 6:25-33
Read what Jesus teaches us about not being anxious about anything
Matthew 6:25-33 (NIV)
25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 ‘And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you – you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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What will happen after we die?
What will happen after we die?
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Should we be afraid of death? What will happen after we die? Can we die knowing that we will go to be with God? Jesus’ teaching gives us the answers to these questions. Once Jesus had a conversation with a woman, called Martha, who was grieving because her brother had recently died. Jesus said to her these remarkable words: I am the resurrection and the life.
Often Jesus defined the life he offers as eternal life, which is about having an everlasting relationship with God. Jesus is saying that a person who trusts in him can have this eternal life now and it will not end when they die.
Of all the great people who ever lived , only Jesus claimed to be the resurrection. He demonstrated this by raising people back to life, as you will see in the video clip. Also, after Jesus died, he came back to life.
Can we believe Jesus’ words and face death without fear?
Watch the video where Jesus teaches us about life and death.
After that listen to a true story of how a man’s life was changed when he believed that Jesus is the ‘resurrection and the life’.
Read about the time when Jesus said 'I am the resurrection and the Life'
John 11: 17-44 (NIV)
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
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Is there an answer to my depression?
Is there an answer to my depression?
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In our lives we experience many sad events and things that can cause us to suffer from depression.
The hurts of the past or our current circumstances can weigh us down. Is there an answer to our depression? Where is God in all of this? Can Allah lift my depression?
Jesus said: ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest’.
Long before that , the prophet David wrote ‘Give your burden to the Lord and He will take care of you’.
It seems the secret to being free is found in coming to God through the Messiah, Jesus and asking him to lift off us our burdens and worries. Listen to Jesus’ words in the video clip and then listen to a lady called Nadar. She found that when she gave her past and present burdens to Jesus, he completely transformed her life.
Watch and listen to Jesus' encouraging words
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
Matthew 11:28-30
Read about how Jesus can lift your burdens
Matthew 11: 28-30(NIV)
28 Jesus said: ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.’
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How can I be lifted out of dark times?
How can I be lifted out of dark times?
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We often go through hard times in our lives. Can I experience God in these dark times? David, one of the prophets, had many struggles. He called out to God with words like these: ‘save me in your unfailing love’. Jesus also had dark times, especially as he approached the end of his life. Watch how he called out to God, yet trusted in God’s answer by saying’ not my will, but yours be done’.
Sometimes darkness comes because of spiritual forces working against our lives.
At these moments we can do two things: Firstly, we can call out to God to save us, just like David did. Secondly, we can say to the evil presence: ‘Satan, I resist you in Jesus’ name. Depart from me.’ Jesus’ name has authority and power over every evil in the world. Many have seen evil forces depart when they have spoken this way. Please watch the video, which shows Jesus calling out to God in prayer.
After this, please listen to Christine’s powerful story of how God helped her during recent dark times in her life.
Watch and Listen to how Jesus cried out in dark times
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
Luke 22:39-47
Read how Jesus prayed to God the Father in his dark times
Luke 22:39-47 (NIV)
Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you will not fall into temptation.’ 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 ‘Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.’ 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 ‘Why are you sleeping?’ he asked them. ‘Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.’
47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them.
Can I experience Allah? Can I experience God in these dark times? Are you going through a dark time in your life? Would you like someone to pray for you to experience God, asking for Him to lift you out of this situation?
Can I forgive those who have hurt me?
Can I forgive those who have hurt me?
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Can I forgive those who have hurt me or wronged me? This is a big question and a big challenge to us, because we have all experienced the pain or rejection, broken relationships and people hurting us? Jesus tells a story that makes it clear that God cannot forgive us all the wrong things we have done, if we do not forgive other people. However, in many other teachings Jesus shows us that when we know that God has forgiven us, it releases His power in us, which enables us to forgive others. After watching Jesus’ teaching on the video link, please listen to Nerissa’s powerful story of how God helped her to forgive her family after they had been very unkind to her.
Watch and listen to Jesus' teaching on forgiveness and his challenging story
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
Matthew 18:21-35
Read the story Jesus told about the importance of forgiving people
Matthew 18:21-35 (NIV)
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’
22 Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
23 ‘Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26 ‘At this the servant fell on his knees before him. “Be patient with me,” he begged, “and I will pay back everything.” 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go.
28 ‘But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. “Pay back what you owe me!” he demanded.
29 ‘His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, “Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.”
30 ‘But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32 ‘Then the master called the servant in. “You wicked servant,” he said, “I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35 ‘This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.’
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Does God heal people today?
Does God heal people today?
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Many of us have serious illnesses or we know other people who do? Can God heal us? Some people may ask us ‘does Allah heal today?’. This is a big question.
At the beginning of time, we were created perfect, without illness. But mankind chose to go against God’s plan. This is called sin. The natural result of sin is sickness and illness.
God doesn’t want us to live like this. Through the prophet Isaiah, also known as Yeshaya, God told us that he would send a Messiah to deal with the problem of sin and at the same time provide a way for us to receive healing. Isaiah said these words:’through His wound you are healed’.
Jesus came, claiming to be the Messiah. He healed many people , proving that he was the Messiah. Today many people are being healed by praying in Jesus’ name. Watch the video which shows Jesus healing a blind man, then listen to a powerful story of how a lady was miraculously healed from a lifelong illness when she trusted in Jesus’ power.
Watch how Jesus healed a blind man
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
John 9: 1-12
Read the story about Jesus healed a blind man
John 9: 1-12 (NIV)
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
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It is without any fee.
It is without any fee.
Is God there in my problems and struggles?
Is God there in my problems and struggles?
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One time Jesus disciples were facing a very real and big problem. They were in a boat crossing a lake when a large storm took place. It was very severe they felt that they might even drown!The answer to their problems was nearby- it was Jesus- but he was asleep!The disciples woke him, not really knowing that he could save them, yet he did just that.Watch this event on video and consider problems you are facing. Can the storm be calmed?Can you call out to Jesus to calm it?
Watch how Jesus calms the storm
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
MARK 4:35-41
Read how Jesus calms the storm
MARK 4: 35-41 (NIV)
35 On the evening of that same day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they left the crowd; the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took him with them. Other boats were there too. 37 Suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the waves began to spill over into the boat, so that it was about to fill with water. 38 Jesus was in the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”
39 Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, “Be quiet!” and he said to the waves, “Be still!” The wind died down, and there was a great calm. 40 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Why are you frightened? Do you still have no faith?”
41 But they were terribly afraid and began to say to one another, “Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
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Can I be healed from the pain of rejection?
Can I be healed from the pain of rejection?
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Have I been hurt by others or even rejected earlier in my life ? Can I know freedom from that pain?What can change my life and heal those past hurts? Many prophets in the Bible, including Jesus experienced deep rejection. Indeed Isaiah /Yeshua said that Jesus would be despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3).To overcome rejection by the world, first we must know how much God loves us and accepts us. To illustrate this, Jesus uses the picture of a shepherd who cares for his sheep. In his teaching Jesus is saying that I care for you and love you so much that I will even die for you. How valuable are the sheep that the shepherd is even willing to die for them? Listen to Jesus’ teaching in the video and later listen to a real story of overcoming rejection. Ask yourself ‘do I know how precious I am to God ?’ Call out to God to ask Him to show you how precious you are to Him.
Watch how Jesus teaches that He is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep (his followers)
The video clip comes from the Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)
John 10: 7-18
Read the story about Jesus giving up his life for us
John 10:7-18 (NIV)
7 Jesus said again, ‘Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 ‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 ‘I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life – only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.’
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