A campus baptism at Karaikal

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God has blessed the Karaikal church with the baptism of Spruthi. Spruthi is a campus student and also the sister of Snigidha(campus disciple at NIT Trichy).

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You just need to forgive, right? - Andrew Kitchen

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SPIRITUAL RENOVATION Fresh thoughts about following Jesus You need to forgive and move on. Right? Or maybe it’s actually very wrong. Someone has said terrible things to you, accused you, treated you harshly, possibly spiritually abused you in a church setting and now you are being told to forgive your perpetrator, because, … you know, forgiveness is what Christians are supposed to do. This scenario has played out on more than one occasion . It’s common! So how to deal with it when it comes your way? The first thing to recognize is that this kind of language is very simply an extension of the original abuse. It is a simple bid to excise the perpetrator from any repentance or restorative action. It’s a lot easier to trundle out these seven words than to perform any serious introspection. Hey, if it works five times out of ten it’s worth it. If it works one time out of ten it’s still worth it. Avoiding accountability for actions has a big payoff. But, holy smokes… the carnage. The damage.
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One Thing You Lack

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    One Thing We Lack Which thing do we lack? Someone local to me lacks neighbourly decency. They left this mess on our lane... Someone in the Watford council signs department lacked either a proper understanding of grammar, or the time to properly proof-read this notice: Our focus today is the man who runs up to Jesus and falls on his knees in front of him. However, it must be noted that this incident comes hard on the heels of the previous scene. Children were brought to Jesus - only for the disciples to rebuke them. Jesus in turn rebukes his disciples and declares that “the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” (v14). Mark is showing us the ideal kingdom-candidates before we encounter the flawed kingdom aspirant. ‘Paradoxically, the least powerful, least wealthy, least influential have a greater prospect of entering the kingdom than do those who are most powerful, wealthy, and influential.’ Word Biblical Commentary receive the kingdom Why are the children able to ‘receive the ki
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You are Wonderful - Namakkal 1st Anniversary

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- Article by Arasu. Celebration always bring immeasurable joy and unlimited love among us.  Namakkal church celebrated their 1st Anniversary service to commemorate God's miracles in their lives.  Life was not beds of roses for these brothers and sisters who wholeheartedly gave up their native jobs and moved to Namakkal district on July 19th 2020 to find jobs and as well as souls to be saved in God's kingdom. God blessed all of them with good job and comfortable accommodation. Their sacrifice reaped satisfiable harvest. The team worked hard to reach out to God seeking souls to be saved in the Kingdom of God. There were able to help 6 souls to seek God in their lives during pandemic. On July 25th 2021, the Church disciples gathered to remember & celebrate God and His miracles along with new friends, neighbors and relatives on their 1st Anniversary service .  Bro.Paul & Sis.Ronnie  (Leaders - Coimbatore Family of churches) visited Namakkal as their Special guest to deliver
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